British television studios

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Chapters: Lime Grove Studios, BBC Television Centre, Elstree Studios, The London Studios, The Leeds Studios, Teddington Studios, Riverside Studios, BBC Birmingham, The Mailbox, Three Mills, Culverhouse Cross, Hackney Empire, The Fountain Studios, Broadcasting House, Pebble Mill Studios, BBC Wales Drama Village, BBC Pacific Quay, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, The Maidstone Studios, The Hospital, Havelock House, Belfast, Limehouse Studios, Upper Boat Studios, BBC Drama Village, British National Studios, Nettlefold Studios. Excerpt: BBC Television Centre at White City in West London is the headquarters of BBC Television. Officially opened on 29 June 1960, it remains one of the largest to this day; having featured over the years as backdrop to many BBC programmes, it is one of the most readily recognisable such facilities anywhere. It is the second oldest television studios in the United Kingdom after Granada Studios which was home to the BBC's great rival, Granada Television Manchester. Radio 5 Live and most of the corporation's national TV and radio news output comes from Television Centre with most of the pre-recorded television output coming 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 still happen within Television Centre before being passed onto the Broadcast Centre for transmission. In 2011 the radio and television news departments will move to Broadcasting House in central London, the traditional home of BBC Radio, as part of an ongoing reorganisation of the BBC's facilities. On 21 September 2010, the BBC's Director of Vision, Jana Bennett, announced that the BBC will cease broadcasting from Television Centre in 2013. On 13 June 2011 the BBC announced that Television Centre was on the market, and that it was 'inviting bid proposals from people looking for a conventional, freehold property or those interested in a joint venture', suggesting that it may yet remain connected to the Corporation. A sharp rise in local property values, sparked by the arrival of the nearby Westfield shopping centre, placed the building under threat. It is now protected from demolition. Making the protection announcement in July 2009, the Government's architecture minister Barbara Follett noted that it was where Doctor Who, Fawlty Towers and Blue Peter first came to life. 'It has been a torture chamber for politicians, and an endless source of first-class entertainment for the nation¿sometime