Microform Academic Publishers would like to inform you of the availability of
two digitised collections from the BBC Written Archives Centre in Caversham,
Reading on our website: www.britishonlinearchives.co.uk. Both collections are
a valuable resource for the study of broadcasting history, media and
communications studies. They are:
BBC handbooks, annual reports & accounts, 1927-2001/2
This collection, covering 1927-2001/2, includes all the handbooks, annual
reports & accounts published by the BBC since its founding right up to the
start of the 21st century.
In addition to financial data relating to the BBC's grant-in-aid and how it was
spent, the collection contains a review of each year's public-service
broadcasting, with detailed schedules, audience research, performance and
objective tables, as well as commentaries and editorials.
The volumes are arranged chronologically within two groups – BBC handbooks
and BBC annual reports & accounts. The collection is introduced by Dr. Hugh
Chignell of the Media School at Bournemouth University.
BBC audience research reports Part 1: BBC Listener Research Department
(1937-c1950)
This collection of reports covers the BBC's internal research into its audiences
and represents the early research of the BBC's pioneering Listener Research
Department (LRD) into radio listening in Britain nationwide and at regional level.
The periods covered are the controversial founding of the Department in 1937,
the turbulent years of the Second World War, through to the early post-war
period and leading up to the launch of Britain’s first national television channel.
Included are the weekly audience summaries, together with the weekly, then
daily listening barometers. Also included are the audience reaction reports on
particular programmes and special reports on specific themes or issues, as well
as key policy documents produced by the LRD during these years, tracing the
early development within the BBC of what is now known as ‘market research’.
The collection is introduced by Sian Nicholas of the University of Wales,
Aberystwyth.
In addition to being a valuable resource for broadcasting history, media and
communications studies, this collection is also an indispensable source of
information for those with an interest in everyday life in wartime Britain.
Both of the above collections are available on free trial to institutions. To
request a trial account, or to place an order, please follow the link below:
http://www.britishonlinearchives.co.uk/contact.php
Suggestions for new online resources that would be of interest to your
department are always welcome.
Should you require any further information please contact Andy Ford (email:
[log in to unmask] or tel: 01924 825700).
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