Thank you for sharing this. I am his only daughter and youngest of his 4 children. Today is the 33rd anniversary of his death when I was just 9 years old.
Catherine King, I was glad to have found it in my Dads archive. Sorry to hear that you lost your father at such a tender age. But what a wonderful man to have had I. Your life and jeans! I guess I am about your age and remember a lot about your Father from when I was growing up. My father was never quiet the same following Your Dads passing, he does not regularly show emotion but I remember clearly his devastation was clear when he lost one of his closest friends. I think Dad has some old radio broadcasts of your Donny and I will see if they are still accessible when I see him next and try and forward you copies if you wish? Kindest regards, Ben
Ben Seymour - That would be lovely, thank you. My mum is still with us and in fact lives with my husband and I. It's always lovely to hear and see his work again.
I'm pretty certain it is a radio tribute similar to this but from his work on radio. It's a shame so much of the bbc 70's archives where recorded over as it is so hard to find clips of my Dad and all the ones I have are from old VHS that we kept at home. I have been trying to build a collection on RUclips so my kids have some insight to my Dads adventures....hoping it may inspire them to great things!!
I have just spoken to my Dad who says the recording is not a tribute to Donny but a tribute poem he wrote about my Dad at his leaving to from Pebble Mill. My Dad passes on his warm wishes to you and your Family, he thinks he met you once in a rare occasion that your Father brought the family down from Aberdeen.
Hi Catherine, I managed to find the cassette and convert to digital. The poem is just lovely and can be found here for you ruclips.net/video/JS160rnDWns/видео.html
I grew up watching him. He seemed soothing, kind and wise. I was very sad when he passed away. Far too young and must have been a great blow to his family.
I met him in the Pebble Mill studio here in 1975. I was just 9 years old. My dad was on the show and we were sat in the audience. I vividly remember him coming talking to us all before it went out live. Great memories of that day. Making us feel at home. Nice bloke. RIP.
Don't let one idiot put you off posting these great videos. They seem to be the only surviving clips of this epic show and I hope you have some more to share. Donny was a legend, as indeed were all involved with the show in those days!
Thanks Andrew one again for you kind thoughts. I'm always on the look out for more footage from this era in particular in relation to my Dad and will continue to post when I stumble across more. I thought RUclips was a good place to store footage of Grandpa for his 6 Grandchildren to look back on in the future. Clips of him in particular are few and far between as, although he spent over 12 years in front of the camera, it was all at a time when the majority of the broadcasts were live and not recorded. He went behind the scenes just after I was born. He is a very private Gentleman and did not enjoy many aspects of being famous and always said he came off the screen to keep me and my sister away from the public eye. He makes out that my collection of clips embarrass him but secretly I think he is flattered. He has always been my hero as you can probably tell! Donny was a legend and a lovely man behind the scenes. He and the delightful Marion Foster were regularly over for dinner when I was a child. I remember (without fully understanding at the time) my Dad being devastated by his passing.
Hi Ben thank you very much for your reply - I don't know if you got my PM I sent a while ago but I was a fan of the show in the 1970s, despite only being quite young at the time. I remember the original team (including your Dad) very well and often wondered what became of them as they really were pioneers of their time! More recently I have been researching the show and trying to find out more about what went on behind the scenes in terms of production, although sadly information is quite sparse despite the internet; hence I have really enjoyed and appreciated the clips you have posted. Your dad has no reason to be embarrassed and you have every reason to be proud! Please pass on my best wishes from a big fan, albeit 40 years on. All the best, Andy
As a schoolboy I had a friend who lived near to our secondary school (I didn't) and sometimes I would pop back to his house for lunch. I remember watching Pebble Mill there one day and the presenters were paying tribute to Donny MacLeod. I didn't know that he had died. Maybe it was this very broadcast. At that time I don't think that I had watched Pebble Mill since my primary school days. I remember watching an episode in the late 70s that dealt with the story of Jack The Ripper, inspired by the activities of the Yorkshire Ripper who was still at large at that point.
"Written to him" Those were the days when it took effort to tell someone how you felt, which made it mean so much more. I remember I only got to see this (& Crown Court) was when I was off school sick
Thank you for sharing. I used to walk a 3 mile round trip at school lunch time to watch Pebble Mill at One. I was sadened and surprised about Donny McLeod's death at the time and have often thought of him since. This show what an impact he had a presenter. I particularly remember him in the desert in the USA. RIP Donny McLeod.
Ironic that Donny and Marion both started off as teachers before moving into TV. With Bob they always seemed the sort of people you'd have loved to have as an inspiring teacher. I always wonder how much Donnie's early passing contributed to Pebble Mill at One finishing a couple of years later. It says something of Donny's standing that a TV legend like Magnus Magnusson was bought in the next year to replace him.
