British Broadcasting Corporation
Organization
Dates and places
1922: Founded as the British Broadcasting Company
Geographical areas
London, Greater London
Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:
File
A Bit Greecy, 1991 - 1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/6/1/13
Scope and Contents
A file containing a proposal document, correspondence, script and artwork relating to a proposed Spitting Image Productions Limited short animated film, A Bit Greecy (SI/2101). The script was written by Candy Guard. The correspondence focus on Roger Law's attempts to gain interest in the project from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Channel 4.
Dates:
1991 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access:
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A Prokofiev Fantasy File 1, 1991 - 1993
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/2/5/1
Scope and Contents
Production agreements and other items relating to the television programme, A Prokofiev Fantasy with Peter and the Wolf. The following are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their sub-file or item reference number in this file:1. A 24-page, word-processed treatment for the production, 'devised by Christopher Swann with the Spitting Image team;' dated 1991.2. Signed licence agreements between Spitting Swanns Limited...
Dates:
1991 - 1993
Conditions Governing Access:
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Item
Alice's Adventures in Euroland 1992, 1989
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/6/1/5
Scope and Contents
A treatment [a written summary for a television show idea] for a proposed Spitting Image Productions Limited/BBC Arena series or single episode production, Alice's Adventures in Euroland 1992 (SI/2102). This production would have been 'an unholy recreation of Lewis Carroll's classic,' providing a satirical view on 'England and its new European destiny.' The treatment contains artwork, including a representation of Margaret Thatcher as The...
Dates:
1989
Conditions Governing Access:
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American Taster Tape File, 2019
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/12/2/3
Scope and Contents
A file containing material relating to a taster/pilot episode that was made for a proposed American reboot of the satirical puppet television series, Spitting Image. This taster tape/pilot was shot in September 2019. The file holds the following: drafts of scripts for sketches by the showrunner, Jeff Westbrook; computer printouts with copies of caricature drawings by Adrian Teal and photographs of puppet heads; and printouts with articles taken from various online...
Dates:
2019
Conditions Governing Access:
Part closed. One file is closed until 2039, due to containing current or presumed to be current personal phone numbers.
File
Arena, 1991
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/2/2
Scope and Contents
A file containing two programme production agreements between the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Spitting Image Productions Limited, regarding two special Arena events on BBC 2. On 16 December 1989, the documentary programme, Arena, took over the channel for the evening to broadcast various short films and talks relating to animals, known as Animal Night. On 15 December 1990, the programme did the...
Dates:
1991
Conditions Governing Access:
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Australian Visa Application Testimonies, 1998 - 1999
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/4
Scope and Contents
A file holding typescript letters and fax copies of letters used in support of Roger Law's application for permanent residency in Australia, under the Distinguished Talent Visa scheme. These letters contain testimonies from individuals and organisations, who provide background information concerning Law's suitability for being accepted under this visa scheme. Individuals and organisations represented in the file include, but are not limited to: Alliance Graphique Internationale; Tony...
Dates:
1998 - 1999
Conditions Governing Access:
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Series
B.B.C., 21 June 1983-22 May 1998
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9716/19
Scope and Contents
Letters from Subniv Babuta, Anna Williams, Sue Dickson and Tim Dee (all of the British Broadcasting Corporation) to Gömöri. With the first page of an agreement between Gömöri and the Corporation, 18 July 1996.
Dates:
21 June 1983-22 May 1998
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Papers of George Gömöri
Fonds
B.B.C. African Service scripts
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 231
Scope and Contents
The scripts of programmes transmitted on the African Service as part of the African Theatre and the Writers' Club.
Dates:
1960 - 1971
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Sub-Series
BBC Programmes, 1985 - 1996
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/2
Scope and Contents
Material relating to the production of television programmes for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which were either produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited, involved the services of the company or included some other form of contribution from SIPL personnel.Absent from this section is paperwork relating to the comedy sketch series, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, which was produced by SIPL. The show originally began as a radio series,...
