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  1. In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg Streaming

    Link
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Classics, Computing, Drama, Economics, Genetics, Geology, History, Literature, Mathematics, Medicine, Music, Nature, Physics, Radio Studies, Social Studies, Technology
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Archives/Museums, Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    The website accompanying the BBC Radio 4 series In Our Time, in which Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas, has been redesigned, and the Archive section now makes every episode broadcast since the series began in 1998 available to listen to again via RealPlayer. Programmes are searchable by title, genre (culture, history, philosophy, religion, science) and by era, from prehistoric to 20th century. Recent programmes are available as podcasts, and an e-mail newsletter gives Melvyn Bragg’s personal insight into the latest programme.

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  2. BBC - Audio Interviews (inactive) Streaming

    Link
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Social Sciences
    Subject
    American Studies, Architecture, Art, Classics, Dance, Drama, Film Studies, Literature, Media Studies, Music, Sports Science, Women’s Studies
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Databases, Information Sources, Streaming/Download

    Hundreds of audio extracts from the BBC archives can be accessed here using Real Player, and feature a wide range of personalities, including Siegfried Sassoon, Alfred Hitchcock, Roald Dahl, George Bernard Shaw, Stevie Smith and dozens of others. It is possible to search alphabetically by name or by profession such as: actors, architects, cartoonists, composers, dancers, film directors, musicians, painters, photographers, poets, religious thinkers, sculptors, sports and writers. The individual clips are supplemented with biographical notes, and the site, part of the BBC’s main audio-visual site AudioVideo is extremely well presented and easy to use. This site was originally knows as Voices from the archive.

    NB. This resource is currently unavailable.

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  3. Pidgeon Digital Streaming

    Link
    https://www.pidgeondigital.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Architecture
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    This ongoing collection grew out of the the Pidgeon Audiovisual collection of illustrated talks by architects and related designers established in 1979 by Monica Pidgeon. Originally available at tape/slide sets, the 300+ titles are now available online to institutions via a subscription system, purchase of individual items on DVD, or on a pay-per-view basis. The site includes talks by such luminaries as Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Frank Newby, Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

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  4. Gresham College Streaming

    Link
    http://www.gresham.ac.uk
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    American Studies, Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Astronomy, Biology, Business Studies, Economics, Environmental Studies, Film Studies, General Science, History, Information Studies, Law, Literature, Mathematics, Media Studies, Medicine, Music, Photography, Politics and Government, Psychiatry, Psychology, Religious Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    Gresham College, named after Sir Thomas Gresham, has been giving free lectures for some 400 years. Over 2,000 audio and/or video lectures given since 2001 are available on the site for free, on-demand streaming or download approximately two weeks after they have been given. The main subject areas are Art & Literature, Medical Science, Business, History, Law, Mathematics, Music, Politics, Religion, Science, and Unusual, which includes Media, Education, Climate Change and others. Results can also be filtered by subcategories. For example, there is a section on Film under the Arts & Literature category, and a section on Film Music under the Music category. The lectures last, on average, between 25 minutes and a little under an hour. They all have a good number of chapters and a fair amount of information is given on the site as well as transcripts and links to related materials.
    The content can also be browsed via the tab Watch which contains four groupings: All Past Lectures, Series, Shorts and Short Series.

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  5. V&A Channel Streaming

    Link
    https://www.youtube.com/user/vamuseum
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Architecture, Art, Crafts
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    A collection of short videos, mostly less than ten minutes in length, organised under the headings ‘People’, ‘Things’ and ‘Happenings’. The ‘People’ videos consist mainly of artists and craftspeople at work or being interviewed, ‘Things’ concentrates of various exhibits and how they were made, and ‘Happenings’ relates to particular exhibitions or events at the museum.

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  6. Creative Archive Licence Group Streaming

    Link
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/creativearchive/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Architecture, Botany, Environmental Studies, Geography, Media Studies, Nature
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    The BBC, the bfi National Film and Television Archive, Channel 4 and the Open University have set up the Creative Archive Licence Group to make audiovisual archive content available for download under the terms of the Creative Archive Licence - a single, shared user licence scheme for the downloading of moving images, audio and stills. Moving image and sound content is freely available for download and non-commercial reuse, one users have signed into the Creative Archive Licence. Initial content from the BBC (including natural history, geographical locations, colours and the weather) and the British Film Institute (mostly silent film material) is now available, in Windows Media, QuickTime and MPEG-1 formats.

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