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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This is an excerpt from an interview with technical manager, Derek Price, from a book called Working in Television written in 1980 by Jan Leeming, who worked at Pebble Mill for a time. […]
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Tagged as: Derek Price,Jonathan Dick,Pebble Mill at One | Posted in: Blog, Factual, Photos, Television
Photo from Malcolm Hickman of Stan Smith’s retirement party (circa 1983/4), which was well attended by Comms Centre staff. The following comments were posted on the Pebble Mill Facebook page: Brian Johnson: ‘Will give it a try: Front row L to R – David Robinson, […]
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Tagged as: Andy Marriott,Bob Allison,Brian Johnson,Chris Donovan,Comms,David Robinson,Derrek Smith,Fred Norton,Glynn Benbow,Graham Hewitt,Graham Todd,Ian Gordon,John Malby,John Nestor,John Noble,Jon Parker,Keith Brown,Keith Lindsey,Malcolm Hickman,Mike Day,Nigel Harris,Paul Wheeldon,Phil Partridge,Richard Taylor,Roy Thompson,Roy Winson,Stan Smith | Posted in: Blog, Building, Photos, Television
This photo is of Jim Dumighan and producer Reg Perrin on the popular snooker series, Pot Black, which was made at Pebble Mill. It looks like the programme planning blackboard in the background. The following comments were posted on the Pebble Mill Facebook page: […]
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Tagged as: Dawn Hudson,Gordon Astley,Jim Dumighan,Julian Hitchcock,Kevin Hudson,Pot Black,Reg Perrin | Posted in: Blog, Factual, Photos, Television
On location on the 1986, Nicola Katrak documentary with the Asian Programme Unit. In the photograph are Barrie Foster (then camera assistant), Steve Saunderson (film cameraman), Waseem Mahmood (director). Here is the entry for the documentary from the Radio Times: “A Dancer’s Story […]
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Tagged as: Ashok Rampal,Asian Programme Unit,Barrie Foster,Elisabeth Seabourne,John Bland,Marian Foster,Nicky Natrak,Steve Saunderson,Waseem Mahmood | Posted in: Blog, Factual, Photos, Television
This is an excerpt from an interview with David Weir, from a book called Working in Television written in 1980 by Jan […]
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Tagged as: David Weir,Gordon Astley,Jan Leeming,Jonathan Dick,Tom O'Connor Roadshow | Posted in: Blog, Factual, Photos, Television
