Shepherd's Bush

Shepherd's Bush is a district in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham situated 4.9 miles (7.9 km) west of Charing Cross.

Associations with entertainment

Shepherd's Bush was the fictional home of Steptoe & Son, at 24 Oil Drum Lane. The BBC used to have many offices in Shepherd's Bush, but all have now been closed or re-located. They included the Lime Grove Studios on the site of previous film studios Gaumont and Gainsborough Pictures. Sulgrave House, Threshold and Union Houses and Kensington House, - now a hotel.

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Steptoe & Son - BBC - Lime Grove Studios - Gaumont - Gainsborough Pictures

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The BBC also used the Shepherd's Bush Empire theatre built in 1901 as a TV studio for many years for such shows as Wogan, That's Life, Crackerjack, This is Your Life and others until 1991 and is now a concert venue. But BBCtv are still based at Television Centre in Wood Lane, known affectionately as 'The Concrete Donut'. Their other major site/building BBC - White City stands on the site of the 1908 London Olympic Games, also called White City.

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Shepherd's Bush Empire - 1901 - Wogan - That's Life - Crackerjack - This is Your Life - 1991 - BBCtv - Television Centre - Wood Lane - BBC - White City - 1908 - London - Olympic Games

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The members of two important rock and roll groups, The Who and the Sex Pistols, grew up in Shepherd's Bush, as did (more recently) rock singer Pete Doherty. The post-grunge band Bush take their name from Shepherd's Bush. In the Spring of 2004 two actors, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman rented a small property in Bulwer Street, off of Wood Lane, where they prepared for their epic motorcyle journey Long_Way_Round.

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Rock and roll - The Who - Sex Pistols - Pete Doherty - Grunge - Bush - 2004 - Ewan McGregor - Charley Boorman - Wood Lane - Long_Way_Round

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