> There are two types of programmes: those the BBC owns rights > to, and those it doesn't.
Depends on which rights your talking about. Music rights, programme format rights, film clip rights, script rights, dramatisation rights... Example 1 - Auf Wiedersehn, Pet. Made by Central Television in the 1980s. However they only had the rights to the format for something like 15 years. The actual rights ownership rested with (IIRC) the creator, Franc Roddam. Which is how the BBC ended up reviving the show in 2002. Format rights are I believe, the reasons why Desert Island Discs isn't available on the BBC Radio Player. Example 2 - Childrens TV on Trial. Recent BBC Four programme, made by the BBC and presumably concocted by a BBC staff member. However it included several archive clips in it from non-BBC sources. There's a huge number of other cases about rights. The majority of programmes have rights issue somewhere down the line - yes, even those made by the BBC. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
