Pebble Mill Studios were located in the leafy suburbs of Birmingham, England. Opened by HRH Princess Anne on the 10th November 1971, Pebble Mill was a prominent landmark in the Edgbaston area. The land for Pebble Mill was acquired by BBC Birmingham in the 1950s but plans for the site weren't approved until 1967, the same year that construction of the studios began. This article is about the city in England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... HRH The Princess Royal Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise The Princess Anne, Princess Royal, LG, LT, GCVO, QSO (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Laurence, formerly Phillips, née Mountbatten-Windsor), styled HRH The Princess Royal (born August 15, 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Mailbox, current home to BBC Birmingham BBC Birmingham is one of the oldest regional arms of the BBC. It was the first region outside of London to start brodcasting both the corporations radio (in 1922) and television (in 1948) transmissions from the Sutton Coldfield television transmitter. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The 7 storey site contained several offices, television studios, radio studios, 2 canteens, a post office and splendid gardens. The views from the roof were beautiful as the studios overlooked not only Cannon Hill Park, a nature centre, but also Birmingham's city centre. The world's longest running radio soap The Archers, television drama Doctors and Midlands Today were all produced at Pebble Mill. Cannon Hill Park is a park located in the Moseley suburb of Birmingham, England. ... The Archers is a British radio soap opera broadcast on the BBCs main national spoken-word radio channel, Radio 4. ... BBC Midlands Today is the BBCs regional television news programme for the West Midlands region, which is comprised of Birmingham and conurbation, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire. ...

The BBC vacated the premises and moved to new studios at The Mailbox, completing the transfer on 22nd October 2004. Remaining fixtures, furniture and technical equipment were auctioned at Pebble Mill a few weeks later. The studios were demolished over May to September 2005, as were the BBC's Lime Grove Studios in London when they were closed in 1991. The Edgbaston site is to be redeveloped as a science park. Categories: Places of interest in Birmingham, England | Stub ... a bust ... Lime Grove Studios was a film studio complex built by the Gaumont Film Company in 1915 situated in a street named Lime Grove, near Hammersmith, west London and described by Gaumont as the finest studio in Great Britain and the first building ever put up in this country solely for... St. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...