BBC TELEVISION CENTRE, LONDON
W12
BBC TELEVISION CENTRE
PROJECT
These images are a very small "snapshot" of the project I have been working on to capture BBC Television Centre before the programmes and staff go to Salford or W1. Sadly, parts of this iconic building will be demolished once all programmes are relocated. There are currently several thousand images in the archive and growing by the week. I also have included some timelapse films, HDR, and video clips. I aim to include 360 degree panoramics where suitable along with some Infrared images and some "artistic" interpretations of the building. The images on here are low res versions of high res originals.
This collection aims to show the gloss and glory of what the BBC
does along with the sadness of a building that is closing
down.
These images are currently on a personal private site with some
spare space in order to allow some limited viewing for those that
have requested to see some of the work.
This webpage is still developing and further images will be
added weekly.
There are some roll over images. Please allow your internet to fully load to see these.
Images of BBC New Broadcasting House are at:
www.eternaldreams.co.uk/bbc-broadcasting-house
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL IMAGES ARE STRICTLY
COPYRIGHTED AND MAY NOT BE USED, COPIED, REDISTRIBUTED, EDITED OR
LINKED TO IN ANY FORM.
The BBC's "footprint" in Londons W12. From the multi storey car
park through to the Media Centre
Roll mouse over the above image to see the difference between
2012 and 1958
Roll mouse over the above image to
see the difference between 2012 and 1966
Roll mouse over the above image to show Westfield Shopping
Centre after(2011) and before(2004)
The South Hall window of TVC.
The view over Television Centre from the roof window of stage
6.
The last ever payoff of the BBC TV News in the studio and
gallery at TVC before relocating to W1.
Vote 2012. Using Studio N9 and TC2 for the Vine Green Screen. This could possibly be the last ever election programme coverage from TVC.
The inner ring of TVC Stage 3 "Donut"
The morning after the awards night before.
Dawn over BBC TVC and W12
Preparation for the BBC Ten News
Preparation for the BBC Ten News
View from BBC TVC across W12
The BBC Ten News
The abandoned BBC sports department on the 5th floor of
TVC
The last ever Breakfast from TC7. Final guests Amore with
Charlie and Louise presenting.
Part of the Blue Peter Garden at TVC
View from the North Hall lift room over the frontage of
Television Centre and Studio TC1
View from the North Hall lift room over stage 4 and 5 of Television Centre
The abandoned sports studio, TC5 at BBC TVC. The background
projectors have long gone and this was used for the
tours.
The Breakfast presenters record the last ever Christmas message
from TVC.
Bill Turnbull on the Breakfast Sofa in TC7 for the last time
before relocating to Salford
Sian Williams and Mary Hockaday after Sians last Breakfast
shift
Bill Turnbull with Sally Nugent and his last ever guest on
Breakfast in TC7-Des O'Connor
Part of the BBC TVC Newsroom. First Floor.
BBC TVC corridor. First floor of the donut with access to most
studios.
Newsnight review. TC7 2005.
Abandoned stairways of BBC TVC
The atrium of the BBC Newsroom at TVC.
The iconic roof of Stage 1 TVC
Three of the Osmonds on Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Susanna
Reid
More Osmonds
One of the restaurant chefs.
Behind the "gloss" of the studios and what we see on TV and hear
on radio there are parts of TVC that have been abandoned for
many years.
The abandoned BBC Cyclorama Paint Shop.
Polystyrene cups used as paint pots in the abandoned Paint Shop
have kept remarkable colour.
Robin Lustig reading the Radio 4 2200 News
Local Elections 2007 from TC7. The view that shows the screens
that give the presenter the info he needs.
Sound Mixing Weekend News Channel
TVC Studio SIgn on each door entrance.
Abandoned tapes in the Sport Newsroom. Stage 6 BBC TVC
Sound Mixing Weekend News Channel.
David Walliams with Charlie and Susanna
Mosaic adjacent to the Main Gate old entrance to TVC
Views from inside the ventilation area of BBC TVC
TC7 Newsnight Correspondent
Andrea Corr on The Andrew Marr Show
Studio S1. The home of Radio 4 Ten o Clock News
Bill Gates and Jeremy Paxman in TC7
Hot cutting a live programme on a Sony Vision Mixer in
TC7
Strictly winners with Bill and Sian on the Breakfast Sofa in
TC7
8 o Clock Summary from TC7 showing the CSO. Ellie
Presenting.
Springtime at TVC
Unseen TVC. The stage 6 ventilation area.
Abandoned part of TVC. This is the controller in the paint shop
area where huge cycs were painted by gangs of artists.
Andrew Marr Show music item in TC7 showing studio
cameraman.
Sian Williams and Steven Spielberg in TC7
Carol Kirkwood in the Blue Peter Garden at TVC
Floor Manager in N6, the BBC News Channel
Nightime shot across the front of TVC
Weekend News Channel in N6 showing Vision
Mixer/Director
Bill and Sian with The Overtones Christmas 2011 in TC7
The inner donut of TVC shot using Infrared
Stage 6 TVC
News Channel N6 Vision Apparatus Room Wiring.
TVC Stage 3 Inner Donut. Note the lack of trees in the later
image below.
Abandoned TVC. Stage 1 Scenery Block aka Design Building.
Allocations room for Eastenders and Holby.
TVC Stage 3 Sports Department corridor
Abandoned TVC. This are the tall doors that were the entrance to
the studio cyclorama paint shop where gangs of artists created
studion backdrops.
Abandoned TVC. This is the hoist controller of the Cyclorama
paint room at TVC still has power and works.
Newsnight Opening to Camera Three
Autocue operater
MOTD Kickaround in TC7
BBC World in N8. The Hub with Nik Gowing.
The attempted eradication of the TC prefix for the main
studios.
Lighting and camera control in N6, The News Channel.
More of the abandoned parts of TVC. This part of set dates
back almost 30 years.
The Old Reception, renamed Stage Door showing the original
mosaic.
The last ever Radio 5 Drive from TVC before moving to
Salford.
N6 News Channel Main Presenters.
The true and original Foundation Stone in the sub basement near
to Stage 1.
Seasick Steve on Breakfast in TC7.
IThe Old Recption at TVC, latterly renamed Stage Door.
The Pudsey Room in the basement. Used like a Green Room for
programmes.
TVC stage 3 South Hall stairwell.
The last remnant of the 1908 exhibition from the site where TVC
was built.
Tom Jones on The Andrew Marr Show in TC7
TVC Stage 3 basement looking up to Helios Statue.
Stage 6 stairwell.
TVC Stage 1 roof
TVC Stage 1 studio stores
East Tower, Blue Peter Office
East Tower roof comms room
Signage on the roof of the East Tower at TVC.
TC7 studio director with BNCS screen
East Tower....the very top of TVC.
One of the mosaic patternings in TVC.
News Graphic Designer
Stage 1 TVC. The old carpentry workshop.
N8 Floor Manager. BBC World TV News Studio.
Stage 1 TVC. The old carpentry workshop.
Alison Balsom on Breakfast in TC7
BBC World TV in N8.
The corridor joining Stage 3 block to Stage 1 block at
TVC.
The Overtones on BBC Breakfast in TC7.
BBC World Business Presenter Aaron in N8.
Sign adjacent to N9.
TVC mosaic pattern
Sport Presenter Amanda Davies in BBC World in N8.
Alison Balsom on The Andrew Marr Show in TC7.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL IMAGES ARE STRICTLY COPYRIGHTED AND MAY NOT BE USED, COPIED, REDISTRIBUTED, EDITED OR LINKED TO IN ANY FORM.