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Coronavirus: BBC plans to broadcast from remote wartime 'bunker' if bug hits studios
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mirror.co.ukHuw Edwards could read the news from a a remote wartime “bunker” if BBC studios are hit by coronavirus, we can reveal. BBC executives have drawn-up plans after a crunch meeting of its Gold committee to thrash out contingency arrangements in case major corporation hubs, such as the £1billion New Broadcasting House in London, are affected.
Emergency plans include switching some operations to Wood Norton in Worcestershire, home to its College of Technology, part of the wider BBC Academy.
The BBC bought the site in 1939 so it could move operations away from London if needed. During the Cold War it was earmarked as a broadcasting centre in the event of a nuclear attack.
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