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Lime Grove dates to 1915, when it was built by Gaumont Films. It was originally constructed with glass ceilings above the sets, because the studios used no artificial lighting. This was soon seen as impracticable, however, and the site switched to internal lighting in 1917. It underwent a couple of construction projects in 1927 and 1932-33, but these were the last innovations brought to the site's physical plant.

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  • Lime Grove dates to 1915, when it was built by Gaumont Films. It was originally constructed with glass ceilings above the sets, because the studios used no artificial lighting. This was soon seen as impracticable, however, and the site switched to internal lighting in 1917. It underwent a couple of construction projects in 1927 and 1932-33, but these were the last innovations brought to the site's physical plant.
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  • Lime Grove dates to 1915, when it was built by Gaumont Films. It was originally constructed with glass ceilings above the sets, because the studios used no artificial lighting. This was soon seen as impracticable, however, and the site switched to internal lighting in 1917. It underwent a couple of construction projects in 1927 and 1932-33, but these were the last innovations brought to the site's physical plant. By the time, the BBC bought it in 1949, it was already an ageing property. Indeed, the BBC initially acquired it as a "stopgap" facility for use only until the new BBC Television Centre could be completed. Nevertheless, it continued to be used well after the opening of Television Centre, to the dismay of producers like Verity Lambert who had accepted the challenge of filming there only on a very temporary basis. The site was closed in 1991 and demolished in 1993 -- outlasting the original run of Doctor Who. Several of Jon Pertwee's links for The Troughton Years video were filmed at Lime Grove in April 1991, three months before the studios were closed.
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