Learning on ScreenCountry Diary
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: By an odd quirk of fate, a diary written in 1906 came to be published seventy years later. Entitled ‘The Diary of an Edwardian Lady’ it has featured in the British best seller lists ever since, as well as being translated into eleven languages. Vicki Luke looks at the merchandising of the Diary and its numerous spin-offs ranging from fine porcelain to record albums.
- Researcher Comments
- Includes an interview with Rowena Stott, Edith Holden’s great niece who inherited the diary. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Mass media; Arts and crafts; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; Writers
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/1127
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Mike Willcox
- Presenter
- Vicki Luke
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
- http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
- View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
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