Studios, OB trucks etc

Audio Studios

Audio Studios (please check any quoted rates at the time of booking, as they may have changed)

• Audio Always, MediaCityUK, Salford/Manchester – Stuart Morgan – 0161 826 5350 | 07590 479 840
• Demus Facilities – Glasgow – Nick Low – 0141 342 4959
• Essential Music Ltd – Central London – Lucinda Mason-Brown – 020 7439 7113
• Electric Airwaves – Central London (W1) – Susie Arrowsmith – 020 7323 2770
• EFS/Motivation Sound – North London (NW6) – Peter Walton – 020 7328 8305
• Fitzrovia Post – Central London (W1) – Bookings@fitzroviapost.com Nicola Lacey   Audio suites available for podcast packages, voice overs, comm records, sound design and mixing. Competitive rates are provided for AudioUK Members. www.fitzroviapost.com/our-spaces
• Forever Audio– (formerly SNK Studios) – Central London (W1) – Seb Juviler – 020 7387 0050 *** 20% discount on ratecard prices for AudioUK members ***
• Heavy Entertainment – Central London (W1) – David Roper – 020 7494 1000 ***  Seven immaculate studios in Soho. We have three full-time producers who can record/edit/master and upload your programmes straight to VCS. We also create original music.
• Loftus Media – West London (W12) – Jo Rowntree – 020 8740 4666
• Maple Street studios – London – Neil Cowling –  020 7907 0690, or email the Maple Street team
• Parkhouse Studios – Birmingham (City University) – Hilary Weston Jones – 0121-331 5513 or 07711 685864
• Pier Productions – Brighton – Jane Ellison – 01273 691 401020
• Q Sound Studios – North London (NW6) – Rupert Degas – 020 7625 5359
• Somethin’ Else – East London (E2) – Steve Ackerman – 020 7613 3211
• Sound Company – Central London (W1) – Louise Jordan – 020 7580 5880
• Spiritland Productions The studio is located in King’s Cross, it is designed for 4 people in studio with any number of remote contributors.  It has Panasonic UE150 4K PTZ cameras as well as broadcast spec audio equipment.  All bookings are handled by a studio manager.
• The Audio Cafe – Wrexham, N Wales  – Peter Gallacher 01978 808 448 Studio hire for podcasts, interviews, docs, voice overs etc.) *Low competitive rates for Audio UK members.
• The SoundHouse Studios – West London (W3) – Freddy Henry – 020 8743 2677
• Whistledown – Central London (SE1) – Katrina Fallon – 020 7407 8001 *** 20% off our basic hire (with SM) for AudioUK members ***
• Wise Buddah – Central London (W1) – Becky Maxted – 020 7307 1613 *** 33% discount on ratecard prices for AudioUK members ***

Radio OB Truck

• DART – Digital Audio Recording Truck (txaudio.com) – all of Scotland and beyond – Ian Mitchell – 07976 815167
• Ninth Wave Audio  (www.ninthwaveaudio.com) –  UK wide – tgw@ninthwaveaudio.com & tonywass@me.com 07770 364464
• Spiritland Productions  Spiritland Productions Our OB facilities are designed to cover everything from small light entertainment speech shows up to the biggest concerts.  Spiritland ONE has done BBC Greatest Musicals, Olympics homecoming festival, Eurovision opening, Stereophonics live on BBC to name a few.  Spiritland TWO comes online next week and is a trailer with the capability to do audio shows as well as video projects up to 12 camera 4k.  We are approved suppliers to the BBC for both audio and video, we recently made all of the Glastonbury video content for BBC introducing, producing it in house, providing facilities and delivering the post produced videos. In terms of large scale Radio OBs, our staff are mostly made up from ex BBC engineers… When we left the BBC we took on the Chris Evans Virgin Radio contract and continue to staff his show every morning.  We also deliver all of his large scale OBs, everything from a boat in Monaco harbour, to a hotel rooftop bar, to riding around Carfest on a golfbuggy with high power RF; if they can think up an idea we haven’t had to say we can’t do it yet! 

Video services

If you have won new Radio 1, Radio 4 or World Service commissions, you may need a website or video partner to film and edit footage to BBC standards. Heavy Entertainment are approved suppliers of broadcast video and websites to the BBC, and have been working in television since 1992. Our website is full of examples of shortform work. We can provide you with links to our longform dramas or documentaries on request. We can budget an all-inclusive package for you, and our rates are highly competitive (contact details above) – special rates for AudioUK members.