Exec producer Mark Cooper pays tribute to Ö÷²¥´óÐã Television Centre, as Later… moves out
Tonight, 30 November 2012, Ö÷²¥´óÐã2 transmits the last Later with Jools Holland from Ö÷²¥´óÐã Television Centre with a cast including star siren Lana Del Rey, exciting new talents like The Weeknd, Tom Odell, Tift Merrit and Palma Violets and legends like Soul II Soul and Nona Hendryx. Of course the actual filming and the transmitting of Later Live took place this Tuesday as cast, crew and a lively audience marked the end of Later…'s twenty happy years here in Shepherds Bush with as much great music as possible.
After 20 years, 41 series and more than 275 shows - not to mention 80-plus live editions since we went live on Tuesday, April 1, 2009 - Later… is comfortably the longest-running large studio show still in production at Ö÷²¥´óÐã TV Centre. Well it was until Tuesday!
It made for an emotional show for us and for the artists, who I think could tell what the occasion meant to the production team. The Weeknd, Tom Odell and Palma Violets had never appeared on television before and we tried to make them feel as welcome as all the acts who've passed through our scene dock doors...
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