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Shakespeare on BBC radio – April/May 2012
Published: 13 April 2012As 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, …
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BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests
Published: 4 April 2012For 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. …
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Copyright issues
Published: 4 April 2012There have been two recent developments relating to copyright issues – one concerning ‘orphan works’ and the other a report on simplifying copyright licensing for digital media. The EU Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee has voted in favour of reforming copyright legislation to permit ‘orphan works’ to be digitised and made available in online archives if, …
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Viewfinder Online – new reviews
Published: 3 April 2012Viewfinder Online is the BUFVC’s new web journal devoted to the latest in audio-visual media. Some of the most recent reviews published online include: Dr Brian Hoyle’s overview of the DVD debut of Ken Russell’s controversial The Devils. Dr Alexander Beaumont reviews the latest release in the British Library ‘Spoken Word’ series, English and Irish …
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BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests
Published: 2 April 2012For 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 …
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Recent Gateway updates
Published: 28 March 2012The Bioscope This indispensable resource is devoted to the world of early and silent cinema and is one of the busiest and most successful available on the web. Mixing scholarship, news and conference reports as well as reviews, it provides a wealth of information about the silent era worldwide. The site, along with almost daily …
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BUFVC response to IPO Copyright Consultation
Published: 27 March 2012On 21 March the BUFVC submitted its response to the Intellectual Property Office’s Consultation on Copyright as part of the follow-up to the publication of the Hargreaves Report in 2011. For details of progress at the IPO visit their website at: www.ipo.gov.uk/types/hargreaves.htm The BUFVC’s response has been prepared through formal consultation with the Trustees of …
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Register for free access to BBC Northern Ireland’s news footage
Published: 20 March 2012
The BUFVC is pleased to announce the pre-launch of Chronicle: BBC Northern Ireland’s television news from the 60s and 70s, for exclusive use by UK higher and further education institutions. Get free access for your institution here -
Spring edition of Viewfinder
Published: 19 March 2012
Viewfinder 86 is now out and includes profiles of Sylvia Pankhurst, the radio archives of the British Library and a project to catalogue all stage plays ever shown on UK television. -
BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests
Published: 16 March 2012For 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 …
