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Post by Peter Stirling on Jul 24, 2020 8:48:16 GMT
Any idea how I could find what programmes are actually held by bfi in the "Rediffusion Collection" becuase when I use that search term on their site it comes up with 1 show - from Victor Lewis Smith's company! I think there are a couple of creaky BFI search engines,I say creaky because this link I got you was direct to the Rediffusion results but has now reverted to the search holding page so you will now have to enter Rediffusion in the search again. collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/resultsBut don't think it's going to be easy as these old banger BFI sites often grind to a halt after a couple of pages. Normally if you see a little film reel besides the entry it means they have it, but that is not always guaranteed. It's all a bit eccentric and not everything is listed. The rights I believe are managed by a separate company |
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Post by John Green on Jul 24, 2020 9:22:29 GMT
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Post by Simon Coward on Jul 24, 2020 11:20:41 GMT
Curious that the BFI has ALL BBC output since 1980. Do you know whether that means ALL the BBC's output from ALL the BBC regions? |
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Post by Simon Coward on Jul 24, 2020 11:25:59 GMT
It would have cost quite a bit in 1980 even just on VHS. A 180 minute tape cost the equivalent of £40 today. If you reckon 15 hours of both BBC1 and BBC2 each day. That's ten tapes a day at equivalent to £400 today or £146,000 a year! I don't believe it's true. There would be quite a considerable cost, though if they were using ten tapes a day I seriously doubt that they'd have to pay the same amount per tape as you or I would have had to when buying them retail. |
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Post by Peter Stirling on Jul 24, 2020 14:10:57 GMT
Yes they did use to list any old programme whether they had it or not. But now if you see a little film reel icon by the BFI entry it usually means they have got it, plus other icons for scripts etc. |
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Post by garygraham on Jul 24, 2020 18:34:12 GMT
It would have cost quite a bit in 1980 even just on VHS. A 180 minute tape cost the equivalent of £40 today. If you reckon 15 hours of both BBC1 and BBC2 each day. That's ten tapes a day at equivalent to £400 today or £146,000 a year! I don't believe it's true. There would be quite a considerable cost, though if they were using ten tapes a day I seriously doubt that they'd have to pay the same amount per tape as you or I would have had to when buying them retail. Good point on the cost but still a phenomenal annual amount at a time when they didn't seem to have much money. |
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Post by williammcgregor on Jul 25, 2020 19:24:40 GMT
Hi Richard,
Use this Search Term on yahoo to bring up
collections search BFI org uk web
click on simple search
on the left hand side you will see a box containing simple search advanced search and expert search
click on advanced search
In Production Country put United Kingdom
In Production Company put Rediffusion
In Filter - Film/Video collections select from the drop down Material Held - Film/Video/Digital
In Sort By from the drop down select Date
In Sort Order leave as Ascending
Then click Search
582 results on 3 pages will come up for you, if you leave it at 250 per page before you click Search
Remember this 582 is only for Rediffusion, after 6 April 1964, if you would like the results for Associated Rediffusion, then
you would need to change under Production Company to Associated Rediffusion from Rediffusion
then click Search and
you will get 583 results 1955 onwards up to 5 April 1964, although there are some of these 583 from 1965 too!
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