Pacific Quay Studios

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Pacific Quay Studios (also known as "The Glasgow Studios") is a television and radio studio complex at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland. Opened by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in August 2007, the studios are home to BBC Scotland's television, radio and online services. It is also the new headquarters of the BBC Scotland.

The studisos located near the Glasgow Science Centre, across the river from the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre and next door to the studios of commercial broadcaster STV. The new building is one of the most modern, state of the art, digital broadcasting facilities in the world, complete with the BBC's first HD-capable newsroom.

[edit] The Building

The £72m project on the River Clyde in Glasgow was designed by David Chipperfield Architects but Keppie Architects took control in late 2004. It is home to the biggest TV recording space to be built in Scotland and has an area of 782 sq m (8417 sq ft) with a new retractable bleacher seating for 320 audience members, although the studio can sit a maxmimum audience of 338 people. Studio A, which is home to many prime time entertainment shows, is the UK's largest television studio outside of London.

[edit] Studio Programming

Programming	Studio	Presenter(s)	Station
Jet Set 2012	A	Eamon Holmes	BBC One
The Kids Are All Right	A	John Barrowman	BBC One
This Time Tomorrow	A	Tess Daly	BBC One
Children in Need	A	Jackie Bird & Des Clarke	BBC One Scotland
Hogmanay Live	A	Jackie Bird	BBC One Scotland
Postcode Challenge	A	Carol Smillie	STV
Dè a-nis?	B	Sarah Cruickshank, Calum MacAulay & Eilidh MacLennan	BBC Alba
The Culture Show	B	TBA	BBC Two
Barail Bhoireannach	B	Cathy MacDonald	STV
Reporting Scotland	C	David Robertson, Jackie Bird & Sally Magnusson	BBC One Scotland
Newsnight Scotland	C	Gordon Brewer, Glenn Campbell & Sally Magnusson	BBC Two Scotland
Sportscene	C	Stuart Cosgrove, David Currie & Jonathan Sutherland	BBC One Scotland / BBC Two Scotland