Historic churches · West Midlands
Dickenson Road Studios
Dickenson Road Studios was a film and television studio in Rusholme, Manchester, in north-west England. It was originally set up in 1947 in a former Wesleyan Methodist chapel by the film production co
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Dickenson Road Studios was a film and television studio in Rusholme, Manchester, in north-west England. It was originally set up in 1947 in a former Wesleyan Methodist chapel by the film production company Mancunian Films and was acquired by BBC Television in 1954. The studio was used for early editions of the music chart show Top of the Pops between 1964 and 1966. The studio closed in 1975, when the BBC moved to New Broadcasting House on Oxford Road and the building was demolished.
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Dickenson Road Studios was a film and television studio in Rusholme, Manchester, in north-west England. It was originally set up in 1947 in a former Wesleyan Methodist chapel by the film production company Mancunian Films and was acquired by BBC Television in 1954. The studio was used for early editions of the music chart show Top of the Pops between 1964 and 1966. The studio closed in 1975, when the BBC moved to New Broadcasting House on Oxford Road and the building was demolished.
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- Coordinates
- 53.4524, -2.2197
- Address
- Dickenson Road, Rusholme
- Official site
- www.platthall.org
Sources
- wikipedia: Dickenson Road Studios (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- Where is Dickenson Road Studios?
- Dickenson Road Studios is in West Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.4524°, -2.2197°.