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The building had been leased to the Corporation from a bank on the ground floor and became the central control room for regional and network radio production from the city.
In 1954, a former Methodist church on Dickenson Road in [[Rusholme]] became the BBC's first Manchester television studio, [[Dickenson Road Studios]]. It was brought from [[Mancunian Films]], who had converted the church building in 1947.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Richards |first1=Jeffrey |title=Films and British National Identity: From Dickens to Dad's Army |date=15 September 1997 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-4743-5 |page=267 |url=https://
The Dickenson Road facilities became the main home of the city's network production base, providing facilities for television drama. It was here that the early editions of the long-running programme ''[[Top Of The Pops]]'' were produced.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Humphries |first1=Patrick |title=Top of the Pops 50th Anniversary |date=28 November 2013 |publisher=McNidder and Grace Limited |isbn=978-0-85716-063-8 |page=23 |url=https://
<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bignell |first1=J. |last2=Lacey |first2=S. |title=British Television Drama: Past, Present and Future |date=12 May 2014 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-32758-1 |page=108 |url=https://
Meanwhile, regional television news and presentation began in September 1957, firstly from the crypt at Dickenson Road, before moving two years later to Broadcasting House in [[Piccadilly Gardens]].
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