Plenty of missing footage being shown by Kal 13th/14th Sept
Aug 17, 2013 11:54:26 GMT
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Post by Christopher Perry on Aug 17, 2013 11:54:26 GMT
Ken Griffin has worked very hard tracking down a lot of Ulster's lost TV footage, I do hope members of this forum will come and see/hear what he has achieved.....
Kaleidoscope 25th Anniversary Event
Friday 13th September 2013, 7:00 pm - 11:05 pm
Saturday 14th September 2013, 9:00 am - 7:10 pm
Function Suite, The Talbot Hotel,
High Street, Stourbridge,
West Midlands DY8 1DW, UK
Free Admission
From Across the Water
A Tribute to the regional broadcaster Ulster Television
A retrospective of Northern Ireland's regional ITV station, which retains an independent identity on the network today.
Friday 13th September 2013
7:00 pm This is Ulster Television - introduced by Ken Griffin. This unbroadcast corporate promotional film from 1977 provides a broad overview of Ulster Television's operations and includes appearances from many of the station's personalities and senior executives. This film is sourced from the sole surviving U-Matic copy which was rediscovered in 2012.
7:15 pm Fleadh Ceoil 1968 - David Mahlowe travels across the Irish border for this colourful documentary on the 1968 instalment of Ireland's biggest annual traditional music festival (TX: 25/12/1968).
7:45 pm Counterpoint - "Violent Death on The Border". David Dunseith and Gary Gillespie investigate the threats faced by the scattered Protestant communities living along the Irish border in an edition of Ulster Television's long-running investigative current affairs series. This programme is sourced from an off-air U-Matic tape made for legal purposes and includes all the advertisements broadcast during and after the programme (TX: 27/11/1980).
8:25 pm Makem Sing - Renowned Irish folk singer-songwriter Tommy Makem returns to his Ulster roots in the sole surviving episode of his 1971 series for UTV. Best known for his collaboration with the Clancy Brothers, Makem's blossoming solo career meant that the series was taped during a gap between sold-out international engagements (TX: 30/03/1971).
8:50 pm Between the Programmes - A special compilation of trailers and advertisements broadcast on Ulster Television in the 1960s, including some rare cult favourites. An optional fish and chips supper will be served during this presentation.
Sergeant Cork UTV trailer, featuring William Gaunt (TX: ??/08/1964).
Parade - interview with William Gaunt (TX: 13/08/1964).
Parade - Farming promo (TX: ??/09/1964).
Parade - Motoring promo (TX: ??/09/1964).
The Avengers promo with Patrick Macnee (TX: ??/10/1964).
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents road safety advertisment 1 (TX: ??/12/1964).
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents road safety advertisment 2 (TX: ??/12/1964).
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents road safety advertisment 3 (TX: ??/12/1964).
What's Your Favourite Programme? 1 (TX: ??/12/1964).
What's Your Favourite Programme? 2 (TX: ??/12/1964).
Continuity - Friday Night intro (TX: 08/01/1965).
Continuity - Schedule Changes (TX: 11/01/1965).
Bob Monkhouse extract - Heads Or Harps? (TX: 17/03/1965).
Duck Dilemma - the earliest surviving UTV local filler, remastered from the original elements.
9:00 pm A Hunting We Will Go - A behind the scenes look at the production of The Irish RM, the popular comedy-drama brought to the screen by Ulster Television. This documentary includes interviews with the series' stars including Peter Bowles, Bryan Murray and Doran Godwin (TX: 20/12/1982).
9:30 pm The Scandalous Parson - Neil McCarthy stars as eighteenth century satirist Jonathan Swift in an experimental play which sees the cleric pitted against a modern-day television interviewer (David Mahlowe). Thought lost until 2011, this programme is believed to be the earliest surviving Northern Irish television drama. Originally broadcast as a special one-off episode of Flashpoint, UTV's nightly current affairs series, it is sourced from a slightly edited telerecording negative produced for overseas sales. (TX: 22/11/1967).
10:00 pm Good Evening Ulster - Elton John joins Gloria Hunniford live in studio for this early edition of Ulster's long-running magazine series, which also features UTV stalwarts Brian Baird and Jackie Fullerton. This programme is sourced from an off-air U-Matic recording (TX: 27/03/1979).
