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Television Centre (TVC), formerly known as BBC Television Centre, is a building complex in White City, West London, which was the headquarters of
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from 1960 to 2013, when BBC Television moved to
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. After a refurbishment, the complex reopened in 2017, providing a mix of residential apartments, retail outlets, office space, and three studios operated by BBC Studioworks for TV production. The first BBC staff moved into the Scenery Block in 1953, and the centre was officially opened on 29 June 1960. It is one of the most readily recognisable facilities of its type, having appeared as the backdrop for many
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programmes. Parts of the building are
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, including the central ring and Studio 1. Most of the BBC's national television and radio news output came from Television Centre, and in later years most recorded television was output from the nearby Broadcast Centre at 201 Wood Lane, care of
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events from studios and routing of national and international sporting events took place within Television Centre before being passed to the Broadcast Centre for transmission. The building is west of central London, in the
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. The nearest Underground stations are White City on the Central Line and Wood Lane on the Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines.


History

On Friday 1 April 1949, Norman Collins, the Controller of the BBC Television Service, announced at the Television Society's annual dinner at
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that a new TV centre would be built in
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. London broadcasts at the time came from
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and Lime Grove Studios (from 1949). It was to be the largest television centre in the world. It was planned to be , but turned out to be twice the size. The building was commissioned in 1949 with work starting in 1950. However government restrictions on building, through its loan sanction and licensing of materials, ensured that building work was halted until 1953. Intended as stopgaps, the BBC remodelled the former Gaumont Studios at Lime Grove, the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith and the
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for television production spaces and studio use; many of these facilities were still being used by the corporation decades later. Work resumed in 1953 on the TVC scenery block (Stage 1) and work began in 1954 on the canteen block (Stage 2), which doubled as a rehearsal space. Work on Stage 3, the central circular office block and studios, began in March 1955 on studios TC4, 5 and 2. The shells of studios TC1, TC6 and TC7 were constructed around the same time but they were not fitted out until a few years later. BBC Television Centre officially opened with TC3 operational on 29 June 1960. When it opened in June 1960, the Director of BBC television was Gerald Beadle, and the first programme broadcast was ''First Night'' with David Nixon in Studio Three. In 1997, the BBC News Centre was opened, in a new complex at the front of the building. The decision to move radio news to this building was attributed to Director General John Birt, a move that was resisted by the managing director of
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, Liz Forgan, who resigned after failing to dissuade the governors. Birt's decision caused problems; for example some politicians accustomed to travelling to interviews at Broadcasting House in Central London were reluctant to make the journey to White City, despite being only west.


