BBC Pebble Mill at One – images from 1996 show
Jimmy Cricket had a trip down memory lane recently when he was reminded of his appearance on BBC’s Pebble Mill at One more than 22 years ago.
The famous comedian appeared on the show, hosted by Ross King, along with The Barron Knights, a British humorous pop group, originally formed in 1959 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.
Pebble Mill at One was a live daily chat show broadcast on weekdays at 1pm on BBC One, screened from 2 October 1972 to 23 May 1986 and again from 20 October 1991 to 25 May 1996.
It was transmitted from the Pebble Mill studios at BBC Birmingham, being hosted unusually from the centre’s main foyer area, rather than a conventional television studio.
It was a posting on social media channel Twitter, which provided the flashback for Jimmy.
The tweet, from Dame Agnes Guano (@agnes_guano), said: “Pebble Mill from March 1996 – @TheRossKing welcomes (amongst others) Jimmy @jimmy__cricket and The Barron Knights.”
Ross King MBE is a Scottish television presenter, actor and writer best known for being LA Correspondent for ITV breakfast programmes Lorraine and Good Morning Britain. He hosted Pebble Mill at One for five years.