10:55 pm Bedtime - Charles Witherspoon closes an evening's viewing on Ulster Television with an eclectic mix of news headlines, previews of forthcoming events and viewers' competitions. This programme was recovered from an off-air VHS tape in 2013 (TX: 19/01/1981).
11:05 pm Closedown
Saturday 14th September 2013
SECOND ROOM
9:00 am Hop, Skip and Jump - "Spring in Ulster". An episode from UTV's popular seventies local children's series focusing on language, crafts and music, presented by Ann Osborough and Leo Dove (TX: 19/03/1979).
9:15 am Preview - Film inserts from an edition of an early UTV series focusing on forthcoming television and cinema attractions. Ivor Mills' guests are Ian Hendry, Vera Day, Janet Munro and Ronald Fraser (TX: 24/09/1962).
9:30 am Round About - The sole surviving episode of Britain's first regional teatime magazine series sees Ernest Strathdee present coverage of the 99th Balmoral Show from Belfast. No editions from the series were thought to exist until this film was discovered at UTV in 2012. It survives in "transmission roll" form, meaning that it is minus captions and a short segment of audio which was added live during transmission (TX: 25/05/1966).
10:00 am When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - One of UTV's rare excursions into networked light entertainment, this lavish St Patrick's Day special from 1978 features Eamonn Andrews, Frank Carson, Dana, Clodagh Rodgers and The Bachelors (TX: 17/03/1978).
11:00 am The Ken Griffin Lecture - Ulster Rich and Rare. A special presentation by Ken Griffin including clips from:
Midnight Oil - Britain's first adult education TV programme, made in 1962.
Engineering colour test film 1: Behind the scenes at the recording of a programme in UTV Studio 2, from 1968.
Extract from Engineering colour test film 2: David Frost talks about Northern Ireland, from 1968.
Start of Let's Look At Ulster 2: Earliest surviving UTV videotape recording, from 1970.
Headlines from a 1972 edition of UTV Reports.
Ken is a PhD researcher at the Centre for Media Research at the University of Ulster. For the past three years, he has been studying the phenomenon of missing programming using material from the UTV Archive.
Saturday Made at the Mill
A Celebration of Pebble Mill and BBC Birmingham
We look back at the golden years of BBC Birmingham, operating from their custom-built Pebble Mill studios. Pebble Mill was a special place and had a long association with Kaleidoscope. It is still fondly remembered by everyone who worked there. We celebrate the place, its people and programmes in this affectionate tribute.
Saturday 14th September 2013
MAIN ROOM
12:00 pm Welcome to the Mill - a news insert from 12th November 1962 showing the plans and a model of what Pebble Mill will look like when it is finished. Followed by ATV Today reporting on the opening of the new studios and an internal BBC promotional film of Pebble Mill at work.
12:05 pm Contact - "The Golden Game" - Midland footballers and fans talk and sing about the beautiful game in this BBC Birmingham entertainment show from 1975. This programme is notable for being Birmingham comic Jasper Carrott's first ever television work. Presented by Duncan Gibbins with Jasper Carrott, Marylin Lewis, John Main, Jim Hornsby, Harvey Andrews, Graham Cooper, Gareth Owen and Frank Worthington (TX: 19/08/1975).
12:30 pm Contact - "Mother Muffin's Music Stand" - Victoria Wood appears on her television debut in this one-off special, also featuring Coventry School of Music Band, Jim Davis and his Quintet, Eagle Jazz Band, Keeley Ford, Nottingham Saxophone Quartet. Followed by a trailer for the next Contact programme and scenes from the Closedown programme later that night (TX: 03.12.1974).
1:00 pm Jasper at the Mill - Jasper Carrott reminisces about the building that launched his television career and shares some memories of his time there in this specially recorded interview, intercut with footage from his shows.
1:30 pm Guest Panel - Nice Work at the Mill. Acclaimed author and academic David Lodge joins producer and executive Michael Wearing to talk about their television work for BBC Birmingham. David adapted his own novel Nice Work into a highly-regarded serial starring Warren Clarke and Haydn Gwynne, filmed at the University of Birmingham where he was Professor of English Literature. He also adapted the 1994 version of Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit. In a long and prolific career, Michael has been responsible for many series which have changed the television landscape. As a script editor, he worked on Second City Firsts, Pickersgill People and an edition of Play for Today called "The Black Stuff", written by Alan Bleasdale. The huge success of this brought Michael to national note in the industry and he produced Bleasdale's sequel series, Boys from the Blackstuff. Other highly acclaimed programmes followed, including the landmark serials Bird of Prey and Edge of Darkness. While BBC Head of Serials, Michael oversaw Our Friends in the North, Pride and Prejudice, Martin Chuzzlewit and Sleepers. He was also an executive producer on Dennis Potter's final works, Karaoke and Cold Lazarus.
