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MS 4000 - Charles Parker Archive - 1949 - 1994

1 - Personal papers and papers relating to Charles Parker's career

2 - Papers relating to BBC programmes and non BBC projects - 1949 - 1980

3 - Miscellaneous papers and publications on various subjects

4 - Charles Parker's Library

5 - Digitised Sound Recordings: Charles Parker Archive 'A Future For Ordinary Folk' - 1947 - 1978

6 - Sound recordings: programmes, projects and research material - 1955 - 1994

1 - Programmes and projects - BBC and non-BBC - 1955 - 1980

2 - Research interests: music, drama, and speech - 1951 - 1988

3 - Research interests: politics and local history - 1957 - 1978

4 - Copies of TV and radio programmes - 1950 - 1978

1 - Pop music - 1950 - 1976

2 - Broadcast/completed programmes - 1961 - 1978

1 - Programme by Derek Dingle ‘Working the Waterway’ - 01 January 1961

2 - ‘People Today – C.L. Moore’ - 06 December 1961

3 - Programme about homelessness - 07 December 1961

4 - Oh, What a Lovely War!, tape 1 of 3 - 01 March 1963

5 - Oh, What a Lovely War!, tape 2 of 3 - 01 March 1963

6 - Oh, What a Lovely War!, tape 3 of 3 - 01 March 1963

7 - BBC Radio News and Weather; Round Britain Quiz; ‘What’s On’, upcoming events in the Midlands - 11 April 1963

8 - BBC TV Tonight - 11 April 1963

9 - BBC News and current affairs and ‘Kilt is My Delight Tonight’, a programme of traditional music - 11 April 1963

10 - Football match between Blackburn Rovers and West Bromwich Albion - 13 April 1963

11 - ‘Shanty Time’ presented by Cyril Towney – songs and stories of the sea - 13 April 1963

12 - BBC Radio News, ‘Radio News Reel’, League Football News - 13 April 1963

13 - ‘Sports Report’, programme about the Football League; ‘Around the World With Mary and Peter Noble’, programme about Latin music and songs; ‘Heather Mixture’, a programme of popular songs and music - 13 April 1963

14 - Way of Life' – a programme about Donald Swann - 01 June 1963

15 - Clive Barker – The Story of Teeside Cyclists - 28 August 1963

15A - 'The Critics': a panel of critics discusses 'The Ballad of John Axon'/music and actuality for 'The Fight Game' - 16 June 1963

15B - 'The Critics': a panel of critics discusses 'The Travelling People'/part of 'Landmarks' - 19 April 1964 - 20 April 1964

16 - The World of Sydney Carter - 12 April 1964

17 - Our Changing Speech - tape 1 of 4 - 23 April 1964

18 - Our Changing Speech - tape 2 of 4 - 23 April 1964

19 - Our Changing Speech - tape 3 of 4 - 23 April 1964

20 - Our Changing Speech - tape 4 of 4 - 23 April 1964

21 - Programme discussing the city of Newcastle and its development - 24 June 1964

22 - The Music Goes Round' – programme by Charles Chiltern about music in the 1930s - 02 February1965

23 - The Victorian Age' a history of the Victorian Age, with songs, tape 1 of 12 - 17 April 1965

24 - The Victorian Age' a history of the Victorian Age, with songs, tape 2 of 12 - 17 April 1965

25 - The Victorian Age' a history of the Victorian Age, with songs, tape 3 of 12 - 17 April 1965

26 - The Victorian Age' a history of the Victorian Age, with songs, tape 4 of 12 - 17 April 1965

27 - The Victorian Age' a history of the Victorian Age, with songs, tape 5 of 12 - 17 April 1965

28 - The Victorian Age' a history of the Victorian Age, with songs, tape 6 of 12 - 17 April 1965

29 - The Victorian Age' a history of the Victorian Age, with songs, tape 7 of 12 - 17 April 1965

30 - The Victorian Age' a history of the Victorian Age, with songs, tape 8 of 12 - 17 April 1965

