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How We Built BritainYou are in: London > History > How We Built Britain > Escape to the Granada Tooting cinema  David Dimbleby Escape to the Granada Tooting cinemaAs part of the BBC series How We Built Britain presenter David Dimbleby visited the spectacular Granada Tooting Cinema. Lose yourself for a moment in the glorious opulence of this special place. On his travels around the country David Dimbleby, the presenter of How We Built Britain, travelled to Tooting in South London. He's been discovering how the nation's history has shaped its buildings and exploring the dramatic transformations in architecture and lifestyle in the 20th Century. David made his way to the glorious Granada cinema in Tooting. Now a bingo hall, this place used to be a fantasy escape from day-to-day life in London. Mirrored halls, ornate galleries, Grecian windows casting strobes of coloured light on polished floors all go to making this building one of London's hidden treasures. Click the link below and lose yourself in this fantastic space
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