2:00 pm Break
2:10 pm Guest Panel - Look! Hear! Lookback. In what promises to be a hugely entertaining panel, Chris Phipps, John Holmes and Toyah Willcox look back at the Midlands music and arts show that celebrated contemporary pop and rock culture. Toyah will need no introduction. One of the defining singer-songwriters of the seventies and eighties, she has 8 Top 40 singles and more than 20 albums to her name. She is also a highly acclaimed screen and stage actress, presenter, producer and author. She co-presented Look! Hear! alongside John Holmes and Chris Phipps, who was also the programme's booker. Chris has fond memories of the Black Country. He taught at Halesowen and freelanced for the Black Country Bugle before becoming the BBC's correspondent for the area. He was last at The Talbot Hotel when he interviewed George Melly here in the seventies! Since Look! Hear!, Chris has become a renowned producer and director, behind the cameras on many music specials. These include Motor City Music Years, the definitive retrospective look at Midlands pop history. John is now a well-known name on BBC Radio Nottingham and is noted for editing Bolero for Torvill and Dean!
3.00 pm Break - accompanied by a specially created audio-visual presentation of all your favourite theme tunes from Pebble Mill productions.
3:30 pm Look! Hear! - Toyah Willcox, John Holmes, Chris Phipps and Vera Gilbert present this edition of the BBC Birmingham music and arts show featuring The Climax Blues Band (TX: 05/05/1978).
4:00 pm Guest Panel - From Firsts to Fosdyke: Drama at the Mill. Kaleidoscope is pleased to welcome four esteemed guests to remember their involvement in drama at Pebble Mill. A very familiar face on our screens, Philip Jackson has appeared in many favourite series and is probably best known as Chief Inspector Japp in Agatha Christie's Poirot. He appeared in BBC Birmingham productions such as Lizzie's Pictures, Second City Firsts, Pickersgill People and Play for Today's "Shakespeare or Bust". He played "all other roles" in The Fosdyke Saga. Philip's other credits include Brassed Off, Pennies From Heaven, Porridge, Z Cars, Foyle's War, Strangers and Robin of Sherwood. Tara Prem had a long association with BBC Birmingham both as a script editor and later a producer. She served in both capacities on Second City Firsts and Pebble Mill's entries for Play for Today. One acclaimed example she script edited was David Rudkin's "Penda's Fen". Tara produced The Fosdyke Saga as well as Pickersgill People, Play of the Week and later Hearts and Minds and Love Hurts. Writer and director Mike Bradwell's work at BBC Birmingham includes Second City Firsts, The Fosdyke Saga, Playhouse, The Ken Campbell Roadshow and Play for Today. He later wrote and directed "Happy Feet" for Screen One. Peter Ansorge was also a long-serving script editor at BBC Birmingham, working on acclaimed series such as Gangsters and Second City Firsts. He script edited The Fosdyke Saga and BBC Birmingham contributions to Play for Today, which he later returned to as a producer. Peter also produced Playhouse and Empire Road at Pebble Mill. Later he was an executive producer on Dennis Potter's final works, Karaoke and Cold Lazarus and Farrukh Dhondy's Tandoori Nights.
5:00 pm Second City Firsts - "Glitter". Toyah Willcox introduces her screen debut, made at Pebble Mill while she was still at drama school. Featuring Phil Daniels, Noel Edmonds and the pop group Bilbo Baggins. Produced by Tara Prem and script edited by Peter Ansorge, this play was written and directed by Tony Bicat (TX: 28/11/1976).
5:30 pm Pot Black - Episode 6. Alan Weeks presents the earliest surviving edition of the long-running snooker tournament, which is credited with bringing the sport into the mainsteam. The players are John Spencer and Eddie Charlton (TX: 20/03/1973).
6:00 pm Ballad of the Severn Valley Line - a programme about this famous line of the GWR, now preserved locally as the outstanding Severn Valley Railway. Produced and directed by Derek Smith, this item was saved by an engineer on a compilation tape of railway items (TX: 06/07/1971).
