Things I've Learnt While Doing These Pages
This page pulls together the things I've learnt and the telephone numbers
I've accumulated on the way. Maybe it might be helpful to others but its
mainly a handy reference for me.
Newspapers and Magazines
Practically any newspaper can be got after the event so long as you know
the date.
- Radio Times
Has a database for recent publications but not for much later ones.
Contact 0181-576-2000 to get someone to search for an article for you.
Back issues for up to a year can be acquired from 01483-733716.
- The Sun/Times
News Group Newspapers Ltd 0171 782 4000.
- Associated Newspapers (Mail on Sunday)
Back issues available from HART mailing, 18, Hill Side Avenue, Purley, Surrey,
CR8 2PF.
- Remember When back issues
This company will send acopy of any newspaper ever printed given the date.
tel: 0181 688 6323, fax: 0181 781 1227.
- News International Reference Library
Mainly deal with News Group papers. Can't be contacted directly by phone, but
if you give all the details you can about an article and include a SAE they
will send the article in about 10 days. Address: 1, Virginia Street, London E1 9XN
- British Newspaper Library
Tel: 0171 636 1544. Visits only by appointment. Manchester Central Library, and others,
keep many of the tabloids, the Radio Times and all the broadsheets on microfiche.
The Telegraph, Times and Guardian are also on CD-ROM search engines in some libraries.
TV/Radio Production
- Hat Trick Productions
Tickets for Drop The Dead Donkey etc need to be applied for
well in advance on 0171 287 1598. Address: 10, Livonia Street, London, W1V 3PH,
tel: 0171 434 2451
- BBC
To get info on a programme call the duty officer on 0181-743-8000. They
should be able to give you repeat schedules. For best response cut straight
to the production office of the programme, esp. if its radio. Ask for the
"Travel Show" production office (for example) and name the producer (available
from the Radio Times). If its radio and you are timely the producer will
make a copy of the programme for you gratis. Video is trickier but you might
still get somewhere if you can get directly to the production team.
- Yorkshire TV
Very prompt service. Email publicity officer Vicky Cameron at
vicky.cameron@yorkshire.tv.co.uk, or tel: 0113 2438283. If no joy email
jason.plews@yorkshire.tv.co.uk who is technical manager for regional programmes and
responds to email.
- Channel 4
- GMTV
Enquiries between 6am and 1pm on 0171 827 7064. Nick Austin (nick@tcp.co.uk) says that GMTV
can produce VHS tapes of segments from recently broadcast programmes
but it costs a lot to do so. About ten pounds for 15 minutes.
Two contact addresses for this service:
Viewers' Correspondence, GM-TV, The London Television Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9TT
And (the company that actually does the copying:) Scanners Ltd., 66a Ashley Road, London, N19 3AF
TV Web Pages
There are loads of these and I'll be putting the URLs here later.
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This is maintained by Carole
Goble
Email any corrections or information to carole@cs.man.ac.uk.
Last updated 18th December 1996