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unusual facts about BBC Bristol



Bill Mather

He worked as a graphic designer before joining BBC Bristol design department in 1968 where he "discovered" animation and with producer Colin Thomas developed the series "Animated Conversations" whereby "natural-unscripted" dialogue was recorded (sometimes secretly) before adding the animated visuals.


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Adam Davy

On the music front, Adam Davy composed the music for the radio play, 'Clean Sheets', for BBC Bristol in 2000 and has toured with many bands/musicians, including Andy Leek, of the 'Dexys Midnight Runners', legendary poet/musician Pete Brown.

Fir Hill Manor

In 1994, it was the subject of a BBC Bristol documentary, which tells the story of former Newquay policeman Derek Fowkes as he searches for absentee landlord, John Paget Figg-Hoblyn.