6:25 pm London to Birmingham in Five Minutes - Pebble Mill's version of the famous London to Brighton film from the 1950s.
6:30 pm The Cheapest Show on the Telly - an untransmitted pilot devised by and starring Don Maclean which also features a young Dudley comic named Lenny Henry. Recorded on 23rd April 1978, this programme was recovered from Philips 1500 cassette by Kaleidoscope's Kathryn Shuttleworth.
6:50 pm Goodbye to the Mill - A personal tribute recorded and edited by Tim Bentinck, presented here today with his kind permission. Shot during The Archers' final recording days before the move to The Mailbox and set to music (with original lyrics by Tim), this is a final and fond farewell to Pebble Mill.
7:00 pm Closedown
Saturday 14th September 2013
SECOND ROOM
12:00 pm The Fosdyke Saga - introduced by Peter Ansorge and Tara Prem, this was the BBC's adaptation of Bill Tidy's long running cartoon strip, "a classic tale of struggle, power, personalities and tripe". Starring Roger Sloman, Mary Sheen, Malcolm Ranson, Kevin Elyot, Penelope Nice and Philip Jackson, it was adapted by Alan Plater and Bill Tidy, script edited by Peter Ansorge and produced by Tara Prem (TX: 20/07/1977).
1:30 pm Second City Firsts - "Trotksy Is Dead" - introduced by Tara Prem. Lila Kedrova, George Pravda and Gerard Ryder star in this play written and directed by Tony Bicat. Script edited by Peter Ansorge, produced by Tara Prem (TX: 13/03/1976).
2:00 pm The Other Side - "Underdog" - introduced by Michael Wearing. Nigel Hawthorne, Anton Rodgers and Terry Molloy feature in this play written by Jack Shepherd and directed by Michael Wearing (TX: 04/05/1979).
3:00 pm Art ...Adrift - introduced by Tara Prem. An untransmitted pilot by Peter Terson, intended as a sequel to Play for Today's celebrated "The Fishing Party", "Shakespeare or Bust" and "Three for the Fancy", with Brian Glover reprising the role of Leeds miner Art. Also featuring Anne Raitt, Christopher Martin and Tony Caunter. Script edited by Tara Prem and produced by David Rose. Recorded in 1974.
3:30 pm Second City Firsts - "Daft Mam Blues". Jean Heywood, Frances Cox, Marjorie Yates and Bernard Hill star in this play written by David Halliwell and produced by Tara Prem (TX: 17/05/1977).
4:10 pm Live from Pebble Mill - "Redundant! Or The Wife's Revenge". A brilliant cast star in a script by Fay Weldon. Featuring Leslie Phillips, Judy Parfitt, Zia Mohyeddin, Connie Booth, Nicola Pagett, Dermot Crowley and Marsha Fitzalan. Directed by James Cellan Jones (TX: 20/02/1983).
5:00 pm Second City Firsts - "Club Havana". Another entry into BBC Birmingham's highly regarded anthology series, this time starring Rising Damp's Don Warrington and a young actress from Smethwick named Julie Walters. Written by Barry Reckord, script edited by Peter Ansorge and produced by Tara Prem (TX: 25/10/1975).
5:30 pm Second City Firsts - "Rotten" - introduced by Tara Prem and Peter Ansorge. Alan Raymond and Georgina Smith star in this edition also featuring the music of The Beatles. Written by Alan Brown, produced by Tara Prem, script edited by Peter Ansorge and directed by Philip Saville (TX: 13/05/1978).
6:10 pm Good At Art - introduced by Peter Ansorge. Tanveer Ghani, Salmann Peer, Indira Joshi and ex-Grange Hill actress Linda Slater star in a script by highly acclaimed playwright, author and screenwriter Farrukh Dhondy. Produced by Peter Ansorge (TX: 04/11/1983).
6:40 pm Come To Mecca - introduced by Peter Ansorge. Another script from Farrukh Dhondy, featuring Dinesh Shukla, Sharman MacDonald, Nick Stringer, Ahmed Khalil, Dev Sagoo and future EastEnders actor Andrew Johnson. Shortly after this was made, Farrukh Dhondy became a Commissioning Editor for Channel Four. Produced by Peter Ansorge. (TX: 02/12/1983).
