Roger Casstles
Family name: Casstles
Work area/Craft/Role: Director, Executive Producer
Industry: TV
Company: BBC
Websites: Pebble Mills Studios
Interview date(s): 1 January 1970
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Production Media: video
Duration (mins): 74
Roger Casstles, BBC Executive Producer The Clothes Show, director on Pebble Mill at One
Name: Roger William Casstles Company Director Check+2British Entertainment History Project+2
Nationality: British British Entertainment History Project+1
Role / Titles: TV producer, executive producer, director. pebblemill.org+3British Entertainment History Project+3pebblemill.org+3
Career & Work
Here are the main points of his career:
He was involved with BBC Pebble Mill Studios (Birmingham) in multiple capacities. British Entertainment History Project+2pebblemill.org+2
Probably best known as creator and producer of The Clothes Show, the fashion magazine TV series, which ran on BBC from 1986 to 2000. pebblemill.org+2British Entertainment History Project+2
He also directed Pebble Mill at One. British Entertainment History Project
As Executive Producer he was credited on The Clothes Show during its run. pebblemill.org+2genome.ch.bbc.co.uk+2
Style & Contributions
From his own recollections (in interviews, oral histories), Roger emphasizes that BBC Pebble Mill was special not just for its output, but for how people collaborated across departments — e.g. post-production, graphics, set design, etc. pebblemill.org+1
He speaks of making The Clothes Show with international shoots, an eye for fashion, style magazines on television. pebblemill.org
Company / Official Positions
Roger William Casstles was a director (i.e. held a formal company directorship) in the Screen West Midlands Production Loan Fund as a “Broadcasting Executive”. Company Director Check
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