Howards’ Way photos from Les Podraza, no reproduction without permission.
Howards’ Way was hosted at Pebble Mill in the late 1980s, Les was a member of the scene crew. These photos were taken on location in Southampton.
Cast and Crew of Howard’s Way
In this video 1st A.D. Bob Jacobs talks about working on the 1987 four part drama – ‘Heart of the Country’, produced at Pebble Mill. Written by Fay Weldon and directed by Brian Farnham, the series follows the social decline of a single mother and her children. The climax of the action takes place in Glastonbury, during the carnival. The series was produced by Roger Gregory and starred Jacqueline Tong as Sonia, as well as Christian Bale, Rosalind Bennett and Susan Penhaligon.
Filming at the Glastonbury Carnival
Photos by Paul Balmer, no reproduction without permission.
‘Trinity Tales’ was produced in Pebble Mill by David Rose in 1975. The six part drama was written by Alan Plater. It was a contemporary take on Geoffrey Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’. The series followed a group of rugby fans, who swap stories on their way to the Cup Final at Wembley.
Please comment if you can identify which of the ‘Trinity Tales’ these photos are from.
Bob Jacobs was the 1st Assistant Director on Trinity Tales. The Pebble Mill series, which went out in 1975, was written by Alan Plater as a contemporary take on Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’. It follows the stories of a group of fans on their way to the Rugby Cup Final at Wembley. As in the ‘Canterbury Tales’ they swap stories along the way.
David Rose was the Producer and Michael Simpson and Tristan de Vere Cole the Directors. It starred: Bill Maynard (Stan the fryer); Francis Matthews (Eric the prologue); Colin Farrell (Nick the driver); Gaye Brown (the wife of Batley Alice); John Stratton (the man of Law Smith); Susan Littler (Judy the Judy); Paul Copley (Dave the joiner); Peter Benson (Reuben)
Trinity Tales cast
In this video Bob Jacobs talks about working as 1st Assistant Director on the 3 part drama series – ‘Vote for Them’, written by David Edgar. The photos were taken by Bob Jacobs and Bev Dartnall.
The series was set in Egypt as the Second World War was coming to a close. It was a political drama set amongst Allied troops as they consider what sort of world they want after the war and form “parties”, holding debates and elections.
The series went out in June 1989. It was shot on location in Cairo, with a sand quarry in Dorset also doubling as Egypt. The interiors were recorded in Pebble Mill Studio A.
Carol Parks was the producer, James Ormerod the director, with Michael Wearing as Executive Producer.
On location in Egypt