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Sitcom Index
compiled by John Wyver, appeared in Edinburgh
International TV Festival Official programme 1978,
published by Broadcast, 1978, London/ Edinburgh,
pp.69-73
Chronological list of sitcoms on UK TV frcm 1973 to
1978.
NOTE ON UNPUBLISHED SOURCES
The British Film Institute's Film and TV Title Index,
located in BFI National Library, has included TV
drama titles transmitted in the London region since
1975. Additionally, the BFI's collection of newspaper
cuttinqs, which includes UK TV drama, is arranged
by title and goes back to the late forties/early fifties.
The BFI Book Library has copies of all the published
sources mentioned above.
NOTE TO FINAL PARAGRAPHS BELOW: THE
BBC PROGRAMME INDEX UNIT AND THE IBA
ARE NO LONGER AT THESE LOCATIONS
The BBC has a Programme Index (Room 14, The
Langham, Portland Place, London Wl) with various
sequences, including title, contributor and subject.
Access is free for private researchers, although a fee
is chargeable for research for companies and organi
s a t i o n s . Specific written enquiries should be
a d d ressed to the Prog ramme Corre s p o n d e n c e
Section of the BBC, and telephone enquiries are not
normally catered for.
The Independent Broadcasting Au t h o r i t y ' s
Information Office will often help with identification
of particular ITV titles, but only by letter or phone.
The IBA's Library is open to the public, and has a
large collection of cuttings about TV programmes
arranged chronologically, and by category, though
not by title. The IBA is at 70 Brompton Road, London
SW3 1EY, tel 01-584 7011.
Compiled by lan Macdonald
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