7:10 pm Closedown
All material at Kaleidoscope events is screened with the permission of the copyright holders.
Programmes and timings may be subject to change before the day.
Guests appear subject to professional and personal commitments.
In 2013 Kaleidoscope is supporting the
Royal National Lifeboat Institution once again.
Kaleidoscope 25th Anniversary Event
Friday 13th September 2013, 7:00 pm - 11:05 pm
Saturday 14th September 2013, 9:00 am - 7:10 pm
Function Suite, The Talbot Hotel,
High Street, Stourbridge,
West Midlands DY8 1DW, UK
Free Admission
From Across the Water
A Tribute to the regional broadcaster Ulster Television
A retrospective of Northern Ireland's regional ITV station, which retains an independent identity on the network today.
Friday 13th September 2013
7:00 pm This is Ulster Television - introduced by Ken Griffin. This unbroadcast corporate promotional film from 1977 provides a broad overview of Ulster Television's operations and includes appearances from many of the station's personalities and senior executives. This film is sourced from the sole surviving U-Matic copy which was rediscovered in 2012.
7:15 pm Fleadh Ceoil 1968 - David Mahlowe travels across the Irish border for this colourful documentary on the 1968 instalment of Ireland's biggest annual traditional music festival (TX: 25/12/1968).
7:45 pm Counterpoint - "Violent Death on The Border". David Dunseith and Gary Gillespie investigate the threats faced by the scattered Protestant communities living along the Irish border in an edition of Ulster Television's long-running investigative current affairs series. This programme is sourced from an off-air U-Matic tape made for legal purposes and includes all the advertisements broadcast during and after the programme (TX: 27/11/1980).
8:25 pm Makem Sing - Renowned Irish folk singer-songwriter Tommy Makem returns to his Ulster roots in the sole surviving episode of his 1971 series for UTV. Best known for his collaboration with the Clancy Brothers, Makem's blossoming solo career meant that the series was taped during a gap between sold-out international engagements (TX: 30/03/1971).
8:50 pm Between the Programmes - A special compilation of trailers and advertisements broadcast on Ulster Television in the 1960s, including some rare cult favourites. An optional fish and chips supper will be served during this presentation.
Sergeant Cork UTV trailer, featuring William Gaunt (TX: ??/08/1964).
Parade - interview with William Gaunt (TX: 13/08/1964).
Parade - Farming promo (TX: ??/09/1964).
Parade - Motoring promo (TX: ??/09/1964).
The Avengers promo with Patrick Macnee (TX: ??/10/1964).
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents road safety advertisment 1 (TX: ??/12/1964).
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents road safety advertisment 2 (TX: ??/12/1964).
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents road safety advertisment 3 (TX: ??/12/1964).
What's Your Favourite Programme? 1 (TX: ??/12/1964).
What's Your Favourite Programme? 2 (TX: ??/12/1964).
Continuity - Friday Night intro (TX: 08/01/1965).
Continuity - Schedule Changes (TX: 11/01/1965).
Bob Monkhouse extract - Heads Or Harps? (TX: 17/03/1965).
Duck Dilemma - the earliest surviving UTV local filler, remastered from the original elements.
9:00 pm A Hunting We Will Go - A behind the scenes look at the production of The Irish RM, the popular comedy-drama brought to the screen by Ulster Television. This documentary includes interviews with the series' stars including Peter Bowles, Bryan Murray and Doran Godwin (TX: 20/12/1982).
9:30 pm The Scandalous Parson - Neil McCarthy stars as eighteenth century satirist Jonathan Swift in an experimental play which sees the cleric pitted against a modern-day television interviewer (David Mahlowe). Thought lost until 2011, this programme is believed to be the earliest surviving Northern Irish television drama. Originally broadcast as a special one-off episode of Flashpoint, UTV's nightly current affairs series, it is sourced from a slightly edited telerecording negative produced for overseas sales. (TX: 22/11/1967).
10:00 pm Good Evening Ulster - Elton John joins Gloria Hunniford live in studio for this early edition of Ulster's long-running magazine series, which also features UTV stalwarts Brian Baird and Jackie Fullerton. This programme is sourced from an off-air U-Matic recording (TX: 27/03/1979).
