BBC Birmingham is one of the oldest regional arms of the BBC, located in Birmingham. It was the first region outside London to start broadcasting both the corporation's radio and television transmissions, the latter from the Sutton Coldfield television transmitter.
BBC Birmingham
The Mailbox at night, current home to BBC Birmingham
The BBC Birmingham public space on Level 3 of the Mailbox
Pebble Mill Studios was the BBC's television studio complex located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, which served as the headquarters for BBC Birmingham from 1971 until 2004. The nine-acre site was opened by Princess Anne on 10 June 1971, and in addition to the studios contained two canteens, a post office, gardens, a seven-storey office block, and an outside broadcasting (OB) base.
The entrance in 1992
The front of the former Delicia Cinema on Gosta Green. The BBC turned the cinema into television studios after the Second World War and used it until Pebble Mill opened in 1971.
The complex seen in 1992
Demolition in progress, September 2005