Photos by Jim Knights, no reproduction without permission.
These photos date from the early days of a regional Top Gear programme. It was a film shoot somewhere in Europe. The director is Derek Smith, the PA is Claire (surname not remembered), Jim Knights is the camerman.
It looks like a good time was had by all – and the crew was certainly well fed and watered, even if the crew car wasn’t very impressive!
crew trying it on with the PA
This video of the BBC Pebble Mill building was taken by Tony Wadsworth in 1997. It is a walk-through from outside to the studios of Radio WM where Tony worked from 1991-2004. Featured are: Julie Mayer, Lesley Hale, Lee Stone and Malcolm Boyden.
Thanks to Tony Wadsworth for making the video available.
Photos from Jim Gregory, no reproduction without permission.
The photos are of Ian Collins and Jim Gregory editing the 1988 wildlife series ‘King and Company’. The series was presented by wildlife cameraman Simon King. In each episode a different celebrity, or member of the pulbic teamed up with Simon, on a filming assignment about a different British creature. The idea was to show how wild animals were filmed. The celebrities included Wendy Richards, Liza Goddard, Mark McManus, David Essex, Keith Barron, and Toyah Willcox. The animals featured included deer, dormice, salmon, frogs, and golden eagles.
The executive producer on the series was John King, Simon’s father, with Tony Rayner the director.
Photos by Gail Herbert, no reproduction without permission.
In 1990 BBC Pebble Mill produced a Chelsea Special programme which went out on BBC 2 on the Wednesday night of Chelsea week, as well as a ‘Gardeners’ World’ from Chelsea on the Friday, presented by Geoff Hamilton.
The first photo shows presenter Anne Swithinbank, with cameraman Mike Shelton and director Nick Bamford; the second, director Annette Martin, with researcher Helen Faulkner, and presenter Geoff Hamilton; the third photo is of P.A. Jacqui Pratt, camerman Keith Froggatt and sound Alex Christison; the fourth photo is of presenter and garden designer David Stevens; photo five is of David Stevens with Mike Shelton and director Nick Patten; photo six is of researcher Helen Faulkner and Mike Shelton; photo seven is of David Stevens with Nick Patten.
Nick Patten was also shooting a gardening series called ‘Gardens by Design’ in 1990, presented by garden designer, David Stevens, and recorded some of the show at the Chelsea Flower Show. These photos are a combination of the Chelsea coverage, and ‘Gardens by Design’.
Copyright resides with the original holder, no reproduction without permission.
BBC Pebble Mill would hold annual lunches for retired staff, like this one being hosted by David Waine, Head of Building (extreme left). The man on the right looking at David is Les Barlow, who used to work in Maintenance.
The photo dates from 1989, and was taken in Radio Studio 1.
Thanks to Stephen Davies for making the photo available.
Please add a comment if you can identify and of the retirees.