BBC Birmingham Sundays at 9.00am for half an hour. The Birmingham studios also occasionally accommodated productions usually based in London when regular studio space was unavailable, for example "The Brothers" starring Jean Anderson, the children's programmes, "Play School" and "Jackanory", and the current affairs programme Nationwide during the power cuts of 1972 when the Lime Grove studios in London were in darkness. Some nationally popular programmes were hosted by BBC Birmingham and filmed at the "Pebble Mill Studios" which included the children's programme The "Basil Brush" show. A popular BBC2 programme from Birmingham for much of the 1970s-1990s was snooker programme "Pot
The Food Programme doing has been praised by Charles, Prince of Wales as a "national institution". For example, Bob Kennard won "Best Campaigner" in 2009. The Food Programme, which celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in November 2009, has won multiple UK radio awards. The Food Programme The Food Programme is a BBC Radio 4 programme investigating and celebrating good food, founded by Derek Cooper and currently presented by Sheila Dillon. Sheila Dillon is the normal presenter of the programme, but the programme is, on occasion, presented by a different presenter - for example, the programme presented on 27 May 2012, which was about breakfast,