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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Lee Grimsditch

TV show about Liverpool nightclub caused outrage in city

A late night TV show set in a Liverpool nightclub caused a stink in the city soon after it aired.

Fly-on-the-wall documentary, Nightclub: Tales From The Grafton, went out on BBC Two in May 1999. The six-part documentary was billed as a 'warts-and-all' exposé of life at the legendary Grafton Rooms nightclub on West Derby Road.

Opened in 1924, The Grafton was once a thriving dance hall next to what is now known as the Liverpool Olympia. It later became infamous for its 'grab a granny' Thursday nights which were launched in the 1970s.

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