British Broadcasting Corporation
Organization
Dates and places
1922: Founded as the British Broadcasting Company
Geographical areas
London, Greater London
Found in 52 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 with Peter and the Wolf, 1991 - 1993
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/2/5
Scope and Contents
A box containing ten sub-files with production papers relating to a theatrical version of Sergei Prokofiev's symphonic tale, Peter and the Wolf, which was produced by Spitting Swanns Limited [a partnership between Spitting Image Productions Limited and Christopher Swann Limited] and broadcasted by BBC 2, on 26 December 1993. The production involved the conductor, Clauddio Abbado, along with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe; performers from the Théâtre de Complicité;...
Dates:
1991 - 1993
Conditions Governing Access:
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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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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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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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Beethoven's Not Dead, 1991 - 1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/2/3
Scope and Contents
A box containing 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 contents of the box have been split into the following sub-files: contracts and correspondence relating to cast and crew; agreements and...
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)).
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 subsequent 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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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
File
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.
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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).
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Correspondence on television and radio, 1958 - 1963
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/545
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding various television and radio programmes for the B.B.C., Granada Television and Southern Television, including correspondence with the Admiralty, Dr A. Hunter, the Malayan Mathematical Society and the British Council.
Dates:
1958 - 1963
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 the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1967-01-11 - 1973-09-05
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/558
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the Isaac Newton Telescope opening ceremony and publicity with, among others, 'Physics Today'; Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; the Directorate General of Works, Ministry of Public Building and Works; the Science Research Council; Central Press Photos Ltd; Bodo-José F. Weber of Du Pont de Nemours International S.A., Geneva, regarding Du Pont neoprene seals used in the Isaac Newton Telescope dome; the Central Office of Information; the...
Dates:
1967-01-11 - 1973-09-05
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 the Royal Astronomical Society, 1937 - 1949
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/28
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related papers concerning the Royal Astronomical Society, including the following material:(1) General correspondenceCorrespondence between Sir Harold Spencer Jones and Miss Garratt, Royal Astronomical Society, regarding the Padbury chronometer, 1949.Correspondence regarding the R.A.S. Finance Committee, 1949.Correspondence between H. Spencer Jones and Dr G. Merton regarding reductions of the Stanley Williams variable star observations,...
Dates:
1937 - 1949
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 time signals, 1955 - 1963
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/627
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding time signals, including duration, frequency, times, coordination of signals, equipment adjustments, replies to queries regarding radio time signals, clocks and the publication of lists of signals, the discontinuation of vernier radio time signals, reception reports and maintenance. The papers include the following items:Royal Greenwich Observatory circulars on solar activity, time signal adjustments and international time signals,...
Dates:
1955 - 1963
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 with the B.B.C., 1964 - 1968
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/783
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the B.B.C. regarding radio and television science programmes, filming at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the provision of broadcasting material.
Dates:
1964 - 1968
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 with the B.B.C., 1948 - 1957
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/540
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with or concerning the British Broadcasting Corporation, including the following items:Correspondence with the B.B.C. concerning talks and interviews by the Astronomer Royal for radio and television, 1948-1957.Correspondence with the Admiralty regarding Dr Porter's broadcasts for the B.B.C., 1956.Correspondence between Dr A. Hunter and various individuals concerning a lunar crater, 1952.Correspondence with the B.B.C. concerning photographs of...
Dates:
1948 - 1957
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 with the B.B.C., 1948 - 1962
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/81
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the B.B.C. and related papers regarding all aspects of radio talks and schools programmes, including the following subjects: a radio script on Galileo and the use of a Latin version of the Lord's Prayer, and rehearsal arrangements; a list of scripts for the series 'Great Discoveries about the Earth' and 'The Earth and its Neighbours'; Foucault's Pendulum as proof of the rotation of the earth; 1949 scripts entitled 'Other Worlds' being used for 'The Earth and its...
Dates:
1948 - 1962
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 with the press, 1958 - 1962
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/544
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with various newspapers and magazines concerning articles, interviews and reviews of books, including the following items:Request from the Soviet Press for Richard Woolley's comments on the space flight, 1962.Correspondence with Field Enterprises, the Educational Corporation and 'The Guardian', 1962.Correspondence with the 'Yorkshire Post', the National Society for Clean Air and the Associated Press on the move to Herstmonceux and scientific progress,...
Dates:
1958 - 1962
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).
Sub-Fonds
'Europa' Commonwealth programme, 1969
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 22/56
Scope and Contents
The transcript of 'Europa', a B.B.C. 2 television programme of 14 January 1969 on the Commonwealth, linked with the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference of that period. The programme was presented by Derek Hart, and the contents included a U.A.R. t.v. film on Aden, a Polish t.v. film on Fiji and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation film 'Imperial sunset'. The typescript is an unedited transcript with many omissions and incomplete sentences.
Dates:
1969
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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Commonwealth miscellanea
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File for 1989, 1989
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/1/1/1/6
Scope and Contents
A file containing press-clippings, both originals and photocopies, taken from various British newspapers and some magazines. There is also the occasional cutting from international publications as well. The contents of these clippings feature articles and other items on the following topics, but are not limited to: the relocation of the Spitting Image Workshop to new premises at Plumbers Row, London; Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise; the special episode, The...
Dates:
1989
Conditions Governing Access:
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