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Television Centre, London

January 20, 2023

Television Centre (TVC) is a building complex in White City, West London, that was the headquarters of BBC Television between 1960 and 2013. After a refurbishment, the complex reopened in 2017 with three studios in use for TV production, operated by BBC Studioworks. 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 BBC programmes. Parts of the building are Grade II listed, including the central ring and Studio 1.

Television Centre
Television Centre in 2018
Television Centre
Location in London
Television Centre
Location in Hammersmith and Fulham
Alternative namesBBC Studioworks Television Centre
General information
TypeTelevision production (1960–2013, 2017–present), mixed commercial and residential usage (2012–present)
Architectural styleMinimalist
LocationWest side of Wood Lane (A219) in White City, opposite Wood Lane tube station
AddressWhite City, W12 7RJ
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°30′36″N 0°13′35″W / 51.5099°N 0.2263°W / 51.5099; -0.2263Coordinates: 51°30′36″N 0°13′35″W / 51.5099°N 0.2263°W / 51.5099; -0.2263
Elevation6 m (20 ft)
Current tenantsBBC Studioworks
BBC Studios
Completed29 June 1960
Inaugurated29 June 1960
Renovated2013–18
Cost£10 million
adjusted by inflation: £129 million
OwnerBBC (1949–2013)
AIMCo (2013–present)
Technical details
Floor count8 (above ground)
Floor area14 acres (56,656 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Graham Dawbarn AHMM
Architecture firmNorman & Dawbarn
Structural engineerMr Marmaduke T Tudsbery
Main contractorHiggs and Hill (superstructure), George Wimpey (foundations)
Website
televisioncentre.com

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 Red Bee Media. Live television 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.[citation needed]

The building is 4 miles (6 kilometres) west of central London, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The nearest Underground stations are White City on the Central Line and Wood Lane on the Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines.

History

 
An outline plan of BBC Television Centre showing the stages of construction.

On Friday 1 April 1949, Norman Collins, the Controller of the BBC Television Service, announced at the Television Society's annual dinner at The Waldorf Hilton, London that a new TV centre would be built in Shepherd's Bush. London broadcasts at the time came from Alexandra Palace and Lime Grove Studios (from 1949). It was to be the largest television centre in the world.[1]

It was planned to be 6 acres (2.4 hectares), 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[1] and the Shepherd's Bush Empire 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.[2] 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.[3]

In 1997, the BBC News Centre was opened, in a new complex at the front of the building.[4] 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 BBC Radio, Liz Forgan, who resigned after failing to dissuade the governors.[citation needed] 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,[citation needed] despite being only 4+1⁄2 mi (7.2 km) west.

Redevelopment

 
Television Centre pictured in 2009

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",[5] with the then Director General, Mark Thompson, saying the plan would deliver "a smaller, but fitter, BBC" in the digital age.[6] A BBC spokesman has added that "this is a full scale disposal of BBC Television Centre and we won't be leasing it back".[7] The corporation officially put Television Centre on the property market in June 2011.[8][9]

BBC Sport and BBC Children's moved to dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford Quays in 2012,[10] with Children's Learning, Radio 5 Live[11] and part of BBC Future Media & Technology.[12] The move saw up to 1,500 posts at TV Centre and 700 posts at New Broadcasting House relocate to Salford Quays. BBC Breakfast, part of BBC News, moved to Salford in April 2012.[13][14]

On 16 July 2012, the BBC agreed to sell the site to Stanhope for £200 million.[15] The building closed on 31 March 2013 and was redeveloped to include flats, office space, a cinema and hotels.[16] 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.[17] 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.[18] The BBC's commercial business, BBC Studios, will lease back Stage 6 as office space which is the part formerly occupied by BBC News.[19]

 
Television Centre during redevelopment in May 2015. The BBC blocks on the wall of TC1 were removed in September 2014.

All BBC News, national radio and BBC World Service 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.[20] 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.[21]

A 90-minute documentary titled Tales of Television Centre[22] was broadcast on BBC Four 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 BBC One controller and BBC chairman Michael Grade. 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.[23] 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.[24]

In December 2013, Stanhope was granted planning permission from the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.[25]

In October 2014, UK magazine Private Eye 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.[26] 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.[27]

Demolition work began in February 2015.[28]

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.[29]

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.[30] As of April 2017, bookings for the renovated studios were being taken.[31]

The first programme to transmit live from the newly refurbished studios was Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on BBC Two on Monday 25 September 2017. It was hosted by Zoe Ball.