31 - The Victorian Age' a history of the Victorian Age, with songs, tape 9 of 12 - 17 April 1965

32 - The Victorian Age' a history of the Victorian Age, with songs, tape 10 of 12 - 17 April 1965

33 - The Victorian Age' a history of the Victorian Age, with songs, tape 11 of 12 - 17 April 1965

34 - The Victorian Age' a history of the Victorian Age, with songs, tape 12 of 12 - 17 April 1965

35 - Tape labelled ‘BBC Speech recorded off the air’ – extracts from various BBC programmes - 27 April 1966

36 - The Sound of Words' presented by W.B. Stanford - 23 June 1966

37 - Series of takes of narration for ‘Death of a miner’ - 20 October 1967

38 - ‘From Our Own Correspondent’ - 10 November 1967

39 - T.S.Eliot by Leavis tape 1 of 2 - 01 January 1968

40 - T.S.Eliot by Leavis tape 2 of 2 - 01 January 1968

41 - Interviews about canal life - 02 February 1968

42 - The Secret Roads', a programme about the canals and waterways of Birmingham and life on canal boats - 06 February 1968

43 - Catholics, a programme about the Catholic religion in England, tape 1 of 2 - 22 February 1968

44 - Catholics, a programme about the Catholic religion in England, tape 2 of 2 - 22 February 1968

45 - ‘Today’ programme - 08 May 1968

46 - Programme about African history - 18 July 1968

47 - Programme about dreams tape 1 of 2 - 26 August 1968

48 - Programme about dreams tape 2 of 2 - 26 August 1968

49 - The Seasons of the Blind', a radio programme about blind people set in the context of the seasons of the year - 04 November 1968

50 - ‘Black to Move’ – a programme about black people and education - 07 November 1968

51 - Sweet Thames', a programme about the life and sounds of London by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, tape 1 of 2 - 12 December 1968

52 - Sweet Thames', a programme about the life and sounds of London by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, tape 2 of 2 - 12 December 1968

53 - Tape labelled 'BBC speech': Copies of BBC radio programmes including ‘Personal View’ on the subject of problems with universities, and ‘A Word in Edgeways’, on the subject of university students - 01 January 1969

54 - ‘Today’ programme - 01 January 1969

55 - ‘Afro Cuban Comes Home’, a programme about Congolese music - 22 January 1969

56 - Tape labelled 'BBC speech': Extracts from various BBC radio programmes - 01 February 1969

57 - Tape labelled 'BBC speech': Recording of a service held at Kirkby Baptist Church, Liverpool, and ‘Animal Fun’, recording of animal sounds - 02 February 1969

58 - Tape labelled 'BBC speech': Discussion about the capture of a British spy vessel, programme ‘British History’, part of a programme ‘Demon Drink’, a satirical look at the drinking of alcohol - 03 February 1969

59 - ‘BBC Radio News’ including discussion of President Nixon’s decision to withdraw troops from Vietnam and of a book about sport written by Jack Moor - 15 May 1969

60 - The Inscriptions', a programme about the Communist Revolution in China/part of an opera, possibly by Purcell - 05 June 1969

61 - Programme about dialects in England - tape 1 of 2 - 18 July 1969

62 - Programme about dialects in England - tape 2 of 2 - 18 July 1969

63 - ‘The World At One’ including discussions about Clement Attlee and black power in Britain - 05 October 1969

64 - Programme presented by Tim Mathews about John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s wedding album - 28 November 1969

65 - Programme discussing BBC and commercial TV - 28 December 1969

66 - ‘In the Beginning’ a religious programme broadcast on BBC 1 - 18 January 1970

67 - ‘Down Your Street’, broadcast on BBC Radio Nottingham - 08 February 1970

68 - A programme about the restoration of the Severn Valley Railway - 07 March 1970

69 - ‘The Long March of Sitarama Pande’, the story of an Indian soldier in the British Army - 17 March 1970

