Legal Challenge Over ITV Studios Southbank Redevelopment Fails
variety.comK.J. Yossman A legal challenge over the proposed redevelopment of ITV’s former London headquarters has failed. A group called Save Our Southbank took the U.K.’s housing minister to court seeking to overturn planning permission granted earlier this year over the 25-storey tower block on London’s Southbank, next to the River Thames.
The site, which also included a 4-storey building housing television studios, opened in 1972 and was the home of U.K. public service broadcaster ITV until 2018.
Some of ITV’s most well-known shows were broadcast from the studios, including “The South Bank Show,” a long-running arts series predominantly hosted by Melvyn Bragg.
The Southbank area is home to some of London’s most prominent arts and culture venues, including the National Theatre, British Film Institude and Royal Festival Hall, the latter of which is where the BAFTA TV and film awards take place each year.
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