10:55 pm Bedtime - Charles Witherspoon closes an evening's viewing on Ulster Television with an eclectic mix of news headlines, previews of forthcoming events and viewers' competitions. This programme was recovered from an off-air VHS tape in 2013 (TX: 19/01/1981).
11:05 pm Closedown
Saturday 14th September 2013
SECOND ROOM
9:00 am Hop, Skip and Jump - "Spring in Ulster". An episode from UTV's popular seventies local children's series focusing on language, crafts and music, presented by Ann Osborough and Leo Dove (TX: 19/03/1979).
9:15 am Preview - Film inserts from an edition of an early UTV series focusing on forthcoming television and cinema attractions. Ivor Mills' guests are Ian Hendry, Vera Day, Janet Munro and Ronald Fraser (TX: 24/09/1962).
9:30 am Round About - The sole surviving episode of Britain's first regional teatime magazine series sees Ernest Strathdee present coverage of the 99th Balmoral Show from Belfast. No editions from the series were thought to exist until this film was discovered at UTV in 2012. It survives in "transmission roll" form, meaning that it is minus captions and a short segment of audio which was added live during transmission (TX: 25/05/1966).
10:00 am When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - One of UTV's rare excursions into networked light entertainment, this lavish St Patrick's Day special from 1978 features Eamonn Andrews, Frank Carson, Dana, Clodagh Rodgers and The Bachelors (TX: 17/03/1978).
11:00 am The Ken Griffin Lecture - Ulster Rich and Rare. A special presentation by Ken Griffin including clips from:
Midnight Oil - Britain's first adult education TV programme, made in 1962.
Engineering colour test film 1: Behind the scenes at the recording of a programme in UTV Studio 2, from 1968.
Extract from Engineering colour test film 2: David Frost talks about Northern Ireland, from 1968.
Start of Let's Look At Ulster 2: Earliest surviving UTV videotape recording, from 1970.
Headlines from a 1972 edition of UTV Reports.
Ken is a PhD researcher at the Centre for Media Research at the University of Ulster. For the past three years, he has been studying the phenomenon of missing programming using material from the UTV Archive.
Saturday Made at the Mill
A Celebration of Pebble Mill and BBC Birmingham
We look back at the golden years of BBC Birmingham, operating from their custom-built Pebble Mill studios. Pebble Mill was a special place and had a long association with Kaleidoscope. It is still fondly remembered by everyone who worked there. We celebrate the place, its people and programmes in this affectionate tribute.
Saturday 14th September 2013
MAIN ROOM
12:00 pm Welcome to the Mill - a news insert from 12th November 1962 showing the plans and a model of what Pebble Mill will look like when it is finished. Followed by ATV Today reporting on the opening of the new studios and an internal BBC promotional film of Pebble Mill at work.
12:05 pm Contact - "The Golden Game" - Midland footballers and fans talk and sing about the beautiful game in this BBC Birmingham entertainment show from 1975. This programme is notable for being Birmingham comic Jasper Carrott's first ever television work. Presented by Duncan Gibbins with Jasper Carrott, Marylin Lewis, John Main, Jim Hornsby, Harvey Andrews, Graham Cooper, Gareth Owen and Frank Worthington (TX: 19/08/1975).
12:30 pm Contact - "Mother Muffin's Music Stand" - Victoria Wood appears on her television debut in this one-off special, also featuring Coventry School of Music Band, Jim Davis and his Quintet, Eagle Jazz Band, Keeley Ford, Nottingham Saxophone Quartet. Followed by a trailer for the next Contact programme and scenes from the Closedown programme later that night (TX: 03.12.1974).
1:00 pm Jasper at the Mill - Jasper Carrott reminisces about the building that launched his television career and shares some memories of his time there in this specially recorded interview, intercut with footage from his shows.
1:30 pm Guest Panel - Nice Work at the Mill. Acclaimed author and academic David Lodge joins producer and executive Michael Wearing to talk about their television work for BBC Birmingham. David adapted his own novel Nice Work into a highly-regarded serial starring Warren Clarke and Haydn Gwynne, filmed at the University of Birmingham where he was Professor of English Literature. He also adapted the 1994 version of Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit. In a long and prolific career, Michael has been responsible for many series which have changed the television landscape. As a script editor, he worked on Second City Firsts, Pickersgill People and an edition of Play for Today called "The Black Stuff", written by Alan Bleasdale. The huge success of this brought Michael to national note in the industry and he produced Bleasdale's sequel series, Boys from the Blackstuff. Other highly acclaimed programmes followed, including the landmark serials Bird of Prey and Edge of Darkness. While BBC Head of Serials, Michael oversaw Our Friends in the North, Pride and Prejudice, Martin Chuzzlewit and Sleepers. He was also an executive producer on Dennis Potter's final works, Karaoke and Cold Lazarus.
