Kathryn Shuttleworth – Page 3 – What Was Pebble Mill?

Ainsley Harriott – Good Morning with Anne and Nick

Photo from Kathryn Shuttleworth, no reproduction without permission.

This photo of celebrity chef, Ainsley Harriott, was taken on the set of ‘Good Morning with Anne and Nick’. Ainsley was one of the resident experts on the live, morning show, which ran from 1992-6, using Pebble Mill’s Studio C.

The photo was taken with a panoramic camera, being demonstrated on the morning magazine show. They were left on set at the end of the show, and Kathryn kept them safe.

The following comments were left on the Pebble Mill Facebook Group:

Murray Clarke: ‘A lovely man. What you see is what you get! Great chef to work with. I worked with Ainsley on location shoots only (not in the studio). One programme saw him dressed as Superman on a bicycle to secretly cook dinner parties for hosts with zero culinary talents – and then to pop out of the kitchen at the very end to reveal the truth to the amazed guests!!! ‘

Denny Hodge: ‘I worked with Ainsley on ‘Ready Steady Cook’ we had great fun.’

Good Morning with Anne and Nick

Photo from Kathryn Shuttleworth, no reproduction without permission.

The photo of presenters Anne Diamond and Nick Owen was taken with a panoramic camera.

‘Good Morning with Anne and Nick’ was a daytime magazine show which was transmitted on BBC 1 from October 1992, until May 1996. It was a live show from Pebble Mill’s Studio C, the Foyer, which was previously used by ‘Pebble Mill at One’. The show included a journalistic top story of the day, celebrity interviews, as well as cookery, medical, veterinary, gardening, fashion and interiors items. There were also video strands, such as ‘The Library of Romance’, a Mills and Boon type mini soap, with a different story each week.

Kathryn Shuttleworth worked on the audio of the show.

Studio C North Riser, Kathryn Shuttleworth

I seem to remember that these photos were taken with a panoramic camera that was being featured on the show that day. The photos were left in the North Riser so I took them home for safe keeping.

Left to right: Alex Christison, Michael Harrison, Guy Worth, Paul Scurrell, Kathryn Shuttleworth

The following comments were left on the Pebble Mill Facebook Group:

Peter Poole: ‘Many happy days in the North Riser trying to make the VHF Micron radio mics work!’

Laura McNeill: ‘Think I spent half my life there, yes Peter happy days.’

Training at Wood Norton – Kathryn Shuttleworth

BBC training at Wood Norton

Whilst we were training at Wood Norton we got the chance to learn a little about the other roles in a TV studio. We had a go at directing, vision mixing and camera operating. I enjoyed my brief time behind the camera. Mark Ward working hard in the background!

Kathryn Shuttleworth

Studio 3 – Kathryn Shuttleworth

Photos from Kathryn Shuttleworth, no reproduction without permission.

We went through a phase of putting signs on the studio doors of the productions that were currently being recorded.

I spent a lot of time in Studio 3. Always busy with The Archers and Radio Drama. Should I mention that I have the door signs at home!

Kathryn Shuttleworth