Building    From 1915  To 1993

Lime Grove Studios

Categories: TV & Radio

Television Studios. Originally a film studio complex built by the Gaumont Film Company. In 1949 it was purchased by the BBC who used it for television broadcasts. Many famous programmes were produced here, including the live transmission of a dramatisation of 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', 'Steptoe and Son', 'Top of the Pops' and the early soap opera 'The Grove Family' (which took its name from the location of the studios). In 1991 the BBC decided to consolidate its London television production at the nearby BBC Television Centre at Wood Lane, and the building was eventually redeveloped as a housing estate.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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