Editing ITV Granada (section)

==Studios==
[[Image:Granada TV.jpg|thumb|Granada Studios with the red logo and lattice broadcasting tower on the roof – both of which were removed]]
{{Main|Granada Studios}}

In the eighteen months between the award of the franchise and the start of transmission, Granada built a brand new studio complex on [[Quay Street]]. The site was reportedly previously a cemetery for [[pauper's grave]]s, where 22,000 people were buried. An article in ''The Sun'' newspaper and an episode of the TV series ''Most Haunted'' seem to be the only sources for this claim in 2009. Twelve maps from between 1772 and 1960 show no evidence of a cemetery and buildings are shown on the bull china site from 1807.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Manchester Historical Maps |url=http://manchester.publicprofiler.org/beta/ |access-date=10 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204225439/http://manchester.publicprofiler.org/beta/ |archive-date=4 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Part of the [[Manchester and Salford Junction Canal]], which linked the [[River Irwell]] to the [[Rochdale Canal]] from 1839 to 1922, ran in a tunnel underneath the site. The studios pre-dated [[Television Centre, London|BBC Television Centre]] by four years and were the first purpose-built television studios in the United Kingdom.<ref name="firststudio">{{Cite news |title=Granada Television |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/507673/ |work=screenonline.org.uk |access-date=17 October 2011}}</ref>

Bernstein exaggerated the scale of the studios, to make Granada appear a rival to the BBC, and gave the studios only even numbers so that it appeared there were twelve despite there only being six. The studios were operated by [[The Manchester Studios|3sixtymedia]], ITV Studios' joint-venture company with BBC Resources Ltd from 2000.<ref name="media">{{Cite news |title=3SixtyMedia: The North's Production Facility |url=http://www.the-manchester-studios.tv/ |work=3SixtyMedia |access-date=4 July 2011 |archive-date=31 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331091427/http://www.the-manchester-studios.tv/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The studios later hosted shows displaced by the proposed closure of the Yorkshire Television studios in Leeds in 2009, including Channel 4's ''Countdown.''

In September 2010, the noted 1950s red landmark "Granada TV" sign on the roof and entrance of Granada Studios on Quay Street was removed<ref>{{Cite news |title=A sign of the times&nbsp;... Granada TV goes missing from Quay Street |url=http://www.how-do.co.uk/north-west-media-news/north-west-broadcasting/a-sign-of-the-times...-granada-tv-goes-missing-from-quay-street-201009279173/ |work=how-do.co.uk |date=27 September 2010 |access-date=27 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203113613/http://www.how-do.co.uk/north-west-media-news/north-west-broadcasting/a-sign-of-the-times...-granada-tv-goes-missing-from-quay-street-201009279173 |archive-date=3 December 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> for safety reasons after maintenance found it was badly corroded.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Doubts over future of Granada TV sign in Manchester |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9040000/9040432.stm |work=BBC Manchester |date=28 September 2010 |access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> The [[Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester)|Museum of Science and Industry]] (MOSI) now owns the sign, deeming it important to Manchester's cultural heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8421565|title= Granada TV Building sign}}</ref>

===Relocation===
After the ITV merger in 2004, the possibility of selling the Quay Street site was considered, with staff, studios and offices moved into the adjacent bonded warehouse building. ITV anticipated the BBC would buy the land but the BBC opted to move to [[the Peel Group]]'s [[MediaCityUK]] development in [[Salford Quays]].{{sfn|Fitzwalter|2008|p=251}} ITV considered relocating to Trafford Wharf across the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] from the BBC at MediaCityUK. Discussions continued for several years and an agreement in principle was reached in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rooth |first=Ben |title=ITV closes in on MediaCity move |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/business/s/1065927_itv_closes_in_on_mediacity_move |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=9 September 2008 |access-date=17 October 2011 |archive-date=31 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831070014/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/business/s/1065927_itv_closes_in_on_mediacity_move |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2009, in the recession, Granada announced it would remain at Quay Street,<ref>{{cite news |last=Welsh |first=James |title='Corrie' to stay on Quay Street |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a149299/corrie-to-stay-on-quay-street.html |publisher=Digital Spy |date=11 March 2009}}</ref> but after a change of management, talks resumed in January 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jan/11/coronation-street-set-to-be-demolished |title=''Coronation Street'' set to be demolished |work=guardian.co.uk |date=11 January 2010 |author=Conlan, Tara}}</ref> Two years later, on 16 December 2010, Granada announced it would move to the Orange Building in MediaCityUK alongside the [[University of Salford]]. It planned to build a studio to produce ''Coronation Street'' on the opposite bank of the ship canal on Trafford Wharf. Planning permission was granted, and building work began on 6 September 2011<ref name="BBC News start construction">{{cite news|title=Work starts on new ''Coronation Street'' studio in Salford |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-14810914|access-date=7 September 2011|publisher=BBC News|date=6 September 2011}}</ref> with the goal of completion in 2012.<ref>{{cite press release |title=ITV agrees move to MediaCityUK |url=http://www.itvplc.com/media/newsrelease/?id=40944 |url-status=dead |website=itvplc.com |publisher=ITV |date=16 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723003912/http://www.itvplc.com/media/newsrelease/?id=40944 |archive-date=23 July 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> ITV Granada moved to MediaCityUK on 25 March 2013.