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An eight-foot tall bronze of George Orwell, the first statue to the writer in the UK, will be put in place at Broadcasting House on Tuesday - on the north-eastern corner of the piazza, where lurketh smokers and mini-cabs. Was the BBC the model for Orwell's Ministry of Truth in 1984 ? It's firmly believed Room 101 was inspired by Broadcasting House - though in the novel, Room 101 is a place for torture and 're-education', in the basement of the Ministry of Love.