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.
Photographs by Gail Herbert no reproduction without permission.
These photos were taken at the end of ‘Gardeners’ World’ party 1991. This was when ‘Gardeners’ World’ stopped being made in-house at Pebble Mill, and became an independent production, made by Catalyst Television. Ten years later the contract returned to BBC Birmingham.
The first photo includes left to right: Steph Silk (editor), Vanessa Jackson (researcher), Sophie Marsh (production secretary), Patti Evans (PA), Chris Hardman (PA).
The second photo includes Annette Martin (director), Alan Duxbury (cameraman).