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The photo shows Jim Gregory and Dave Schoolden in Pebble Mill’s TK area in 1976.
TK was also known as Telecine, and was the technical area where film was transferred to video.
Photos by Ian Collins, no reproduction without permission.
The photos show a ‘Pebble Mill at One’ location trip to Verona, in Italy, in 1985. Presenters Marian Foster and Bob Langley are featured, along with director, Tony Rayner, producer, Clare Stride, and production assistant, Jane Mclean. Also pictured are Vision Supervisor, Ian Dewar, Engineering Manager, Gordon White, Cameraman, Dave Ballantyne, and Electrician, Phil Vaughan. Ian Collins was on VT, Roger Ecclestone was producer, although he isn’t pictured in the photos.
The trip included shoots in Milan, Lake Garda, Lake Como, and Verona.
Jane Mclean remembers the trip: ‘This was the famous trip where we interviewed Armani who lived in an all-white apartment and whose spotless white wall was left with a biro mark along it thanks to yours truly… Oh my how we laughed!’
Thanks to Roger Slater, Jane Mclean, Dave Bushell and Stuart Gandy for adding additional information.
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The photo includes, left to right: John Greening, two factory owners (location), Bill Hartley.
‘Nice Work’ starred Warren Clarke, and Haydn Gwynne. The series went out in 1989, and was produced at Pebble Mill by Chris Parr, and directed by Chris Menaul. The four part series was based on David Lodge’s novel of the same name, Lodge also wrote the screenplay.
The drama revolves around a university/industry exchange, which involves lecturer Robin Penrose teaming up with business man, Vic Wilcox.
Photo from Ruth Kiosses, no reproduction without permission.
The photo shows Ruth Kiosses in the Wardrobe Department with ‘Mr Blobby’. ‘Mr Blobby’ was a character who appeared regularly in Noel Edmond’s Saturday night show: ‘Noel’s House Party’ in the early 1990s. ‘Mr Blobby’ went on to release a hit single, and was a merchandising phenomenon.
I believe that ‘Mr Blobby’ was the idea of a sound man, who received very little recompense for it.
‘Mr Blobby’ was probably up in Birmingham as a guest on the Christmas special of ‘The Movie Game’, a BBC Children’s programme, which was a London series, hosted out of Pebble Mill in the early 1990s. (Thanks to Linda Hearn for this information.)
Ruth remembers that Mr Blobby visited the Wardrobe Department several times, arriving in a large box from TVC. This photo was taken in old Wardrobe in the basement below Studio A. Inside was head of Wardrobe Anne-Marie Palmer(now Morrell) what a great Boss!
Photos by Gail Herbert, no reproduction without permission.
‘Gardens by Design’ was a garden design series presented by designer, David Stevens. It was recorded in the spring and summer of 1990, being transmitted January/ February 1991, in the Friday night ‘Gardeners’ World’ slot on BBC 2, whilst GW was on its winter break. Nick Patten produced and directed the series, Helen Faulkner, on attachment from Radio 3, was the assistant producer and Gail Herbert the production assistant.
The series concentrated on making the most of your outside room, including both front and back gardens.