Redevelopment

It was announced on 18 October 2007 that in order to meet a £2 billion shortfall in funding, the BBC intended to "reduce the size of the property portfolio in west London by selling BBC Television Centre by the end of the financial year 2012/13", with the then
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, Mark Thompson, saying the plan would deliver "a smaller, but fitter, BBC" in the digital age. A BBC spokesman has added that "this is a full scale disposal of BBC Television Centre and we won't be leasing it back". The corporation officially put Television Centre on the property market in June 2011.
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and BBC Children's moved to dock10,
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in
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in 2012, with Children's Learning, Radio 5 Live and part of BBC Future Media & Technology. The move saw up to 1,500 posts at TV Centre and 700 posts at New Broadcasting House relocate to Salford Quays. ''
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'', part of BBC News, moved to Salford in April 2012. On 16 July 2012, the BBC agreed to sell the site to Stanhope for £200 million. The building closed on 31 March 2013 and was redeveloped to include flats, office space, a cinema and hotels. Studios 1, 2 and 3 along with part of the basement and offices have been refurbished and leased back to the BBC on a 15-year lease. The original schedule would have seen Studios 1, 2, & 3 back in production by Autumn of 2014 however on 17 July 2014 the BBC announced that due to the extensive building work, programme production would not recommence at Television Centre until 2017 when much of the demolition and groundwork has been completed. The BBC's commercial business,
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, will lease back Stage 6 as office space which is the part formerly occupied by BBC News. All BBC News, national radio and
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broadcasts were relocated to Broadcasting House between July 2012 and March 2013, which is said to include one of the largest live newsrooms in the world.The story of Broadcasting House
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The final news broadcasts from Television Centre took place on 18 March 2013, when the BBC News channel and remaining news output completed the move to Broadcasting House. This was one of the final live broadcasts from the building. A 90-minute documentary titled ''Tales of Television Centre'' was broadcast on
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in 2012 ahead of the move out. On 22 March 2013, BBC Four devoted its evening schedule to programmes commemorating Television Centre. At the heart of the evening was ''Goodbye Television Centre'', a two-hour history presented by former BBC1 controller and BBC chairman
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. The last live programme broadcast was ''Madness Live: Goodbye Television Centre'', shown that day on BBC Four. In March 2013, the BBC and Stanhope formed a joint venture, Television Centre Developments, to manage the redevelopment of the 14-acre site. Only three of the eight production studios were earmarked for continued use by the BBC, with the rest being demolished for flats, and it was argued that this would leave insufficient facilities in the capital for independent television production, and a ''Save Television Centre Studios'' website and petition was set up. In December 2013, Stanhope was granted planning permission from the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. In October 2014, UK magazine ''
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'' reported that having spent £60 million to remove broadcasting equipment from the building, the BBC planned to spend £12 million a year to lease back parts of the building. This decision was in direct contradiction of the BBC's promise in 2007 that the sale of TVC was a "full-scale disposal" and that it would not be leasing back any part of the building. Demolition work began in February 2015. As of April 2016, only Studios TC1, TC2 and TC3 remained – the other studios TC4, TC5, TC6, TC7 and TC8 had all been demolished. The statue of Helios, the Greek God of Sun, had been removed for renovation before it returned later in 2016; developer Stanhope and construction manager Mace had carefully removed the gilded bronze figure with heritage experts PAYE Conservation for repair and renovation. The Helios has stood in the rotunda at Television Centre since the former BBC headquarters opened in 1960.


Reopening

BBC Studioworks, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC operate and maintain Studios 1, 2 and 3 and the production facilities at Television Centre. The newly refurbished facilities officially opened on 1 September 2017. As of April 2017, bookings for the renovated studios were being taken. The first programme to transmit live from the newly refurbished studios was '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' on
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on Monday 25 September 2017. It was hosted by Zoe Ball. In April 2018, ITV's daytime programmes '' Good Morning Britain'', ''
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'', '' This Morning'', '' Loose Women'' and political discussion programme '' Peston'' moved to Television Centre, due to the closure and redevelopment of The London Studios. However, in October 2018, it was announced that ITV would not be returning to the South Bank. On 29 June 2020, Television Centre turned 60 years old and the
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released a commemorative programme to celebrate. On 20 May 2025, it was announced that all four ITV Studios Daytime shows would leave Television Centre as part of a schedule change that would take effect in January 2026, with Good Morning Britain moving to the headquarters of ITN, and the other three (Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women) all leaving for a new as-yet unknown Central London location.


The building


Design

The overall design from the air appeared to resemble a
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in shape. The architect, Graham Dawbarn, (Norman & Dawbarn), drew a question mark on an envelope (now held by the BBC Written Archives Centre) while thinking about the design of the building, and realised that it would be an ideal shape for the site. An article in ''The BBC Quarterly'', July 1946, proposed a circular design, several years before Dawbarn drew up his plans. The building featured a central circular block (officially known as the Main Block, but often referred to by staff as the "doughnut") around which were studios, offices, engineering areas and the News Centre.


Helios

In the centre of the main block was a
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designed by T. B. Huxley-Jones of
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, the Greek god of the sun, to symbolise the radiation of television around the world. At the foot of the statue were two reclining figures, symbolising
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and
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, the components of television. It was originally a fountain, but owing to the building's unique shape it was too noisy for the staff in the overlooking offices, and there were problems with water leakage into the videotape area which for a long time was directly beneath. Even though there was a foundation stone marked 'BBC 1956' in the basement of the main building, construction began in 1951. Arthur Hayes worked on the building from 1956 to 1970 and was responsible for the creation of the original 'BBC Television Centre' lettering on the façade of Studio 1. The lettering was later used all over the building, even in tile work outside lift entrances. Demands from Broadcasting House meant that Hayes had less time than he had thought to design a decor for the façade, leading to him puncturing a scale foam model of the wall with drawing pins, and thus the birth of the iconic : there are 26 across the façade of Studio 1, each one backlit and clearly visible at night. The building as opened in 1960 was extended a number of times, notably along the 'spur' towards Wood Lane in line with the original masterplan although the actual implementation was completed over a number of decades and by different architects. Despite a number of extensions, the BBC had to seek accommodation elsewhere, such as the nearby BBC White City complex comprising White City One, a 25,000 square metre office building, and the adjacent Broadcast and Media Centres.


