55 years since opening of 'TV Factory' Television Centre
Hannah Khalil
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On 29 June 1960 the 主播大秀 first started broadcasting from Television Centre in West London. It took six years to build, cost £12m and the then Director General Gerald Beadle said it would be the "Hollywood" of the small screen.
55 years on we pay tribute to the opening night in pictures:
TVC in 1960
The production gallery at TVC, monitors show the opening outside broadcast sequence in Televisions Centre's central courtyard.
"First Night" was a 70-minute variety show given before an audience largely made up of people who helped to create TVC. The Toppers, the Silhouettes, and the Irving Davies Dancers in "On The Town" are pictured in the opening number.
Sid James and Eric Sykes at opening night, with Hattie Jaques in the background.
Mabel Pickles, Gilbert Harding, Wilfred Pickles and Sir Donald Wolfit at opening night.
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