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Like nearby [[Lime Grove Studios]], Riverside was then acquired by the BBC as a "temporary" solution to its recording needs whilst [[BBC Television Centre]] was being built.<ref>[http://www.transdiffusion.org/emc/studioone/tvcentres.php Barfe, Louis. "Television Gets a Complex".] EMC Studio One. Transdiffusion Broadcasting System. 1 January 2005.</ref> Also like Lime Grove, it was used far after the 1960 opening of the TC. | Like nearby [[Lime Grove Studios]], Riverside was then acquired by the BBC as a "temporary" solution to its recording needs whilst [[BBC Television Centre]] was being built.<ref>[http://www.transdiffusion.org/emc/studioone/tvcentres.php Barfe, Louis. "Television Gets a Complex".] EMC Studio One. Transdiffusion Broadcasting System. 1 January 2005.</ref> Also like Lime Grove, it was used far after the 1960 opening of the TC. | ||
[[file:Riverside Studios now.JPG|thumb|Recent picture of the back of the old Riverside Studios]]However, ''unlike'' Lime Grove, it was regarded as a superior recording space. In the run-up to the opening of the TC, Riverside was the premiere recording space that the BBC operated. It was particularly important to the development of | [[file:Riverside Studios now.JPG|thumb|Recent picture of the back of the old Riverside Studios]]However, ''unlike'' Lime Grove, it was regarded as a superior recording space. In the run-up to the opening of the TC, Riverside was the premiere recording space that the BBC operated. It was particularly important to the development of colour broadcasting and the [[ADR]] process.<ref>[http://www.riversidestudios.co.uk/theriversidestory/main.cfm The Riverside Story:] a timeline</ref> | ||
By the mid-1970s, Riverside was no longer required by the BBC, as TC was fully operational. The studios then became administered by local government, the object of a Trust set up by the Hammersmith Borough Council. It underwent massive refurbishment between 1975-78, and thereafter became mostly a performing arts facility. However, by the mid-90s, it could no longer financially survive as a venue for live performance. It refurbished Studio 1 (the main location at which ''Doctor Who'' and others had been recorded in the 1960s) and re-entered the television market. One of its more important television residents in recent years was the award-winning late night programme, ''TFI Friday'' — a show that brought a [[Ron Grainer]] theme tune back to Riverside. | By the mid-1970s, Riverside was no longer required by the BBC, as TC was fully operational. The studios then became administered by local government, the object of a Trust set up by the Hammersmith Borough Council. It underwent massive refurbishment between 1975-78, and thereafter became mostly a performing arts facility. However, by the mid-90s, it could no longer financially survive as a venue for live performance. It refurbished Studio 1 (the main location at which ''Doctor Who'' and others had been recorded in the 1960s) and re-entered the television market. One of its more important television residents in recent years was the award-winning late night programme, ''TFI Friday'' — a show that brought a [[Ron Grainer]] theme tune back to Riverside. | ||