2:00 pm Break
2:10 pm Guest Panel - Look! Hear! Lookback. In what promises to be a hugely entertaining panel, Chris Phipps, John Holmes and Toyah Willcox look back at the Midlands music and arts show that celebrated contemporary pop and rock culture. Toyah will need no introduction. One of the defining singer-songwriters of the seventies and eighties, she has 8 Top 40 singles and more than 20 albums to her name. She is also a highly acclaimed screen and stage actress, presenter, producer and author. She co-presented Look! Hear! alongside John Holmes and Chris Phipps, who was also the programme's booker. Chris has fond memories of the Black Country. He taught at Halesowen and freelanced for the Black Country Bugle before becoming the BBC's correspondent for the area. He was last at The Talbot Hotel when he interviewed George Melly here in the seventies! Since Look! Hear!, Chris has become a renowned producer and director, behind the cameras on many music specials. These include Motor City Music Years, the definitive retrospective look at Midlands pop history. John is now a well-known name on BBC Radio Nottingham and is noted for editing Bolero for Torvill and Dean!
3.00 pm Break - accompanied by a specially created audio-visual presentation of all your favourite theme tunes from Pebble Mill productions.
3:30 pm Look! Hear! - Toyah Willcox, John Holmes, Chris Phipps and Vera Gilbert present this edition of the BBC Birmingham music and arts show featuring The Climax Blues Band (TX: 05/05/1978).
4:00 pm Guest Panel - From Firsts to Fosdyke: Drama at the Mill. Kaleidoscope is pleased to welcome four esteemed guests to remember their involvement in drama at Pebble Mill. A very familiar face on our screens, Philip Jackson has appeared in many favourite series and is probably best known as Chief Inspector Japp in Agatha Christie's Poirot. He appeared in BBC Birmingham productions such as Lizzie's Pictures, Second City Firsts, Pickersgill People and Play for Today's "Shakespeare or Bust". He played "all other roles" in The Fosdyke Saga. Philip's other credits include Brassed Off, Pennies From Heaven, Porridge, Z Cars, Foyle's War, Strangers and Robin of Sherwood. Tara Prem had a long association with BBC Birmingham both as a script editor and later a producer. She served in both capacities on Second City Firsts and Pebble Mill's entries for Play for Today. One acclaimed example she script edited was David Rudkin's "Penda's Fen". Tara produced The Fosdyke Saga as well as Pickersgill People, Play of the Week and later Hearts and Minds and Love Hurts. Writer and director Mike Bradwell's work at BBC Birmingham includes Second City Firsts, The Fosdyke Saga, Playhouse, The Ken Campbell Roadshow and Play for Today. He later wrote and directed "Happy Feet" for Screen One. Peter Ansorge was also a long-serving script editor at BBC Birmingham, working on acclaimed series such as Gangsters and Second City Firsts. He script edited The Fosdyke Saga and BBC Birmingham contributions to Play for Today, which he later returned to as a producer. Peter also produced Playhouse and Empire Road at Pebble Mill. Later he was an executive producer on Dennis Potter's final works, Karaoke and Cold Lazarus and Farrukh Dhondy's Tandoori Nights.
5:00 pm Second City Firsts - "Glitter". Toyah Willcox introduces her screen debut, made at Pebble Mill while she was still at drama school. Featuring Phil Daniels, Noel Edmonds and the pop group Bilbo Baggins. Produced by Tara Prem and script edited by Peter Ansorge, this play was written and directed by Tony Bicat (TX: 28/11/1976).
5:30 pm Pot Black - Episode 6. Alan Weeks presents the earliest surviving edition of the long-running snooker tournament, which is credited with bringing the sport into the mainsteam. The players are John Spencer and Eddie Charlton (TX: 20/03/1973).
6:00 pm Ballad of the Severn Valley Line - a programme about this famous line of the GWR, now preserved locally as the outstanding Severn Valley Railway. Produced and directed by Derek Smith, this item was saved by an engineer on a compilation tape of railway items (TX: 06/07/1971).
