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Licence fee to pay for ... fat cherub
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AN ILLUMINATED cherub made out of perspex is to be hoisted on the
roof of a restaurant at The Mailbox, in Birmingham city centre. The
sculpture has been commissioned by the BBC, which has moved to The
Mailbox after vacating Pebble Mill, as p...
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Is this the for Pebble Mill?
Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
; ... reports. IT may be only a building, but the news that the renowned Pebble Mill Studios could ... Birmingham has been left with just a small news studio. Unions fear jobs disaster By JON ... Pebble Mill is replaced by a streamlined news-centred complex in Birmingham. The problem ...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Such happy memories from Ambridge to Angels; End of an era: Pebble Mill studios facing final curtain.
The Birmingham Post (England)
; Byline: Richard Warburton When the shout of 'Cut!' is heard at the Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham for the final time, it will herald the end of a broadcasting era. The BBC's regional heart in the leafy suburb of Edgbaston has been responsible for some of Britain's favourite and most memorable TV
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Memories of when a grey and tatty hulk was a jewel in the BBC's crown; Pebble Mill's heyday recalled by John Wood.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; Forgive the allusion to Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, but last night I dreamed, not of her Manderley alas, but of my BBC at Pebble Mill a long time ago. It was a place that those of us who worked there knew and loved before this Camelot of broadcasting was ignominiously relegated, by accident or
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 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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When all the celebs came to Pebble Mill; BACK IN TIME MIDLAND TELLY memories.(Features)
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
; Byline: KEITH ACKRILL YOUR Back In Time photograph of the Queen visiting BBC Pebble Mill certainly brought back memories. I worked at Pebble Mill - on Radio 4 and television - from the day it opened until I left in 1982.1 have very many pleasant recollections of the years I spent there. The thing
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Pebble Mill in doubt as jobs go.(National)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; ... Birmingham and the changes would not affect local and regional programmes or news and radio production, including The Archers. Pebble Mill would keep one small studio to make the local news programme Midlands Today. Mr Dyke insisted the BBC was not pulling ...
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Fact file: Pebble Mill's broadcasting legacy.(Features)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; ... The studios were responsible for more than 500 hours of network television each year, plus regional programmes and the daily news programme, Midlands Today. There was also the legendary Good Morning with Anne and Nick. Then there was The Archers, the world ...
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Fears for Pebble Mill as more jobs go; BBC has not ruled out further redundancies.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; The BBC is axing 30 more jobs in Birmingham, sparking fresh fears over the future of Pebble Mill. Jobs in set design, management and administration will go, in addition to 25 posts which were scrapped earlier this year. The last four jobs in costume design will be scrapped, further fuelling fears
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PEBBLE MILL STUDIOS TO STAY - BBC.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
; BBC chiefs have pledged they have no plans to close their Pebble Mill studios. Selly Oak Labour MP Dr Lynne Jones has written to BBC English regions controller Mr Nigel Chapman asking for assurances that network television programmes will continue to be produced at the studios. But Pebble Mill
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Top BBC man admits Pebble Mill may be too costly to keep.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; A senior BBC official has admitted it would cost millions to upgrade the Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham and the only reason the corporation might stay there is because of the 'pepper corn' rent. Operations Director Mr Paul Grice said the bill for renovating Pebble Mill could run to tens of
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BBC bosses still grinding 'em down at Pebble Mill; Chief Feature Writer Jason Beattie looks at the sorry state of a once-proud studio.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; What is going on at Pebble Mill? The creaking vessel which was once the BBC's regional flagship has, if not exactly been sunk, been badly holed beneath the waterline. Certain doom-mongers claim, not without reason, the studio has been so badly treated by the BBC top brass recently that it is
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