Scenic Workshop
Photos by Willoughby Gullachsen (Gus), no reproduction without permission.
These photos are of the Pebble Mill Scenic Workshop, where the studio sets were made. The Scenic Workshop opened onto Studio A, so that sets could easily be moved into place. You can see the studio doors in the lower photo.
Scenic Workshop
Photos by Lynda Kettle, no reproduction without permission. Lynda Kettle was a Production Designer at BBC Pebble Mill, working on factual, entertainment and drama shows in studio and on location. The photos were taken as records of the Sets.
Song for Christmas was an annual children’s carol competition, and part of Pebble Mill at One. Mark Kershaw was the director of the Song for Christmas shown in the photos, and David Weir was the producer. Lynda Kettle designed the set in Studio A. I’m not sure which year the photos are from, but probably 1985 0r 1986.
Production Designer, Lynda Kettle also worked as a theatre designer and an artist, and now runs courses from her art studio http://www.lynda-kettle.com. She is a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham Water Colour Society. Midland Pastel Society and Birmingham Art Circle . She exhibits her paintings several times a year at selected galleries.
Song for Christmas
Photos by Lynda Kettle, no reproduction without permission. Lynda Kettle was a Production Designer at BBC Pebble Mill, working on factual, entertainment and drama shows in studio and on location. The photos were taken as records of the Sets.
Hartbeat was a children’s studio based art show which was hosted by Pebble Mill, and recorded in Studio A. The producer/director was Chris Tandy. There were several series of Hartbeat between 1984-93. I’m not sure which series were recorded at Pebble Mill, but probably in the late 1980s. Tony Hart was the main presenter, but was joined by others like Margot Wilson, and Alison Millar.
Production Designer, Lynda Kettle also worked as a theatre designer and an artist, and now runs courses from her art studio http://www.lynda-kettle.com. She is a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham Water Colour Society. Midland Pastel Society and Birmingham Art Circle . She exhibits her paintings several times a year at selected galleries.
Hartbeat set in Studio A
The photos show the ‘Children in Need’ phone volunteers for the Midlands region, stationed in Studio A.
Tweedle dum and tweedle dee were Claire Cotton and Helen Lott, Andy
Pandy was Jill Bent, the bear was Jan Burrows, I was the princess. The lady
with curly hair in purple was Joanne Anderton and behind her was Sophie
Marsh. Can’t remember the others.
CIN phone volunteers 1990
Photos by Willoughby Gullachsen, no reproduction without permission.
‘Airbase’ was produced at Pebble Mill in 1988 by Keith Williams and Roger Gregory. The script was written by Malcolm McKay and directed by David Attwood. It was recorded in Studio A, and involved bringing a fighter plane into the studio.
The drama starred Anton Lesser, Clive Mantle, Catherine Russell, David Lansbury and Ricco Ross. Catherine played Madeline Kohler, a young female American Air Force officer, who is posted to the all-male world of a U.S. airbase in Britain. The drama follows four days in her life.
The BBC 1 drama raised considerable controversy with its unflattering portrayal of life on a U.S. airbase, particularly concerning drug use. It even caused questions to be asked in Parliament by Lord Chalfont.
