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Front cover of Radio Times April 1980
Collection description
The Radio Times was founded in September 1923 to carry listings of BBC Radio programmes. It continued to publish details on both BBC Radio and television broadcasts until 1991 when the deregulation of television listings allowed it to include details of other major terrestrial and satellite television programmes.
Christopher Griffin-Beale started collecting the Radio Times from the age of eight and accumulated a collection of over thirty years worth from 1955-89. Christopher studied Russian and English at Sussex University and went on to make a career out of his interest in television. He used his copies of Radio Times as source material in his work. His wife Lucy donated the collection to the University in May 2006.
This collection compliments the Main Library's holdings of the Radio Times from 1990 - present which are available at AP 4 Rad.
Access
These magazines are available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading room. It is advisable to order items in advance to ensure they are collected from store in time for your arrival.
Reproductions
As many of these magazines are fragile, it is not possible to photocopy from them, but researchers are welcome to use the digital copier available in Special Collections s to take images of the material. Normal copyright rules for published material apply and a fee for us of the digital copier will be made.
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