Dates:
1985 - 1996
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BBC/Der Spiegel Set, 1980
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/3/4/3
Scope and Contents
An envelope holding 21 black and white photographs that feature images of Roger Law and Peter Fluck, known as Luck & Flaw. At least six of these photographs were taken by the British Broadcasting Corporation, and used as part of publicity for a BBC Arena episode on Law's and Fluck's working partnership, which originally aired on 21 May 1980. Within the six photographs clearly marked as having been taken by the BBC, there are three images and a duplicate for...
Dates:
1980
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Beethoven's Not Dead, 1991 - 1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/2/3
Scope and Contents
Production-related paperwork for a classical music comedy show, Beethoven's Not Dead, produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited, and aired on BBC 2, on 20 October 1992. This programme was produced as a pilot for an intended series, but the BBC chose not to proceed any further with the project.The following sub-files/items are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their sub-file or item reference number in this file:1....
Dates:
1991 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access:
Part closed. One sub-file is closed until January 2070, under the Archive’s confidentiality guidelines for sensitive data (in compliance with the Data Protection Act (2018)).
Item
Beethoven's Not Dead, 1992
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/6/3/5
Scope and Contents
A VHS tape holding a master copy of the classical music-themed comedy television pilot, Beethoven's Not Dead, along with a trailer for the show. This programme was produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited for the British Broadcasting Corporation, and aired on BBC 2 on 20 October 1992. This pilot never led to a full series.
Dates:
1992
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed. This item is waiting to be digitised.
Sub-Fonds
Borneo without the British, 1967
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/21
Scope and Contents
The transcript of a B.B.C. Home Service talk of 16 February 1967.
Dates:
1967
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Asia miscellanea
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British Broadcasting Corporation Promotional Advert Storyboard, c late 1980s-c 1993
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/7/1
Scope and Contents
A file holding three sheets of A2 paper, which contain a storyboard that depicts Jonathan Powell and Alan Yentob, who were the BBC Controllers at BBC 1 and BBC 2, respectively, between 1987 and 1993. This storyboard was produced by Roger Law, as part of a promotional advert for the corporation, which featured puppets of the pair made by the Spitting Image Workshop. The television advert was also directed by Law (SI/2047 (a to c)).
Dates:
c late 1980s-c 1993
Conditions Governing Access:
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'Child of Adam', 1975 - 1976
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/14/4
Scope and Contents
A file of material relating to a BBC Radio 3 documentary programme about American poet Walt Whitman, written by Anne Stevenson. The following are present: two typed drafts of a script; two letters from the BBC about the programme; manuscript notes; and typed notes and a handout from a lecture given by Stevenson on Whitman, at an unknown venue on 5 March 1975. Also present is a 37-page typed [production or post-production?] script produced by the BBC. The title page for this BBC script...
Dates:
1975 - 1976
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
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Comedy Map of Britain, 2007
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/8/4
Scope and Contents
A file containing two photocopies/fax copies of a manuscript list, which relates to the British Broadcasting Corporation's documentary series, Comedy Map of Britain. Roger Law and Peter Fluck featured in the first episode of the second season of this series, which originally aired on 19 April 2008, on BBC 2. The document appears to be a list of photographs and other items to be lent to the BBC for the programme, a copy of which has been sent to the assistant...
Dates:
2007
Conditions Governing Access:
Restricted. Closed until September 2041, under the Archive’s confidentiality guidelines for sensitive data (in compliance with the Data Protection Act (2018)).
Series
Commercials, 1992 - 1997
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/6/8
Scope and Contents
Spitting Image Productions Limited, along with its subsidiaries Screwball Films and Bazaar Films, were commissioned to produce a number of commercials for various companies, between the late 1980s and the late 1990s. The examples found in this series are just a small sample of their output. The following are present:1. A U-matic tape containing the commercial, 'Callers Pegasus,' produced in 1992.2. A home VHS tape that contains a copy of a BBC Christmas launch...
Dates:
1992 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed. These items are waiting to be digitised.
Sub-Fonds
'Conference' on Rhodesia, 1965
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/88
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of a telediphone recording of a 'Conference' on Rhodesia between Patrick Wall, M.P., John Hatch and George Nyandoro, with David Holden in the chair, broadcast on the Home Service on 29 June 1965.
