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- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hg8dq
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Radio Studies
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Streaming/Download, TV/Radio listings
Archive on 4, previously The Archive Hour, is a BBC Radio 4 series which compiles audio clips from the station’s archives around a different theme in each edition. A variety of guest speakers, with a connection to the week’s subject, present the show. An archive of past editions (from 2010) is available on BBC iPlayer. Topics are wide-ranging: recent episodes (July 2015) include ‘Spoken Like a Woman’ in which Anne Karpf explores the way in which women have shaped the sound of British radio; ‘Destroyer of Worlds’ which discusses how Britain discovered the first atomic bomb, only to lose it to the Americans, and ‘The Devil’s Horn’ in which jazz musician Soweto Kinch talks on the history of the saxophone.
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- http://www.pebblemill.org/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Media Studies, Radio Studies, Technology
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- 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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- https://www.historyextra.com/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- History
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- 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
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- Current Affairs, History, Languages, Radio Studies
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- 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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- https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- German Studies, Languages
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- 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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- https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Social Sciences
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- Art, Biology, Economics, History, Media Studies, Medicine, Social Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Streaming/Download, TV/Radio listings
The site began by concentrating on explaining the holdings and workings of the BBC Archives, using short videos, accompanied by written text, and frequently-asked questions. Separate pages cover different aspects of the Archive and issues relating to them - television, sound, written, photographic, contributor rights, preservation and cataloguing, test cards and ceefax, the bits between programmes, and the BBC Heritage Collection. Since 2008 the website has diversified to include themed collections of archival radio and TV programmes (streamed complete or as extracts), documents and photographs. Topics currently featured include the Holocaust, Cuba and the Cold War, Doctor Who, WW2 relations with the USSR, Francis Bacon, the birth of the NHS, survivors of the Titanic, and working class life. Also available are the complete series of David Atttenborough’s 1956 ZOO QUEST FOR A DRAGON and MEN AND MONEY (1964), and the first BBC colour series from 1957, WHAT WE WORE, on the history of fashion. The front Archive page also links to other sections of the BBC website that host archival collections - IN OUR TIME, Radio 3 World Music Archive, WOMAN’S HOUR, World Service Archive, and clips from PLANET EARTH and AUTUMNWATCH in the Wildlife Finder.
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- http://www.biography.com
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Current Affairs, History, Media Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Information Sources, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download, TV/Radio listings, Update, Video Sources, Web Links
Website version of the Biography channel, with 25,000 biographies of the rich, famous and notorious, past and present. There is a useful system of links to related personalities, web links, and filmographies, bibliographies or discographies where appropriate. Many audio and video extracts of programmes are streamed free on the website and the shop section of the site has a large number of the broadcast biographies available for purchase (NTSC format).
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- https://www.radiotimes.com/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Film Studies, Media Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Databases, Reviews, Streaming/Download, TV/Radio listings
This very busy site offers electronic versions of both its published TV and radio listings, although covering a fortnight instead of just one week, as well as its Film Guide which can be searched by title or personality. There is a Radio Times Video Archive that streams footage from Radio Times photo shoots (using Real and WMP). The Download section gives direct access to a range of television and radio programmes, some free and some chargeable, from sources including Five, Channel 4, Living and the South Bank Show.
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- http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/
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- Bio-Medical
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- Botany, Nature
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Information Sources, Streaming/Download, TV/Radio listings
This site is an invaluable resource for researchers and academics. There is a thorough news section covering ecological issues, conservation updates and news on wildlife issues both in the UK and abroad. Separate sections on animal, plants and UK wildlife. On-line director of academic and research councils, charity and support organisations and conservation projects. Special features on BBC documentaries, and listings of upcoming television and radio programmes.
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- https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Drama, Music, Radio Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download, TV/Radio listings
The inevitably huge Radio 3 website of course includes listings for the BBC’s classical music and arts radio channel, but there is a rich array of supporting information in the sections on Classical, Jazz, World and New, Arts and Drama, including sound and video clips, and sections devoted to individual programmes. Particularly welcome is the Feature Archive on past programmes. The live broadcast is also streamed from the site. The schedules were heavily revamped in 2007.
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