Learning on ScreenNews Archive for April, 2013
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BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests
Published: 26 April 2013For the week ending 19th April 2013, the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service feature: slavery in Britain; the history of radio and sound; and the life and controversial times of Margaret Thatcher. 1. NOISE: A HUMAN HISTORY (BBC RADIO 4) View TRILT record or listen now on BoB National For more […]
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New on the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway
Published: 24 April 2013The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,350 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email or telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ British Postal Museum and Archive The Museum and Archive has a […]
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New Shakespeare Biopic
Published: 24 April 2013Will, a 10-part biopic which follows a young William Shakespeare in Elizabethan London, has been bought by US cable network Pivot, and will be shot in England. It will be co-produced Endor Productions, and has been written by Craig Pearce, who also had a hand in writing the films Strictly Ballroom (1992) and Moulin Rouge! (2001). […]
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600 Roundabout Films Added to News on Screen
Published: 23 April 2013
More than 600 Technicolor cinemagazine videos from the 1960s now freely available to view online -
BoB National is getting an upgrade
Published: 22 April 2013This year will see an exciting new upgrade for BoB National – the BUFVC’s unique shared online off-air TV and radio recording service – including new features and an improved user experience. The new developments are a result of feedback received from current users and will be launched in JANUARY 2014. The new features will […]
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Learning on Screen Awards 2013 winners announced
Published: 19 April 2013The BUFVC Learning on Screen Awards 2013 took place last night (18 April 2013) at the BFI Southbank, London. The winners received their awards from Shami Chakrabarti – a prominent write, speaker and broadcaster on the subject of human rights and civil liberties. A full list of winners is now available to view. The Learning on […]
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BUFVC Easter Top 10 TV & Radio Programme Requests
Published: 17 April 2013For the week ending 12th April 2013 , the top requested programme titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service included coverage of such topics as opera and popular music, economics and high street commerce, the invetnions of the modern world and the cuthroat challenges of Dragon’s Den. 1. WALK ON BY: THE STORY OF POPULAR […]
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Latest additions to the Moving Image Gateway
Published: 16 April 2013The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,300 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email or telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ BBC Dimensions This site is built on a simple but effective […]
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Media Screen Roundup – March 2013
Published: 11 April 2013The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. Simon: As befits the 50th anniversary of the Time Lord, there is an article entitled, Doctor Who and Race: Reflections on the Change of Britain’s Status in the International System. […]
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20,000 new items being added to EUscreen
Published: 11 April 2013EUscreen is back and the new three-year initiative will see over 20,000 new items – mainly selected from long-running factual series, documentaries, newsreels and magazine programmes – added to the 30,000 items already available on the EUscreen portal. The BUFVC will work with 32 partners across Europe and, as UK partner, will once again collaborate […]