6:25 pm London to Birmingham in Five Minutes - Pebble Mill's version of the famous London to Brighton film from the 1950s.
6:30 pm The Cheapest Show on the Telly - an untransmitted pilot devised by and starring Don Maclean which also features a young Dudley comic named Lenny Henry. Recorded on 23rd April 1978, this programme was recovered from Philips 1500 cassette by Kaleidoscope's Kathryn Shuttleworth.
6:50 pm Goodbye to the Mill - A personal tribute recorded and edited by Tim Bentinck, presented here today with his kind permission. Shot during The Archers' final recording days before the move to The Mailbox and set to music (with original lyrics by Tim), this is a final and fond farewell to Pebble Mill.
7:00 pm Closedown
Saturday 14th September 2013
SECOND ROOM
12:00 pm The Fosdyke Saga - introduced by Peter Ansorge and Tara Prem, this was the BBC's adaptation of Bill Tidy's long running cartoon strip, "a classic tale of struggle, power, personalities and tripe". Starring Roger Sloman, Mary Sheen, Malcolm Ranson, Kevin Elyot, Penelope Nice and Philip Jackson, it was adapted by Alan Plater and Bill Tidy, script edited by Peter Ansorge and produced by Tara Prem (TX: 20/07/1977).
1:30 pm Second City Firsts - "Trotksy Is Dead" - introduced by Tara Prem. Lila Kedrova, George Pravda and Gerard Ryder star in this play written and directed by Tony Bicat. Script edited by Peter Ansorge, produced by Tara Prem (TX: 13/03/1976).
2:00 pm The Other Side - "Underdog" - introduced by Michael Wearing. Nigel Hawthorne, Anton Rodgers and Terry Molloy feature in this play written by Jack Shepherd and directed by Michael Wearing (TX: 04/05/1979).
3:00 pm Art ...Adrift - introduced by Tara Prem. An untransmitted pilot by Peter Terson, intended as a sequel to Play for Today's celebrated "The Fishing Party", "Shakespeare or Bust" and "Three for the Fancy", with Brian Glover reprising the role of Leeds miner Art. Also featuring Anne Raitt, Christopher Martin and Tony Caunter. Script edited by Tara Prem and produced by David Rose. Recorded in 1974.
3:30 pm Second City Firsts - "Daft Mam Blues". Jean Heywood, Frances Cox, Marjorie Yates and Bernard Hill star in this play written by David Halliwell and produced by Tara Prem (TX: 17/05/1977).
4:10 pm Live from Pebble Mill - "Redundant! Or The Wife's Revenge". A brilliant cast star in a script by Fay Weldon. Featuring Leslie Phillips, Judy Parfitt, Zia Mohyeddin, Connie Booth, Nicola Pagett, Dermot Crowley and Marsha Fitzalan. Directed by James Cellan Jones (TX: 20/02/1983).
5:00 pm Second City Firsts - "Club Havana". Another entry into BBC Birmingham's highly regarded anthology series, this time starring Rising Damp's Don Warrington and a young actress from Smethwick named Julie Walters. Written by Barry Reckord, script edited by Peter Ansorge and produced by Tara Prem (TX: 25/10/1975).
5:30 pm Second City Firsts - "Rotten" - introduced by Tara Prem and Peter Ansorge. Alan Raymond and Georgina Smith star in this edition also featuring the music of The Beatles. Written by Alan Brown, produced by Tara Prem, script edited by Peter Ansorge and directed by Philip Saville (TX: 13/05/1978).
6:10 pm Good At Art - introduced by Peter Ansorge. Tanveer Ghani, Salmann Peer, Indira Joshi and ex-Grange Hill actress Linda Slater star in a script by highly acclaimed playwright, author and screenwriter Farrukh Dhondy. Produced by Peter Ansorge (TX: 04/11/1983).
6:40 pm Come To Mecca - introduced by Peter Ansorge. Another script from Farrukh Dhondy, featuring Dinesh Shukla, Sharman MacDonald, Nick Stringer, Ahmed Khalil, Dev Sagoo and future EastEnders actor Andrew Johnson. Shortly after this was made, Farrukh Dhondy became a Commissioning Editor for Channel Four. Produced by Peter Ansorge. (TX: 02/12/1983).
7:10 pm Closedown
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