Sports Personality of the Year 2012

This TV and live arena spectacular, broadcast from London’s ExCel Arena, comprised three substantial stages, enabling presenters to talk to camera while musicians and performers set up.

Unusual Rigging won the contract to supply and install the show rigging for the set which incorporated LED screens, flying set pieces and a considerable hang of stage and audience lighting and sound.

The biggest challenge was to gain as much height as possible for the lighting and PA hang as the roof steels are only 10m off the deck.

Unusual supplied and installed:

2, 1 and ½ tonne Liftket hoists
Prolyte H40V and H30V truss plus general purpose 500mm square box truss