News story about the opening of the BBC's online catalogue of archive TV and radio programmes to the public, written by Grant Goddard in May 2006 for The Radio Magazine.

1. NEWS: BBC OPENS ITS ONLINE
CATALOGUE OF ARCHIVE TV &
RADIO PROGRAMMES TO THE
PUBLIC
by
GRANT GODDARD
www.grantgoddard.co.uk
May 2006

2. News: BBC Opens Its Online Catalogue Of Archive TV & Radio Programmes To The Public Page 2
©2006 Grant Goddard
The BBC has opened its huge catalogue of TV and radio programmes to the
public, allowing anyone to browse the 948,909 entries in 503,193 subject
categories that date back seventy-five years.
The web site at http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/ was previously only
available internally within the BBC, but is now part of the Corporation’s move to
open its archives to external use. The web site catalogues the content of each
programme and its contributors, but does not provide access to the audio or
video content.
The catalogue’s homepage provides an example using the subject 'pirate
radio', which it shows has been covered by many BBC programmes, including
'Arena', 'The Lenny Henry Show', 'Wogan', 'Nationwide', 'Steve Wright In The
Afternoon' and 'Today'.
[First published in 'The Radio Magazine' as 'BBC Opens Catalogue To Public', #736, 17 May 2006]
Grant Goddard is a media analyst / radio specialist / radio consultant with thirty years of
experience in the broadcasting industry, having held senior management and consultancy
roles within the commercial media sector in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia. Details at
http://www.grantgoddard.co.uk