On Friday, I went uptown to see John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme being recorded at BBC Broadcasting House. I thought y’all might like to see some photos from the experience. This is old Broadcasting House:
Next to it is the new building, completed in the past couple of years:
Want to know what you can see inside? I’ll give you a clue: cough, cough, Doctor Who, cough, cough.
Follow me after the jump if you’ve managed to crack the code and are interested…
There’s a cafeteria opposite the radio hall in which you have to wait until the show is about to be recorded. Here’s what’s at its entrance:
And inside?
And as if that weren’t exciting enough, you can even watch the journos of BBC News hard at work:
And as for the radio hall itself…
Unfortunately, I didn’t take any pictures of the rather lovely faux-Grecian marbles on the walls. Sorry, but I was a bit naughty to be taking any pictures in the hall…
