And the place has such an awesome reputation (Ask Patrician - he's a Brummie) that there's a wonderful website dedicated to it called:
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There, you'll find the 1970s promo film with genuine Telly Savalas voice-over.
But you'lll particularly enjoy Birmingham Baywatch filmed on location in Victoria Square.
Enjoy.
Edited to add:
A Brummie Blog wrote:
"Go to any Birmingham pub and some local will claim 'Tolkein used to drink in here'. If true, his apparent hobby of city-long pub crawls explains the pi[i]ss-poor quality of the Lord of the Rings."
Edited, Mon Sep 26 15:41:35 2005 by PottyMouth