How to use BBC Search
- How to use BBC Search
Whenever you search the BBC's website you will see results from all areas of the BBC, including web pages and audio and video footage, from News and Sport and other areas. You will also see results from selected websites from outside the BBC.
You can view all the results at once, or limit your search to just BBC News and Sport articles, BBC News and Sport clips or BBC TV and Radio programmes.
- All Results
To search everything on the BBC's website at once, hit the All Results tab at the top of the page (this will be selected automatically when you search for the first time), put some words into the box and hit Search.
Think about your search term – the more descriptive and specific the words, the better the results will be – and try to keep the term concise.
Results are displayed with the most informative links at the top.
Next, if relevant, is a list of BBC News and Sport headlines relating to your search subject, displayed under the heading Latest News with a note of how many days ago the story was published, most recent first. Below that are all the other BBC web pages relating to your search subject.
On the top right-hand side is a list of BBC TV and Radio programmes in iPlayer relating to your search, dated in order of broadcast, most recent first. Hit the More Results link at the bottom of the box to see a full page of TV and Radio results. Hit the Watch Now or Listen Now buttons to see the television programmes or hear the radio broadcasts.
If there are no results in iPlayer for your search, you can click on a link to explore past or upcoming programmes.
Below that are BBC News and Sport clips, a mixture of video and audio content, dated in order of broadcast, most recent first (also with a More Results link at the bottom that gives you a full page of results).
Underneath this you will find Elsewhere on the Web, the best and most informative web pages on the subject you are searching for from outside the BBC. They have been selected by our editors as the best match for your search term.
- News & Sport
To search just BBC News and Sport, hit the News and Sport tab at the top of the page, put some words into the box and hit Search.
A list of headlines with articles will appear on the left. You can order this list of web page results by date rather than relevance by clicking the Sort by Date button at the top of the list.
On the right-hand side of the page is a list of BBC News and Sport audio and video clips. Hit the More Results link at the bottom to see a full page of these results. Hit the Watch Now or Listen Now buttons to see or hear clips.
- TV & Radio Programmes
To search just for BBC programmes, hit the TV and Radio Programmes tab at the top of the page, put some words into the box and hit Search.
A list of results will appear, dated in order of broadcast, most recent first. Hit the Watch Now or Listen Now buttons to see the television programmes or hear the radio broadcasts.
- Elsewhere on the Web
Our editors carry out research into popular topics and recommend the best websites available.
We evaluate all our recommendations against the following checklist:
- The website must meet the needs of a UK audience.
- Where there are news sections and time-sensitive features, these must be up-to-date.
- Information on the website must be accurate.
- Good design. It must be easy to navigate and be clear what it contains.
- Links, images, multimedia elements and services should work correctly.
- It must have an acceptable standard of taste and decency and not itself link to unacceptable sites.
- Where possible, BBC Online prioritises websites that provide information or services beyond their commercial purpose.
When a number of websites meet these criteria for a particular search term, a comparative judgement will be made on the relative merits of each website.
A maximum of three websites can be recommended for each search term.
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