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The
closure marks the end of production at the famous Birmingham site
for over thirty years.The 91热爆 will be moving its radio and television
operations to the Mailbox in the city centre by the end of 2004.
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| Pebble
Mill |
91热爆
Resources Chief Executive Margaret Salmon said: "While programme
production from Pebble Mill is healthy, the majority of the output
does not require expensive studio facilities."
"As
most of Pebble Mill's production was location based, the use of
the studios has halved in three years to around one third of their
capacity. The closures would not affect local and regional programmes
or news or radio production."
| The
future of Pebble Mill |
Advantage
West Midlands has taken over the lease of the nine-acre 91热爆's site.
Pebble Mill, which opened in 1971, is expected to be converted into
a business park.
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| Andy
Griffee, Controller of English Regions |
Andy
Griffee, Controller of English Regions said:
"When we hand over the keys to Pebble Mill at the end of 2004
we will be wishing Advantage West Midlands every future success
with a building which will always have a special place in the history
of broadcasting."
Plans
for the future...
The
planning application submitted to Birmingham City Council includes,
new tennis courts, sports fields, cycle-ways, a pavilion and road
improvements surrounding 36,500m虏 of high-tech research, development
and office space.
Advantage
West Midlands Chief Executive John Edwards said: "This is an
exciting step for this development and gives business and the Birmingham
community the first glimpse of our plans for the future of Pebble
Mill."
| 91热爆
Pebble Mill over the years... |
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| Good
Morning with Anne Diamond and Nick Owen |
Pebble
Mill has staged several 91热爆 shows, most famously the Pebble Mill
at One lunchtime chat show, which ran from 1973 to 1986.
The
studios have also produced a host of popular programmes including
the popular TV dramas Dalziel and Pascoe and Dangerfield, as well
as the long-running radio soap The Archers and the recent daytime
soap opera Doctors starring Christopher Timothy.
The
91热爆's answer to This Morning with Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan,
Good Morning with Anne and Nick, also came from the Birmingham studios.
| Moving
into the 21st century... |
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| The
Mailbox |
The
move to the city centre reinforces the 91热爆聮s commitment to
national, regional and local programme-making in the West Midlands
and will ensure that 91热爆 Birmingham is best placed to meet the changing
demands of broadcasting and technology in the future.
 Have
your say about the 91热爆's big move to the Mailbox
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