TVC, the BBC and me
I was in a kingdom of dreams today - and for the very last time. It was a relatively prosaic - but I must stress most enjoyable - meeting of the Southern Broadcasting History Group that took me once more more
I was in a kingdom of dreams today - and for the very last time. It was a relatively prosaic - but I must stress most enjoyable - meeting of the Southern Broadcasting History Group that took me once more more
I am indebted to Stuart Ian Burns (@feelinglistless) and his estimable Hamlet Weblog for pointing out that - remarkably - BBC Worldwide has made available in full on YouTube seven plays from The BBC Television more
As detailed on Thursday, I am posting my links twice a week from now on - on Thursdays and on Sundays. Today's lead is the excellent news that images from the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts at more
The Julius Caesar DVD has arrived! The disc includes a new 40-minute documentary Julius Caesar: Behind the Scenes with location footage and interviews with cast and crew. We will be presenting parts of that here over the next month. But more
I'm coming very late to this but I have been engaged by - and have learned from - a film made by BBC Research and Development and posted in six parts on their blog across the summer. Opening up the more
After the BFI's extensive tribute to Alfred Hitchcock over the summer and the immaculate restorations of his silent films, you might have thought the great director had nothing else to give. But now, and for the next two months, the more
The BBC yesterday brought together all of its radio channels for a charming Damon Albarn composition to celebrate ninety years since it first went on air. Other offerings to mark the occasion include a neat online more
I am researching early television in the 1930s and have come across a rather engaging discussion in the Letters column of The Times. This took place at a time when the very idea of 'television' was being formed - as more
... till it's gone. Today, Wednesday 31 October, is the last day of the first six months of The Space. Fortunately, this Arts Council England/BBC collaboration has been such a success that the project is continuing (see more
A time there was when I posted weekly a group of links to things that I recently read or watched online. Then I stopped for a while. And now - I think - I am going to start again. Maybe more