This site is to celebrate programme making at BBC Pebble Mill.
There are video interviews, photographs and text about the programmes and the building.
If you have photos, memories or other material, please contact us.
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Copyright resides with the original holder, no reproduction without permission. These publicity photos […]
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Tagged as: Buki Armstrong,Charlotte Cornwell,Chris Parr,Gareth Jones,Janice Rider,John Cater,Mamta Kaash,Shalom Salaam,Zia Mohyeddin | Posted in: Blog, Drama, Photos, Television, Transmission lists
Copyright resides with the original holder, no reproduction without permission. This invitation to the ceremony of the cutting the first sod at the new Midland Region Headquarters, in April 1967, was sent out to dignitaries and members of the Press. The Controller of […]
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Tagged as: Carpenter Road,Hugh Greene,Patrick Beech | Posted in: Blog, Building, Photos
Copyright resides with the original holder, no reproduction without permission. This article by costume designer, Joyce Hawkins, appeared in the BBC retirees magazine, Prospero, in December 2013.
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Tagged as: Alec McCowen,Bernard Cribbins,Derek Jacobi,Eileen Atkins,Gemma Jones,Gosta Green,Jeremy Brett,Joyce Hawkins,Judi Dench,Kenneth Tynan,Margaret Lockwood,Michael Caine,Percy Thrower,Peter Dews,Rainbow City,Richard Briers,She Stooops to Conquer,Spytrap,Thora Hird | Posted in: Blog, Building, Drama, Television
The Immigrants’ Programme Unit from pebblemill on Vimeo. In this specially recorded interview, Stephanie Silk talks about becoming a production assistant in the newly formed Immigrants’ Programme Unit, at BBC Birmingham in 1966. The Unit made a number of series to support newly arrived immigrants to the United Kingdom. The series that Steph talks about […]
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Tagged as: Carpenter Road,David Gretton,Immigrants Programme Unit,Mahendra Kaul,Paul Morby,Peter Poole,Saleem Shahed,Steph Silk | Posted in: Blog, Factual, Television, Videos
Birmingham Mail news cutting from Monday, May 14th, 1962, about the building of BBC Pebble Mill. Here is the copy of the article: New Midland H.Q. Planned For BBC Will be world’s first TV-radio centre “Mail” TV Correspondent The world’s first combined radio […]
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Tagged as: Archers,John Dunkerley,John Madin | Posted in: Blog, Building, Network, Photographs, Photos, Radio
