No. 238.

The motorbike riden by Henry Winkler in Happy Days is the same one used by Steve McQueen in The Great Escape.
(Source: Twitter - somebody asked Winkler if the fact was true.)

No. 237.

Robert Powell met his wife, Babs of dance troupe Pan's People, in the BBC bar. He saw them come in, but didn't have the courage to ask her out, so he took the whole group out for a drink instead.

(Source: Tales From Television Centre.)

No. 236.

Once there was no show set to go out at 11pm, so a few comedy people, including Johnny Speight, Marty Feldmen, and Spike Milligan were asked in the BBC bar whether they would talk about their writing process. They said they would and suddenly the slot was filled.

(Source: Tales of Television Centre.)

No. 235.

One BBC director was trying to shoot a final scene before the television centre studioes closed at 10pm and came down from the gallery to instruct them from the floor. He ran downstairs, got into the room, and shouted 'will you fucking stop messing around?' It was only then he realised he was in the Newsnight set.

(Source: Tales of Television Centre.)

No. 234.

One of the directors in a BBC meeting said that the presenter on the Film programme appeared to have worn a wig and that he wouldn't stand for it. Barry Norman had in fact simply been having a bad hair day.

(Source: Tales of Television Centre.)

No. 233.

The BBC were so used to Michael Bentine destroying, and staging raids on, BBC television centre as the climax to each series of his television show that five men were able to steal £16,000 and be let out the back gate by the current commisioner who greeted them with  'Good to see you again Mr Bentine'.

(Source: Tale of Television Centre.)

No. 232.

The BBC once broke the world record for largest troupe of tap dancers. They staged a routine with five hundred and one performers in the circular quad in television centre.

(Source: Tales of Television Centre.)