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BBC discovery pages

Below is a discovery of all BBC releases for you to list just the area of interest that you may want. It is divided by catagory and then a link of which format I have at least one item.


BBC - Main catalogue

BBC Radio Enterprises Ltd and BBC Enterprises Ltd, predecessors of BBC Worldwide / BBC Worldwide Ltd., the BBC's commercial arm. Formed 1968 and 1979 respectively, they were a subsidiary wholly owned by the BBC and merged into BBC Worldwide in 1995. In that time, there were companies set up within or structured brands as part of the company to deal with separate parts of the business, e.g. BBC Records for recorded audio. Sometimes written as BBC Enterprise Ltd.

The items shown here are from the "main" BBC Records and Tapes library covering a wide secletion of genres from themes, comedy dramas and others, depending on which format you have selected.

You can view the complete list of all BBC releases on this site by viewing the BBC List page.

BBC - Main catalogueBBC - Main catalogue
Singles
BBC - Main catalogue
12 inches
BBC - Main catalogue
Cassingles
BBC - Main catalogue
CD singles
BBC - Main catalogue
Albums
BBC - Main catalogue
Cassettes
BBC - Main catalogue
CDs
BBC - Main catalogue
Videos
BBC - Main catalogue
DVDs
BBC - Main catalogue
Blu-rays
BBC - Main catalogue
4k Ultra-HDs
BBC - Main catalogue
Books


BBC -

BBC records released to the Australian public.

BBC - AustralianBBC - Australian
Singles
BBC - Australian
CD singles
BBC - Australian
Albums
BBC - CanadianBBC - Canadian
Albums
BBC - GermanBBC - German
Singles
BBC - German
12 inches
BBC - German
Albums
BBC - HollandBBC - Holland
Albums
BBC - New ZealandBBC - New Zealand
Singles
BBC - New Zealand
Albums
BBC - SpanishBBC - Spanish
Singles
BBC - Spanish
Albums
BBC - Spanish
CDs
BBC - USBBC - US
Singles
BBC - US
Albums


BBC - BBC Radio Collection and BBC Audio

A selection of archive collections from across the BBC.

BBC - BBC Radio Collection and BBC AudioBBC - BBC Radio Collection and BBC Audio
Cassettes
BBC - BBC Radio Collection and BBC Audio
CDs
BBC - BBC Radio Collection-ISBNBBC - BBC Radio Collection-ISBN
CDs


BBC - BBC

BBC Enterprises Ltd, predecessor of BBC Worldwide / BBC Worldwide Ltd., the BBC's commercial arm. Formed 1979 was a subsidiary wholly owned by the BBC and merged into BBC Worldwide in 1995. In that time, there were companies set up within or structured brands as part of the company to deal with separate parts of the business, e.g. BBC Records for recorded audio. Sometimes written as BBC Enterprise Ltd. The items shown here are either boxed sets or imports of items from the main BBC Records and Tapes library covering a wide secletion of genres from themes, comedy dramas and others, depending on which format you have selected.

You can view the complete list of all BBC releases on this site by viewing the BBC List page.

BBC - BBCBBC - BBC
Singles
BBC - BBC
Albums
BBC - BBC
Cassettes
BBC - BBC
CDs


BBC - Super BeeB

BBC sub label for rock/pop music.

You can view the complete list of all BBC releases on this site by viewing the BBC List page.

BBC - BEEBBBC - BEEB
Singles
BBC - BEEB-BEDPBBC - BEEB-BEDP
Albums
BBC - BEEB-BEDP
Cassettes
BBC - BEEB-BELPBBC - BEEB-BELP
Albums
BBC - BEEB-BELP
Cassettes
BBC - BEEB-BEMPBBC - BEEB-BEMP
Albums
BBC - BEEB-BEMP
Cassettes


BBC - Transcription Service

BBC Transcription Services (before BBC Transcription Service (no "s"), later BBC Transcription and today BBC Radio International) discs were only made available to overseas radio stations for broadcast purposes and were not made available for sale to the general public. However, in the early 90s many international BBC libraries sold their stocks to the public. Limitation: "Typically BBC Transcription Services pressed 100 copies of each disc only with instructions to the overseas radio network to destroy the disc at the end of the licence period."

Note that the genre of shows available via this label is as wide as the main BBC labels available to view here.

Also, records have been issued home and abroad for many years (the oldest I have comes from the 1950's but they have been issued for much longer!) Unlike most catalogues of records, each side of the BBC Transcription disc has it's own catalogue number - side two normally is one number higher than side one!

You can view the complete list of all BBC releases on this site by viewing the BBC List page.