Listed status

The development of the Westfield shopping centre nearby led to a sharp rise in property prices and placed the Television Centre under threat. In February 2008, with an amendment in November,
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requested listed status for the scenery workshop, the canteen block adjoining the Blue Peter Garden, and the central building. Previously, under a longstanding deal between the BBC and English Heritage the building was not listed to allow the BBC to make changes necessary in a broadcasting centre. In return, the BBC agreed that if it left, the fabric of the building would be restored to its mid-1960s state, and English Heritage would list notable features. BECTU newsletter ''BBC Informer'', July 2008 On 17 June 2009 the Central Ring of the building and Studio 1, noting in particular the John Piper mosaic, central drum with its mosaic tiles, the Huxley-Jones gilded statue of Helios, full-height glazing of the stair and original clock in the Central Ring, received
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status from the
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. The 'atomic dots' and name of Studio 1, and the cantilevered porch on its exterior were noted as important architectural features of that building. The department did not consider the other buildings, including all other studios, scenery block and canteen of sufficient special interest to warrant listing.English Heritage (Listing) Adviser's Report
BD Online, 22 June 2009
Making the protection announcement, the architecture minister Barbara Follett noted that it was where ''
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'', ''
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'' and '' Blue Peter'' were made: "It has been a torture chamber for politicians, and an endless source of first-class entertainment for the nation—sometimes both at the same time."


Current studios

Currently, and in the later years of the BBC's occupation of the centre, the studio facilities were run by the wholly owned commercial subsidiary BBC Studioworks. The studios vary in size and all studios were usually abbreviated to initials, such as TC1 (Television Centre 1) for Studio 1. The studios have hosted a wide variety of television programmes covering a diverse range of genres for a range of broadcasters. Notable productions hosted at the centre prior to 2013 include ''
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'', '' Harry Hill's TV Burp'', ''
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'', '' Later... with Jools Holland'', '' Miranda'', '' The Alan Titchmarsh Show'', '' The Armstrong & Miller Show'', ''
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'' as well as big complex live productions such as
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and
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. Classic BBC productions hosted at the site include some of Britain's best known television programmes including ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Blue Peter'', '' Absolutely Fabulous'', the original ''
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'' series and most of the best known BBC drama series. From the 1980s the use of the complex for such productions declined with the last major drama series to be shot there being ''
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'', which ended in 1994, and the last single drama recorded was ''
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'', in 1995. The reason for the decline was because drama productions (except for soap operas) shifted almost entirely onto film or
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video, and Television Centre was a video-based,
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production environment. *Studio 1 - - Opened on 15 April 1964, it was the fourth largest television studio in Britain, and was one of the four studios to be equipped for
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production (along with TC4, TC6 and TC8). In May 2020, '' Loose Women'' temporarily moved from TC2 into TC1 to allow for
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during the COVID-19 pandemic in London. In mid-July, Loose Women returned to TC2. Programmes recorded or transmitted included: *'' Sounds Like Friday Night'' *'' The Graham Norton Show'' *'' Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'' *'' The Jonathan Ross Show'' *'' The Russell Howard Hour'' *'' Blind Date'' *'' BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards'' *'' The Last Leg'' *Studio 2 - Opened in late 1960, the studio was home to many comedy programmes, among those being ''
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''. Initially, it was not converted for colour production, and closed in 1969, with the studio space being used for storage until it reopened in 1981. It was used by
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until they moved in 1997, and has played host to the
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and Children's department. It was the main studio used for '' Blue Peter'' for the 2007 and 2008 series. It was vacated following the move of both departments to dock10. Studio 2 is currently the home of the ITV programmes ''
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'', '' Loose Women'' and '' Peston'', in addition to Channel 4's '' Sunday Brunch''. *Studio 3 - - Opened on 29 June 1960, it was designed as a drama studio and had customised panels and fittings. The walls were slightly thicker to insulate it from noise from the
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and Hammersmith & City lines (then still part of the
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) of the
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. It was the first studio to be completed and was upgraded to colour in 1969. Studio 3 currently broadcasts ITV programmes '' Good Morning Britain'' and '' This Morning''. It was one of two studios that hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1963; the other being Studio 4.


