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Goodbye Television Centre

After 53 years Television Centre, the BBC's TV headquarters, is closing its doors and Michael Grade gathers together many of its best-loved faces to stroll down memory lane.

It was the dream factory, the symbolic home of British television - iconic, eccentric, more than just a building. After 53 years Television Centre, the BBC's TV headquarters, is closing its doors. Host Michael Grade gathers together many of its best-loved faces as they stroll down memory lane for the very last time.

2 hours, 5 minutes

Last on

Sat 6 Apr 201322:30
BBC Four

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Music Played

  • The Beatles

    In My Life

  • Keane

    You Are Young

  • Coldplay

    Clocks

  • The O’Jays

    Love Train

  • Paul Weller

    Thinking Of You

  • Fatboy Slim

    Praise You

  • The Cure

    In Between Days

  • John Barry

    The Challenge

  • The Tornados

    Telstar

  • Ambrose and His Orchestra

    Yes, Yes (My Baby Said Yes)

  • Demi Lovato

    Skyscraper

  • Tired Pony

    Northwestern Skies

  • The Divine Comedy

    When A Man Cries

  • Pete Lawrie

    Paperthin

  • B.J. Thomas

    Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

Credits

PresenterLord Grade
Executive ProducerCaroline Wright
ProducerLucy Kenwright

Broadcasts

Galleries

Galleries

Treasures from the archive showing the rise of TV Centre and the years that followed.