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- Link
- http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Drama, Film Studies, Media Studies
- Type of resource
- Blogs, Databases, Information Sources, Journals, Producers/Broadcasters, Reviews, TV/Radio listings, Web Links
Website giving detailed information on American and British television programmes including single plays and drama. DVDs cannot be bought directly from the site but there are links to Amazon and YouTube. The site includes reviews, interviews, biographies, obituaries and articles on the history of television broadcasting.
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- http://www.pebblemill.org/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Media Studies, Radio Studies, Technology
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download, TV/Radio listings, Video Sources
This excellent resource documents the history of Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, from the building’s opening in 1971 to its demolition in 2005. The site features video interviews, stills and text about the history of the studios, with contributions from production staff, including directors, editors, producers, writers and camera operators. Amongst those interviewed are David Rudkin, who wrote the acclaimed Play for Today ‘Penda’s Fen’, who talks here about working with director Alan Clarke.
Searchable Transmission lists give a chronology of drama broadcast from BBC Pebble Mill between 1972-200. The listings include drama series Thirty Minute Theatre, Playhouse and Play for Today, listing transmission date, writer, producer and director. A slight caveat for users is that the material is presented in the form of a blog, so that entries are arranged chronologically, which can make searching difficult. The material is, however, broadly arranged in three categories: ‘Building’, ‘Television’ and ‘Radio’. The site was created by Vanessa Jackson, who worked at Pebble Mill from 1987 to 2004. She is currently (2014) Degree Leader in Television at Birmingham City University: the site is part of a research project to document programme making in the regions, and was been funded by Screen West Midlands. For copyright reasons no footage from the original BBC programmes is available on the site.
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- Link
- https://www.historyextra.com/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- History
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Blogs, Journals, Podcasting, Streaming/Download, TV/Radio listings, Web Links
This is the official website of the BBC History Magazine. The digital editions of the magazine are only available to paying subscribers but there is a substantial amount of free content, including a news section, book reviews, TV and radio listings and a weekly podcast, which is free to download, and has an archive dating back to 2007. There is also a series of blogs by various contributors, many of which include video content, such as this interview with Dr Hannah Dawson about the history of ideas, which considers Thomas Hobbes and his definition of the Social Contract.
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- http://www.radio.cz/en
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- Social Sciences
- Subject
- Current Affairs, History, Languages, Radio Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download, TV/Radio listings
The official international broadcasting station of the Czech republic offers its programmes as podcasts in six different languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Czech and Russian. The station’s website features a wide range of content, covering current affairs, business, arts, culture, history and sport. The podcasts are available to be downloaded in mp3 format or can be streamed and archived material goes back as far as 2005. A typical example is this interview with head of the Czech National Film Archive, Michael Bregant, in which he explains how during the Communist era staff had to resort to subterfuge to hide and preserve valuable film materials from the authorities.
The podcasts are accompanied by summaries, full transcripts and illustrated with stills and photographs. The History section of the archive is particularly interesting with sections devoted to 1968, the communist era, World War II and Czech-German relations. There is also some interesting contextual material in the form of illustrated essays, including a history of Czech radio and a detailed look at the history of Radio Prague
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- Link
- https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
- Subject
- German Studies, Languages
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Producers/Broadcasters, TV/Radio listings, Web Links
This is the website of Germany’s international broadcaster, which provides a wide range of television, radio and online services in thirty languages and is particularly strong in its coverage of culture, education and European social, political and economic matters. The Learn German page, provides access to a range of language courses, suitable for all levels, and including e-learning services, videos, audio courses and podcasts, as well as written materials and worksheets. Amongst the language resources on offer is Langsam Gesprochne Nachrichten, a series of podcasts, with accompanying transcripts, of the news being read slowly in German.
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- Link
- http://mediahistoryproject.org/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies
- Type of resource
- Journals, TV/Radio listings
Providing ‘online access to the histories of cinema, broadcasting, and recorded sound’ this initiative consists of digitised collections of classic media periodicals that are now in the public domain, including the 1907 to 1919 run of the Moving Picture World, one of the the cinema industry’s earliest trade papers. Other collections include fan magazines, a 'Hollywood Studio System’ collection spanning the years 1918-1948 which includes the Hollywood Reporter and the Motion Picture Daily, as well as technical journals, yearbooks and a ‘Non Theatrical’ collection which encompasses journals devoted to the use of film in business and education as well as those directed at home movie enthusiasts. All the journals are word searchable and can also be accessed via the Internet Archive. An essential resource for film researchers.
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- https://www.aljazeera.com/
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- Social Sciences
- Subject
- Current Affairs, Geography, History, Media Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Blogs, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download, TV/Radio listings
English-language version of the Arabic-language television news network that broadcasts around the world to over 220 million households. A live stream of the channel is accessible via the Aljazeera English website, YouTube and a range of mobile devices. The Aljazeera website and YouTube also permit on-demand viewing of news clips and an extensive range of programmes that have been previously broadcast, together with background material including profiles and global reactions. There are also live blogs from reporters and correspondents on the protest movements in Syria, Libya, Yemen and Egypt and other key topical events from around the world.
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- http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/index.html
- Category
- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Radio Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, TV/Radio listings
RadioListings is an episode guide to the speech based programmes broadcast by the BBC, compiled by enthusiast Paul Wells. There are details for some musical programmes, and some listings for other stations, but the main focus is on scripted speech. Currently there are details for over 33,000 programmes, from 1949 to the present day, though the bulk are from 1997 onwards when the BBC put its schedules online. The main index by the programme name but more limited searching is also possible by credits and date of broadcast. The database is updated weekly and revised daily. The majority of data is obtained via a feed from the BBC and this is supplemented by information from other sources.
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- http://epguides.com/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- American Studies, Media Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, TV/Radio listings
A fully searchable site with lists of episode titles, cast lists and original air dates for many different American television shows, plus a selection of British series (e.g. ‘Only Fools and Horses’, ‘The Professionals’, ‘The South Bank Show’). Some of the records have episode synopses, there is variable production information, and links to the Internet Movie Database.
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- https://www.4sales.com/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Advertising, Business Studies, Media Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Producers/Broadcasters, TV/Radio listings
Previously branded as In4mer, this Channel 4 site provides a fair amount of empirical data that will be of educational use. It gives details on a number of its programmes, as well as those shown of its digital channels, E4 and Film Four, with a breakdown by demographic group, as well copies of press releases about its schedules and its staff. Details are also given about its advertising rates and contact names and numbers for its featured programmes.
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