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CHANNEL 4 SHORTLISTS LIVERPOOL FOR NEW HQ
« on: May 30, 2018, 03:40:56 pm »
http://www.liverpoolfilmoffice.tv/home/channel-4-shortlists-liverpool-for-new-hq/

Liverpool’s bid to be the new home of Channel 4 has received a boost as the broadcaster has today shortlisted the city in its search for a new HQ.


In a letter to Liverpool City Council, Channel 4 has confirmed it has selected Liverpool for its next round of assessment which will include a site visit in late June.

Channel 4’s search for a location, called “4 All in the UK”, will be the biggest structural change in its 35-year history, including three new “creative hubs”, with the largest to be a new national HQ that will have facilities including a TV studio and host executive and board meetings.

In a further boost to the city’s bid, Liverpool has been shortlisted for both the new HQ and a creative hub.

Channel 4 News is to also open three new news bureaux, with a trebling of jobs in the nations and regions by 2020, while spend on shows made by TV production companies based outside London will rise from £169m annually to about £350m a year by 2023.

The #4ForLiverpool bid was submitted in early May with a focus on several potential high quality locations, including Liverpool’s World Heritage waterfront, and the strength of the city’s talent supply and world class partnerships.

Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson and the Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram are jointly leading the city’s bid and have stated “Channel 4 would find a soulmate in Liverpool” adding that a move would breathe new energy into the public service broadcaster whilst transforming the city’s creative and digital sector.

The city, which established Europe’s first Film Office and is now the most filmed outside of London with £90m of productions currently in the pipeline, has also created a bid steering group that includes Liverpool John Moores University whose Screen School is recognised as one of the UK’s leading film faculties, with partnerships around the world.

Mayor Anderson said: “I’m delighted Channel 4 has recognised the strength and quality of our #4ForLiverpool bid and has shortlisted the city for its new home. The bid has been a great team effort and I want to thank everyone who has supported the city to date.

“This is a hotly contested bidding competition and to reach this next stage in the process demonstrates Liverpool’s pulling power as a location that offers businesses and their employees a great work/life balance.

“There are exciting plans afoot to cement Liverpool’s position at the cutting edge of the creative sector and Channel 4 has a huge role to play in that story. Now that they are coming to visit, I’ve no doubt they will be wowed by what the city has to offer and how they can help shape it.”

Metro Mayor Rotheram said: “This is a massive vote of confidence for what the Liverpool city region is doing to bolster our creative economy.

“Everyone knows our city region has an incredible pool of talent of writers, actors, directors and technicians and Channel 4’s potential relocation here would put rocket boosters on our plans to establish the area as a beacon for the next generation of story tellers, film makers and set designers.”

Liverpool, which which has aspirations to create one of the largest Film Studios in the UK at the former Littlewoods Building on Edge Lane and is also developing a new creative quarter – Ten Streets, has already received backing from an illustrious roll call of stars from TV, film and stage as well as leaders in education, business and politics.

David Yates, Director of the final four Harry Potter films and Fantastic Beasts, legendary actor Alison Steadman and multi award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern have all pledged their support while the city’s bid has been endorsed at the Houses of Parliament.

Liverpool Wavertree MP Luciana Berger, who is vice-chair of the Channel 4 All Party Parliamentary Group, has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) noting Liverpool’s exciting bid, the city’s extraordinary cultural prowess and “the positive impact of the employment and training opportunities this move could provide the city, and the wider North West”.

In terms of location Liverpool, which was recently chosen by the Royal College of Physicians to house its new Northern HQ, is virtually equidistant to London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast with northern cities such as Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield all within less than a 90 minute journey.

Channel 4 are to make a final decision on location of their new HQ and creative hubs in October this year.
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Re: CHANNEL 4 SHORTLISTS LIVERPOOL FOR NEW HQ
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2018, 01:34:00 pm »
https://twitter.com/mayor_anderson/status/1021355533503262721

Sorry to announce Liverpool has not been shortlisted for C4 relocation or Hub. A huge thank you everyone who supported the bid👏 sad to be told a big problem was Liverpool not being connected transport wise. Exactly why not getting HS2 link is wrong😡and shortsighted.
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Re: CHANNEL 4 SHORTLISTS LIVERPOOL FOR NEW HQ
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2018, 01:51:58 pm »
https://twitter.com/mayor_anderson/status/1021355533503262721

Sorry to announce Liverpool has not been shortlisted for C4 relocation or Hub. A huge thank you everyone who supported the bid👏 sad to be told a big problem was Liverpool not being connected transport wise. Exactly why not getting HS2 link is wrong😡and shortsighted.

