Hannah Maguire

And they don't have a building permit when they start doing this build.

They're like, ah, we'll figure it out.

And no one catches up with them.

People who used to work there claim the balcony is a rumour.

I don't believe them.

Right from the first night, the buzz surrounding Studio 54 was enormous.

So many people showed up for the opening night that all security staff had to be sent onto the street outside to control the crowd.

And every perfect party after that was even more electric than the one before.

Nile Rodgers, the literal poster boy of disco from Chic, called Studio 54 the most magical club that ever existed.

The queue was enormous every night, from bankers to street performers, all desperate to get in, like the damned looking into paradise.

That's not mine, I stole it from the documentary, but it's a good way of describing it.

Inside Studio 54, everyone was a star.

Not just a person.

Provided you could actually get in.

Like any hyped nightclub, the studio's door policy was as mysterious as it was strict.

Famously called a dictatorship at the door and a democracy on the dance floor.

There's lots of interview footage of Steve Rubell going on talk shows and talking about...

The key is to keep it secret, like Berghain.

You're never going to tell anyone what the thing is.

Keep everyone guessing.