Doing Quote by Declan Donnelly

The biggest obstacle when I was younger was geographical. I was living in Blackburn and the ITV and BBC studios were in London, and…

— A. J. Odudu

Being born and raised in Blackburn, it was difficult for me to even visualise how I get to London to embark on a career…

— A. J. Odudu

I was in Britain that year [1963] and some music publishing people in Denmark Street in London suggested me to the BBC. So I…

— Gordon Lightfoot

Then the BBC approached me in 2005 and asked me to be one of the presenters of the series 'Coast', which turned into a…

— Alice Roberts

I exist as an annexe of the BBC. I'm down the road a bit from the main building, in a little hut.

— Alexei Sayle

I was kind of reared by television, but the BBC, it still had that thing - and people are always invoking that kind of…

— Jarvis Cocker

Schedules on TV are so tight, and it feels like they get tighter and tighter with every passing year. The idea of asking where…

— Jessica Raine

The challenge is the culture. You have to have a vision for the BBC-it can't merely be that it's big and has a place…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

As a child, I always remember our home, which was a flat just on the Barnes side of Hammersmith Bridge in London, buzzing with…

— Samantha Bond

Ever since I was little it was programmed into me that London is where great theatre occurs and all the big shows you love…

— Zach Braff

I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.

— Sally Phillips

Living in Manchester was like living on the moon... wherever that might be

— Johnny Giles