In April 2018, ITV's daytime programmes Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This Morning, Loose Women and political discussion programme Peston moved to Television Centre, due to the closure and redevelopment of The London Studios.[32][33][34] However, in October 2018, it was announced that ITV would not be returning to the South Bank,[35] and it is thought that ITV Daytime programmes will continue to be broadcast from Television Centre.

On 29 June 2020, Television Centre turned 60 years old and the Royal Television Society released a commemorative programme to celebrate.[36]

The building

 
Panoramic view of the centre of the building, showing the statue of Helios, the Greek god of the sun

Design

The overall design from the air appeared to resemble a question mark in shape. The architect, Graham Dawbarn, CBE (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.[37] 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. The circular shape allowed similar length video signal cables from all of the studios to the central VT area, allowing analogue TV signals to remain synchronised between the different studios for multi-studio broadcasts.

Helios

 
Helios Statue in TV Centre White City

In the centre of the main block was a statue designed by T. B. Huxley-Jones of Helios, 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 sound and vision, 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.[38]

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 'Atomic Dots': 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, English Heritage requested listed status for the scenery workshop, the canteen block adjoining the Blue Peter Garden, and the central building.[39][40][41] 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.[citation needed] 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.[42]

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 Grade II listed status from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.[43] The 'atomic dots' and name of Studio 1, and the cantilevered porch on its exterior were noted as important architectural features of that building.[44] The department did not consider the other buildings, including all other studios, scenery block and canteen of sufficient special interest to warrant listing.[44][45] Making the protection announcement, the architecture minister Barbara Follett noted that it was where Doctor Who, Fawlty Towers 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."[45]

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 Strictly Come Dancing, Harry Hill's TV Burp, Match of the Day, Later... with Jools Holland, Miranda, The Alan Titchmarsh Show, The Armstrong & Miller Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats as well as big complex live productions such as Children in Need and Comic Relief. Classic BBC productions hosted at the site include some of Britain's best known television programmes including Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Blue Peter, Absolutely Fabulous, the original Doctor Who 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 The House of Eliott,[46] which ended in 1994, and the last single drama recorded was Henry IV, Part 1, in 1995.[47][48] The reason for the decline was because drama productions (except for soap operas) shifted almost entirely onto film or single-camera video, and Television Centre was a video-based, multi-camera production environment.[49]

Studio 1

 
Studio TC1 at BBC Television Centre as seen in 2007

995 square metres (10,250 ft2)

Opened on 15 April 1964 and was the fourth largest television studio in Britain (following Fountain Studios' Studio A&B, dock10's Studio 1 and The Maidstone Studios' Studio 1), and was equipped for HDTV production (as were Studio 4, Studio 6 and Studio 8).[50] Studio 1 is the home of shows including Sounds Like Friday Night, The Graham Norton Show, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway,[51] The Jonathan Ross Show, The Russell Howard Hour, Blind Date, BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards and The Last Leg. Studio 1 also hosted the 2,000th program of the Spanish talk show El Hormiguero with Will Smith.[52]

In May 2020, Loose Women temporarily moved from TC2 into TC1 to allow for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.[53] In mid-July, Loose Women returned to TC2.[citation needed]

Studio 2

223 square metres (2,400 ft2)

Opened in late 1960, it housed comedy programmes such as That Was the Week That Was. It was not initially converted to colour and closed in 1969, with the space being used as storage, but reopened in 1981. It was used by BBC News until they moved in 1997, and has played host to the Sport 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 Lorraine, Loose Women and Peston, in addition to Channel 4's Sunday Brunch.

Studio 3

594 square metres (6,390 ft2)

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 Circle line and Hammersmith & City line (then still part of the Metropolitan line) of the London Underground. 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

117 square metres (1,260 ft2)

Opened in 1989 as a music studio, with what would later become Studio 12 as its control room; Productions included for UK Play and during its later life was equipped for producing virtual reality programmes. It was home to Liquid News between 2000 and 2002 and CBeebies in vision continuity between 2002 and 2008. After that it was used by BBC Research.

Studio 4

585 square metres (6,300 ft2)

Opened in January 1961, TC4 was similar in design and layout to its neighbour, TC3. It was designed as a light entertainment studio and contained a rather unusual sound system called ambiophony. It was upgraded to colour in 1970 and to HD and surround sound in 2008.

