London Television Centre
| The London Studios | |
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The London Studios seen from Waterloo Bridge in 2013
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 Location within Greater London
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| Former names | The South Bank Television Centre |
| Alternative names | The ITV Studios London Television Centre ITV Towers |
| General information | |
| Type | Television studios |
| Location | Waterloo, London |
| Address | Upper Ground, London, SE1 9LT |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°30′26″N 0°06′45″W / 51.50733°N 0.11237°WCoordinates: 51°30′26″N 0°06′45″W / 51.50733°N 0.11237°W |
| Elevation | 85 m (279 ft) |
| Current tenants | BBC, Channel 4, Al Jazeera, Met Office |
| Construction started | 1969 |
| Completed | 1972 |
| Renovated | Spring 2018 |
| Demolished | Spring 2018 (Being Rebuilt) |
| Owner | ITV plc |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 24 |
| Floor area | 2.5 acres |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | EPR Architects |
| Structural engineer | Clarke Nicholls and Marcel, Civil and Structural Engineers |
| Main contractor | Higgs and Hill |
| Website | |
| www.londonstudios.co.uk | |
The London Studios (also known as The South Bank Studios, The London Television Centre, ITV Towers and Kent House) in Waterloo, Central London is a television studio complex formerly owned by London Weekend Television. The studios are located in Central London and are situated on the South Bank next to The IBM Building and the Royal National Theatre. The building is set on 2.5 acres of land and is 24 floors high.
The facilities are the main studios for ITV, along with a number of production companies including ITV Studios and Shiver based in Kent House tower, while the studios are currently home to many entertainment, game and daytime shows. These include Good Morning Britain, The Graham Norton Show, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway and The Jonathan Ross Show. The studios are also used for other programmes from various other channels including BBC and Channel 4. The Met Office weather studios which provide national weather forecasts are also based at The London Studios, as well as ITV Creative who promote programmes on the ITV network.
On 21 February 2017, it was announced that ITV would be closing the site in 2018 for some years for large-scale redevelopment and that the new South Bank complex would result in the loss of most of the studios spaces however space would be reserved for ITV shows such as Good Morning Britain, This Morning and Loose Women.
When LWT succeeded ATV for the London weekend ITV franchise in 1968, it rented Associated-Rediffusion's old studios at Wembley (later known as The Fountain Studios) whilst plans for a new studio complex in central London were drawn up.
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