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BBC to Put Entire Radio & TV Archive Online

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the a-helluva-lotta-bytes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC is to to put it's entire radio and television archive online, free for everyone, as the BBC Creative Archive." The article is a little thin on how far back these archives go, but regardless, this is a gigantic amount of data, and to see it go online, and open to the public is very cool.

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  1. How far back the archives go by Beniamino · · Score: 5, Informative

    [History of the BBC]

    The BBC was founded in 1922. They broadcast radio only until 1936 when they started their first TV channel. A lot of cool stuff.

  2. Re:Hitchhiker's guide!? by gidds · · Score: 5, Informative
    I don't believe they've ever been released exactly as originally broadcast.

    [fx: glances over at CD box sets of the two series, (c) BBC Worldwide 1996]

    Er... excuse me?

    Well, technically, you're right; I believe that there were some very minor changes; especially to the last couple of episodes which were recorded and mixed in a terrible hurry. But they are substantially as broadcast, and certainly what the original producers intended.

    And if these CDs really aren't available where you are (which I suspect they are), I expect that at least some of the MP3s out there are from them. (Not that I'm condoning that kind of thing, of course...)

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  3. Canadian Broadcast Corp. (CBC) archives online by Lust · · Score: 5, Informative

    CBC has archives back to 1938 online HERE. The radio broadcasts from the front line of WW II are really something.