70 - ‘The World of the Broadside’, a programme about ballads by John Holloway - 25 March 1970

71 - Programme about Irish broadside ballads/a ghost story - 29 March 1970

72 - A City Close Up: Blackburn looks back': residents of Blackburn talk about their youth in the 1920s and 1930s, tape 1 of 9 - 07 April 1970

73 - A City Close Up: Blackburn looks back': residents of Blackburn talk about their youth in the 1920s and 1930s, tape 2 of 9 - 07 April 1970

74 - A City Close Up: Blackburn looks back': residents of Blackburn talk about their youth in the 1920s and 1930s, tape 3 of 9 - 07 April 1970

75 - A City Close Up: Blackburn looks back': residents of Blackburn talk about their youth in the 1920s and 1930s, tape 4 of 9 - 07 April 1970

76 - A City Close Up: Blackburn looks back': residents of Blackburn talk about their youth in the 1920s and 1930s, tape 5 of 9 - 07 April 1970

77 - A City Close Up: Blackburn looks back': residents of Blackburn talk about their youth in the 1920s and 1930s, tape 6 of 9 - 07 April 1970

78 - A City Close Up: Blackburn looks back': residents of Blackburn talk about their youth in the 1920s and 1930s, tape 7 of 9 - 07 April 1970

79 - A City Close Up: Blackburn looks back': residents of Blackburn talk about their youth in the 1920s and 1930s, tape 8 of 9 - 07 April 1970

80 - A City Close Up: Blackburn looks back': residents of Blackburn talk about their youth in the 1920s and 1930s, tape 9 of 9 - 07 April 1970

81 - ‘From Our Own Correspondent’, part of a programme about social and political change in Russia - 11 January 1971

82 - One Pair of Ears', a programme about voices on the radio, tape 1 of 6 - 12 January 1971

83 - One Pair of Ears', a programme about voices on the radio, tape 2 of 6 - 12 January 1971

84 - One Pair of Ears', a programme about voices on the radio, tape 3 of 6 - 12 January 1971

85 - One Pair of Ears', a programme about voices on the radio, tape 4 of 6 - 12 January 1971

86 - One Pair of Ears', a programme about voices on the radio, tape 5 of 6 - 12 January 1971

87 - One Pair of Ears', a programme about voices on the radio, tape 6 of 6 - 12 January 1971

88 - Extract, probably from ‘From Our Own Correspondent’, about countries wanting to withdraw from the British Commonwealth, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 - 19 January 1971

89 - ‘Panorama: Security in Ulster’, tape 1 of 2 - 07 February 1971

90 - ‘Panorama: Security in Ulster’, tape 2 of 2 - 07 February 1971

91 - ‘A Short Visit to Cockaigne’ a comic play about business and ceremony in London - 13 February 1971

92 - Music programme about political folk songs; Ewan MacColl talks about the folk revival - 02 March 1971

93 - Programme about architecture and housing in Britain - 14 March 1971

94 - ‘Omnibus: A World of Its Own’ - 14 March 1971

95 - A programme about life in prison - 14 March 1971

96 - Two minutes to self destruct' - 25 August 1971

97 - Interview about the running of the BBC/interview with a musical group who live as a commune - 21 November 1971

98 - Huw Wheldon talks about the mass media - 21 November 1971

99 - ‘World in Action’, programme about torture - 11 December 1971

100 - Extracts from various radio and television programmes including religious programmes - 01 January 1972

101 - ITV hymn competition/various commercials - 01 January 1972

102 - The Question of Ulster' presented by Desmond Wilcox - 01 January 1972

103 - Programme by Roy Fuller about Caudwell - 25 January 1972

104 - ‘Talk Back’, a debate on issues regarding British television, presented by Paul Fox - 02 February 1972

105 - Programme about Northern Ireland and Bloody Sunday, presented by David Frost, tape 1 of 2 - 06 February 1972

106 - Programme about Northern Ireland and Bloody Sunday, presented by David Frost, tape 2 of 2 - 06 February 1972

