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Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC in London, England. Situated in Portland Place, it is normally home to Radio 2, 3, 4, 6 Music and BBC 7. Architect G Val Meyer designed the building, which was officially opened on May 14 1932 and is now Grade II* listed.On the front of the building are statues of Prospero and Ariel (from Shakespeare's The Tempest) by Eric GillArthur Eric Rowton Gill ( February 22, 1882 November 17, 1940) was a British sculptor, typographer and engraver. Gill was born in Brighton, Sussex (now East Sussex). In 1902 he attended classes, studying lettering under the calligrapher Edward Johnston at.
Broadcasting house is currently undergoing renovation, scheduled for completion in 20052005 is a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). It has been designated: The World Year of Physics The International Year of Microcredit The International Year for Sport and Physical Education The United States Year of Foreign. As part of a major reorganisation of BBC property, Broadcasting house is to become home to BBC News (both television and radio), national radio, and the BBC World ServiceThe BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 43 languages to around 150 million people throughout the world. The English service broadcasts 24 hours a day. Unlike the BBC's mai. The major part of this plan involves the demolition of the two post-war extensions to the building and construction of a new building, to be equal in "architectural creativity", beside the existing structure. 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.
The whole project is expected to be completed in 2007/2008 when BBC News will relocate from the News Centre at BBC Television CentreBBC 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 corporation's national TV and radio news output. Opened in 1960, the building is four miles west of C to what's being described as 'one of the world' largest live newsrooms'.
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Broadcasting HouseBroadcasting House is a current affairs programme on BBC Radio 4. It airs every Sunday morning between 9 and 10 o'clock. Though appropriating a similar timeslot and set of presenters as Today (Radio 4's daily morning news programme), it takes a lightheart is also the name of a BBC Radio 4 programme. Other, separate, buildings named Broadcasting House are the headquarters of BBC WalesBBC Wales (or BBC Cymru is the regional branch of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales, and is based at Broadcasting House in Cardiff, not to be confused with Broadcasting House in London, which is the headquarters of BBC Radio. BBC Wales produc in CardiffThis article is about the Welsh capital. For the place in United States, see Cardiff, California. Cardiff ( Welsh: Caerdydd from caer "fort," and dydd "Antonius Didius") is the capital and largest city of Wales. It is located in the traditional county of and BBC Northern IrelandBBC Northern Ireland (sometimes called BBC NI is a regional television station based in Northern Ireland and which broadcasts programmes which are slotted into the BBC network for special broadcast within Northern Ireland. It is based in Broadcasting Hous in Belfast.
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