W1 Project film of BBC's New Broadcasting House

The BBC's W1 project was a ground breaking achievement. This film celebrates the end of the W1 project and some of its successes which I hope will continue for many years to come. Here are the project's key statistics:



Scope

• creative renewal of the News Channel, the One, Six and Ten O’Clock TV News Bulletins and BBC World News 
• 5,539 people moving from ten buildings across London into four in the W1 postcode 
• Radio Four and World Service news sequence programmes, Newsnight, Marr and Hardtalk 
• three 24 hour News Channels, 3 Network Radio Stations (R1, R2, R4) and 26 World Service language hubs 

Requirements

• 92,000 square metres of the redeveloped Broadcasting House to be refurbished and fitted out 
• 3,000 kms of cabling 
• 41,886 training days and 126 different courses that have been provided 
• cut storage requirements from 19 linear kilometres of ‘stuff’ by 75%. 

Budget and Benefits

• a £1.046bn budget 
• £736m financial benefits from the sale of other properties 
• creative and collaboration benefits of bringing so many BBC staff under one roof.