BBC set to catalogue all the shows it ever aired
The BBC has revealed plans to create a detailed catalogue of all the programmes they have ever aired.Thousands of copies of the Radio Times will be used to put together the list of all TV and radio shows ever broadcast.
Researchers will scour 400,000 pages of listings dating back to 1922, to gather as much information as possible about the shows.
Unfortunately the Beeb say they have not kept copies of all shows and many tapes were wiped after the were broadcast, meaning this catalogue could be all that remains of some.
In the interests of helping the BBC out we've just noticed that Bargain Hunt is currently showing on BBC1, should we write it down somewhere?
Project manager Helen Papadopoulos said on her blog: "Even though we may not have a copy of each programme in the BBC's vast archive, there may still be something related to or derived from the original programme: stills, non-broadcast footage, music, documentation, props or other material connected with what was broadcast."
Of the Radio Times she added it was "an ideal place to begin". "It contains a record of everything we intended to broadcast - even if what actually went on air wasn't what we planned to show - and it is in a structure and format that people readily recognise, with basic but consistent details for all programmes, along with regional variations."
LINKS
BBC Archive
BBC Genome
Of the Radio Times she added it was "an ideal place to begin". "It contains a record of everything we intended to broadcast - even if what actually went on air wasn't what we planned to show - and it is in a structure and format that people readily recognise, with basic but consistent details for all programmes, along with regional variations."
LINKS
BBC Archive
BBC Genome
