Television Centre, London
Television Centre (TVC), alternatively BBC Studioworks Television Centre, is a building complex in White City, West London, which 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
BBC Television Centre
BBC Studioworks Television Centre
Television production (1960–2013, 2017–present), mixed commercial and residential usage (2012–present)
Minimalist
West side of Wood Lane (A219) in White City, opposite Wood Lane tube station
White City, W12 7RJ
England
6 m (20 ft)
29 June 1960
29 June 1960
2013–18
£10 million
adjusted by inflation: £129 million
8 (above ground)
14 acres (56,656 m2)
Norman & Dawbarn
Marmaduke T. Tudsbery
Higgs and Hill (superstructure), George Wimpey (foundations)
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.
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.