The BBC Research and Development department "BBC R&D" now have their own dedicated Web-site:-

It may be found here.


From the (last?) Blog by Ant Miller...

"Several months ago we flagged that the system that currently hosts this blog was being decommissioned, and that we will be doing something different for our web based project news.  That process is now well underway, and this is likely to be one of the last- if not *the* last post on the Movable Type system from BBC R&D....

This is a big step forward for us, and we hope for you.  To have a dedicated search feature will help enormously, and to have news on projects part of the same system as the details and publications offers us huge flexibility in how we present our work. Crucially this is NOT a cost cutting measure.  All these changes are specifically designed to get a more effective and better website for you- our users.

So, see you on the other side,"


Research Department was formed in April 1930. It appears to have been based in Avenue House, Clapham under H.L. Kirke, moving to 74 Nightingale Lane Balham in 1932, and to Nightingale Square, Balham in 1936. Many of the staff of RD were evacuated to Bagley Croft during the war years. In 1949, RD moved to Kingswood Warren.


BBC R&D is now located in three places:-
London- Centre House Wood Lane,
Salford:- Media City,
London:- Henry Wood house, W1.