screenonline from the BFI (British Film Institute) has been on the go for a few years now. Previously we've had problems accessing the media on the site because it needed a security certificate to be installed in IE & there were difficulties with the correct flavour of media player. But no more! IP address authentication means that the website & its media is available from any PC in the college.
Anyway, screenonline is the definitive guide to British Film and Televison in the UK, with over 300 hours of media clips. It also provides resources to support the curriculum across a range of subjects. I mean this is seriously good stuff, Mr. Media Studies Man. The current front page, for instance, carries articles on British documentary laureate Humphrey Jennings, Play for Today (1970-1984), Handmade Films & the Summer of British Film on BBC2 (British Film Forever documentaries on a library shelf near you (quite) soon.
And if you're not interested in the media studies angle, spending some time with Noggin the Nog & Bagpuss is a mite more rewarding that channel-hopping the shopping channels!
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