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Photographer Alex Bland captures London’s iconic Battersea Power Station as it is lit up to advertise a new programme featuring survival expert Bear Grylls.

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After a string of failed development plans since it was decommissioned in 1983, the vast brick building is soon to be redeveloped into 3,500 homes, as well as offices, shops and a park.

Photo: Alex Bland www.alexbland.com

The photographer said: 'It was a magnificent spectacle and I was the only person across the water from the station in full view of it.'

Photo: Alex Bland www.alexbland.com