Photo from Jane Mclean, no reproduction without permission.
The photo is from a ‘Children in Need’ day, when members of production teams would man the phones, taking pledges from the public for the BBC charity.
On the front row are production assistants Liz Derby and Jane Mclean.
Sue Johnston – Autocue, Jane Mclean, Dave Brazier, Sue Robinson
Claire Hobbs, Jane Mclean, Kate Southcott (now Hillman)
Roger Sutton, Sue Robinson, Jane Mclean, Claire Hobbs
Gallery A lighting – Mark Smithers, Dave Ashton, Ian Cull, Pete Eggleston, John Cooke
Photos from Sue Robinson, no reproduction without permission.
These photos are from the daytime antiques quiz show: ‘Going for a Song’. The show was recorded in Studio A. Claire Hobbs was the series producer, Sue Robinson the studio director, Kate Southcott (now Hillman) was an assistant producer on the series and Jane Mclean was the gallery production assistant. Dave Brazier was the floor manager, and Roger Sutton, the vision mixer.
The photos date from Christmas 1998, the show was presented by Michael Parkinson and Penny Smith, with Eric Knowles as the antiques’ expert.
This was Jane Mclean’s last ever programme before leaving the BBC.
The following information was added via the Pebble Mill Facebook Group:
Stuart Gandy: ‘Also note that by that date this was the new digital widescreen refurbished Studio A, you can tell that by the purple colour scheme as well. It went into use in the spring of 1998 and as we all know only lasted 3 years until its closure as a fully fledged studio in 2001.’
Mike Workman: ‘Yes, the equipment was either left to rot or sent down to London, why didn’t Midlands Today get dibs on any of it?! Interestingly enough though, does that purple colour scheme not remind anybody of the Mailbox, look the Mill was forward thinking, even predicted how its sucessor would look!’
Photos from Jane Mclean, no reproduction without permission.
The photos were taken on 17 Dec 1998 at the PAs leaving party. The Production Assistants at BBC Pebble Mill took redundancy, although many came back as freelancers with the BBC.
PAs Leaving Party 17 Dec 1998
PAs at Rum Punch 1998
VT at Rum Punch 1998
Photos from Jane Mclean, no reproduction without permission.
The photos were taken at the Leaving Party for the Pebble Mill Production Assistants, as they took redundancy in 1998, and at Rum Punch which took place a couple of days later.
The first photo includes: Andy Rutter, Paul Scholes, John Cooke, Jim Cleland.
Second photo includes: Anne Varley, Jane Mclean, Sylvia Lloyd, Sue Williams, Linda Flavell. (In the background: Dave James & Geoff Moore)
The third photos includes left to right: Ray Lee, Dave Rhodes, Mark Ray, Gurpi Saini (kneeling), James Allen, Nigel Evans, Mark Davies, Ian Collins, Keith Brown, Robin Szemeti, Adam Harvey.
Thanks to Dave Bushell, Paul Vanezis, Mark Ray, Ray Lee, Stuart Gandy and Jane Mclean for identifying those in the photos.
Photo by Sue Robinson, no reproduction without permission.
The photo was taken in the BBC Club bar in Dec 1998, when the staff Live Production Assistants left Pebble Mill. They include, left to right: Sue Williams, Jane Mclean, Anne Varley, Sylvia Lloyd. The stop-watch cake was a very good idea!
Jane Mclean adds the following information: ‘The only thing I can tell you about it is that it was THE BEST PARTY EVER. And that not just from me!’