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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The article above is from the Times of India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/veteran-nri-broadcaster-mahendra-kaul-dies/articleshow/64947726.cms Mahendra Kaul was one of two producer/presenters who worked in the Immigrants’ Programme Unit at Carpenter Road, and later at Pebble Mill in Birmingham. The following comment was left on the Pebble Mill Facebook page: Dharmesh Rajput: ‘He was a pioneer […]
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Tagged as: Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye,Dharmesh Rajput,Immigrants Programme Unit,Mahendra Kaul,Make Yourself at Home,Nayi Zindagi Naya Jeevan,New Life New Life | Posted in: Blog, Factual, Photos, Television
Pebble Mill producer Jim Dumighan working on the World Cup.
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Tagged as: Jim Dumighan,World Cup | Posted in: Factual, Photos, Television
Radio Birmingham top, belonging to Phil Partridge. This dates from the very late 1970s or early 1980s. Thanks to Jane Partridge for taking and sharing the photos. The following comments were added on the Pebble Mill Facebook page: Tim Manning: ‘These were produced while negotiations about changing the name were still going on with the […]
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Tagged as: Andy Walters,Jane Partridge,Pete Simpkin,Radio Birmingham,Radio WM,Tim Manning | Posted in: Blog, Local, Photos, Radio
“I worked with Gillian at her LEAN TWO company for several years. We were always close friends, ever since the Pebble Mill days. Nine days before she died I was invited by Andrew Lloyd Webber for the renaming of the New London Theatre […]
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Tagged as: Carol Kilby,Carol Parks,Gillian Lynne,Lean Two | Posted in: Blog, Drama, Photos, Television
The choreographer and director, Gillian Lynne has died aged 92. “Quite a lot of us will remember working with her at Pebble Mill. I was her Production Assistant on MORTE D’ARTHUR, an extraordinary […]
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Tagged as: Ann Arnold,David Short,Gavin Davies,Gillian Lynne,Jenny Brewer,John Barton,Morte D'Arthur,Peter Booth,Robin Midgley,Susie Bancroft | Posted in: Blog, Drama, Photos, Television
