Broadcasting House, Salford Quays & TVC

I supposed the doughnut survives if you allow for the facts its just the concrete supports and no original cladding, but by any other description its no longer a centre for television, just a centre of £500,000 flats and a posh club - sad.

Looks like the (original) BP garden is not much longer for this world. Studio 9 still standing...just

https://twitter.com/woodg31/status/634409524171046912

The doughnut survives in the sense that there was one there before, and there will be one there afterwards. There's nothing too dramatically different in terms of architecture.



To be fair, much of the garden was transported to Salford, and is accessible to the public rather than locked away. I believe the land on which the garden was built is also to be opened up to the public with some form of memorial marking the location.

There's some behind the scenes clips of one of them in the video.

https://www.facebook.com/bbcbreakfast/videos/1158096230871180/

Thank you Worzel. It was seeing that video which prompted me to ask the question that I'd been meaning to ask for ages but had never got round to doing so!

Hello there,
I've been watching the redevelopment of Television Centre take place on a daily basis (I work at the BBC at its remaining W12 stronghold). I worked at TVC for years and it's quite painful to watch.

I took some photographs and put together some words and thought you might be interested to see them:

http://mikeosbornphoto.com/2015/10/07/rubble-and-memories/

And feedback or discussion would be much appreciated.

With best wishes,
Mike

This is... or was... Studio 9 for CBBC/Channel and the restaurant block.. and of course the blue peter garden.

Where are the time capsule?

Weren't they dug up before moving to Salford?

That is the most depressing photo. That's all I can say. Pointless but true.

Not much left of anything now

That listed building status paid off then... Ridiculous.