BBC TV Centre illuminated during the last live broadcast ever to be made 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


Size: 4064px × 2704px
Location: BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, White City, W12 7RJ
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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