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Title: That's Life! Lime Grove houses turned into offices
Post by Tony_G on Jan 24^th, 2019, 8:55pm

Then & now: BBC1 That's Life! Lime Grove Television staff Shepherd's Bush in the 1970s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coxk-UPRHqw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coxk-UPRHqw

This week we take a trip back to London's Shepherd's Bush in the 1970's. BBC production offices in Lime Grove, a row of terraced houses knocked together, then to Kensington House - lots of fun producing Sunday night's That's Life show - encountering Establishment paedophile Jimmy Savile on Top Of The Pops - working as a member of staff in Radio Training - disappointed Nicola gets a 'Durex' ad. Mini - things started going over to the dark side when BBC 'Personnel' became 'Human Resources' in the 1980s and early 1990s - the Belgrano sinking and the day Margaret Thatcher decided to destroy the BBC - secrets of the Secretarial Reserve - how Alan Yentob took over from Richard Somerset-Ward as BBC head of Music and Arts - how to see through today's TV