Former studios

*Studio 0 - - Opened in 1989 as a music studio, it would later become a control room as Studio 12. Productions for UK Play and, later on, virtual reality programmes, were produced here. It was home to '' Liquid News'' between 2000 and 2002 and
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in vision continuity between 2002 and 2008, with the studio subsequently used by BBC R&D. *Studio 4 - - Opened in January 1961, TC4 had a similar layout to TC3, and was designed as a light entertainment studio. It was upgraded for colour production in 1970 and to HDTV and surround sound production in 2008. Programmes such as ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and '' Room 101'' were recorded in TC4. *Studio 5 - - Opened in August 1961, it was initially used to broadcast programmes from BBC Schools, with an adjacent area used for such programming that was linked to the studio. It was converted for colour production in 1973, and was closed in the mid-1980s. Following a two-year refurbishment in 1987, sports programmes such as ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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'' were recorded in TC5 until November 2011, when the Sports department moved to
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in
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. *Studio 6 - - Coinciding with
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's switch to colour, TC6 opened in July 1967. It was the first such studio to be equipped for colour production. The initial plan was to build a split studio with a large, removable wall in the middle, but this idea was abandoned. Children's programmes such as ''
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'' and '' Dick & Dom in da Bungalow'', and ''
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'' were recorded in TC6. Later, the control room of the studio was moved in 1993 and was used as the control room for the Red Button service. It was converted for HDTV production in July 2010, and later became the first 3D-capable studio in Britain. *Studio 7 - - Opened in 1962, children's programmes such as '' Going Live!'' and '' Play School'' were initially recorded in TC7. Following
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' move to the studio in 1997, news programmes such as ''
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'' and '' BBC News at Six'' were broadcast, with other news programmes transmitted from various studios in the News Centre. BBC Breakfast ended its broadcast in TC7 on 5 April 2012, with production moving to MediaCityUK, and BBC News at Six ended its broadcast on 15 March 2013, with news programming subsequently moving to
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in central London. *Studio 8 - - Opened in 1967, it was considered, by television producers, the best studio for use, owing to its size. It primarily broadcast comedy programmes, sitcoms and quiz shows such as '' Miranda'', '' Tipping Point'' and '' Five Minutes to a Fortune''. It was the first studio to be converted for HDTV production, having done so in January 2007. *Studio 9 - - Built in 1955 as a foyer of the restaurant block, it was later converted to a store. It was converted to a studio in 1996 for
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, and was cited for its convenience and its roominess. CBBC left the studios in 2004, and all in-vision continuity was moved 2 years later to TC12. Programmes such as '' Sam & Mark's TMi Friday'' and ''
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'' were recorded from TC9.


Studio 10

111 square metres (1,200 ft2) Opened as N1 in September 1969, it was used for the
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daytime news bulletins, and the home of BBC World (previously BBC World Service News) from 1993. Closed in spring 1999 when news bulletins moved to the News Centre section of Television Centre, and renamed as TC10. Used for some programmes by channel UK Play until the station's closure. Between 2004 and 2006 it was used for in-vision continuity for
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on
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and
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, before being used by some programming for CBBC such as '' Level Up''. From 2010 to 2011 it was the home of
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.


Studio 11

186 square metres (2,000 ft2) Opened as N2 in September 1969, and the same size as N1, it was used for the
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daytime news bulletins. Extended in 1985 to include props store and adjacent lobby, it became home to the '' Six O'Clock'' and '' Nine O'Clock News''. In spring 1999, following the completion of the News Centre spur of Television Centre, the news moved out and it was renamed TC11. In 2002 it became home to '' Liquid News'' and later to the other
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news programmes '' 60 Seconds'' and '' The 7 O'Clock News''. It briefly played host to the domestic BBC News bulletins while their studios were refurbished in 2006, before becoming general purpose. It was home to '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' until 15 December 2011, after which the studio was closed.


Studio 12

56 square metres (600 ft2) Originally built as a
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for the music studio originally located in Studio 0. Studio 12 was converted into an ad-hoc studio in 2004 for
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programmes. It was also used for '' Sportsround'' for some years, but was eventually converted into a presentation studio in 2006. It was used for in-vision continuity for CBBC and changed into an in-vision continuity studio in summer 2007. The set was transferred to a mini studio in the East Tower. It was used by
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.


