Ian Bellion – What Was Pebble Mill?

Great Expectations photos by Bhasker Solanki

Photos by Bhasker Solanki, no reproduction without permission

‘Great Expectations’ 1981, made at Pebble Mill. It would have been recorded in Studio A, for the interiors and on 16mm film on location, for exteriors. Actor Philip Joseph playing Joe Gargery the blacksmith. The editor was Oliver White, assisted by Ian Bellion.

Here is the link to more information on the BBC Genome project: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=Great+Expectations++Phillip+Joseph#top

Below is the listing for episode 1 from the Radio Times

‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens, dramatised in 12 parts by James Andrew Hall
Starring Gerry Sundquist as Pip, Stratford Johns as Magwitch, Joan Hickson as Miss Havisham, Phillip Joseph as Joe Gargery, John Stratton as Uncle Pumblechook

A lonely little figure hurrying home across the marshes… The sudden terrifying appearance of a brutal escaped convict – and Pip is launched on an adventurous journey that changes him from blacksmith’s apprentice to snobbish young gentleman.

Author:Charles Dickens

Dramatised by:James Andrew Hall

Music composed by:Paul Reade

Film Cameraman:John Kenway

Script Editor:Terrance Dicks

Designer:Michael Edwards

Producer:Barry Letts

Director:Julian Amyes

Pip:Gerry Sundquist

Magwitch:Stratford Johns

Miss Havisham:Joan Hickson

Joe Gargery:Phillip Joseph

Uncle Pumblechook:John Stratton

Pip, aged 9:Graham McGrath

Mrs Joe:Marjorie Yates

Compeyson:Peter Whitbread

Mr Wopsle:Peter Benson

Mr Hubble:Walter Sparrow

Mrs Hubble:Christine Ozanne

Sergeant:Adrian Bracken

Orlick:Linal Haft

Estella:Patsy Kensit

Pip, aged 12:Paul Davies-Prowles

Camilla:Janet Henfrey

Raymond:Edmund Kente

Sarah Pocket:Mollie Maureen

Ian Bellion, Merrick Simmonds, Judy Hooker

Photo by Peter Poole, no reproduction without permission.

This photo is of film editor, Ian Bellion, Judy Hooker and Merrick Simmonds (foreground). In the background you can see film cans on the shelf, and edit trims on hooks.

It probably dates from the late 1970s.

Post Production Christmas Party

Mark Heslop, Ingrid Wagner, Stan Treasurer, Greg Miller

Jonathan Birkett, Victoria Trow, Roger Mulliner, Ian Bellion

Ian Bellion, Peter Gower, Charles White, John Rosser, Mike Duxbury

Photos by Shirley O’Mara, no reproduction without permission.

Each year the Pebble Mill Post Production department held its own Christmas party. These photos date from the late 1980s, when the department descended on the Forbidden City Chinese Restaurant for its festive treat!

Please add a comment if you can identify any of the missing names.

Film Editors – Peter Poole

Photos by Peter Poole, no reproduction without permission.

The photos include film editors: Oliver White, and John Rosser, along with others, like Dave Brazier, who went on to become a floor manager. They were taken in the early 1980s, in the Pebble Mill canteen. Also included with John Rosser is Judy (film editor, Ian Bellion’s partner), and film librarian Karen Coulthard. (Thanks to Sharon Pemberton for identifying some of those included).

Please leave a comment if you can identify any others.

Peter Poole