BBC tour

Last week, I went on a tour of the BBC with  my media A2 class. I learned a lot about the BBC and it was interesting to explore the dynamics of the BBC building in Shepherds Bush. We were taken into a studio as part of the tour; it was an empty one which companies hire out and pay the BBC for, to film their TV programmes or films. It was very big and empty, and to create the set, companies decorate it and paint it for their particular film. Then, we visited a studio which had been set out for 8 out of 10 cats. We got to watch it live and saw people such as Jimmy Carr and Alex Reid. We also took a sneaky walk past Alex Reid's dressing room.

 The tourguides also took us to an empty dressing room, used by celebrities and it was very nice. My favourite part of the tour was practicing doing the weather forecast on a big screen. It was very odd seeing myself on television with the weather chart behing me! The tourguide put a blue robe around me, to show that if you wear blue whilst doing the weather forecast, your body goes literally see through! Blue is not the colour to wear at the BBC weather unit. Some Dr Who fans in my media group were excited to see a real life tardis on the grounds of the BBC. I however, am not a fan.
Another exciting part of the tour was seeing my friends act as TV presenters reading an autoqueue. It looked extremely fun and my friends were rather good and keeping it time with the words. I was in the audience cheering them on! In the same room, the set of the famous quiz show, "The Weakest Link" was created and members on our tour got to be contestants and answer questions. It was very amusing.
Overall I learnt a lot at the BBC tour and I would definetly love to work there in the future if I ever had the chance to. To sum up the whole trip, we bumped into the famous Ade Adepitan, a wheelchair basketball player and television presenter on CBBC and BBC.

The BBC is one of the largest companies in the whole world, and one of the biggest television companies in the whole world with others such as CNN in America. They employ hundreds of staff and many presenters and journalists who travel the world to find stories and present news.