For midlands people at least, this was a great program which did not deserve the axe (thanks to Bill Cotton Jr), and the presenters and guests were all first class ... thanks Ben
Hi Ben thanks for this. I remember Donny with much affection. I never met him but saw him every lunchtime so saw a lot of him. I presume your dad is David Seymour who I also remember very well. I am from the North and I am sure h was on Look North for quote some time?
Hi David, yes David is my Dad, he is still going strong at 80! Yes he was part of the crew that originally launched Look North & by chance was the 1st presenter. My memories of Donny are vague but I do remember the excitement of his visits & a warm funny joyful man. Dad was devastated when he died so young. B
@@benseymour3242 Thanks Ben, that's great to hear. Unbelievable that your Dad is 80! I remember he looked very young at the time of Look North and Pebble Mill and was an excellent presenter. What did he do after Pebble Mill? Did he continue in television or not?
@@newtrackrecord Hi David, he’s a spritely 80! He was not keen on the “fame” that came with being in front of the camera in the 70’s so went behind the scenes becoming a producer & later on headed up several different regional TV centres. When he eventually retired from the BBC he joined the Thompson Foundation & found himself traveling the globe training Journalists & TV anchors in the ways of the BBC in places like Kosovo, Tehran, Tbilisi & Doha (to name but a few). As you can tell I’m immensely proud of him.
Help please - I have a memory of Donny B interviewing Glenn Ford about regression. Because Donny B was such a fantastic professional, he had really done his homework and the result was television gold. But try as I might I can't find anything on google. Please help me from going mad.
I searched for Glenn Ford in the BBC Broadcast archive for a period from 1971-1984, and came up with three possibilities. 14th October 1974 and 9th December 1974 editions of Pebble Mill At One, in which Donny interviews Glenn as part of series of Hollywood Interviews that Donny was doing on the show at the time. Kaleidoscope indicates that these editions (and basically all other from that era of Pebble Mill) do not survive, but as Getty Images nonetheless has listings for them it is at least possible that the BBC have at least something from them on tape or film in the archives that Kaleidoscope wasn't aware of when they compiled their page for Pebble Mill, or it could just be that Getty or the BBC has something else like a running order or photo from those editions, or else they just have a sort of ghost listing for those editions with no tape or film linked to them. 23rd April 1977 Saturday Night At The Mill - A Saturday night spin-off of Pebble Mill, and this particular edition was presented by Bob Langley and Donny, and featured Glenn Ford. According to Getty Images this edition also featured Kenny Ball and the Jazzmen and Stanley Unwin, whilst Kaleidoscope don't mention either of them but do say that it also featured Raymond Baxter and Floella Benjamin. According to both Kaleidoscope and Getty Images this show survives on a domestic videotape as a 'programme as broadcast', but, whilst Kaleidoscope appears to be indicating that the complete programme survives, Getty Images states that only the last 20 minutes of this edition are on the tape.
@@MrDannyDetail brilliant, thank you. 23rd April 1977 is the one, I remember Glenn Ford getting really choked up by the research Donny had done and saying to him, 'you can interview me anytime'. The reason for this was that Ford had undergone regression hynosis, and believed that in a past life he was a man called Stewart who had lived in Elgin as a tailor in the 1600s. Ford had then engaged an investigator to look at all the graves in Elgin to see if there was anything to the story, but the search turned up nothing - so Ford decided regression was baloney. Donny heard about this and got one of his team to go to Elgin, live on the show Donny showed Ford a photograph of Stewart's grave in in the grounds of Elgin Cathedral, exactly as described - you could see the blood drain from the actor's face.
Dad had his career @bbc, old school bbc, and objectivity is ingrained in him. I don’t know what is going on with them at the moment, but it’s not good.
@@benseymour3242 The original Invasion of the Body Snatchers movie was an allegory on the dangers of Communism invading every last corner of Western life. It was right. It is true. It's incredibly well advanced. Yuri Bezmenov was telling the truth.
Donny MacLeod WAS Pebble Mill At One.
God Rest His Soul, Always.
Thank you for sharing this. I am his only daughter and youngest of his 4 children. Today is the 33rd anniversary of his death when I was just 9 years old.
Catherine King, I was glad to have found it in my Dads archive. Sorry to hear that you lost your father at such a tender age. But what a wonderful man to have had I. Your life and jeans! I guess I am about your age and remember a lot about your Father from when I was growing up. My father was never quiet the same following Your Dads passing, he does not regularly show emotion but I remember clearly his devastation was clear when he lost one of his closest friends. I think Dad has some old radio broadcasts of your Donny and I will see if they are still accessible when I see him next and try and forward you copies if you wish? Kindest regards, Ben
Ben Seymour - That would be lovely, thank you. My mum is still with us and in fact lives with my husband and I. It's always lovely to hear and see his work again.
