Inside What’s Left of BBC Television Centre as Doors Close for the Last Time and Staff Move Across London

BBC stars have condemned the closure of Television Centre as they recorded a special show to bid farewell to the famous building .

These eerie images capture the last days of the soon-to-be-abandoned Television Centre
Goodbye Television Centre, filmed at Studio One of the Grade II listed building in west London, saw celebrities from its 53-year history gather to reminisce about their experiences days before it closes.
The centre is being made into a £200 million shops and offices complex.
Former BBC chairman Lord Grade interviewed legends of the small screen, including Sir David Attenborough, Sir Michael Parkinson, Sir Terry Wogan, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Ronnie Corbett and Sir David Jason, for the two-hour long broadcast recorded on Monday night.
But many voiced their disapproval for the closure, with The Good Life actress Penelope Keith saying it was tantamount to making them “orphans”.

Television Centre opened on June 29, 1960, and has been the BBC’s hub for its output ever since

Sir Terry drew rapturous applause from the audience when he said: “I know it’s only a building. I know it’s an inanimate object and it doesn’t have a heart. But it has a spirit. There are spirits here, of immensely talented, brilliant people who made some of the best television programmes ever seen and I think it’s a shame. It’s a shame to close it down.” ..Read more >>