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Last programme from Lime Grove Studios

13 June 1991

The final programme to be broadcast from Lime Grove Studios was an edition of the arts magazine, The Late Show. It featured a high speed journey around the building, and ended with a sequence where presenter Cliff Michelmore ceremonially pulled the plug on the television camera. Although this sequence was filmed earlier in the day, it provided a suitably witty end to the long life of Lime Grove.

Cliff Michelmore pulls the plug on the last programme broadcast from Lime Grove Studios, 13 June 1991

Lime Grove started out as film studios, first for Gaumont, and later for Gainsborough and Rank. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ took over the building, opening in 1950 with a speech from Mrs Violet Attlee. It was originally intended as a stop-gap until Television Centre was completed, but was used for many years and proved its worth in the range of classic programmes that were made there. These programmes included Doctor WhoQuatermass IIAndy PandyThe Grove FamilyThe Sky at NightDixon of Dock GreenPanorama, and Nationwide.

After the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ moved out, Lime Grove Studios were demolished and houses built on the site. The Late Show moved to Television Centre, where it continued until 1995. Elements of the programme endure today in The Review Show and Later... with Jools Holland.

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