“My dear school friend, Beverley, sadly lost her fight with cancer 5 years ago. She was my best friend in the 6th form and we spent many fun and happy hours together in the instrumental ensemble for the school plays and music productions, her on the clarinet and me on the flute. R.I.P. Bev xx”
(We were 16 on this photo)
Bev worked at Pebble Mill for many years, most of it in Drama. Before she left the BBC she was the series producer of the continuing drama, Doctors.
Maxine Henry
Maxine Henry, Costume Designer, passed away on 8th August 2018. Although much of her work was at ATV and Central, she did work for many years at Pebble Mill on various shows and is much missed by us all in “Doctors” costume.
(Thanks to Anne-Marie Palmer for sharing the photo and this sad news.)
Photo by John Waldron, no reproduction without permission
John Waldron took this photo in September 2002 of nurse Faith (played by Eva Fountaine), marrying fireman, Jerry, in the continuing drama series, Doctors.
The episode was edited by Neil Roberts, and the wedding dress was made by Anne-Marie Palmer.
Included in the photo are Lawrence Penry Jones, Corrine Wicks, Eva Fountaine, Arion Bakare, Maggie Cronin and Natalie Robb.
Nurse Faith marrying fireman Jerry
Doctor Mark Eliot played by Tom Butcher, with receptionist Carolina, played by Ella Kay
Doctor Jude Carlyle, played by Natalie Robb
Doctor Brendan ‘Mac’ McGuire, played by Christopher Timothy, with doctor Marc Eliot, played by Tom Butcher
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These stills are from the continuing drama series, Doctors. It’s from series 4, which featured Christopher Timothy, who played Brendon (Mac) McGuire. Christopher Timothy went on to direct on the series.
Thanks to Ian Collins for making the stills available.
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Martin Fenton notes the frustrating realism of continuing drama:
“I’ve recently remembered two incidents which might as well be called ‘The Curse of Doctors’.
I had very little money on me on my first day at Pebble Mill, but it was alright because I’d noticed a cash machine in the front wall of Pebble Mill when I went for my interview. As you all undoubtedly know, it was a blank, installed for Doctors. Louise Willcox generously lent me a tenner just so I could get some sustenance at the tea bar. I was so embarrassed – on my first day, too!
A couple of years later, I moved to the south end of Selly Oak. I’d noticed The Mill Health Centre on Bristol Road, and made a mental note to go and register there the following Monday morning.”
You can guess the rest.
(Martin Fenton)
I don’t think you are alone Martin, in wanting to register at The Mill Health Centre, from talking to a couple of the Doctors’ team, I understand that a few older ladies have also thought it looks like a very nice G.P.’s surgery!