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. Vote for Them was a three part drama, transmitted in 1989. It serial was filmed on location in the UK and in Egypt. Carol Parks was the producer and James Ormerod the […]
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Tagged as: Andrew Paul,Billy Hartman,Carol Parks,David Cardy,David Edgar,David Quilter,James Ormerod,Janice Rider,Jeff Rawle,John Wheatley,Neil Grant,Nicholas Day,Patrick Pearson,Simon Adams,Vote for Them | Posted in: Blog, Drama, Photos, Television
Ian Parr, the Secretary and Trustee of the Charles Parker Archive, visited the Birmingham School of Media recently to deliver a collection of equipment formally used by Birmingham born radio producer, Brian Vaughton. […]
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Tagged as: Birmingham Ballads,Brennell editing deck,Brian Vaughton,Charles Parker,Cry from the Cut,Ian Parr,Jewellery,L2 EMI Midget tape recorder,Pete Simpkin,Sam Coley,STC4032 | Posted in: Blog, Network, Photos, Radio
This publicity still is from the 12 part 1985 BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist, which was a London production, hosted at Pebble Mill. The series was directed by Gareth Davies, and produced by Terence Dicks. Alexander Baron was the script […]
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Tagged as: Al Barnett,Alastair Askham,Ben Rodska,Bob Chaplin,Brian Wright,Carol Churchill,Carole Haysom,Eric Porter,Gareth Davies,Michael Attwell,Michael Edwards,Mike Blorre,Neil Wigley,Oliver Twist,Susie Bancroft,Terence Dicks,Terry Powell | Posted in: Blog, Drama, Photos, Television
The photo shows an Ampex VPR6, 1″ videotape machine, in a stack with a Panasonic D3 machine. The VPR6 dates from the 1980s, whilst D3 machines came in during the early 1990s, and were used in editing and for transmission tapes, rather […]
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Tagged as: 1",Ampex,D3,Paul Vanezis,VPR6 | Posted in: Blog, Building, Photographs, Photos, Television
Copyright resides with the original holder, no reproduction without permission. Still of presenter John Craven in the bath, during a Countryfile item. Does anybody know what the item was? Please add a comment if you can add any information. Thanks to Ian Collins for making the […]
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Tagged as: Andrea Buffery,Andy Chorlton,Betti Moretti,Countryfile,Countryside Hour,Ian Collins,Joanna Brame,John Craven,Mick Murphy,Newsround,Rosalind Gower | Posted in: Blog, Factual, Television
