On Wednesday June 29th the first of the BBC's seven studios at Television Centre becomes operational It has been described on more than one occasion as the world's largest television factory It has taken ten years to rise from the architects' drawing boards and has cost about ?0,000,000 The centre consists of a circular main block covering three and a half acres with its studios engineering areas and administrative offices a scenery block and a restaurant block The whole thing covers a thirteen acre site Picture shows a general view of the east side of the new BBC Television Centre June 15th 1960