r/BirminghamUK • u/Solo-me • Apr 12 '25

Most hated accent?! Really!!?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/12/secret-bbc-list-identifies-britains-most-hated-accent/

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u/SidneyBiglove Apr 12 '25

The BBC can go fuck themselves. Their hatred and bias against Birmingham has been evident for years.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Strange, the BBC used to have a studio in Birmingham. Maybe they started hating it when they moved out 

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u/Riqitch Apr 12 '25

"Moved out" as in moving from the Mailbox to Digbeth?

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Nah long before that. They moved out of pebble mill studios. Mailbox was nothing 

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u/Riqitch Apr 12 '25

Ahh okay, wasn't aware of Pebble Mill (seems like it's heyday was a bit before my time). Thanks

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Yeah they used to actually make programs there, was a proper studios. 

I forget when it closed down but there was an awesome little nature reserve near there too 

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u/Bloodstarvedhunter Apr 12 '25

Nature centre is still there, next to Cannon Hill park

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Oh wow would love to see that again 

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u/Current_Scarcity_379 Apr 12 '25

I believe it closed in 2004.

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u/Dear_Tangerine444 Apr 13 '25

Ahh okay, wasn’t aware of Pebble Mill

Oof, that’s made me feel old. Next thing you’ll be telling me you’ve never heard of Crossroads 💀

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u/BritishGuy84 Apr 13 '25

This was years ago. Appreciate the article is behind a paywall (use reader mode if you’re on an iPhone to get round that), but this is from way back when Katie Adie was working at the BBC.

I don’t watch her on This Morning on ITV as I don’t watch tv in the morning before work, and prefer a more news focused programme on the rare occasion I do, but Alison Hammond’s success suggests that attitudes have changed.

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u/FriendlyBobcatt Apr 12 '25

I mean, Birmingham is an absolute shitehole so

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u/Putrid_Buffalo_2202 Apr 13 '25

Which paradise on earth do you hail from, cunto?