BBC first phase emerges ...

By Ellis Woodman and Ellis Woodman Ellis Woodman Ellis Woodman 2006-03-10T00:00:00

G Val Meyer’s 1932 Broadcasting House, with MacCormac Jamieson Prichard’s new wing to the right.

Given the acres of news coverage that greeted MacCormac Jamieson Prichard's recent expulsion from the BBC's Broadcasting House project, I had rather figured this episode as the latest instalment in the age-old saga of artistic excellence undone by niggardly accountants.

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