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The most comprehensive collection remains that to
be found within Library Services of the BFI. In addition
to over 33,000 books, the Library subscribes to
approximately 375 periodicals of which around 100
are British. Many of these are indexed under title,
personality and subject. Newspaper/Magazine cuttings,
company handouts, festival notes, etc. are
available indexed on microfiche.
Even within the restricted definition of independent
made here, the term covers a very wide area of production;
but, in general, the nearer the commercial
end of the spectrum, the more it is likely to find written
documentation. Semi-coinmercial films which
are able to get an 'art house' release are frequently
reviewed in both the national press and serious journals.
At the other end of the scale, it is often difficult
to find anything at all on a particular connunity
video.
Compiled by Linda Wood
BRITISH TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS
PUBLISHED SOURCES
BBC
BBC Television Drama Catalogue 1936-1975
p u blished by Chadw y ck - H e a l ey, 1 9 7 7 , C a m b r i d ge
Microfiche edition of the BBC's TV drama script catalogue
Arranged in three sequences - author, title,
date of production.
BBC Handbook
BBC, 1928-, London
Only in very recent years has much mention been
made of TV
programming by title.
ITV
Granada TV Programme Index: Year Twenty One.
3rd May '56 - 2nd May '77
published by Granada TV, 1977, London/Manchester,
132 p.
Alphabetical title index of GTV productions, with
transmission date, and some indices by category
(e.g. Drama).
Independent Broadcasting Authority Annual Report
and Accounts
published by IBA, 1955-, London
From 1972-73 volume, a checklist of programmes
transmitted throughout the year, by category, has
been included.
Television and Radio
published by IBA, 1963-, London
Known as 'IBA Handbook', a useful selective source
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of some information about the previous year's programming.
Twenty-Five Years On ITV
published by ITV Books and Michael Joseph. 1980,
London, 279 p.
A ch ro n o l ogi c a l , pictorial source of information
about some ITV productions from 1955 to 1980.
GENERAL
British National Film Catalogue
see Independent Productions bibliography — included
in section on BFI Publications.
Halliwell's Television Companion (2nd edition)
edited by Leslie Halliwell and Philip Purser, published
by Granada Publishing, 1982, London, 713 p.
Keeping Television Alive: the television work of the
National Film Archive
edited by Paul Madden, published by British Film
Institute, 1981, 75 p.
Various lists of the National Film Archive's television
holdings.
Primetime Magazine
published by Wider TV Access, 275/277 Pentonville
Road, London Kl, 1981-, quarterly
A TV magazine which includes ch e cklists of
episodes from selected UK TV series, e. g . ' T h e
Avengers', 'The Prisoner', etc.
Television Drama On Film
compiled by Ken Trodd, appears in Vision (journal of
the British Film and TV Arts), Vol.2, No.l, March 1977,
pp.14-19.
Chronological list of 'single' fiction films on UK TV
1965-1976.
The Video Sourcebook - UK
(2nd edition. P rofessional volume) published by
National video Clearinghouse and Bookwise Video,
1982, Eyosset, New York and Godalming, Surrey, 474
p.
O ver 5,000 titles of movies and other material
including some TV-originated material available for
home viewing. The junior version, "The Videotape
amd Disc Guide to Home Entertainment', has over
2,000 entries, mainly films.
Video Today magazine
published by Argus Specialist Press, Dept. VT, 513
London Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey, CR4 6AR,
1979-, monthly
Includes an updated list of over.1,000 titles of films
and other material including some TV-originated
material available for home viewing.