Drama Production
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Birmingham branch of the BBC was home to the English Regions Drama department, which was set up in 1971 with a remit for producing drama programmes set in various regions of the UK, to try to redress the balance of the majority of programmes being made and set in and around London. Perhaps the department's best known drama production is Boys from the Blackstuff (1982). The Birmingham studios also occasionally provided a home to usually London-based productions when regular studio space was unavailable.
Since the demolition of Pebble Mill, BBC Birmingham makes drama programmes at the BBC Drama Village in the Selly Oak district.
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