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
Ian Collins (radio presenter) release on 11 April 2017. He is a friend of Danny Wallace, and appears in his books "Are You Dave Gorman?", "Join Me", "Yes Man", and "Friends Like These". From 5th November 2018, Ian joins BBC Radio Kent as joint presenter of the Breakfast Show with Anna Cookson, replacing John Warnett who moves to the Drive Time Show. Ian Collins (radio presenter) Ian Collins (born 24 October) is a British radio and television presenter and journalist and author. Most recently, he hosted "Late Nights" on LBC - the UK's most listened to current affairs/topical debate programme. He left LBC in