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BBC Television Centre homes and hotel plan approved | BBC Television Centre homes and hotel plan approved |
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The former BBC Television Centre is to be transformed into more than 1,000 homes and a hotel after plans to redevelop it were approved. | The former BBC Television Centre is to be transformed into more than 1,000 homes and a hotel after plans to redevelop it were approved. |
The Grade II listed central ring and the main studio will be preserved under proposals passed by Hammersmith and Fulham Council. | The Grade II listed central ring and the main studio will be preserved under proposals passed by Hammersmith and Fulham Council. |
Developers Stanhope said work on the site in White City, west London, would create 2,700 jobs. | |
It opened in 1960 and shut in March when the BBC moved to central London. | |
Programmes recorded there include Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Strictly Come Dancing, Blue Peter and earlier series of Doctor Who. | Programmes recorded there include Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Strictly Come Dancing, Blue Peter and earlier series of Doctor Who. |
The development will see four television studios, the centre's restaurant, drama blocks and connected buildings replaced. | The development will see four television studios, the centre's restaurant, drama blocks and connected buildings replaced. |
The plans will see one storey added to the top of Television Centre and two under it, with the facade of the building being retained and restored. | |
Hammersmith and Fulham Council's Mark Loveday said the building "holds a special place in many people's hearts". | Hammersmith and Fulham Council's Mark Loveday said the building "holds a special place in many people's hearts". |
"By approving these plans, we have immortalised the key elements of this iconic building for the nation," he said. | "By approving these plans, we have immortalised the key elements of this iconic building for the nation," he said. |
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