May 2013 – Page 2 – What Was Pebble Mill?

Bob Langley, David Lancaster, Maggy Whitehouse

Photo from Maggy Whitehouse, no reproduction without permission.

Presenter Bob Langley, Maggy Whitehouse and David Lancaster, relaxing in the Pebble Mill Club after an edition of Pebble Mill at One.

The Rise and Fall of Regional Drama – David Rose

This article by David Rose, BBC Pebble Mill’s first Head of the English Regions Drama Department, was published in the BBC retiree’s magazine: Prospero, in April 2013.

Thanks to Peter Poole for finding and sharing this article.

Women in TV, making TV for women

Women’s Television at BBC Pebble Mill from pebblemill on Vimeo.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Video interviews with Steph Silk, Caroline Officer and Mel Stanley, talking about women working in television, and making programmes for predominantly female audiences.

Love Story – A Chance to Sit Down

These photos date from the 1981 series of Love Story – A Chance to Sit Down. This was a two partner, made at Pebble Mill (although I suspect it was a hosted London production). Paul Ciappessoni was the director, Colin Shindler the producer, Sally Head the script editor, with the adaptation by Meredith Daneman.

Jan Francis played the part of Barbara, a ballerina destined for stardom, who appears in the first three photos. Del Henney, who played George, is also featured. The last photo is of Jean Anderson, who also featured in another hosted series The Brothers.

Thanks to costume designer, Janice Rider, for sharing the photos.

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Eddy Grant at Pebble Mill

The photo includes Mary Sanchez (AFM), Eddy Grant and Jane Green (AFM). Eddy Grant came in to Pebble Mill to sing his hit ‘Gimme Hope Jo’anna’ circa 1988.

Apparently, Eddy had just told them a very rude and funny joke!