The London Studios in Waterloo, Central London is a television studio complex formerly owned by London Weekend Television. The studios are located in Central London and is situated on the South Bank next to The IBM Building and the Royal National Theatre.
Since January 2013, the studio complex has been owned by ITV plc, which bought the freehold for £56 million from the former landlord Coal Pension Properties. The building serves as ITV plc's corporate headquarters. The facilities are the main studios for ITV, with some programmes from various other channels including BBC and Channel 4 also using the studios.
The studios are currently home to many entertainment, game and daytime shows. These include Daybreak, The Graham Norton Show, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway and The Jonathan Ross Show. The Met Office weather studios which provide national weather forecasts are also based at The London Studios, as well as ITV Creative who promote programmes on the ITV network.
Production companies ITV Studios and Shiver are currently based in Kent House at The London Studios
The building is set on 2.5 acres of land and is 22 floors high.
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