Programmes recorded or transmitted included:

Studio 5

223 square metres (2,400 ft2)

Opened in August 1961, it was used for the first half of its life by broadcasts from BBC Schools. There was an adjacent area used for schools programming that linked in with the studio. It was converted to colour around 1973, about the same time as schools broadcasts as a whole. It was closed briefly during the mid-1980s, and reopened in 1987 following a two-year refurbishment. It was the home of BBC Sport's programmes until November 2011 when the Sports department moved to MediaCityUK.

TC5 hosted an experimental session in 1963 to create video ‘howlaround’ footage for ‘Doctor Who’, although only a small amount was used in the original title sequence as transmitted.[54][55]

Programmes recorded or transmitted included:

Studio 6

598 square metres (6,440 ft2)

Opened in July 1967 to coincide with BBC Two's switch to colour. It was the first to be equipped with colour cameras. It was a strange design: it was originally designed to be split in two by a large removable wall, but this idea was abandoned. The gallery was moved in 1993 and the old gallery became home to the BBC Red Button control room. Upgraded to HD in July 2010, the first 3D capable studio in the UK. Home to children's programmes Live & Kicking and Dick & Dom in da Bungalow, and Pointless.

Programmes recorded or transmitted included:

Studio 7

223 square metres (2,400 ft2)

Opened in 1962 and was used for a variety of programmes. Home to children's programming such as Going Live!, before being home to BBC News in 1997. It was the home of the BBC Breakfast programme until 2012 and the BBC News at Six bulletin until 2013, with other bulletins based at N6 in the News Centre. It was vacated on 15 March 2013, following the refit of the extension to Broadcasting House, to where the BBC News department and newsroom moved.

Programmes recorded or transmitted included:

Studio 8

602 square metres (6,480 ft2)

Opened in 1967, considered the best studio for television producers to use. It was the size that most programmes wanted and, building on the experience when building the other studios, was the best. It became the studio for comedy and sitcoms, because of its audience seating arrangements and size. It was converted to HD in January 2007.

Programmes recorded or transmitted included:

Studio 9

84 square metres (900 ft2)

Built in 1955 as a foyer area of the restaurant block, becoming a store area, converted to a studio in 1996 for Children's BBC. The location was highly convenient: it allowed the invision continuity to be relocated from the "Broom Cupboard" (continuity announcer's booth) to a roomier studio. It opened onto the Blue Peter Garden allowing presentation to take place there. It was an odd shape, and was used for invision continuity for CBBC until 2004, when they broadcast links for the CBBC Channel only. All invision continuity was dropped in 2006, and it was used for programmes such as Sam & Mark's TMi Friday and SMart.

Studio 10

111 square metres (1,200 ft2)

Opened as N1 in September 1969, it was used for the BBC1 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 CBBC on BBC One and BBC Two, before being used by some programming for CBBC such as Level Up. From 2010 to 2011 it was the home of CBeebies.

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 BBC2 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 BBC Three 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 control room for the music studio originally located in Studio 0. Studio 12 was converted into an ad-hoc studio in 2004 for CBBC programmes, most notably for the interactive "live cartoon" series Nelly Nut Live! which aired from 2003 to 2005. 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 BBC Research.[56]

Pres A

65 square metres (704 ft2)

Opened in 1960, designed for in-vision continuity for BBC 1, but was used as such for only three years. Became weather 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.[57] 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 CBeebies.

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 Film series with Barry Norman and The Old Grey Whistle Test. 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, BBC News 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 BBC One daytime bulletins. Became TC10
  • N2 – Previously BBC Two 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 BBC News channel.
  • N8 – Home to BBC World News prior to its move to Broadcasting House in 2013, and by the BBC News 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 BBC World News 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 BBC Three 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, BBC Studios.

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 gas turbine combined heating, power and cooling unit.[58] It included a 6MW Thermax air conditioning (cooling) vapour absorption machine (VAM). The £6m HVAC 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[59] 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,[60] bringing TV output to a halt. After the fire the turbines were no longer used regularly.

