united kingdom public transit hammersmith district piccadilly hammersmith circle hammersmith & city owner riverside trust type fringe theatre cinema television studio production celebrity juice the apprentice you re fired the york realist tnt show you have been watching zambezi express opened 1975 as riverside studios closed 2014 for redevelopment website riversidestudios.co.uk riverside studios was a production studio theatre and independent cinema on the banks of the river thames in hammersmith london england that played host to contemporary and international dramatic and dance performance film visual art exhibitions and television production prior to closing for redevelopment in 2014 . 1 it is planned to reopen in 2018 . 1 contents 1 history 2 redevelopment 3 selected television productions 4 selected dramatic productions 5 selected dance productions 6 selected comedy shows 7 film 8 music 9 photos 10 references 11 external links history edit in 1933 the triumph film company moved into what is now riverside studios a former industrial warehouse in crisp road london picturesquely located on the thames just south of the late victorian hammersmith bridge . under the ownership of jack buchanan the company produced such films as the happiest days of your life 1950 and father brown 1954 starring alec guinness . in 1954 the studios were acquired by the bbc for its television service . 2 series 2 to 6 of hancock s half hour 1957 60 were made at what was now the bbc riverside studios along with other drama and music programmes including the science fiction classic quatermass and the pit 1958 59 early episodes of the long running doctor who and the children s programme play school . the facility was in continuous use until the early 1970s the rooftop camera position providing one of the highlights of the annual university boat race each easter saturday . in 1975 after the bbc moved out a charitable trust formed by hammersmith and fulham council took control of the building . soon afterwards two large multi purpose spaces shaped by architect michael reardon from the two main sound stages and to be used for a mixed programme of live theatre music dance and film and a functional foyer area with exposed industrial style trunking and pipework was created as an always open meeting point at the heart of the building . in 1976 peter gill was appointed riverside s first artistic director and soon established the studios as a leading london arts venue with acclaimed productions of the cherry orchard with judy parfitt julie covington and michael elphick 1978 the changeling with brian cox 1979 and measure for measure 1980 . during the 1980s the centre was the venue for the highly successful dance umbrella seasons and hosted a huge variety of productions from across the world including notably the work of polish theatre maestro tadeusz kantor . an influential gallery area also flourished under the direction of greg hilty . channel 4 s opening night launch party was held at the studios in 1982 . during the 1980s the riverside was also home to motley theatre design course under the directorship of margaret harris . following repeated financial crises and the directorship of david gothard riverside pulled in its horns . william burdett coutts also artistic director of edinburgh s assembly rooms was appointed artistic director of riverside studios in 1993 . 3 the studios cinema with an eclectic repertory programme became firmly established as a primary revenue stream to keep the studios open in addition to arts council of great britain and local authority funding and there were fewer home grown live productions . studios 1 and 3 were lucratively used once more in the 1990s for broadcasting including the chris evans vehicle tfi friday . cd uk was broadcast from riverside from 2003 until 2006 . later projects included the bbc s mighty truck of stuff 2005 6 and channel 4 s t4 2006 9 and popworld . redevelopment edit in 2014 riverside studios started undergoing a major new redevelopment due for completion in 2018 . 1 london developer mount anvil working in conjunction with a2 dominion are redeveloping riverside studios and the adjacent queen s wharf building as part of a combined mixed use development . assael architecture a local and national architectural firm have been appointed to design the new build scheme comprising purpose built production studios a cinema theatre facilities rehearsal space a new riverside restaurant and caf bar along with 165 apartments . as part of the redevelopment a new riverside walkway will be created to connect the thames path to hammersmith bridge . selected television productions edit 1000 heartbeats alan davies as yet untitled first series only cd uk celebrity juice fake reaction never mind the buzzcocks open house disambiguation needed popworld revenge of the egghead robert s web russell howard s good news smtv gold sweat the small stuff t4 tfi friday that sunday night show the apprentice you re fired the elaine paige show the last leg tnt show top of the pops unzipped virtually famous you have been watching weekend kitchen with waitrose selected dramatic productions edit spectacular by forced entertainment 2008 1800 acres by david myers starring cathy tyson 2008 the new electric ballroom by enda walsh 2009 salvage by diane glancy 2009 windmill baby winner of the patrick white playwrights award by david milroy and ningali lawford 2009 the little mermaid by blind tiger theatre company 2013 selected dance productions edit stormforce by rophin vianney 2006 havana rumba by toby gough 2009 dancing on your grave by lea anderson s the cholmondeleys and the featherstonehaughs 2009 mamootot by batsheva dance company 2008 at swim two boys by earthfall dance 2012 selected comedy shows edit rhod gilbert work in progress bill bailey tinselworm ed byrne different class wil anderson count arthur strong the man behind the smile russell howard s good news & good news extra film edit the cinema screened an eclectic variety of independent and foreign language films and was also known 4 for its double bill programmes . it played regular host to the london taiwanese 5 italian 6 polish 7 and deep desires & broken dreams gay film festival amongst others . music edit tom robinson hosted live recording sessions for his bbc radio 6 music radio show show introducing ... 8 in studio 3 . photos edit riverside studios at night panorama of the terrace at riverside studios references edit a b c william burdett coutts . aboutus . assembly festival . retrieved 11 june 2015 . http downloads.bbc.co.uk rd pubs archive pdffiles monographs bbc monograph 14.pdf riverside studios our history . riverside studios . retrieved 16 february 2015 . what s on music film & things to do in west london get west london . taiwan embassy italian film festival in scotland 7 20 march 2014 . polish film festival bb6 introducing ... who s who in the theatre 17th edition gale publishing 1982 isbn 0 8103 0235 7 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