Dates:
1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Africa miscellanea
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Contract Between the British Broadcasting Corporation and Spitting Image Productions Limited, 1995
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/2/6/4
Scope and Contents
A four-page agreement, along with a back cover, between the BBC and Spitting Image Productions Limited, dated 5 December 1995. The agreement mentions that the two companies had previously entered into a development deal to create a television series around the character, Mr. Bigg. This new agreement states that SIPL will create eight inserts that feature Mr Bigg, which will be incorporated into a new television series, For Amusement Only (later re-titled ...
Dates:
1995
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Correspondence and Other Documentation, 1991 - 1994
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/2/6/1
Scope and Contents
A file composed primarily of correspondence between Spitting Image Productions Limited, the British Broadcasting Corporation, and the Spanish television channel, Canal+, regarding the development of a children's television puppet show, Bigg New World. Topics include, but are not limited to: the work of Gavin Scott on an initial script and subsequent revisions; and a later script written by Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil for a new programme featuring the character of...
Dates:
1991 - 1994
Conditions Governing Access:
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Correspondence between Holbrook (six letters, carbon copies) and members of staff of the British Broadcasting Corporation (eight letters), 24 Aug. 1967-25 Nov. 1990
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9987/7/1/36
Scope and Contents
The B.B.C. correspondents are B. H. Alexander, Jane Gordon Clark, Deryck Cooke, Michael Heffernan, Julian Holland, Norman Longmate, Kathleen McGoldrick and D. B. Mann. The letter of 25 November 1990 is addressed jointly to 'Mr and Mrs Holbrook'.
Dates:
24 Aug. 1967-25 Nov. 1990
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access. Users of the collection are required to complete a Researcher Undertaking Concerning Access under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to Archives Which Would Otherwise Be Closed. Two files are restricted on grounds of confidentiality, and a number of files are not available for research on account of the poor physical condition of the documents they contain.
Series
Correspondence of Anne Stevenson, 1951 - 2020
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/18
Scope and Contents
Letters, printouts of emails, cards, and postcards sent to Anne Stevenson from friends, family, business associates, literary peers, companies, charities, educational institutions, and people who admired her work. Some letters are accompanied by copies of poems written by the correspondents. Also present are contracts, financial statements, sales invoices and other items that Stevenson received through the post.This series is composed of 37 boxes and 783 identified correspondents,...
Dates:
1951 - 2020
Conditions Governing Access:
Please see individual files for information on restrictions.
While some files have been restricted due to containing personal sensitive information, the majority of restrictions revolve around the existence of modern contact information (e.g. email addresses and mobile phone humbers) that may still be active. In those instances, files/items have been closed for 20 years from the date of their creation.
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Correspondence on clocks, 1925 - 1946
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/29
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning clocks, time and the 24-hour time system, including the following material:(1) Non-Observatory clocksMemorandum on the history of 'Joseph Knibb', 17th-century London clockmakers, 1925.Correspondence between Ethel M. Knocker, British Columbia, and Sir Frank Dyson regarding the history of Joseph Knibb, 1925.(2) Non-Observatory chronographs and transitsCorrespondence between Sir Harold Spencer Jones and the Mercantile Marine...
Dates:
1925 - 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence on International Geophysical Year, 1956 - 1960
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/566
Scope and Contents
(1) General correspondence regarding International Geophysical Year, including committee and sub-committee papers, minutes of meetings, I.G.Y. programmes, observations, and correspondence with British and international institutions and observatories. The papers include the following items:Correspondence with Dr J.M. Stagg concerning geomagnetic data, 1957-1960Correspondence with Dr W. Markowitz, H.M. Smith and J.D. Balfe concerning the Lunar Camera Programme, May...
Dates:
1956 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence on lectures and talks, 1946 - 1950
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/646
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Robert Atkinson regarding lectures and talks, including the following items:Correspondence with J.T. Kendall, Secretary of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society and the High Master of Manchester Grammar School, with a copy of Atkinson's 1946 lecture to the Literary and Philosophical Society on 'Naked-Eye Astronomy'. Letter and receipt from the B.B.C. concerning a script on Sir James Dean by Atkinson for broadcast on the B.B.C. European Service,...
Dates:
1946 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).