The Photographic Library
Hear from the people behind the scenes at the BBC Archive
The Photographic Library
The Photographic Library
An interview with Natalie Dewar from the BBC Photo Library
Natalie Dewar, who looks after the BBC's photographic collection, talks about the great images the BBC has kept over the years.
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- What's in the BBC Photo Library?
- Why does the BBC have photographs?
- Who uses the Photo Library?
- The Team
- What format are the images stored on?
- Preservation
- Behind the Scenes at the BBC
- Our Top 10
Transcript
What's in the BBC Photo Library?
The photograph library is one of the BBC's most valuable assets, containing an estimated 10 million images, showing the diversity of the BBC and its broadcasting history over the last 80-plus years. The photograph library is a really exciting place to be because it represents not only the history of the BBC but also world history as well. The actual store is overwhelming. Until you see it you don't realise how much material there is available. Every time you go down there you find something new. Photographs, transparencies, negatives, prints, everything you can imagine.
