BBC TV Centre illuminated during the last live broadcast from this iconic building
The last live programme broadcast from Television Centre was Madness Live: Goodbye Television Centre on BBC Four on 22 March 2013. This image shows the BBC TV Centre illuminated during this last live broadcast from this iconic building. The BBC Television Centre at White City in West London is the headquarters of BBC Television. 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. At 7 pm on 22 March 2013, a special edition of The One Show was broadcast from the front of TVC, this was followed by special programming to mark the end of the BBC residing at TVC with the official last day at the end of that month. TVC remained one of the largest such facilities in the world and was the second oldest operating television studio in the United Kingdom after Granada Studios, where, the BBC's main commercial rival, Granada Television was based for many decades. The BBC Television Centre at White City in West London was the headquarters of BBC Television. 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. At 7 pm on 22 March 2013, a special edition of The One Show was broadcast from the front of Television Centre (TVC), this was followed by the building's last live broadcast Madness Live: Goodbye Television Centre and special programming to mark the end of the BBC residing at TVC with the official last day at the end of that month. TVC remained one of the largest such facilities in the world and was the second oldest operating television studio in the United Kingdom after Granada Studios, where, the BBC's main commercial rival, Granada Television was based for many decades. Most of the corporation's national TV and radio news output came from Television Centre with most of the recorded television output coming from the nearby Broadcast Centre at 201 Wood Lane
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Location: BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, White City, W12 7RJ
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
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