Where is the BBC building?
London
Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC, in Portland Place and Langham Place, London. The first radio broadcast from the building was made on 15 March 1932, and the building was officially opened two months later, on 15 May.
Where is radio1 based?
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day.
What is the statue outside the BBC?
A statue of George Orwell by the British sculptor Martin Jennings was unveiled on 7 November 2017 outside Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC, in London.
Where is ITV moving to?
ITV is relocating all their London staff from their existing offices in Gray’s Inn Road and Waterhouse Square to White City which has traditionally been mainly a BBC site.
Who is the statue of in front of the BBC building?
Prospero and Ariel
Over the front entrance of Broadcasting House stand the statues of Prospero and Ariel (from Shakespeare’s last play The Tempest), by Eric Gill. Prospero, Ariel’s master, stands 10ft tall and is depicted sending Ariel out into the world.
What happened to the BBC statue?
The statue, which depicts Prospero and Ariel from Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, has been on display at the BBC Broadcasting House since 1933. Since the incident, the corporation has defended its decision not to remove or replace the work.
Is ITV moving back to South Bank?
ITV Studios tower on South Bank to be flattened after new massive blocks approved. Plans to bulldoze ITV’s former headquaters on the South Bank and replace it with office blocks – the highest 25 floors high – have been approved.
Is this morning going back to the South Bank?
ITV originally moved out of its South Bank site and into a separate London facility in 2017, with plans to move back in within five years after the studio has gone through an extensive modernisation programme. But in a statement this morning, the company said it would no longer be returning.