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Trial access to BBC Monitoring: Summary of World Broadcasts, Essential Global Media, 1939-2001
By Sarah Gilmore, on 21 February 2025
UCL has trial access to BBC Monitoring: Summary of World Broadcasts, Essential Global Media, 1939-2001 until 19th March 2025.
BBC Monitoring was founded in 1939 at the start of WWII. Its purpose was to listen to radio broadcasts and gather open-source intelligence to help Britain and its allies understand global dynamics and assess emerging global threats. Over the next 60 years, the scope of its monitoring grew quickly. Trained specialists transcribed broadcasts of speeches, current affairs, political discussions, and social and cultural events worldwide. Transcripts, in turn, were translated into English, then read by experts who carefully selected critical content for publication. Finally, selections were summarized and curated into daily reports that comprise the Summary of World Broadcasts. These original daily reports often included commentary and evaluation by subject matter experts, as well as synopses and specialist briefings.
UCL’s trial access covers Series 1-4, 1939 to 2001.
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Sarah Gilmore wrote on 25 February 2025:
Many thanks for the feedback. I have forwarded it to the appropriate Subject Liaison Librarian so that they are aware of your interest.
This is an excellent resource for undergradute students writing dissertations in Soviet history and Cold War history and for those in my undergradute history module, Broadcasting Modernity: A Global History of Radio and Television. It is also very useful for my own research on Cold War media.