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
Fiona Bruce South East, appearing as an occasional presenter and reporter on "Newsroom South East" and a weekly current affairs programme, "First Sight". From 1994 to 1995, she was a reporter on the BBC2 current affairs programme "Public Eye". She then reported for "Panorama" and "Newsnight". In 1999, as part of a major relaunch of the BBC's news output, Bruce was named secondary presenter of the "BBC Six O'Clock News". She presented the programme as cover for main presenter Huw Edwards, as well as regularly on Fridays, until a presenter reshuffle in January 2003 to coincide with the retirement of Michael Buerk