Recent productions

BBC productions

ITV productions

Other productions

Major events

 
Television Centre on Election Night, 5 May 2005

Terrorist target

See also: 2001 BBC bombing

On 4 March 2001, a bomb placed outside the news centre exploded, with no fatalities.[65] It was attributed to the Real IRA 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.[citation needed] One such power cut caused the launch night of BBC2, on 20 April 1964, to be cancelled; programmes began the next day.[66]

A major power failure occurred on 20 June 2000 at approximately 5 p.m., affecting the entire Television Centre resulting in services such as BBC Two and BBC Radio 4 coming off air, and BBC News 24 went off air before being relocated to the BBC's Westminster studios. 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 Newsroom South East 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: Newsnight 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.[67]

Just before 8 a.m. on 28 November 2003 an electrical fault caused some equipment to overheat, which set off fire alarms.[60] 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,[60] and the Today programme and Five Live's Breakfast morning radio shows fell off air for 15 minutes.[60] The Millbank Studios are a fall-back for news operations in the event of TVC failure,[citation needed] and are continually recording the last hour of the BBC News Channel output (without in-vision clock) for this purpose.[citation needed] This power cut came on the week prior to the relaunch of News 24, which was postponed for another week to ensure that all problems had been remedied.[68]

Protests

 
Protesters objecting to the appearance of Nick Griffin on Question Time outside Television Centre in 2009

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.[69] Newsreader Sue Lawley continued with the broadcast, while co-presenter Nicholas Witchell tackled the intruders off-camera.[70]

On 20 May 2006 during the live broadcast of National Lottery: Jet Set the studio was invaded by members of the Fathers 4 Justice campaign group, causing the show to go briefly off air while the protesters were removed.[71] 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 British National Party, Nick Griffin, onto the programme for the first time causing heated public debate and strong protests outside the studios.[72] 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.[73]

On 9 August 2021 a number of anti-vaccine 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.[74][75] Police were deployed to prevent the protestors entering BBC Studioworks, and some of the protesters later marched to Broadcasting House where BBC News is based.[76]