You would have thought a 21st century media company would have better means of communication than relying on 19th century technology.

Or maybe the move to the provinces will only work if they can get back to their favourite London restaurants as soon as possible?

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Re: CHANNEL 4 SHORTLISTS LIVERPOOL FOR NEW HQ
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2018, 05:22:26 pm »
Not read the full story but suspect there's more to the decision than the transport issue cited by fat Joe.

Without a doubt we need investment in infrastructure - airport link, bigger loop line, faster trains to Manchester and leeds to name a few, but there'll be politics behind this too. Seems odd that Liverpool is the only one to have been knocked off the list.

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Re: CHANNEL 4 SHORTLISTS LIVERPOOL FOR NEW HQ
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2018, 05:57:46 pm »
You would have thought a 21st century media company would have better means of communication than relying on 19th century technology.

Or maybe the move to the provinces will only work if they can get back to their favourite London restaurants as soon as possible?

TV is still a people business:

Channel 4’s search for a location, called “4 All in the UK”, will be the biggest structural change in its 35-year history, including three new “creative hubs”, with the largest to be a new national HQ that will have facilities including a TV studio and host executive and board meetings.

In a further boost to the city’s bid, Liverpool has been shortlisted for both the new HQ and a creative hub.

Channel 4 News is to also open three new news bureaux, with a trebling of jobs in the nations and regions by 2020, while spend on shows made by TV production companies based outside London will rise from £169m annually to about £350m a year by 2023.


Unless someone's found a way to produce TV programmes over Skype then you need to bring performers and crew etc together physically. It's not about getting back to restaurants, it's about people getting to Liverpool from other parts of the country (including London).
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Re: CHANNEL 4 SHORTLISTS LIVERPOOL FOR NEW HQ
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2018, 09:05:44 pm »
TV is still a people business:

Channel 4’s search for a location, called “4 All in the UK”, will be the biggest structural change in its 35-year history, including three new “creative hubs”, with the largest to be a new national HQ that will have facilities including a TV studio and host executive and board meetings.

In a further boost to the city’s bid, Liverpool has been shortlisted for both the new HQ and a creative hub.

Channel 4 News is to also open three new news bureaux, with a trebling of jobs in the nations and regions by 2020, while spend on shows made by TV production companies based outside London will rise from £169m annually to about £350m a year by 2023.


Unless someone's found a way to produce TV programmes over Skype then you need to bring performers and crew etc together physically. It's not about getting back to restaurants, it's about people getting to Liverpool from other parts of the country (including London).

Yeah Al. Sure. Getting here from anywhere beyond fucking Widnes requires a ten day expedition through impenetrable muck and fucking bullets. It's nigh fucking impossible. That's the problem with our city being located in the Outer fucking Hebrides.

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It's utter fucking bollocks and anyone with half a fucking brain cell knows it. It's a fucking politically driven stitch up for the existing pampered regional media hubs. As fucking ever.

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Re: CHANNEL 4 SHORTLISTS LIVERPOOL FOR NEW HQ
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2018, 10:11:44 pm »
TV is still a people business:

Channel 4’s search for a location, called “4 All in the UK”, will be the biggest structural change in its 35-year history, including three new “creative hubs”, with the largest to be a new national HQ that will have facilities including a TV studio and host executive and board meetings.

In a further boost to the city’s bid, Liverpool has been shortlisted for both the new HQ and a creative hub.

Channel 4 News is to also open three new news bureaux, with a trebling of jobs in the nations and regions by 2020, while spend on shows made by TV production companies based outside London will rise from £169m annually to about £350m a year by 2023.


Unless someone's found a way to produce TV programmes over Skype then you need to bring performers and crew etc together physically. It's not about getting back to restaurants, it's about people getting to Liverpool from other parts of the country (including London).

If transport was a problem why put Liverpool on a shortlist?

And how do the film crews that film the likes of Peaky Blinders get to Liverpool?

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Re: CHANNEL 4 SHORTLISTS LIVERPOOL FOR NEW HQ
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2018, 10:22:27 pm »
TV is still a people business:

Channel 4’s search for a location, called “4 All in the UK”, will be the biggest structural change in its 35-year history, including three new “creative hubs”, with the largest to be a new national HQ that will have facilities including a TV studio and host executive and board meetings.

In a further boost to the city’s bid, Liverpool has been shortlisted for both the new HQ and a creative hub.

