The Adventures of Harry Lime later expanded by him and served as the basic plot for his film "Mr. Arkadin". A recording of the 1951 "A Ticket to Tangiers" episode of "The Lives of Harry Lime" series is available on the Criterion Collection DVD edition of "The Third Man". In addition, recordings of the 1952 episodes "Man of Mystery", "Murder on the Riviera" and "Blackmail is a Nasty Word" are included on the Criterion Collection DVD "The Complete Mr. Arkadin". Fifteen episodes were adapted into a short story collection, "The Lives of Harry Lime", published in the United Kingdom by Pocket Books in 1952. The
Lime Grove Studios partly at Islington and partly at Lime Grove. In 1949, the complex was purchased by the BBC, who used it for television broadcasts until 1991. It was demolished in 1993. In 1922, Isidore Ostrer along with brothers Mark and Maurice, acquired control of Gaumont-British from its French parent. In 1932 a major redevelopment of Lime Grove Studios was completed, creating one of the best equipped studio complexes of that era. The first film produced at the remodeled studio was the Walter Forde thriller "Rome Express" (1932), which became one of the first British sound films to gain critical and financial