Pres A

65 square metres (704 ft2) Opened in 1960, designed for in-vision continuity for
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, but was used as such for only three years. Became
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studio prior to the move to the BBC Weather Centre in 1990 (also in Television Centre), following which it was used by Children's BBC to supplement presentation from the 'Broom Cupboard', and was used for slots such as birthdays and public holidays. It became full-time home of Children's BBC in 1994 following the vacation of the 'Broom Cupboard'. It closed following CBBC's move to TC9 and was converted into additional presentation control rooms. The substantially thick wall between Pres A and B was removed and a mezzanine floor constructed to house a larger presentation control area for interactive and children's channels CBBC and
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.


Pres B

65 square metres (704 ft2) Opened in 1964, Pres B was designed for in-vision continuity for BBC 2, but that channel did not use in-vision continuity for more than a few months after launch. Became a general purpose studio housing small productions such as '' Points of View'', the ''
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'' series with Barry Norman and ''
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''. It closed in 1996 and initially remained disused until it was converted (along with Pres A) into additional presentation control rooms. The substantially thick wall between Pres A and B was removed and a mezzanine floor constructed to house a larger presentation control area for interactive and children's channels CBBC and CBeebies.


News studios

In addition to these studios,
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used a number of studios for the frequent news bulletins. These studios have a different naming system owing to their permanent usage and were not included on most studio lists, as they were unavailable for hire. * N1 – Previously
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daytime bulletins. Became TC10 * N2 – Previously
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daytime bulletins. Became TC11 * N3 – Small studio off main newsroom, before being made part of newsroom, separated by glass panels. * N4 – Studio, became part of the BBC Club bar * N5 – Originally studio for BBC Arabic Television service, which closed in 1996. It was a storeroom until 2001 when it was used for the BBCi service, then from 2007 as a home for '' Click'' prior to its move to Broadcasting House in 2012. * N6 – Formerly home to '' BBC News at One'', '' BBC News at Ten'' and the
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channel. * N8 – Home to
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prior to its move to Broadcasting House in 2013, and by the
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channel from 1999 to 2008. BBC News channel still used the studio to allow the ''BBC News at Ten'' to rehearse in N6 until 2013 * N9 – Home to
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until 2008 and BBC News 24 from 1997 to 1999, used as a contingency when N6/N8 unavailable due to technical work and for election coverage * N10 – Formerly used by
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to produce '' 60 Seconds'' These studios were located in Stage 5 & Stage 6, commonly known as the BBC News Centre. BBC News moved out of Stage 6 in 2013 to the new BBC News Centre at New Broadcasting House in Central London. After redevelopment, Stage 6 became the new home to the commercial arm of the BBC,
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. There was no N7, to avoid confusion with TC7, which housed 'big' news programmes such as ''BBC Breakfast'', ''Working Lunch'', and ''Newsnight''.


Infrastructure

In February 1996, the electricity and heating were transferred to a European Gas Turbines (EGT) 4.9MWe Typhoon
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combined heating, power and cooling unit. It included a 6MW Thermax
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(cooling) vapour absorption machine (VAM). The £6m
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system reduced energy costs by 35%, and paid for itself within three years. A second turbine was added, without a second chimney. However, in 2008 the BBC admitted that the energy system was being used for emergency purposes only as it had become cost-ineffective to use full-time. Excess electricity produced at night has not been returned to the National Grid, as originally planned. In November 2003, the turbine's chimneys caught fire, bringing TV output to a halt. After the fire the turbines were no longer used regularly.