BBC - Transcription Service-CNBBC - Transcription Service-CN
Singles
BBC - Transcription Service-CN
Albums
BBC - Transcription Service-CN
CDs
BBC - Radioplay-RPLA / SRP / TSRPBBC - Radioplay-RPLA / SRP / TSRP
Albums
BBC - Radioplay-TAIRBBC - Radioplay-TAIR
Albums
BBC - Radioplay-TSBBC - Radioplay-TS
Albums
BBC recorded programs permanent libraryBBC recorded programs permanent library
Albums
BBC - Transcription Service-OthersBBC - Transcription Service-Others
10 inches
BBC - Transcription Service-Others
Albums
BBC - Transcription Service-Others
CDs


BBC - Language-OP

BBC sub label for foreign language records.

This was the first BBC label starting in the early 1960's. Their were (to start with) Radio shows where by listeners could follow the programme on the Radio then purchase the record and separate book to continue their learning.

Later the shows were also recorded for television and the records and books became more widely available via record and book shops.

You can view the complete list of all BBC releases on this site by viewing the BBC List page.

BBC - Language-OPBBC - Language-OP
Singles
BBC - Language-OP
Albums
BBC - Language-OP
Cassettes
BBC - Language-OP
Books


BBC - English by Radio

Another foreign territories catalogue to help teach them English.

BBC - ETSBBC - ETS
Singles
BBC - ETS
10 inches
BBC - English by radioBBC - English by radio
Singles
BBC - Readings from English literature-RFELBBC - Readings from English literature-RFEL
10 inches
BBC - Readings from English literature-RFEL
Albums


BBC - Pickwick-PWKS

You will find all the US Pickwick label versions linked at the parent company Pickwick International, Inc. Pickwick Records quickly established itself as the market leader in budget-price LPs thanks to its innovative business practices. It was the first UK company to put in place exclusive licensing deals with the major record companies (for many years it was the official budget reissue outlet for labels such as RCA - since 1973 - and CBS.)

You can view the complete list of all BBC releases on this site by viewing the BBC List page.

BBC - Pickwick-PWKSBBC - Pickwick-PWKS
Cassettes
BBC - Pickwick-PWKS
CDs


BBC - Prestige

These releases were released at a time when the BBC labels were in decline. They contain releases from many middle of the road artists.

BBC - Prestige-PRECBBC - Prestige-PREC
Albums
BBC - Prestige-PREC
Cassettes
BBC - Prestige-PREC
CDs
BBC - Prestige-PRIMBBC - Prestige-PRIM
Albums
BBC - Prestige-PRIM
Cassettes
BBC - Prestige-PRIM
CDs
BBC - Prestige-PRSTBBC - Prestige-PRST
Albums
BBC - Prestige-PRST
Cassettes
BBC - Prestige-PRST
CDs


BBC - Roundabout-RBT

A series based on BBC radio and TV broadcasts, covering a range of subject matter including children's programmes, comedy, dialogue and incidental music.

You can view the complete list of all BBC releases on this site by viewing the BBC List page.

BBC - Roundabout-RBTBBC - Roundabout-RBT
Albums
BBC - Roundabout-RBT
Cassettes


BBC - Gold Label-REGL

A subset of records released as the "Gold Label".

BBC - Gold Label-REGLBBC - Gold Label-REGL
Albums


BBC - Study-RESR

A series of LP discs based on BBC Schools Radio Series and general service programmes relevant to work in primary or secondary schools and in colleges.

You can view the complete list of all BBC releases on this site by viewing the BBC List page.

BBC - Study-RESRBBC - Study-RESR
Albums


BBC - Sound effects

Never issued to the public, these records were used by the BBC across the land to add sound effects to their TV and Radio programmes. All EC records were recorded in mono.

You can view the complete list of all BBC releases on this site by viewing the BBC List page.

BBC - Sound effects-ECBBC - Sound effects-EC
Singles
BBC - Sound effects-ECSBBC - Sound effects-ECS
Singles
BBC - Sound effects-ECS
78s
BBC - Sound effects-ECS
10 inches
BBC - Sound effects-MPBBC - Sound effects-MP
Singles
BBC - Sound effects-NHBBC - Sound effects-NH
Singles
BBC - Sound effects-RFLP or SRMKBBC - Sound effects-RFLP or SRMK
Albums
BBC - Sound effects-SFXBBC - Sound effects-SFX
CDs


BBC - Other BBC

Occasionally the BBC released material which didn't follow the normal catalogue number sequences. The few of these which exist are normally one off's never to be repeated! The main exception is the FAME records found in the albums section.

You can view the complete list of all BBC releases on this site by viewing the BBC List page.

BBC - Other BBCBBC - Other BBC
Singles
BBC - Other BBC
12 inches
BBC - Other BBC
Cassingles
BBC - Other BBC
CD singles
BBC - Other BBC
Albums
BBC - Other BBC
Cassettes
BBC - Other BBC
CDs
BBC - Other BBC
Postcards
BBC - Other BBC
Posters
BBC - Other BBC
Magazines


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