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Research Department
The achievements of staff at BBC Research
& Development are of the highest order in the world of broadcasting and
for many years "Research Department" was a major part of BBC Engineering
Division. From about 1950 their home was
Kingswood Warren, but
in late February 2010 the BBC R&D South Laboratory relocated to Centre House
at the heart of the BBC's west London campus. If you click on
this link you will be able to see a video of their new premises.
The video is on the
BBC
Research & Development Blog site. The main web site (linked above)
and the Blog contain a great deal of information, including details of past
achievements, so BBCeng only contains a small amount of information on BBC
Research.
| Research Department
was at the forefront of broadcast engineering and had an international
reputation as a result of developing new techniques. In 1993 Design
Group (formerly Designs Department) merged with Research, forming BBC
Research and Development.
BBC Research & Development remains at the forefront of broadcast engineering. |
Kingswood Warren |
Link to BBC Research publication archive including "BBC Engineering" and "BBC Monographs"
Reminiscences
Lifting the veil on Research Department at Bagley
Croft, by Rex Boys
A brief article about life in this BBC wartime outpost.
My Career in the BBC: Part 2, by Richard Russell
This article follows on from Part 1 (see No. 11
here)
and covers the rest of Richard's BBC career. It is listed on a Designs
Department page in order to keep the two parts together but, as Richard
explains, both he and the Department moved on as a result of organisational
changes. Initially he moved to D&ED and then to Research and Development.
Richard's achievements were spectacular and represent BBC engineering at its
best.