Pebble Mill Studio C
This line drawing is of Pebble Mill’s Studio C, which was the Foyer when the building first opened and was repurposed as the iconic studio which housed Pebble Mill at One from 1972-86. The studio was famous for it’s glass wall looking out over Pebble Mill Road.
The drawing appeared in a Pebble Mill at One book.
Daytime Live special 1990, ‘My Name is Jane’, audience photo. Copyright resides with the original holder, no reproduction without permission.
The whole country is in a state of shock, but shock associated with the sudden loss of losing someone close concentrates the mind wonderfully and I recognise all the comments that have poured out on Facebook regarding Steve Weddle’s death. They do tick all the boxes. This is what happened to me when our son had a stroke and ended up in Worcester hospital fighting for his life. As a therapy I used the time to write, “Shoot First No Ordinary life,” the story of my BBC career at Pebble Mill which many of you have read.
What a character Steve was and yes taken far too young, for he had much more to offer this life. There were things about him I could never get my head round, like rushing off to London with only the flimsiest of reasons to find time with Hot Spurs or some name like that. There were his books of course, and BBC pensioners meeting every month will certainly not be the same without him, especially as he always dominated the Raffle presentations. But there was much more to this larger than life character than meets the eye, especially for me personally.
As editor of Daytime Live behind all the facade and bonhomie was someone who was deep, showed great courage in his work, often moving where many ‘feared to tread’, even prepared to gamble. Continue reading
Helen O’Rahilly outside Pebble Mill, copyright resides with the original holder, no reproduction without permission
My first BBC job….1988-89…researcher at Daytime Live. Great days, great people: Simon Shaw, Mary Clyne, David Morgenstern, Vikki Kimm, David Lancaster, David Weir, Alan Titchmarsh, Judi Spiers….loved the Friday baltis with the team in Moseley. A wonderful place that welcomed this young Irish woman from RTE. Fond memories.
Helen O’Rahilly
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This is the floor managing team of the magazine show, Daytime Live, which replaced Pebble Mill at One in the late 1980s (featured are, left to right): Mike Johnston, Amanda Neal and Bryan Sharpe, as they had just finished an episode of the show. Debbie Hood may well have taken the photo.
Thanks to Mike Johnston for sharing the photo.
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Daytime Live from Long Lartin Prison, circa March 1987. A really interesting OB. Glad to leave afterwards. Bonnie Tyler was a sport and did the music slot!
Mike Johnston
This was almost certainly a BBC Bristol OB truck.
Included in the photo are, left to right: Mike Johnston (FM), Simon Shaw (producer), David Weir (director), Jo Dewar just behind David, Pamela Armstrong (presenter).
Please add a comment if you can identify others.