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Television Centre TVC is a building complex in White City West London that was the headquarters of BBC Television between 1960 and 2013 After a refurbishment the complex reopened in 2017 with three studios in use for TV production operated by BBC Studioworks 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 BBC programmes Parts of the building are Grade II listed including the central ring and Studio 1 Television CentreTelevision Centre in 2018Television CentreLocation in LondonShow map of Greater LondonTelevision CentreLocation in Hammersmith and FulhamShow map of London Borough of Hammersmith and FulhamAlternative namesBBC Studioworks Television CentreGeneral informationTypeTelevision production 1960 2013 2017 present mixed commercial and residential usage 2012 present Architectural styleMinimalistLocationWest side of Wood Lane A219 in White City opposite Wood Lane tube stationAddressWhite City W12 7RJCountryEnglandCoordinates51 30 36 N 0 13 35 W 51 5099 N 0 2263 W 51 5099 0 2263 Coordinates 51 30 36 N 0 13 35 W 51 5099 N 0 2263 W 51 5099 0 2263Elevation6 m 20 ft Current tenantsBBC Studioworks BBC StudiosCompleted29 June 1960Inaugurated29 June 1960Renovated2013 18Cost 10 millionadjusted by inflation 129 millionOwnerBBC 1949 2013 AIMCo 2013 present Technical detailsFloor count8 above ground Floor area14 acres 56 656 m2 Design and constructionArchitect s Graham Dawbarn AHMMArchitecture firmNorman amp DawbarnStructural engineerMr Marmaduke T TudsberyMain contractorHiggs and Hill superstructure George Wimpey foundations Websitetelevisioncentre wbr comMost 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 Red Bee Media Live television 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 citation needed The building is 4 miles 6 kilometres west of central London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham The nearest Underground stations are White City on the Central Line and Wood Lane on the Circle and Hammersmith amp City Lines Contents 1 History 1 1 Redevelopment 1 2 Reopening 2 The building 2 1 Design 2 2 Helios 2 3 Listed status 2 4 Current studios 2 4 1 Studio 1 2 4 2 Studio 2 2 4 3 Studio 3 2 5 Former studios 2 5 1 Studio 0 2 5 2 Studio 4 2 5 3 Studio 5 2 5 4 Studio 6 2 5 5 Studio 7 2 5 6 Studio 8 2 5 7 Studio 9 2 5 8 Studio 10 2 5 9 Studio 11 2 5 10 Studio 12 2 5 11 Pres A 2 5 12 Pres B 2 5 13 News studios 2 6 Infrastructure 3 Recent productions 3 1 BBC productions 3 2 ITV productions 3 3 Other productions 4 Major events 4 1 Terrorist target 4 2 Power failures 4 3 Protests 5 References 6 External linksHistory Edit An outline plan of BBC Television Centre showing the stages of construction On Friday 1 April 1949 Norman Collins the Controller of the BBC Television Service announced at the Television Society s annual dinner at The Waldorf Hilton London that a new TV centre would be built in Shepherd s Bush London broadcasts at the time came from Alexandra Palace and Lime Grove Studios from 1949 It was to be the largest television centre in the world 1 It was planned to be 6 acres 2 4 hectares 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 1 and the Shepherd s Bush Empire 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 2 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 3 In 1997 the BBC News Centre was opened in a new complex at the front of the building 4 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 BBC Radio Liz Forgan who resigned after failing to dissuade the governors citation needed 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 citation needed despite being only 4 1 2 mi 7 2 km west Redevelopment Edit Television Centre pictured in 2009 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 5 with the then Director General Mark Thompson saying the plan would deliver a smaller but fitter BBC in the digital age 6 A BBC spokesman has added that this is a full scale disposal of BBC Television Centre and we won t be leasing it back 7 The corporation officially put Television Centre on the property market in June 2011 8 9 BBC Sport and BBC Children s moved to dock10 MediaCityUK in Salford Quays in 2012 10 with Children s Learning Radio 5 Live 11 and part of BBC Future Media amp Technology 12 The move saw up to 1 500 posts at TV Centre and 700 posts at New Broadcasting House relocate to Salford Quays BBC Breakfast part of BBC News moved to Salford in April 2012 13 14 On 16 July 2012 the BBC agreed to sell the site to Stanhope for 200 million 15 The building closed on 31 March 2013 and was redeveloped to include flats office space a cinema and hotels 16 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 17 The original schedule would have seen Studios 1 2 amp 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 18 The BBC s commercial business BBC Studios will lease back Stage 6 as office space which is the part formerly occupied by BBC News 19 Television Centre during redevelopment in May 2015 The BBC blocks on the wall of TC1 were removed in September 2014 All BBC News national radio and BBC World Service 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 20 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 21 A 90 minute documentary titled Tales of Television Centre 22 was broadcast on BBC Four 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 BBC One controller and BBC chairman Michael Grade 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 23 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 24 In December 2013 Stanhope was granted planning permission from the London Borough of Hammersmith amp Fulham 25 In October 2014 UK magazine Private Eye 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 26 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 27 Demolition work began in February 2015 28 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 29 Reopening Edit 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 30 As of April 2017 bookings for the renovated studios were