BBC Television Centre, London
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BBC Television Centre in London is the iconic former headquarters and main production hub of BBC Television, renowned for its distinctive circular design and decades of broadcasting history.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BBC Television Centre | 9 |
| BBC Television Centre, London canonical | 3 |
| Television Centre, London | 2 |
| BBC Television Centre (historically) | 1 |
| BBC television studios | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1305071 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: BBC Television Centre, London Context triple: [BBC facilities at MediaCityUK, relocatedFrom, BBC Television Centre, London]
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Maida Vale, London, England
Maida Vale, London, England is a residential district in West London known for its tree-lined avenues, Victorian and Edwardian mansion blocks, and the BBC Maida Vale Studios.
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B.
Thames House, London
Thames House in London is a prominent government building best known as the headquarters of the United Kingdom’s domestic security and counter-intelligence agency, MI5.
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C.
Barbican Centre
The Barbican Centre is a major performing arts and cultural complex in London, renowned for its concert hall, theatres, art gallery, and cinema within the Barbican Estate.
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D.
National Theatre in London
The National Theatre in London is a major publicly funded performing arts venue on the South Bank of the Thames, renowned for its influential productions and its striking mid-20th-century concrete architecture.
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E.
Air Ministry building, London
The Air Ministry building in London is a historic government office complex on Whitehall that served as the headquarters of the British Air Ministry and the Royal Air Force’s senior command.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: BBC Television Centre, London Target entity description: BBC Television Centre in London is the iconic former headquarters and main production hub of BBC Television, renowned for its distinctive circular design and decades of broadcasting history.
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A.
Maida Vale, London, England
Maida Vale, London, England is a residential district in West London known for its tree-lined avenues, Victorian and Edwardian mansion blocks, and the BBC Maida Vale Studios.
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B.
Thames House, London
Thames House in London is a prominent government building best known as the headquarters of the United Kingdom’s domestic security and counter-intelligence agency, MI5.
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C.
Barbican Centre
The Barbican Centre is a major performing arts and cultural complex in London, renowned for its concert hall, theatres, art gallery, and cinema within the Barbican Estate.
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D.
National Theatre in London
The National Theatre in London is a major publicly funded performing arts venue on the South Bank of the Thames, renowned for its influential productions and its striking mid-20th-century concrete architecture.
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E.
Air Ministry building, London
The Air Ministry building in London is a historic government office complex on Whitehall that served as the headquarters of the British Air Ministry and the Royal Air Force’s senior command.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural heritage site
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office building ⓘ television studio complex ⓘ |
| architect | Graham Dawbarn ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Modernist architecture ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1951 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| floorCount | multiple low- to mid-rise blocks ⓘ |
| formerFunction |
headquarters of BBC Television
ⓘ
main production hub of BBC Television ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Helios statue courtyard
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Stage 6 office building ⓘ Stage 8 office building ⓘ Studio 1 ⓘ Studio 2 ⓘ Studio 3 ⓘ Studio 4 ⓘ Studio 5 ⓘ Studio 6 ⓘ Studio 7 ⓘ Studio 8 ⓘ Studio 9 ⓘ Studio TC1 ⓘ Studio TC10 ⓘ Studio TC11 ⓘ Studio TC12 ⓘ Studio TC13 ⓘ Studio TC14 ⓘ Studio TC15 ⓘ Studio TC16 ⓘ Studio TC2 ⓘ Studio TC3 ⓘ Studio TC4 ⓘ Studio TC5 ⓘ Studio TC6 ⓘ Studio TC7 ⓘ Studio TC7 scenery block ⓘ Studio TC8 ⓘ Studio TC9 ⓘ central circular office block ⓘ main entrance on Wood Lane ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Grade II listed building ⓘ |
| inception | 1960 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
London, England
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surface form:
London
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham ⓘ The White City ⓘ
surface form:
White City
|
| majorTenant |
BBC Studioworks
ⓘ
ITV ⓘ
surface form:
ITV Studios
Soho House hotel and club ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Helios fountain with golden statue
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central doughnut-shaped office ring ⓘ distinctive circular design ⓘ |
| notableProgramRecorded |
Blue Peter
ⓘ
Comic Relief ⓘ
surface form:
Children in Need telethons
Newsnight ⓘ Strictly Come Dancing ⓘ
surface form:
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
The Graham Norton Show ⓘ Top of the Pops ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1960-06-29 ⓘ |
| operator | BBC ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
BBC
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Stanhope plc (post-redevelopment consortium) ⓘ |
| redevelopedAs | mixed-use development ⓘ |
| redevelopedFor |
hotel
ⓘ
offices ⓘ residential apartments ⓘ television studios ⓘ |
| shape | circular plan ⓘ |
| significantEvent | BBC Television Centre officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961 ⓘ |
| status |
partly converted to commercial and residential use
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partly retained as active TV studios ⓘ |
| transportConnection |
near White City Underground station
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near Wood Lane Underground station ⓘ |
| usedBy |
CBBC
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surface form:
BBC Children’s (historically)
BBC One ⓘ
surface form:
BBC Entertainment (historically)
BBC News and Current Affairs ⓘ
surface form:
BBC News (historically)
BBC Sport ⓘ
surface form:
BBC Sport (historically)
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Subject: BBC Television Centre, London Description of subject: BBC Television Centre in London is the iconic former headquarters and main production hub of BBC Television, renowned for its distinctive circular design and decades of broadcasting history.
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