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This audio slideshow of 1970s and ’80s photographs, was produced by Pete Simpkin, and used when he gave talks about the work of Radio Birmingham ‘Heart of the Nation’. It dates from the time when Pete presented the Breakfast programme, and illustrates the daily routine of the Station, which was based at BBC Pebble Mill.
Photos by Gail Herbert, no reproduction without permission.
These photos were taken in 1986 on a location shot of the ‘Golden Oldie Picture Show’ in Minehead, Somerset. The camera, on a track and dolly can be seen on the first photo towards the right of shot.
The ‘Golden Oldie Picture Show’, was presented by Radio 1 D.J., Dave Lee Travis. The show was made up of specially shot videos for hit singles which pre-dated the era of music videos. Individual directors would submit ideas for films for individual tracks. It was produced at BBC Pebble Mill; the executive producer was John King.
Gail Herbert was the production assistant on the series.
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Photo by Laura McNeill, no reproduction without permission.
This photo is of Mike Johnston, a floor manager at BBC Pebble Mill.
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This photo is of Maggy Whitehouse, who was a BBC Radio WM breakfast presenter back in 1983. She presented the Breakfast show for a year and then a lunchtime interview show for two years.
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I remember the Marconi Mk ONE……we trained on them at Evesham (Wood Norton) and this picture is of three of us carrying out some ‘impact’ maintenance on one of them! On the left is Phil Upton showing where to hit the camera and wielding the panning handle is Keith Tucker. We were from all the regional studios and I cannot recall the members from Birmingham on TA Course 16 in the Spring of 1963.
Pete Simpkin