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 Hub (TV programme) The Hub (TV programme) The Hub is a news programme shown on the international news and current affairs channel BBC World News. The programme launched on 1 February 2010 as part of a network-wide refresh and was presented by Nik Gowing. The programme aired at 17:00 GMT (17:00 BST in the summer) for 90 minutes. "The Hub" replaced an edition of "World News Today" and served as a news 'nerve centre' for South Asia and the Middle East, providing both the headlines, and detailed analysis of the global news agenda. An edition of "World Business Report" followed the programme. The