Carlton Studios, Nottingham

Carlton Studios was a studio complex in Nottingham, United Kingdom that was built by Central Television which was later bought out by Carlton Communications who renamed the studios Carlton Studios. The studios closed in 2005 and were bought by the University of Nottingham who renamed the site King's Meadow Campus and converted it into university space.

As part of the agreement of the 1982 franchise being awarded to the broadcaster Associated Television (ATV) agreed to rename itself Central Independent Television and provide separate television studios and news programme for the East Midlands region, 17 acre site was brought in March 1981. While the East Midlands Television Centre was under construction a temporary studio was created in Giltbrook although this was never used because of industrial action at the time.

Central Independent Television began operation in the complex in 1983 but was officially opened by H.R.H Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip in 1984. It was designed to be spacious and provide the facility to extend if so required - and also provide adequate floor-space for the major production work that was once carried out at Elstree, as well as provide extra small presentation studios, plus a new permanent base for Central News – East.

In 1994, Central Independent Television was taken over by Carlton Communications, and the studios were renamed the The Television House and were branded as Carlton Studios, Home of Central which continued until September 6th 1999 when Central was renamed Carlton.

From 1996, a section of the prop store was converted to make way for the programme library, which had recently moved from over from Birmingham. This area eventually took up a total of three floors - one section dedicated to News material and the two remaining spaces allocated to network programme material. By 2000, yet more alterations at the studios were made to accommodate what was to be the final major production for the studios, the revived version of soap opera Crossroads, which ran from 2001 until 2003. The show utilized the exterior of the Carlton Studios, by having a purpose built canopy constructed, a pond and also extra landscaping which doubled as motel exteriors. By 2003, all production work at the studios was dwindling as the studios went undergoing major changes.

In February 2004, ITV plc announced plans to close and sell the Lenton Lane production centre in Notingham with over 350 jobs being axed in the process Following the closure of the studios, a new news-gathering centre was established in the city, but production and transmission of Central News East moved to the Birmingham studio in Spring 2005. The former studio complex is now part of The University of Nottingham and is known as 'King's Meadow Campus'. It still maintains one Studio (Studio 7), and this is rented out to television and film Companies, generating income for the University.

Production and broadcasting of the East Midlands edition of Central News was moved to Gas Street Studios in Birmingham.