Television Centre, London

Television Centre
Television Centre in 2018
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Former names	BBC Television Centre
Alternative names	BBC Studioworks Television Centre
General information
Type	Television production (1960–2013, 2017–present), mixed commercial and residential usage (2012–present)
Architectural style	Minimalist
Location	West side of Wood Lane (A219) in White City, opposite Wood Lane tube station
Address	White City, W12 7RJ
Country	England
Coordinates	51°30′36″N 0°13′35″W / 51.5099°N 0.2263°W / 51.5099; -0.2263
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Current tenants	BBC Studios BBC Studioworks
Completed	29 June 1960
Inaugurated	29 June 1960
Renovated	2013–18
Cost	£10 million adjusted by inflation: £129 million
Owner	BBC (1949–2013) AIMCo (2013–present)
Technical details
Floor count	8 (above ground)
Floor area	14 acres (56,656 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Graham Dawbarn AHMM
Architecture firm	Norman & Dawbarn
Structural engineer	Marmaduke T. Tudsbery
Main contractor	Higgs and Hill (superstructure), George Wimpey (foundations)
Website
televisioncentre.com

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.

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.