| BBC Roath Lock Studios | |
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| General information | |
| Address | Porth Teigr Way, Cardiff Bay, CF10 4GA |
| Town or city | Cardiff, Wales |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°27′46″N 3°09′23″W / 51.4627°N 3.1565°W |
| Opened | September 2011 |
| Owner | BBC Cymru Wales |
BBC Roath Lock Studios (Welsh: Stiwdios BBC Porth y Rhath) is a television production studio that houses BBC drama productions including Doctor Who, Casualty, and Pobol y Cwm.[1] The centre topped out on 20 February 2011 and filming for such productions commenced in autumn of the same year.[2]
The facility is located on a development site known as Porth Teigr, which included a proposed 3,700-square-metre (40,000 sq ft) digital media centre, and between 2012 and 2017 hosted an interactive Doctor Who exhibition titled the Doctor Who Experience.[3] The facility has 500 to 600 people working on site.[4]
- ^ "Roath Lock - Facts and Figures". BBC Media Centre. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ BBC News | BBC Wales Drama village's first phase completed
- ^ Wales Online | Tiger Bay inspires name for BBC site
- ^ Chris Kane (15 September 2011). "Roath Lock Opens For Business". BBC.