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This grab is from the title sequence of the Pebble Mill Midland Region series ‘Look! Hear! – circa 1980. It was a youth orientated show, which combined music, entertainment and fashion items. It was presented by Toyah Willcox.
Thanks to Paul Vanezis for identifying the still.
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Thanks to Ian Collins for making these grabs available.
I think these stills are from a ‘Look! Hear!’ special called ‘College Rags’. ‘Look! Hear!’ was a regional teen orientated music, entertainment and fashion show, presented by Toyah Willcox. The shows were transmitted on BBC Midlands between 1977-81.
The title card and catwalk shots were taken in the concourse outside Studio A, and I’m presuming that Studio A itself was used for the interviews.
The following comments were left on the Pebble Mill Facebook Group:
Stuart Gandy: ‘Look Hear was one of the first programmes I worked on when I started at Pebble Mill in 1980 in vision ops. On one occasion I remember we needed to get an overhead shot, looking down on one of the bands. Now these days that wouldn’t be too difficult with the small size of today’s cameras, but back in 1980 when the cameras were EMI 2001’s it was altogether more involved. The camera had to be mounted horizontally on a sturdy board with a mirror in front of the lens angled downwards. The whole thing was then lifted up above the stage using four hoists. The scans on the camera were suitably switched to get the picture the right way round because of the mirror. The shot worked though, so worth the enormous amount of time needed to set it up! ‘
Keith Brook: ‘I directed that programme!! It was full of problems during the planning and even more when a strike was called for the recording day. This will be a subject for one of my missives!! The recording went swimmingly and I finished at 4 seconds before 9. It took the whole of the following day to edit and just made transmission. I didn’t watch it go out, I went to the bar!!’
Photos from Jim Gregory, no reproduction without permission.
The photos are of Ian Collins and Jim Gregory editing the 1988 wildlife series ‘King and Company’. The series was presented by wildlife cameraman Simon King. In each episode a different celebrity, or member of the pulbic teamed up with Simon, on a filming assignment about a different British creature. The idea was to show how wild animals were filmed. The celebrities included Wendy Richards, Liza Goddard, Mark McManus, David Essex, Keith Barron, and Toyah Willcox. The animals featured included deer, dormice, salmon, frogs, and golden eagles.
The executive producer on the series was John King, Simon’s father, with Tony Rayner the director.
Photos by Gail Herbert – no reproduction without permission.
King and Company was a series produced at Pebble Mill by executive producer John King. It featured wildlife cameraman, Simon King (John’s son) on wildlife filming assignments with different celebrities. It went out in 1988. The featured celebrities included Wendy Richard, Liza Goddard, Mark McManus, David Essex, Toyah Willcox. The filming subjects included deer, dormice, frogs, salmon, and golden eagles.
Gail’s photos show filming taking place, and the crews involved. Gail was the production assistant, Tony Rayner the producer. The cameramen include John Couzens, Alan Duxbury, John Williams, Dave Evans, Keith Froggatt, sound recordists include Alex Christison and Tony Wass.
Sebastian the Golden Eagle