35 Marylebone High Street, former home to the Radio Times and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio London, was originally a library and bookseller, becoming a boarding school in 1745. By 1832, Oxford House, as it was then known, was advertised for sale and was acquired by Edward Tilbury and Company, a furniture storage business.
By 1931 the original building had been demolished and had become the headquarters of building firm Bovis, but by 1936 ownership had passed to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Publications, the Radio Times and The Listener were the first ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ occupants, but development of the building didn’t stop there. A concert hall was added on the fifth floor, and warehousing to the rear was converted to a music library and rehearsal rooms.
A casualty of the Blitz in 1940, the damaged building was not fully repaired until 1949 with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Publications returning only in 1950.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ then expanded into numbers 33–34 Marylebone High Street and the nearby Beaumont Mews. New departments started to move into the expanded site from the early 50s, with the Radio Times Hulton Picture Library being one of the newcomers.
Eventually a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ shop was added selling the full range of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ publications and other programme related merchandise.
From the 1970s, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio London moved its studios into No. 35, becoming ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ GLR in 1988, and from 2000 expanding yet further to become the combined radio, television and online service ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ London.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ finally left the property in 2009.
Buildings
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Alexandra Palace
The birthplace of television -
Broadcasting House
The first purpose-built broadcast centre in the UK -
Broadcasting House, Belfast
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Northern Ireland's headquarters since 1941 -
Broadcasting House, Bristol
Former home of the Natural History Unit -
Broadcasting House, Cardiff
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s first bespoke headquarters in Wales -
Bush House
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ of the World Service 1940-2012 -
Camden Palace Theatre
Light entertainment and music from North London -
Caversham Park
Listening to the world, 1943 to 2018 -
Ealing Studios
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Television Film Studios -
Elstree Studios
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ of EastEnders -
Lime Grove
A temporary measure for 42 years -
Kingswood Warren
Former home of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Research & Development -
The Langham
Sustaining the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ during World War 2 and after -
Maida Vale
The best acoustic in London -
35 Marylebone High Street
The first headquarters of the Radio Times and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio London. -
MediaCityUK
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Northern base in Salford -
Pacific Quay
Headquarters of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland -
Paris Studios
Former London cinema which hosted The Beatles and Dad's Army -
Pebble Mill
A hub for drama, entertainment and factual programmes in Birmingham between 1971 and 2004 -
Queen's House, WC2
Centre of English language learning -
Riverside Studios
A film studio regenerated into a TV studio used by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ from 1954 to 1975 -
Savoy Hill
The first home of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ -
Television Centre
The Television Factory -
Television Theatre
A mecca for the stars of the 1960s -
Wood Norton
The emergency broadcasting centre