The BBC Drama Village is a television production facility run by the BBC and based largely at the Selly Oak campus of the University of Birmingham in Birmingham, England. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is one of the largest broadcasting corporations in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of more than £4 billion. ... Selly Oak constituency shown within Birmingham Selly Oak is an area in south Birmingham, England. ... Website http://www. ... This article is about the city in England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

The centre consists of five buildings - Archibald House and Melville House, two Grade II listed arts and crafts-style former college buildings on the university campus, and three units on an industrial estate in nearby Stirchley. Facilities include studios and sets, wardrobe and technical departments and extensive post-production suites. Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ... Artichoke wallpaper, by John Henry Dearle for William Morris & Co. ... Stirchley is a Southern area of Birmingham, England. ...

Programmes made on the site include Dalziel and Pascoe, Doctors and the Afternoon Play. Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (usually known as Andy) and Detective Sergeant (later Detective Inspector) Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorkshire detectives featuring in a series of novels by Reginald Hill and a BBC television series. ...

External links

• BBC Press Release announcing the opening of the Drama Village
• BBC Birmingham guide to the Drama Village