being taken 31 The first programme to transmit live from the newly refurbished studios was Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two on BBC Two on Monday 25 September 2017 It was hosted by Zoe Ball In April 2018 ITV s daytime programmes Good Morning Britain Lorraine This Morning Loose Women and political discussion programme Peston moved to Television Centre due to the closure and redevelopment of The London Studios 32 33 34 However in October 2018 it was announced that ITV would not be returning to the South Bank 35 and it is thought that ITV Daytime programmes will continue to be broadcast from Television Centre On 29 June 2020 Television Centre turned 60 years old and the Royal Television Society released a commemorative programme to celebrate 36 The building Edit Panoramic view of the centre of the building showing the statue of Helios the Greek god of the sun Design Edit The overall design from the air appeared to resemble a question mark in shape The architect Graham Dawbarn CBE Norman amp 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 37 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 The circular shape allowed similar length video signal cables from all of the studios to the central VT area allowing analogue TV signals to remain synchronised between the different studios for multi studio broadcasts Helios Edit Helios Statue in TV Centre White City In the centre of the main block was a statue designed by T B Huxley Jones of Helios 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 sound and vision 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 38 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 facade 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 facade leading to him puncturing a scale foam model of the wall with drawing pins and thus the birth of the iconic Atomic Dots there are 26 across the facade 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 Edit 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 English Heritage requested listed status for the scenery workshop the canteen block adjoining the Blue Peter Garden and the central building 39 40 41 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 citation needed 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 42 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 Grade II listed status from the Department for Culture Media and Sport 43 The atomic dots and name of Studio 1 and the cantilevered porch on its exterior were noted as important architectural features of that building 44 The department did not consider the other buildings including all other studios scenery block and canteen of sufficient special interest to warrant listing 44 45 Making the protection announcement the architecture minister Barbara Follett noted that it was where Doctor Who Fawlty Towers 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 45 Current studios Edit 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 Strictly Come Dancing Harry Hill s TV Burp Match of the Day Later with Jools Holland Miranda The Alan Titchmarsh Show The Armstrong amp Miller Show 8 Out of 10 Cats as well as big complex live productions such as Children in Need and Comic Relief Classic BBC productions hosted at the site include some of Britain s best known television programmes including Fawlty Towers Monty Python s Flying Circus Blue Peter Absolutely Fabulous the original Doctor Who 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 The House of Eliott 46 which ended in 1994 and the last single drama recorded was Henry IV Part 1 in 1995 47 48 The reason for the decline was because drama productions except for soap operas shifted almost entirely onto film or single camera video and Television Centre was a video based multi camera production environment 49 Studio 1 Edit Studio TC1 at BBC Television Centre as seen in 2007 995 square metres 10 250 ft2 Opened on 15 April 1964 and was the fourth largest television studio in Britain following Fountain Studios Studio A amp B dock10 s Studio 1 and The Maidstone Studios Studio 1 and was equipped for HDTV production as were Studio 4 Studio 6 and Studio 8 50 Studio 1 is the home of shows including Sounds Like Friday Night The Graham Norton Show Ant amp Dec s Saturday Night Takeaway 51 The Jonathan Ross Show The Russell Howard Hour Blind Date BBC Radio 1 s Teen Awards and The Last Leg Studio 1 also hosted the 2 000th program of the Spanish talk show El Hormiguero with Will Smith 52 In May 2020 Loose Women temporarily moved from TC2 into TC1 to allow for social distancing during the COVID 19 pandemic 53 In mid July Loose Women returned to TC2 citation needed Studio 2 Edit 223 square metres 2 400 ft2 Opened in late 1960 it housed comedy programmes such as That Was the Week That Was It was not initially converted to colour and closed in 1969 with the space being used as storage but reopened in 1981 It was used by BBC News until they moved in 1997 and has played host to the Sport 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 Lorraine Loose Women and Peston in addition to Channel 4 s Sunday Brunch Studio 3 Edit 594 square metres 6 390 ft2 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 Circle line and Hammersmith amp City line then still part of the Metropolitan line of the London Underground 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 Edit This section may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia s inclusion policy February 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Studio 0 Edit 117 square metres 1 260 ft2 Opened in 1989 as a music studio with what would later become Studio 12 as its control room Productions included for UK Play and during its later life was equipped for producing virtual reality programmes It was home to Liquid News between 2000 and 2002 and CBeebies in vision continuity between 2002 and 2008 After that it was used by BBC Research Studio 4 Edit 585 square metres 6 300 ft2 Opened in January 1961 TC4 was similar in design and