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Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook – photos Dave Bushell, comment from Caroline Officer

The second photo shows Jean Campbell holding our National Television Award for Best Daytime Programme 1997, beating Dale Winton’s ‘Supermarket Sweep’, ‘This Morning’ and ‘The Vanessa Show’. We all had so much fun working on the show and as you can see there are a lot of familiar faces in the team however, special mentions for Steve the washer upper, warm up man, Ray Turner, Orla, Silvana, Merilees and Annalisa, the amazing home economics team and the legendary (at least in Warrington) showbiz agent Dave Warwick (2nd pic, front row, far right)

Who can forget Ainsley’s black sausage show, the food mixer trick which somehow raised a laugh every single time and Sir Terry Wogan’s constant swearing!

Best team ever!

Caroline Officer

(Included in the photos are: vision engineers Ian Cull, Pete Eggleston, John Cooke, and Mike Tomlin, along with Sarah Williams, Jill Francis, Jim Gray, Caroline Officer, Andy Payne, Dave Bushell).


 

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Golden Oldie Picture Show, Little Willy – photos by Gail Herbert

Photos by Gail Herbert, no reproduction without permission.

The ‘Golden Oldie Picture Show’, was an entertainment series presented and linked by Radio 1 D.J., Dave Lee Travis between 1985-88.  Guest directors would shoot music videos for past hits, which had never had videos made.  It was their chance to interpret a song visually in whatever way they wanted.

These photos are from the video for ‘Sweet’s’ 1973 hit song ‘Little Willy’.  It was recorded in Stratford Upon Avon.  The cameraman is Jim Knights – shown in the photos.  The make up artist checking the tramp is Val Ackrill.

Mick Murphy on location – photos by Tim Savage

Photos by Tim Savage, no reproduction without permission.

The photos show Mick Murphy, floor manager, director and self shooter, on location wearing a very silly hat!  Apparently it was a very practical piece of headgear meaning that Mick could do countdowns with both hands, whilst still keeping dry!

The outside broadcast was a Pebble Mill at One  in the Cotswolds Special and this location was a brewery – possibly the Donnington Brewery near Stow-on-the-Wold.  Mick was standing in for Barbara Courtney-King when these shots were taken.

The dark haired girl with Mick is researcher, Jacqui Phillips.

Thanks to Tim and Jayne Savage, Jane Clement, Dave Bushell and Mick Murphy for providing additional information.

Mick Murphy

 

Pebble Mill at One running order – Kevin Lakin

Thanks to Kevin Lakin for keeping this marked up running order of  a 1984 edition of ‘Pebble Mill at One’ safe in his attic for the last 27 years!

Kevin was the floor assistant at that time, and his main job was getting presenters and guests from make-up, wardrobe, canteen, bar, green room and on to the studio floor at the right time. Item no 2 and 7a are crossed out because they were pre-recorded in the morning, that’s why there’s a VT in the box.

Roger Casstles was the producer of the show, and the presenters Paul Coia, Marian Foster and Jeff Banks.   The show featured Princess Anne, Earl Okin, John Curry as well as Peter Seabrook planting lettuce!  Sounds like a packed show!


RAC Rally – photos by Paul Scholes

Photos by Paul Scholes, no reproduction without permission.

The photos are from the outside broadcast of the annual RAC Rally called ‘Rally Report’, which was produced at Pebble Mill for many years.  The team would record and edit from the location, moving on each day, finishing the nightly broadcast and transmitting via satellite from the OB truck.

The top photo shows left to right: Chris Rowlands (film editor), Ken Pollock (producer), Jon Bentley (producer and now presenter of Fifth Gear), Gurpi Sani (post production engineer), Pete Shannon (editor).  The lower photo shows Jon Bentley and Pete Shannon.