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  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 4 May 2012 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include programmes range from drama to social documentary, from depictions of Ancient Rome to modern child rearing. 1.MAKING SLOUGH HAPPY (BBC2) View TRILT record For more information visit the BBC website 2. THE DOLL: SHORT STORIES BY DAPHNE DU MAURIER (BBC …

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 27 April 2012 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include programmes on Shakespeare, ceramics, autism and plastic. 1.SHAKESPEARE’S RESTLESS WORLD (BBC RADIO 4) View TRILT record or listen now on BoB National For more information visit the BBC website 2. CERAMICS: HOW THEY WORK (BBC4) View TRILT …

  • Top 10 BUFVC Off Air Recording TV & Radio Programme Requests (Easter Break)

    For the period from 6 – 20 April 2012 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include programmes on capital punishment, biology, the history of the the Roman Empire and the Soviet Union, Art Nouveau, the launch of Film Four and the world of espionage. 1. SEX AND SENSIBILITY (BBC4) View TRILT record …

  • The Genius of Hitchcock

    The British Film Institute is mounting a major retrospective devoted to the work of British filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock www.bfi.org.uk/hitchcock/ The British Film Institute (BFI) is celebrating and exploring The Genius of Hitchcock this summer with the most comprehensive examination ever of his body of work – the biggest project the BFI has ever undertaken. Incorporating: …

  • Shakespeare on BBC radio – April/May 2012

    As part of the BBC’s contribution to the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival, the radio networks have just announced the schedule for their Shakespeare Season. Highlights include new drama productions of Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet starring David Tennant as well as The Tempest with David Warner as Prospero. Starting Monday 16 April, …

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 30 March 2012 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include programmes on the food industry, art nouveau, forced mariages, and recent changes in China. 1. THE HOTEL (CHANNEL 4) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National For more information go to the C4 website 2. …

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 23 March 2012 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include programmes on human rights, adult literacy and the processes of the human mind. 1. RIGHTS GONE WRONG? (BBC2) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National For more information visit the BBC website 2.  TO THE …

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 2 March 2012 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include programmes on politics, the British class system, philosophy and race relations. 1.  YES MINISTER (BBC2) View TRILT record For more information visit the BBC website 2. MELVYN BRAGG ON CLASS AND CULTURE  (BBC2) View TRILT record or …

  • The way to search BUFVC collections is changing

    You can now search 9 of the BUFVC’s collections straight from the BUFVC homepage (beta version).  View almost 14 million film, television and radio records, dating from 1896 onwards, via a single search box. The new simple way to search will open up the stand-alone collections allowing you to discover new content and unexplored collections. …

  • BBC launch: The Listening Project

    BBC Radio 4 today launches The Listening Project, an ambitious new partnership between BBC Local Radio, the BBC’s national radio stations and the British Library, which aims to capture the nation in conversation. The Listening Project will invite people across the UK to share an intimate conversation. Some of these conversations will be broadcast by …