layout to its neighbour TC3 It was designed as a light entertainment studio and contained a rather unusual sound system called ambiophony It was upgraded to colour in 1970 and to HD and surround sound in 2008 Programmes recorded or transmitted included Never Mind the Buzzcocks Later with Jools Holland Embarrassing Bodies Live from the Clinic Harry Hill s TV Burp A Question of Sport Celebrity Mastermind The Alan Titchmarsh Show Room 101 Strictly Come Dancing Noel s House Party Parkinson Dead Ringers Little Britain Clarkson Record Breakers Only Fools and Horses Blackadder Friday Night with Jonathan Ross The Hairy Bikers Cook Off The Paul Daniels Magic Show The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy The National Lottery In It to Win It The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson The Forsyte Saga Blue Peter Sam amp Mark s Big Friday Wind Up Yes Minister Yes Prime Minister Z Cars Play for Today Golden Balls Top of the Pops Studio 5 Edit 223 square metres 2 400 ft2 Opened in August 1961 it was used for the first half of its life by broadcasts from BBC Schools There was an adjacent area used for schools programming that linked in with the studio It was converted to colour around 1973 about the same time as schools broadcasts as a whole It was closed briefly during the mid 1980s and reopened in 1987 following a two year refurbishment It was the home of BBC Sport s programmes until November 2011 when the Sports department moved to MediaCityUK TC5 hosted an experimental session in 1963 to create video howlaround footage for Doctor Who although only a small amount was used in the original title sequence as transmitted 54 55 Programmes recorded or transmitted included Match of the Day Football Focus Crimewatch Jackanory Grandstand Ask the Family Call My Bluff Holiday Watchdog Play School The Old Grey Whistle Test Studio 6 Edit 598 square metres 6 440 ft2 Opened in July 1967 to coincide with BBC Two s switch to colour It was the first to be equipped with colour cameras It was a strange design it was originally designed to be split in two by a large removable wall but this idea was abandoned The gallery was moved in 1993 and the old gallery became home to the BBC Red Button control room Upgraded to HD in July 2010 the first 3D capable studio in the UK Home to children s programmes Live amp Kicking and Dick amp Dom in da Bungalow and Pointless Programmes recorded or transmitted included Pointless Mock the Week Never Mind the Buzzcocks Alan Carr Chatty Man The Paul O Grady Show 8 Out of 10 Cats 10 O Clock Live Chris Moyles Quiz Night Live amp Kicking The Saturday Show Dick amp Dom in da Bungalow The Liver Birds My Family Pennies from Heaven Doctor Who The Good Life The Goodies Rentaghost Blue Peter Juliet Bravo Bomber Harris A Bit of Fry amp Laurie They Think It s All Over Rory Bremner Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Big Break Studio 7 Edit 223 square metres 2 400 ft2 Opened in 1962 and was used for a variety of programmes Home to children s programming such as Going Live before being home to BBC News in 1997 It was the home of the BBC Breakfast programme until 2012 and the BBC News at Six bulletin until 2013 with other bulletins based at N6 in the News Centre It was vacated on 15 March 2013 following the refit of the extension to Broadcasting House to where the BBC News department and newsroom moved Programmes recorded or transmitted included Business Breakfast BBC Breakfast Working Lunch HARDtalk Newsround Sportsround Newsnight Newsnight Review Match of the Day Kickabout The Andrew Marr Show Breakfast with Frost On the Record The Politics Show BBC News at Six Swap Shop Saturday Superstore Going Live Butterflies To the Manor Born Play School Bob s Full House ChuckleVision Shooting Stars The Stand Up Show The Late Show Bodger amp Badger Studio 8 Edit 602 square metres 6 480 ft2 Opened in 1967 considered the best studio for television producers to use It was the size that most programmes wanted and building on the experience when building the other studios was the best It became the studio for comedy and sitcoms because of its audience seating arrangements and size It was converted to HD in January 2007 Programmes recorded or transmitted included Miranda Not Going Out Never Mind the Buzzcocks Tipping Point A Question of Sport Piers Morgan s Life Stories Five Minutes to a Fortune Pets Nation Morecambe and Wise The Dick Emery Show Sykes The Two Ronnies Absolutely Fabulous Monty Python s Flying Circus Keeping Up Appearances Are You Being Served It Ain t Half Hot Mum Open All Hours Citizen Smith Up Pompeii Porridge In Sickness and in Health The Les Dawson Show Fawlty Towers The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Not the Nine O Clock News Blankety Blank Bread Hi de Hi The Russ Abbot Show Alas Smith and Jones Allo Allo Birds of a Feather May to December Just Good Friends Hole in the Wall Ever Decreasing Circles Victoria Wood As Seen on TV French and Saunders One Foot in the Grave Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge Dinnerladies Auntie s Bloomers The National Lottery Draws The Catherine Tate Show Studio 9 Edit 84 square metres 900 ft2 Built in 1955 as a foyer area of the restaurant block becoming a store area converted to a studio in 1996 for Children s BBC The location was highly convenient it allowed the invision continuity to be relocated from the Broom Cupboard continuity announcer s booth to a roomier studio It opened onto the Blue Peter Garden allowing presentation to take place there It was an odd shape and was used for invision continuity for CBBC until 2004 when they broadcast links for the CBBC Channel only All invision continuity was dropped in 2006 and it was used for programmes such as Sam amp Mark s TMi Friday and SMart Studio 10 Edit 111 square metres 1 200 ft2 Opened as N1 in September 1969 it was used for the BBC1 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 CBBC on BBC One and BBC Two before being used by some programming