Chris Hardman, Lisa Sommerville, Karen Hewson
Chris Hardman, Peter Poole, Lisa Sommerville
Photos by Peter Poole, no reproduction without permission.
A pleasant lunchtime in the early 1980s: a short walk over from Pebble Mill to Cannon Hill Park.
The photo was probably taken in 1980/1, as Karen left Pebble Mill in 1982. The girls worked together in Asian Programmes, Chris later went on to work in ‘Farming’ and on ‘Gardeners’ World’ as a production assistant.
Photographs by Gail Herbert no reproduction without permission.
These photos were taken at the end of ‘Gardeners’ World’ party 1991. This was when ‘Gardeners’ World’ stopped being made in-house at Pebble Mill, and became an independent production, made by Catalyst Television. Ten years later the contract returned to BBC Birmingham.
The first photo includes left to right: Steph Silk (editor), Vanessa Jackson (researcher), Sophie Marsh (production secretary), Patti Evans (PA), Chris Hardman (PA).
The second photo includes Annette Martin (director), Alan Duxbury (cameraman).