Nanny – Page 2 – What Was Pebble Mill?

Nanny, S2, Ep4, Slate and Take information

This paperwork is from the drama series: Nanny, starring Wendy Craig. The script is from series 2, episode 4. What is interesting is that the script includes the hand written Slate and Take information, with alternative possible shots listed. This copy of the script belonged to film editor, Oliver White, and would have been used in the editing process.

The abbreviations included stand for the following:

O/s – over the shoulder

a.b. – as before

f/g – foreground

b/g – background

LS – long shot

MCU – medium close up

MS – medium shot

Thanks to Oliver for sharing the script, and for keeping it safe since 1981!

Nanny – script front page

This is the rehearsal script front page for series 2, episode 4 of the 1981 drama series: Nanny. The series starred Wendy Craig as the nanny. The producer of the drama was Guy Slater and the director, David Tucker.

You’ll notice that the crew would be filming the winter sequences of this script on New Year’s Eve 1981 – that’s dedication!

Thanks to film editor, Oliver White, for keeping the script safe all these years.

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

Helen Wheatley: ‘I loved this programme with all my heart and told my parents I wanted to change my name to Artemis as a result of watching…’

Lynne Cullimore: ‘Loved it. I remember talking to Wendy Craig in the canteen and she was worried about which salads contained onion, as she was recording in the afternoon and did not want to breath onion over her fellow actors. I thought that was so nice of her. Loved Butterflies too but we did not do that one.’

Belinda Essex: ‘I remember temping while I was still at college for the Beeb early 80s and Wendy Craig was the first celeb I ever saw there, in the lift up to the canteen – I was very impressed.’

Roy Thompson: ‘Remember showing Wendy how to operate the tea machine, wonderful times.’

Angels shoot in Calais

Thanks to Eurwyn Jones for sharing this photo. The shoot was for the second series of the continuing drama, Angels, a London production, which was hosted at Pebble Mill in 1982.

Eurwyn was an AFM, and is second from the left, next to Pauline Quirke. The photo was taken in Calais.

Nanny polaroids

Photos by Janice Rider, no reproduction without permission.

These polaroids were taken by costume designer, Janice Rider for continuity purposes during the filming of the drama series, Nanny. The series starred Wendy Craig, as Nanny, and was set in 1930-40s Britain. It was a London series, hosted by BBC Pebble Mill. There were three series, transmitted between 1981-3.

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Nanny – Studio A break

Photo from Eurwyn Jones, no reproduction without permission.

The photo includes: 2nd from the left, Eurwyn Jones, who was an assistant floor manager on Nanny, next to Sian Phillips. Wendy Craig played the title role in the drama series.

Nanny was a London production, hosted at Pebble Mill. There were three series, transmitted in between 1981 and 1983. It was a period drama set in the 1930s.

Thanks to Eurwyn Jones for sharing the photo.