I'm pretty certain it is a radio tribute similar to this but from his work on radio. It's a shame so much of the bbc 70's archives where recorded over as it is so hard to find clips of my Dad and all the ones I have are from old VHS that we kept at home. I have been trying to build a collection on RUclips so my kids have some insight to my Dads adventures....hoping it may inspire them to great things!!
I have just spoken to my Dad who says the recording is not a tribute to Donny but a tribute poem he wrote about my Dad at his leaving to from Pebble Mill. My Dad passes on his warm wishes to you and your Family, he thinks he met you once in a rare occasion that your Father brought the family down from Aberdeen.
Hi Catherine, I managed to find the cassette and convert to digital. The poem is just lovely and can be found here for you ruclips.net/video/JS160rnDWns/видео.html
I grew up watching him. He seemed soothing, kind and wise. I was very sad when he passed away. Far too young and must have been a great blow to his family.
why people click dislike on a tribute Clip is beyond me!
Donny was absolutely perfect for the Pebble Mill Show. It's sad that He's gone. R.I.P. Donny. 😢
A true professional and a superb programme to boot. It was a crime to end the run of Pebble Mill.
I met him in the Pebble Mill studio here in 1975. I was just 9 years old. My dad was on the show and we were sat in the audience. I vividly remember him coming talking to us all before it went out live. Great memories of that day. Making us feel at home. Nice bloke. RIP.
Don't let one idiot put you off posting these great videos. They seem to be the only surviving clips of this epic show and I hope you have some more to share. Donny was a legend, as indeed were all involved with the show in those days!
Thanks Andrew one again for you kind thoughts. I'm always on the look out for more footage from this era in particular in relation to my Dad and will continue to post when I stumble across more. I thought RUclips was a good place to store footage of Grandpa for his 6 Grandchildren to look back on in the future. Clips of him in particular are few and far between as, although he spent over 12 years in front of the camera, it was all at a time when the majority of the broadcasts were live and not recorded. He went behind the scenes just after I was born. He is a very private Gentleman and did not enjoy many aspects of being famous and always said he came off the screen to keep me and my sister away from the public eye.
He makes out that my collection of clips embarrass him but secretly I think he is flattered. He has always been my hero as you can probably tell! Donny was a legend and a lovely man behind the scenes. He and the delightful Marion Foster were regularly over for dinner when I was a child. I remember (without fully understanding at the time) my Dad being devastated by his passing.
Hi Ben thank you very much for your reply - I don't know if you got my PM I sent a while ago but I was a fan of the show in the 1970s, despite only being quite young at the time. I remember the original team (including your Dad) very well and often wondered what became of them as they really were pioneers of their time! More recently I have been researching the show and trying to find out more about what went on behind the scenes in terms of production, although sadly information is quite sparse despite the internet; hence I have really enjoyed and appreciated the clips you have posted. Your dad has no reason to be embarrassed and you have every reason to be proud! Please pass on my best wishes from a big fan, albeit 40 years on. All the best, Andy
@@benseymour3242 A typical islander, I'd forgotten about Donny despite growing up watching Pebble Mill during the holidays.
As a schoolboy I had a friend who lived near to our secondary school (I didn't) and sometimes I would pop back to his house for lunch.
I remember watching Pebble Mill there one day and the presenters were paying tribute to Donny MacLeod. I didn't know that he had died. Maybe it was this very broadcast.
At that time I don't think that I had watched Pebble Mill since my primary school days. I remember watching an episode in the late 70s that dealt with the story of Jack The Ripper, inspired by the activities of the Yorkshire Ripper who was still at large at that point.
Days off school and wondering what would be on Pebble Mill before Mary Mungo and Midge
"Written to him" Those were the days when it took effort to tell someone how you felt, which made it mean so much more. I remember I only got to see this (& Crown Court) was when I was off school sick
I also saw those shows when I was off school, and perhaps something like Danger UXB if I was lucky.
Thank you for sharing. I used to walk a 3 mile round trip at school lunch time to watch Pebble Mill at One. I was sadened and surprised about Donny McLeod's death at the time and have often thought of him since. This show what an impact he had a presenter. I particularly remember him in the desert in the USA. RIP Donny McLeod.
Donny Mcloud. Gone but not forgotten, continue to rest in peace.
Lovely tribute with some other missed greats.
A lovely tribute to a lovely man
As a child i thought he was like a human highland cow, majestic, be pleased he exsisted when he did when entertainment was just that,
Ironic that Donny and Marion both started off as teachers before moving into TV. With Bob they always seemed the sort of people you'd have loved to have as an inspiring teacher.
