Broadcasting House. The area currently in redevelopment is to the right of the building.

Broadcasting House is the headquarters and registered office of the BBC in London. Situated in Portland Place, it is normally home to Radio 2, 3, 4, 6 Music and BBC 7. Architect G Val Myer designed the building in collaboration with the BBC's civil engineer, M T Tudsbery. The interiors are the work of the Australian Irish architect Raymond McGrath. He set up and directed a team which included Serge Chermayeff and Wells Coates and designed the vaudeville studio, the associated green and dressing rooms, and the dance and chamber music studios in a flowing Art Deco style. It was later said of his efforts that ‘the designs for the BBC gave the first real fillip to industrial design in England. Broadcasting House was officially opened on May 14, 1932 and is now grade II* listed. Broadcasting House is the name of the BBC headquarters in London, United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 431 × 599 pixels Full resolution (774 × 1076 pixel, file size: 134 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place at the head of Regent Street, London I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 431 × 599 pixels Full resolution (774 × 1076 pixel, file size: 134 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place at the head of Regent Street, London I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The Registered Office is generally the location of a company, an association or any other legal entity, where it conducts its business. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London. ... BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and is the most popular station in the UK. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in Western House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. ... BBC Radio 3 is a radio station operated by the BBC within the United Kingdom. ... old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... BBC 6 Music is one of the BBCs newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It is only available via digital media - DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. ... BBC Radio 7 is a digital radio station broadcasting comedy, drama, and childrens programming 24 hours a day. ... Raymond McGrath (7 March 1903 – 23 December 1977) was a British Australian architect and interior designer. ... Serge Ivan Chermayeff (October 8, 1900 – May 8, 1996) was a British architect, writer, and co-founder of several architectural societies, including the American Society of Planners and Architects. ... Wells Wintemute Coates (1895 - 1958), architect, designer and writer. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

At the front of the building are statues of Prospero and Ariel (from Shakespeare's The Tempest) by Eric Gill. Their choice was fitting since Prospero was a magician, and Ariel, a spirit of the air, in which radio waves travel. There was reportedly some controversy over some features of the statues when first built and they were said to have been subsequently modified. They were reported to have been sculpted by Gill as God and Man, rather than simply Prospero and Ariel, and that there is a small carved picture of a beautiful girl on the back part of Prospero's statue. Other sources claim that Gill intended them as God the Father and Son, as supported by the fact that the statue of Ariel has stigmata. Additional carvings of Ariel can be found on the building's exterior in many bas-reliefs ^[1][2][3]. Prospero and Miranda by William Maw Egley Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Prospero Prospero is the protagonist in The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare. ... Ariel taking on an illusionary form, at Prosperos command Ariel is a fictional sprite who appears in William Shakespeares play The Tempest. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (February 22, 1882–November 17, 1940) was a British sculptor, typographer and engraver. ... Francis of Assisi, an early stigmatic. ... Bas relief is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal. ...

Broadcasting House was the home of the BBC Radio Theatre, where music and speech programmes (typically comedy for BBC Radio 4) were recorded in front of a studio audience. old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ...

Renovation project

The new Egton Wing of Broadcasting House (right).

Broadcasting House is currently undergoing a major renovation. Scheduled for completion in 2009/2010, it is currently expected to be finished in 2011. As part of a major reorganisation of BBC property, Broadcasting House is to become home to BBC News (both television and radio), which will relocate from the News Centre at Television Centre; national radio; and the BBC World Service, which will move from Bush House. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 511 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1587 × 1860 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 511 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1587 × 1860 pixel, file size: 1. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2010 (MMX) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC News is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporations news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... BBC Television Centre BBC Television Centre (sometimes abbreviated TVC or TC) in London is home to the vast majority of BBC television output and, since 1998, almost all of the corporations national TV and radio news output by BBC News. ... BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ... The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world. ... The portico of Bush House Bush House is a building between Aldwych and The Strand in London. ...

The major part of this plan involved the demolition of the two post-war extensions to the building in 2005 and the construction of a new building, to be equal in "architectural creativity", beside the existing structure. The design of the new extension was carried out by MacCormac Jamieson Prichard. The extension, named the Egton Wing, was completed in 2005 and bears similarities to the shape of the original Broadcasting House building. A sculpture commissioned by the BBC has been added to the roof of the building in memory of the journalists who have died whilst working 'in the field'. MacCormac Jamieson Prichard is a large British architectural practice based in London. ...

The original architects have since been sacked and replaced by the BBC for not agreeing to cost related revisions (Sir Richard MacCormac was unwilling to sacrifice the quality of his design). While the rebuilding process is being undertaken many of the BBC Radio networks have been relocated to other buildings in the vicinity of Portland Place. Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London. ...

BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music have moved their studios from Broadcasting House to newly built studios in the adjacent Western House. ^[4] BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and is the most popular station in the UK. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in Western House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. ... BBC 6 Music is one of the BBCs newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It is only available via digital media - DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. ...

Queen Elizabeth II visited Broadcasting House on 20 April 2006 as part of her Birthday celebrations and to officially open the redeveloped Broadcasting House. Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The remaining ongoing work now involves refurbishment of the Radio Theatre and other various radio studios located around the existing building, while the new studio space in the new sections will be stocked with state of the art broadcasting equipment.

References

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External links

BBC Portal

• Broadcasting House redevelopment website
• BBC Press Office - Broadcasting House
• History of the BBC - Broadcasting House
• BBC Radio 4 documentary on Broadcasting House, broadcast 18 March 2006, entitled "The Home of Radio" on The Archive Hour
• Broadcasting House - a potted history
• Broadcasting House in 1932
• Article on construction of the facade to the redevelopment
• Images of England — details from listed building database (424540)

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