Channel 4 News is to also open three new news bureaux, with a trebling of jobs in the nations and regions by 2020, while spend on shows made by TV production companies based outside London will rise from £169m annually to about £350m a year by 2023.


Unless someone's found a way to produce TV programmes over Skype then you need to bring performers and crew etc together physically. It's not about getting back to restaurants, it's about people getting to Liverpool from other parts of the country (including London).

Why is Manchester on the shortlist then? I reckon this will end up in Salford Quays and as a Scouser who now lives in Manc and works right near the Quays, getting in and out of Manchester is a total nightmare at rush hour. The 10 mile trip to the from the Quays to the airport takes over an hour, the M60 is gridlocked from about 4 until 7pm, the M602 and Mancunian way are stop start for hours from anytime from 3:30, the place cannot cope with the increase in traffic it has experienced over the past 10 years and it will only get worse.
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Re: CHANNEL 4 SHORTLISTS LIVERPOOL FOR NEW HQ
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2018, 10:51:18 pm »
Why is Manchester on the shortlist then? I reckon this will end up in Salford Quays and as a Scouser who now lives in Manc and works right near the Quays, getting in and out of Manchester is a total nightmare at rush hour. The 10 mile trip to the from the Quays to the airport takes over an hour, the M60 is gridlocked from about 4 until 7pm, the M602 and Mancunian way are stop start for hours from anytime from 3:30, the place cannot cope with the increase in traffic it has experienced over the past 10 years and it will only get worse.

Was ever thus. I worked a four year stint there 30 years ago and it was exactly the same. Get there by 7am or forget it. Return before 4pm or after 7-30pm or forget it.

The process end result has clearly been pre-determined to suit political agendas. Liverpool was never in with a chance. Utter bollocks. We'll just have to remain the most popular film location outside you know where and trust that the Twickenham film studios at Littelwoods in Edge lane becomes in time a huge success to show up the Channel 4 decision for the fucking farce it so manifestly is. Fuck em. We'll rely on our natural assets.

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Re: CHANNEL 4 SHORTLISTS LIVERPOOL FOR NEW HQ
« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2018, 06:49:52 am »
If transport was a problem why put Liverpool on a shortlist?

And how do the film crews that film the likes of Peaky Blinders get to Liverpool?
I was responding to this:

You would have thought a 21st century media company would have better means of communication than relying on 19th century technology.

That's all.
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« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2018, 07:56:23 am »
Was ever thus. I worked a four year stint there 30 years ago and it was exactly the same. Get there by 7am or forget it. Return before 4pm or after 7-30pm or forget it.

The process end result has clearly been pre-determined to suit political agendas. Liverpool was never in with a chance. Utter bollocks. We'll just have to remain the most popular film location outside you know where and trust that the Twickenham film studios at Littelwoods in Edge lane becomes in time a huge success to show up the Channel 4 decision for the fucking farce it so manifestly is. Fuck em. We'll rely on our natural assets.

Not in anyway supporting Manchester, as I would have loved Liverpool to have gotten this, yes I am biased, but Liverpool would tick so many boxes for them. This morning came from the Albert Dock long before being in the North West was the thing, so it's not like its something new. However I would have thought that Channel 4 would have already decided that Media City was the perfect location for them, as it already has ITV and the BBC there, there are even more apartments under construction and all the bars and restaurants are in place. Just feels like this is a publicity stunt.
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Re: CHANNEL 4 SHORTLISTS LIVERPOOL FOR NEW HQ
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Re: CHANNEL 4 SHORTLISTS LIVERPOOL FOR NEW HQ
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2018, 09:40:15 pm »
And just to top it off after this news we get Chippy Tits running his mouth off about how the council investing in the Everton Stadium is a win win situation....
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« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2018, 09:44:33 pm »
Not in anyway supporting Manchester, as I would have loved Liverpool to have gotten this, yes I am biased, but Liverpool would tick so many boxes for them. This morning came from the Albert Dock long before being in the North West was the thing, so it's not like its something new. However I would have thought that Channel 4 would have already decided that Media City was the perfect location for them, as it already has ITV and the BBC there, there are even more apartments under construction and all the bars and restaurants are in place. Just feels like this is a publicity stunt.
and not to mention quite a large pool of talent already there for them to poach

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Re: CHANNEL 4 SHORTLISTS LIVERPOOL FOR NEW HQ
« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2018, 11:39:48 pm »
and not to mention quite a large pool of talent already there for them to poach

I think I know what you mean but I think I'd reword it as a pool of people already acquainted with TV media shite, albeit possibly as thick as pig shit.

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