Learning on ScreenLatest on: Shakespeare
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Media Screen Round-up August 2018
Published: 13 September 2018The round-up of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research and published at Learning on Screen by Jose de Esteban. We highlight a group of ten articles published in the journal Diplomatic History which discuss Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s 18-hour documentary, The Vietnam War. Plenty of viewing and reading […]
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Media Screen Round-up June & July 2018
Published: 13 August 2018The round-up of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research and published at Learning on Screen by Jose de Esteban. Our summer highlights focus on sports and the cult of the body: More than Munich 1972: Media, Emotions, and the Body in TV Broadcast of the 20th Summer Olympics Exercise […]
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Media Screen Round-up September 2017
Published: 17 October 2017The monthly round-up of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research and published at Learning on Screen by Sergio Angelini. This month the selection includes fresh looks at the morality of Reality TV, WB Yeates and Film, the early influences on Lucille Ball, depictions of trauma, theatrical artifice and product […]
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We’re Hiring
Published: 29 August 2017Information Officer (4 days per week), Learning on Screen Salary: £28,961 (pro rata) Based at our London office this role offers a rare opportunity to work in our Membership and Information Services Team. You will work in collaboration with the Head of this department to provide our membership with up-to-date information on audiovisual media resources […]
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Media Screen Round-up July 2017
Published: 7 August 2017The monthly round-up of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research and published at Learning on Screen by Andrew Ormsby. This month the selection takes in Vera Lynn, nostaligia in contemporary screen adaptations of Shakespeare, South Korean baseball movies, women in prison, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, screen tests 1915-30, combat […]
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Media Screen Round-up March 2017
Published: 19 April 2017The monthly round-up of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research and published at Learning on Screen by Andrew Ormsby. A special issue of Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens focuses on New Perspectives on Film Adaptations of 19th–Century Novels and Short Stories . The issue looks at film adaptations of Victorian […]
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Shakespeare 400
Published: 6 May 2016The BBC continues its wealth of programming to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. On 8 May BBC Radio 3 broadcasts a new production of King Lear with Ian McDiarmid in the title role; Upstart Crow (9 May BBC2), a sitcom written by Ben Elton and David Mitchell, sees Mitchell playing Shakespeare in a raucous […]
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Shakespeare database – top ten viewed records
Published: 17 March 2016It’s Shakespeare Week, so all this week organisations up and down the nation are celebrating the life, work and legacy of the Bard. At the BUFVC, one of our services is the International Database of Shakespeare on Film, Television and Radio, the authoritative online resource of Shakespeare-related content in film, radio, television, home video release and podcasts, […]
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Shakespeare on Moving Image Gateway
Published: 19 February 2016This Gateway includes nearly 1,900 websites relating to moving image 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. BBC Shakespeare Archive Resource The site contains hundreds of television and radio programmes from the BBC’s Shakespeare collection, as well […]
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Shakespeare 400
Published: 1 February 2016In the past week both the BBC and the BFI have hosted press launches to promote their 2016 programming initiatives to mark 400 years since Shakespeare’s death. Further details can be found at the BFI’s homepage here and on the BBC’s website, here.
