BUFVC Search

BUFVC hosts, curates and delivers 9 substantial online databases relating to film, television and radio content dating from 1896 onwards. You can now search more than 13 million records in one go, or if you wish, one collection at a time. The content and access of individual collections is listed below.

For more information on this beta site see the ‘about’ page on the BUFVC website. We welcome your feedback.

If you are a BUFVC member or from a HE/FE institution to enable fuller access.

BUFVC Collections

Use the links below to explore the individual BUFVC collections.

  • TRILT

    The online source for UK television and radio data

    The database includes listings for more than 300 channels from 1995 with more than 1 million records added each year.

    Searches limited to the last two weeks. TRILT is available to BUFVC members only, please 

  • News on Screen

    The online resource for the study of newsfilm

    A database of 180,000 newsreel and cinemagazine stories linked to production documents and films together with articles, case studies and website directory.

  • Find DVD

    A guide to audio visual materials for educational use

    A database of over 30,000 titles, on a range of different formats, specifically chosen for their use in further and higher education.

  • Shakespeare

    Shakespeare on Film, Television and Radio.

    The authoritative online database of Shakespeare-related content is international in scope and holds over 7,000 records dating from the 1890s to the present day.

  • TVTiP

    TVTimes listings from 1955 - 1985

    A database of programme listings, taken from the London edition of the TVTimes, from September 1955 to March 1985.

    TVTiP is available to BUFVC members and HE/FE users, please 

  • This Week

    This Week programmes from 1956 - 1992

    Programme information from ITV's first current affairs series, This Week, which ran from January 1956 to December 1992.

    This Week is available to BUFVC members and HE/FE users, please 

  • LBC/IRN

    The LBC/IRN Audio Archive

    4,000 hours of selected news and current affairs material (1973 - mid 1990s) from the Independent Radio News/London Broadcasting Company radio archive.

    LBC/IRN has full access to metadata. Audio files are available to HE/FE users only. please 

  • ILR South

    The ILR South radio archive

    300 programmes from the independent local radio (ILR) stations in the Central Southern (Dorset, Hampshire and Berkshire) area.

    ILR South has full access to metadata. Audio files are available to HE/FE users only. please 

  • ILR Sharing

    The ILR radio archive

    1150 programmes, including drama and documentaries, from the Independent Local Radio (ILR) Programme Sharing Scheme from 1983 - 1990.

    ILR Sharing has full access to metadata. Audio files are available to HE/FE users only. please 

  • BUFVC CMS

    The CMS articles database