107 - Recording of album ‘Blues in the Mississippi Night’ by Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, and Sonny Boy Williamson - 01 March 1972

108 - ‘Stars on Sunday’, a religious programme; television programme about transport - 05 March 1972

109 - Programme about Northern Ireland - 17 March 1972

110 - Hugh Main talks about tax policies – Radio 4 - 23 March 1972

111 - Programme about the sinking of the Bismarck - 23 May 1972

112 - ‘The Price of Violence’ – programme about Northern Ireland - 27 June 1972

113 - ‘Top of the Form’, a quiz for schoolchildren - 26 September 1972

115 - Radio 1 DJ as a job/Violence in Schools - 24 October 1972

116 - Spirit of Hunslet': residents of Leeds talk about having their houses demolished and being moved to new housing, tape 1 of 3 - 19 November 1972

117 - Spirit of Hunslet': residents of Leeds talk about having their houses demolished and being moved to new housing, tape 2 of 3 - 19 November 1972

118 - Spirit of Hunslet', residents of Leeds talk about having their houses demolished and being moved to new housing, tape 3 of 3 - 19 November 1972

119 - Programme about television and society - 07 December 1972

120 - ‘Our Joyfull’st Feast’ – A Christmas Garland - 24 December 1972

121 - Various songs including 'Blowing in the Wind', John Coltrane, 'The Outlandish Knight', 'Go Away from My Window' - 01 January 1973

122 - Various folk songs including 'A Sailor's Life', 'If All the Young Men', 'Homeward Bound' and dialogue from a play - 01 January 1973

123 - Living Crafts - 01 January 1973

124 - ‘The Foxes Have Holes’, a programme about repressive regimes around the world - 29 April 1973

125 - Extracts from various programmes including a news programme, 'The Archers', 'Listen with Mother', a programme about Vietnamese song,'The Spoils of Time', a programme about poetry, a nature programme - 30 April 1973

126 - The Ascent of Man' including a discussion about the beginning of agriculture, old age, and Genghis Khan - 12 May 1973

127 - ‘Close the Coalhouse Door’/Labour Party Conference News - 01 October 1973

128 - ‘The Dark Tower’ by Louis MacNeice - 25 November 1973

129 - Comedy programme 'Sounds Topical' presented by John Ebden and BBC Radio 4 news - 03 December 1973

130 - ‘World in Action: Torture’ - 11 December 1973

131 - Young black people talk about education, schools, and the future - 01 January 1974

132 - ‘The Sunday Debate’ – discussion on trade unions and the morality of industrial action - 27 January 1974

133 - A programme about the role of television in people's lives; discussion about the video artist Ronald Micalton - 23 March 1974

134 - Dust prevention in coal mines/Alan Price performs various songs/BBC News, tape 1 of 2 - 19 June 1974

135 - Dust prevention in coal mines/Alan Price performs various songs/BBC News, tape 2 of 2 - 19 June 1974

136 - Programme about the history of drama in the 20th century, tape 1 of 2 - 01 January 1975

137 - Programme about the history of drama in the 20th century, tape 2 of 2 - 01 January 1975

138 - Peter Tertian: ‘Shakespeare or Bust’ a parody of the working class – a play about a journey to Stratford on a pleasure boat - 01 January 1975

139 - ‘Panorama’, programme about the British car industry slump - 13 January 1975

140 - Alastair Cooke’s ‘Letter from America’ - 09 February 1975

141 - Interviews with workers on an oil rig - 18 April 1975

142 - Extracts from news programmes including stories about abortion, the coal industry, black country culture, schools, the IRA - 17 February 1976

143 - Parents and children talk about football; news reports about sterling and the International Monetary Fund and Enoch Powell - 29 September 1976

144 - Extracts from various programmes, including Brick Lane, profile of a Bangladeshi man in England - 01 January 1978

145 - A Wall Walks Slowly', a programme about the Welsh countryside - 20 July 1978

