For more than 30 years, Birmingham’s Edgbaston was home to the world-famous BBC Pebble MillStudios. Now, the site –which is land-owned by Calthorpe Estates –is being transformed into a 27 acre world class medicaldestination featuring leading hospitals, healthcare centres and the latest cutting-edge medical facilities.
The Clinical Services Journal speaks to Calthorpe Estates’ director of development, Ralph Minott, to find out more.
In the late 1960s, the BBC took a lease from Calthorpe Estates and settled into Edgbaston creating a regional centre of broadcasting excellence attracting talent from across the globe. The site quickly became known as the Pebble Mill Studios and was responsible for programmes such as Pebble Mill at One, The Archers and Top Gear.
2004 marked the end of this era when the studio closed, moving its radio and television operations to the Mailbox in Birmingham city centre. In 2005 the BBC site was demolished, and familyowned investor and developer Calthorpe Estates took back control of the land lease. The vision was then, as it is now, to develop a world class research and development facility for the medical and healthcare industry.
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