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Pictures: BBC at Pebble Mill

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Tamlyn JonesBusiness Reporter

15:48, 25 FEB 2015
Updated07:31, 15 JUN 2015

Architect John Madin (left) with a model of the BBC Pebble Mill studios in 19621 of 20
Former BBC Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham2 of 20
Aerial view of former BBC Pebble Mill studios3 of 20
BBC Midlands Today presenter Tom Coyne in 19744 of 20
Margaret Thatcher at BBC Pebble Mill studios in 19785 of 20
The Queen visits Pebble Mill in 19816 of 20
The Queen visits Pebble Mill in 19817 of 20
Toyah Willcox and Chris Phipps (bow tie) presenting Look! Hear! at Pebble Mill in April 1981 with contestants who have entered their poser competition8 of 20
BBC Midlands Today presenters Sue Beardsmore (left) and Kathy Rochford in 19839 of 20
Snooker players taking part in TV show 'Pot Black' at BBC Pebble Mill in 1984. Picture includes commentator David Icke (extreme left), Steve Davis, Eddie Charlton and Cliff Thorburn10 of 20
Singer Engelbert Humperdinck performing on BBC show Pebble Mill at One in 198511 of 20
Open day at BBC Pebble Mill studios. BBC Midlands Today presenter Kay Alexander reads the news with 13-year-old Claire Pritchard in 198612 of 20
BBC Midlands Today presenters Kay Alexander (left) discusses the art of news reading with Birmingham Post and Mail journalist Marion Brennan in 198813 of 20
Beverley sisters and Andrew LLoyd Webber with Barrie Edgar in 198914 of 20
BBC Midlands Today presenter Kay Alexander in 198915 of 20
BBC Midlands Today presenters pictured in 1989 at Birmingham International station after naming an intercity first class 90 Locomotive, '90 001 BBC Midlands Today'. The occasion marked the 25th anniversary of the programme. From left: David Davies, Diane Kemp, Sue Beardsmore, Kay Alexander and Alan Towers16 of 20
BBC Midlands Today presenter David Davies in 199317 of 20
Nick Owen and Suzanne Virdee who presented the last Midlands Today to be broadcast from Pebble Mill18 of 20
BBC Midlands Today presenter Nick Owen19 of 20
CGI of the new Dental Hospital at Pebble Mill20 of 20

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