Dear friends and colleagues, We are delighted to announce the launch of the first phase of the Screen Plays: The Theatre Plays on British Television Database. Published in association with the BUFVC, this can now be accessed here: http://bufvc.ac.uk/screenplays <http://bufvc.ac.uk/screenplays/> Screen Plays documents British television productions of plays that were originally written for the theatre. In this ³soft launch² version, it features information about productions of theatre plays from 1936 to 1965, the years in which the BBC and ITV transmitted over two-thirds of the 3,000-plus televised theatre plays that have been made to date. There is also a selection of later records to which we will add over the coming months. Screen Plays features cast and credits lists for most of the productions included as well as information about the television production and the play on which it was based. It also offers information on the audiovisual and print sources that are known to exist for each of these productions. The site itself has guidelines on how to make the most of the search facility <http://bufvc.ac.uk/new/screenplays/screen-plays-search-facility> . We regard this version of Screen Plays as an initial draft which we hope will be useful in this form. But we recognise that there is much work still to do, and we welcome all additions, corrections and suggestions for improvement; please e-mail these to [log in to unmask] This resource is one of the major outputs of the AHRC-funded research project Screen Plays: Theatre Plays on British Television <https://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/> from 2011 to 2015. The Principal Investigator on the project was John Wyver <http://bufvc.ac.uk/new/screenplays/screen-plays-project-history/screen-play s-project-team> and the Research Fellow was Amanda Wrigley <http://bufvc.ac.uk/new/screenplays/screen-plays-project-history/screen-play s-project-team> . We are grateful to the AHRC, the University of Westminster and the BUFVC for their invaluable support. We hope you enjoy exploring the database and we look forward to learning your thoughts and responses. With best wishes, John Wyver Dr Amanda Wrigley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Amanda Wrigley Research Fellow University of Westminster amandawrigley.wordpress.com <http://amandawrigley.wordpress.com> @amanda_wrigley <https://twitter.com/amanda_wrigley> AHRC-funded project 'Screen Plays: Theatre Plays on British Television' <https://screenplaystv.wordpress.com> , 2011-15. British Library listening events 'Inner Voices . . . Inner Worlds' <https://publiclistenings.wordpress.com> , Oct.-Dec. 2015. NEW BOOK! Greece on Air: Engagements with Ancient Greece on BBC Radio, 1920s-1960s <http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199644780.do> . Oxford University Press, 2015. Now online! Screen Plays: The Theatre Plays on British Television Database ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org