for CBBC such as Level Up From 2010 to 2011 it was the home of CBeebies Studio 11 Edit 186 square metres 2 000 ft2 Opened as N2 in September 1969 and the same size as N1 it was used for the BBC2 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 BBC Three 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 Edit 56 square metres 600 ft2 Originally built as a control room for the music studio originally located in Studio 0 Studio 12 was converted into an ad hoc studio in 2004 for CBBC programmes most notably for the interactive live cartoon series Nelly Nut Live which aired from 2003 to 2005 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 BBC Research 56 Pres A Edit 65 square metres 704 ft2 Opened in 1960 designed for in vision continuity for BBC 1 but was used as such for only three years Became weather 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 57 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 CBeebies Pres B Edit 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 Film series with Barry Norman and The Old Grey Whistle Test 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 Edit In addition to these studios BBC News 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 BBC One daytime bulletins Became TC10 N2 Previously BBC Two 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 BBC News channel N8 Home to BBC World News prior to its move to Broadcasting House in 2013 and by the BBC News 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 BBC World News 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 BBC Three to produce 60 SecondsThese studios were located in Stage 5 amp 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 BBC Studios There was no N7 to avoid confusion with TC7 which housed big news programmes such as BBC Breakfast Working Lunch and Newsnight Infrastructure Edit In February 1996 the electricity and heating were transferred to a European Gas Turbines EGT 4 9MWe Typhoon gas turbine combined heating power and cooling unit 58 It included a 6MW Thermax air conditioning cooling vapour absorption machine VAM The 6m HVAC 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 59 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 60 bringing TV output to a halt After the fire the turbines were no longer used regularly Recent productions EditBBC productions Edit BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards TC1 Nov 2019 61 The Graham Norton Show TC1 2018 present Later with Jools Holland 1992 2012 TC1 2019 present 62 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 ITV productions Edit The Chase TC1 Celebrity Specials 2019 63 Good Morning Britain TC3 2018 present The Jonathan Ross Show TC1 2017 present Loose Women TC2 2018 present Lorraine TC2 2018 present This Morning TC3 2018 present Peston TC2 2018 present Ant amp Dec s Saturday Night Takeaway TC1 2020 present Other productions Edit The Big Narstie Show TC1 2018 present Blind Date TC1 2017 2018 El Hormiguero TC1 Special 2019 64 52 The Great British Bake Off An Extra Slice TC1 2018 present The Russell Howard Hour TC1 2017 present Sunday Brunch TC2 2019 present The Last Leg TC1 2018 present Your Face or Mine TC1 2019 present Major events Edit Television Centre on Election Night 5 May 2005 Terrorist target Edit See also 2001 BBC bombing On 4 March 2001 a bomb placed outside the news centre exploded with no fatalities 65 It was attributed to the Real IRA and the culprits were eventually caught The front of the building suffered moderate damage but was soon repaired Power failures Edit Television Centre has suffered from power cuts that affected normal broadcasting but these were not seen as a systemic problem citation needed One such power cut caused the launch night of BBC2 on 20 April 1964 to be cancelled programmes began the next day 66 A major power failure occurred on 20 June 2000 at approximately 5 p m affecting the entire Television Centre resulting in services such as BBC Two and BBC Radio 4 coming off air and BBC News 24 went off air before being relocated to the BBC s Westminster studios 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 Newsroom South East 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 Newsnight 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 67 Just before 8 a m on 28 November 2003 an electrical fault caused some equipment to overheat which set off fire alarms 60 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 60 and the Today programme and Five Live s Breakfast morning radio shows fell off air for 15 minutes 60 The Millbank Studios are a fall back for news operations in the event of TVC failure citation needed and are continually recording the last hour of the BBC News Channel output without in vision clock for this purpose citation needed This power cut came on the week prior to the relaunch of News 24 which was postponed for another week to ensure that all problems had been remedied 68 Protests Edit Protesters objecting to the appearance of Nick Griffin on Question Time outside Television Centre in 2009 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 69 Newsreader Sue Lawley continued with the broadcast while co presenter Nicholas Witchell tackled the intruders off camera 70 On 20 May 2006 during the live broadcast of National Lottery Jet Set the studio was invaded by members of the Fathers 4 Justice campaign group causing the show to go briefly off air while the protesters were removed 71 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 British National Party Nick Griffin onto the programme for the first time causing heated public debate and strong protests outside the studios 72 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 73 On 9 August 2021 a number of anti vaccine 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 74 75 Police were deployed to prevent the protestors entering BBC Studioworks and some of the protesters later marched to Broadcasting House where 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