Recent productions


BBC productions

* '' BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards'' (TC1: Nov 2019) * '' The Graham Norton Show'' (TC1: 2018–present) * '' Later... with Jools Holland'' (1992–2012; TC1: 2019–2020) * '' Mock the Week'' (TC4: 2005–2012; TC1: 2018–2022) * '' QI'' (TC1: 2019–present) * '' Sounds Like Friday Night'' (TC1: 2017–2018) * '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' (TC2: 2017) * '' Top Gear'' (Central Courtyard: 2021–2022)


ITV productions

* '' The Chase'' (TC1: Celebrity Specials, 2019) * '' Good Morning Britain'' (TC3: 2018–2025) * '' The Jonathan Ross Show'' (TC1: 2017–2025) * '' Loose Women'' (TC2: 2018–2025) * ''
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'' (TC2: 2018–2025) * '' This Morning'' (TC3: 2018–2025) * '' Peston'' (TC2: 2018–2025) * '' Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'' (TC1: 2020—2024)


Other productions

* '' The Big Narstie Show'' (TC1: 2018–present) * '' Blind Date'' (TC1: 2017–2018) * '' El Hormiguero'' (TC1: Special, 2019) * '' The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice'' (TC1: 2018–present) * '' The Russell Howard Hour'' (TC1: 2017–2022) * '' Sunday Brunch'' (TC2: 2019–present) * '' The Last Leg'' (TC1: 2018–2021, 2024-present) * '' Your Face or Mine?'' (TC1: 2019–present)


Major events


Terrorist target

On 4 March 2001, a bomb placed outside the news centre exploded, with no fatalities. It was attributed to the
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and the culprits were eventually caught. The front of the building suffered moderate damage, but was soon repaired.


Power failures

Television Centre has suffered from power cuts that affected normal broadcasting, but these were not seen as a systemic problem. One such power cut caused the launch night of
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, on 20 April 1964, to be cancelled; programmes began the next day. A major power failure occurred on 20 June 2000 at approximately 5 p.m., affecting the entire Television Centre resulting in services such as
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,
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and
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coming off air and/or altering their schedules. BBC News 24 went off air twice before being relocated to the BBC's
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studios and simulcasting with BBC World (marking a rare occurrence where BBC World was broadcast to UK viewers). The '' Six O'Clock News'' suffered severe lighting problems and had to be cancelled halfway through, and the BBC's backup generator caught fire. Troubles were experienced in the South East region, as ''
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'' started later than planned. The fire alarms went off at Television Centre later that day, leaving only a skeleton crew. Eventually many programmes returned, from different locations: ''
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'' was presented from the main news studio with intermittent technical problems. The issues were attributed to a failing substation in Shepherd's Bush. Normal services resumed the following day. Just before 8 a.m. on 28 November 2003 an electrical fault caused some equipment to overheat, which set off fire alarms. Although there was no fire, the fault caused widespread power cuts and prevented backup generators from providing alternative power. All output was affected with services transferred across London to alternative studios. The One O'Clock News and BBC News 24 broadcast for much of the day from the BBC's Millbank Studios, and the ''Today'' programme and Five Live's ''Breakfast'' morning radio shows fell off air for 15 minutes. The Millbank Studios are a fall-back for news operations in the event of TVC failure, and are continually recording the last hour of the BBC News Channel output (without in-vision clock) for this purpose. This power cut came on the week prior to the relaunch of News 24 as well as BBC World, which was postponed for another week to ensure that all problems had been remedied.


Protests

Programmes have been interrupted by protesters gaining access to Television Centre. In 1988, a group of lesbian protestors campaigning against Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 gained access to the studio of the '' Six O'Clock News'' during a live broadcast. Newsreader Sue Lawley continued with the broadcast, while co-presenter Nicholas Witchell tackled the intruders off-camera. On 20 May 2006, during the live broadcast of '' National Lottery: Jet Set'' the studio was invaded by members of the
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campaign group, causing the show to go briefly off air while the protesters were removed. This was also a problem as that night's lottery broadcast ran straight into the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. For '' Question Time'' on 22 October 2009, the BBC invited the leader of the
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,
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, onto the programme for the first time, causing heated public debate and strong protests outside the studios. Television Centre had its security breached with around 30 anti-fascist protesters storming the reception area and several hundred protesters gathering outside. Police and security staff were forced to close gates leading into the centre and form barriers to prevent any further breaches of security. On 9 August 2021, a number of
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protestors upset with BBC News for "promoting Covid-19 vaccines" attempted to gain access to Television Centre. The BBC's news operations were not on site as they had left the facility in 2013. Police were deployed to prevent the protestors entering BBC Studioworks, and some of the protesters later marched to
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where BBC News is based.


References


External links


BBC Studioworks
- operate the remaining studios on site
Television Centre
- official website for the redevelopment

Unofficial History of BBC Television Centre
GES046 – BBC TV Centre (Trip 1)
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