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I used to go to watch some of the recording's for Top Of The Pops back in the seventies, my brother in law was quite well known in the record industry so we never even needed tickets, it was good fun being pushed around as the cameras zoomed in and out and back and forward's around the studio.
Do you get to see the keystone? The first stone/wall of the building to be constructed?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/geofftech/5849876406/in/set-72157626874252373/
@geofftech, do you mean foundation stone? Isn't the keystone the big one in the middle of an arch?
I am going there today , had to buy this in November. Should be good.
During BBC TV's early days it was interesting to see how they expanded their property empire in West London. Lime Grove baths in Shepherds Bush became Lime Grove Studios, the Shepherds Bush Empire became the Television Theatre. Now they are going from the area. The Theatre has reverted to being the "Empire" again. lime Grove has gone, and soon the TV Centre will be no more. It will be interesting to see the old centre developed. I would not have thought that there would be demand for another cinema in the area, but apartments and hotel looks promising.
I am glad that the BBC have kept Broadcasting House. I am sorry that they have moved some TV production to Salford.
The BBC do more from less space now.
Gone are Bush House (World Service for many years), BBC Langham Place (now back as an hotel),
The Paris Radio Theatre, Lower Regent Street. Soon no more White City.
Pity that with less of an empire they cannot lower the licence fee, but I guess they have a large wages bill....!
Did they show you Jimmy Savile's dressing room? Seriously, Blue Peter in the late-60s/early-70s made Shepherds Bush W12 seem a glamorous, almost magical place. Seeing for real rather spoiled the illusion!
Do not pay a licence, but then we do not have a Television Set. Do not feel like a curmudgeon, just happy not to watch rubbish on TV!
@John

This may not be a popular point of view but I thought that DG's post last Wednesday showed up the BBC as being pretty good value for money.
Geoff - the foundation stone in the basement isn't the real one - that's in a sub-basement, and can be seen (along with lots of other great photos of the building) at http://www.eternaldreams.co.uk/bbc-tvc

Google have been in last week with their portable Street View camera, and are taking lots of behind-the-scenes panoramas.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/posts/Google-View-TVC
Of course amongst the BBC's assets around London are the Maida Vale Studios which are located on the Bakerloo Line (DGs line of the month). I understand that New Broadcasting House is built on a public right of way and that the public will be able to access the new media cafe after the new BH is formally open very shortly. The cafe will give views of the new newsroom (which can already be seen from the back of Broadcasting House).
DG, were you there last Friday?

I missed the bus for the tours, but desperately wanted to see a show at TV centre before it closed, so was there on Friday evening to watch 'Beat the pack' being filmed in Studio 4! Very interesting to see how the process is done, not bad format for a 5pm quiz.

As Studio 4 isn't one of the studios being kept, "Beat the pack" is almost certainly the last TV series to be filmed there :-(










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