Current Use
Tobacco Dock is occasionally used for large corporate events. In early 2004, part of the building was used as the studios of the Channel 4 reality television show Shattered. Several film première after-parties have also been held there. Scenes in the sixth episode of the 2008 BBC drama Ashes to Ashes were filmed at Tobacco Dock, which was set in 1981 despite the centre only being developed for its failed use as a shopping centre in 1990. In February 2011 the complex was used to hold the Secret Cinema event for The Red Shoes.
In 1980 the upper floor of Tobacco Dock was used as the filming location for the music video "Messages" by the band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
In the summer of 2012 the Ministry of Defence used Tobacco Dock as temporary accommodation for 2,500 soldiers deployed to guard the Olympic Games in London.
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