146 - Evelyn Laye talks abut beauty/Charles Parker talks about the Midland Folk Archive - 08 September 1965 - 13 July 1965

147 - Botany Bay', a musical account of the founding of New South Wales, with songs and convicts’ stories, tape 1 of 2 - 1967

148 - Botany Bay', a musical account of the founding of New South Wales, with songs and convicts' stories, tape 2 of 2 - 1967

149 - The Queen talks about the Silver Jubilee/human rights abuses/political publications circulated in schools - 1975 - 1978

150 - Selection of Russian pop songs recorded by the Feodorov Sisters - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

151 - Interviews about life on canals - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

152 - Interviews about life on canals - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

153 - Sandhog', a musical play about Irish workers building a tunnel under the Hudson River in America - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

154 - Pilgrim's Progress', Vaughan Williams opera with Sir Adrian Boult, the London Philharmonic and the BBC Chorus, tape 1 of 3 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

155 - Pilgrim's Progress', Vaughan Williams opera with Sir Adrian Boult, the London Philharmonic and the BBC Chorus, tape 2 of 3 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

156 - Pilgrim's Progress', Vaughan Williams opera with Sir Adrian Boult, the London Philharmonic and the BBC Chorus, tape 3 of 3 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

157 - Tape labelled 'As We Were Sailing and Cecil Sharpe' - collection of folk songs about seafaring tape 1 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

158 - Tape labelled 'As We Were Sailing and Cecil Sharpe' - collection of folk songs about seafaring tape 2 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

159 - Programme about Appalachian mountain music collected by Cecil Sharpe, tape 1 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

160 - Programme about Appalachian mountain music collected by Cecil Sharpe, tape 2 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

161 - High Life', a programme about popular music in Africa, narrated by John S Roberts, tape 1 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

162 - High Life', a programme about popular music in Africa, narrated by John S Roberts, tape 2 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

163 - FOOC [From Our Own Correspondent] - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

164 - Coverage of the Queen of England’s visit to Malta - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

165 - ‘The Privilege of the Road’ – programme broadcast on Radio Hornsey - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

166 - The Passing of the Year', a programme about folk traditions and festivals in Northumberland written and narrated by A.L. Lloyd tape 1 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

167 - ‘The Passing of the Year’, a programme about folk traditions and festivals in Northumberland area written and narrated by A.L.Lloyd tape 2 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

168 - Short clip from a programme about US policy and peace - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

169 - Programme about stereo audio recording using a tape recorder - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

170 - Programme about South African Heritage - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

171 - The Poor Are Always With Us', a programme about the experience of being poor, tape 1 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

172 - ‘The Poor Are Always With Us’, a programme about the experience of being poor, tape 2 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

173 - Programme about the Battle of Culloden and the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

174 - ‘Poetry Prom', a programme of poetry readings - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

175 - Programme about television and the tastes it caters for - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

176 - Probably from ‘From Our Own Correspondent’ – discussion on French foreign policy towards Mediterranean countries - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

177 - ‘And Was Jerusalem builded here?’ – part of a drama about a group of Luddites - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

178 - Thye People’s Bible' Part 1 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

179 - The World at One' - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

180 - Helluva Holiday', a programme about Butlins Holiday camp - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

181 - ‘Nowhere to Go’, a Radio Ballad about homeless people - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

182 - The Singing Giants' – programme about church bells - tape 2 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

183 - The Singing Giants' - programme about church bells - tape 1 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

184 - Programme about Father Anthony Ross - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

185 - Recording of Christianity and Civilisation to be broadcast on Vatican Radio - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

186 - Sections of a programme on canal life - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

187 - Part of a programme about Charles Dickens, tape 1 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

188 - Part of a programme about Charles Dickens, tape 2 of 2 - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

189 - No Place to Go' – music and interviews with homeless people - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

190 - Come Away to Freedom', a programme about slavery in the nineteenth century - n.d. [mid-late twentieth century]

5 - Remembering Charles Parker and the Radio Ballads: programmes, events, and interviews - 1981 - 1993

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