Scripts and audio-cassette recordings of episodes of the BBC Radio Scotland `soap`, "Kilbreck", written by Carolyn S. Lincoln.
Scope and Contents
The BBC Scotland Radio 4 daily drama serial ‘Kilbreck’ was broadcast from October 1981 to March 1984. Scottish radio`s first `soap`, ‘Kilbreck’ was an initiative of the BBC Scotland Education Department and the Scottish Health Education Group (SHEG), who put money into the programme with the aim of having health education messages unobtrusively woven into the drama. The soap was principally based in a community centre in the fictional central Scotland New Town of Kilbreck and in the home of the Guthrie family, in which the father had newly become unemployed.
Many of Scotland`s top writers, working in rota and usually producing 5 scripts apiece (i.e. one week’s broadcasts), contributed to the serial. Regular writers included Tom McGrath, Alan Spence, Catherine Lockerbie, Margaret Thomson Davis, Carl McDougall, Rona Munro, David Ian Neville and Carolyn S. Lincoln, the donor of this collection. All the scripts in Acc.13353 are by carolyn S. Lincoln, unless otherwise stated.
Dates
- Creation: 1981-1984.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Probably BBC copyright.
Extent
0.48 Linear metres (32 files)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Chronological, by date of broadcast.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Radio scripts; home recordings on audio cassette; a sweatshirt.
Other Finding Aids
Inventory by Sally Harrower
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 2012, Carolyn S. Lincoln, Edinburgh.31 August 2012
Appraisal
Everything is retained.
Subject
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk