Pebble Mill Studios

The BBC 's Pebble Mill Studios were located in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham, England. The views from the roof overlooked Cannon Hill Park, a nature centre, as well as Birmingham's city centre. Pebble Mill became a prominent landmark in the Edgbaston area and contained offices, television studios, radio studios, two canteens, a post office and a garden. During the 1950s and early 1960s BBC Birmingham and its associated region BBC Midlands were based in offices and a small studio in Broad Street, Birmingham. However, these became too small for the expanding region. Regional News remained at Broad Street until 1971, the small studio ideal for news bulletins, with other productions taking place in a former cinema in Gosta Green (now...