Photos from Kathryn Shuttleworth, no reproduction without permission. We went through a phase of putting signs on the studio doors of the productions that were currently being recorded. I spent a lot of time in Studio 3. Always busy with The Archers and Radio Drama. Should I mention that I have the door signs at [...]
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Tagged as: Kathryn Shuttleworth,Radio drama,Studio 3,The Archers | Posted in: Blog, Building, Network, Photographs, Photos, Radio
Philip was a producer who gave a voice to people who seldom appeared on television. His films had a similar style to the ‘Radio Ballads’ produced in Birmingham by Charles Parker. They mixed actuality with specially commissioned music to tell the life stories of people from all sections of society. Philip was a great interviewer [...]
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Tagged as: Charles Parker,Dennis Cartwright,Elizabeth Seaborne,Gone for a Soldier,Greg Miller,John Bland,John Pierce,Peter Poole,Philip Donnellan,Radio Ballads | Posted in: Blog, Factual, Network, Photos, Radio, Television
Copyright resides with the original holder, no reproduction without permission. Studio 3 Spot Effects One of the most famous effects to do! This all gets very messy but whenever there is a calf being born in Ambridge we reach for the yoghurt, a wet towel and some old tape (we may not record on it [...]
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Photos by Philip Morgan, no reproduction without permission. These photos are of the cubicle in Studio 5, one of the network radio studios at Pebble Mill. They were taken by Philip on the viewing day before the auction to sell off the equipment from Pebble Mill that wasn’t being taken to the Mailbox. Kathryn Shuttlecock [...]
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Tagged as: Farming Today,Late Night Currie,Pebble Mill,Philip Morgan,Radio 2,radio studio,Studio 3,Studio 5 | Posted in: Blog, Building, Network, Photographs, Photos, Radio
Copyright resides with the original holder, no reproduction without permission. These pages are taken from the Midlands News 1992 (regional internal BBC newsletter). This two page spread is about the expansion of Pebble Mill’s, Radio 2, Popular Music Department. Also included is how Pebble Mill’s Radio 3, Serious Music Department, has escaped the cut backs [...]
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Tagged as: Caroline Kirkland,Chris Marshall,Elizabeth Simmonds,Geoffrey Hewitt,Jane Ward,Marie Phillips,Midland Light Orchestra,Midlands News,Pebble Mill,Popular music,Radio 2 | Posted in: Blog, Building, Memories, Network, Radio