I always wonder how much Donnie's early passing contributed to Pebble Mill at One finishing a couple of years later. It says something of Donny's standing that a TV legend like Magnus Magnusson was bought in the next year to replace him.
For midlands people at least, this was a great program which did not deserve the axe (thanks to Bill Cotton Jr), and the presenters and guests were all first class ... thanks Ben
Monday 10th September 1984 is when the first Pebble Mill at 1 was after Donny passed away so I think this will be the exact date for this episode
Hi Ben thanks for this. I remember Donny with much affection. I never met him but saw him every lunchtime so saw a lot of him. I presume your dad is David Seymour who I also remember very well. I am from the North and I am sure h was on Look North for quote some time?
Hi David, yes David is my Dad, he is still going strong at 80! Yes he was part of the crew that originally launched Look North & by chance was the 1st presenter. My memories of Donny are vague but I do remember the excitement of his visits & a warm funny joyful man. Dad was devastated when he died so young. B
@@benseymour3242 Thanks Ben, that's great to hear. Unbelievable that your Dad is 80! I remember he looked very young at the time of Look North and Pebble Mill and was an excellent presenter. What did he do after Pebble Mill? Did he continue in television or not?
@@newtrackrecord Hi David, he’s a spritely 80! He was not keen on the “fame” that came with being in front of the camera in the 70’s so went behind the scenes becoming a producer & later on headed up several different regional TV centres.
When he eventually retired from the BBC he joined the Thompson Foundation & found himself traveling the globe training Journalists & TV anchors in the ways of the BBC in places like Kosovo, Tehran, Tbilisi & Doha (to name but a few). As you can tell I’m immensely proud of him.
very true ~ these guys were the pioneers.
Now THAT is a fucking tribute!
Macleod's America was of the finest travel documentary series ever made. If you ever saw it I'm sure you would understand why I say it
Help please - I have a memory of Donny B interviewing Glenn Ford about regression. Because Donny B was such a fantastic professional, he had really done his homework and the result was television gold. But try as I might I can't find anything on google. Please help me from going mad.
I searched for Glenn Ford in the BBC Broadcast archive for a period from 1971-1984, and came up with three possibilities.
14th October 1974 and 9th December 1974 editions of Pebble Mill At One, in which Donny interviews Glenn as part of series of Hollywood Interviews that Donny was doing on the show at the time. Kaleidoscope indicates that these editions (and basically all other from that era of Pebble Mill) do not survive, but as Getty Images nonetheless has listings for them it is at least possible that the BBC have at least something from them on tape or film in the archives that Kaleidoscope wasn't aware of when they compiled their page for Pebble Mill, or it could just be that Getty or the BBC has something else like a running order or photo from those editions, or else they just have a sort of ghost listing for those editions with no tape or film linked to them.
23rd April 1977 Saturday Night At The Mill - A Saturday night spin-off of Pebble Mill, and this particular edition was presented by Bob Langley and Donny, and featured Glenn Ford. According to Getty Images this edition also featured Kenny Ball and the Jazzmen and Stanley Unwin, whilst Kaleidoscope don't mention either of them but do say that it also featured Raymond Baxter and Floella Benjamin. According to both Kaleidoscope and Getty Images this show survives on a domestic videotape as a 'programme as broadcast', but, whilst Kaleidoscope appears to be indicating that the complete programme survives, Getty Images states that only the last 20 minutes of this edition are on the tape.
@@MrDannyDetail brilliant, thank you. 23rd April 1977 is the one, I remember Glenn Ford getting really choked up by the research Donny had done and saying to him, 'you can interview me anytime'. The reason for this was that Ford had undergone regression hynosis, and believed that in a past life he was a man called Stewart who had lived in Elgin as a tailor in the 1600s. Ford had then engaged an investigator to look at all the graves in Elgin to see if there was anything to the story, but the search turned up nothing - so Ford decided regression was baloney. Donny heard about this and got one of his team to go to Elgin, live on the show Donny showed Ford a photograph of Stewart's grave in in the grounds of Elgin Cathedral, exactly as described - you could see the blood drain from the actor's face.
How the BBC is now so debased.
Dad had his career @bbc, old school bbc, and objectivity is ingrained in him. I don’t know what is going on with them at the moment, but it’s not good.
@@benseymour3242 The original Invasion of the Body Snatchers movie was an allegory on the dangers of Communism invading every last corner of Western life. It was right. It is true. It's incredibly well advanced. Yuri Bezmenov was telling the truth.
@@HalfManThirdBiscuit What absolute drivel.
Donny Mcloud. Gone but not forgotten, continue to rest in peace.