This dataset contains clips of rushes of a short television programme produced by ±«Óãtv R&D called ‘Old School’, with behind-the-scenes content and metadata. This dataset is made available to researchers from universities and other reputable academic institutions and relevant public organisations. It is for strictly non-commercial academic research into the developing and testing of automated editing technology for television use cases, which we think is in line with the with the ±«Óãtv’s mission. The ±«Óãtv fully owns and controls the dataset and any use of it.
If you would like to request access to the datasets you will first need to agree to our ±«Óãtv R&D Old School Dataset Terms of Use – this is a ±«Óãtv permission form that you will have to download from this page and complete.
We’d like you to note the following restrictions in particular:
- The dataset is only available to researchers from universities and other reputable academic institutions and relevant public organisation for non-commercial research. Use is not permitted by independent researchers, students in secondary education (e.g. high school students), or commercial organisations.
- The dataset is for your use only. You mustn’t distribute the data to anyone else. If other members of your team wish to have access to the dataset, they'll need to sign their own version of our Permission to Use form below. They will then get their own access password.
- The dataset must be held securely and used in line with the ±«Óãtv R&D Old School Dataset Terms of Use.
- The ±«Óãtv’s permission to use the dataset is for 24 months only. If you would like to carry on using the dataset after 24 months you’ll need to contact the ±«Óãtv to request a renewal.
Please download our permission form, read it, fill in all fields and indicate your agreement to the terms by ticking the box at the end of the form. Then email it to oldschool.dataset [at] bbc.co.uk.
Please note: you must use your official academic email address for all correspondence. This is so we can validate you. Personal email addresses (e.g. Gmail addresses) are not acceptable. If you are approved you’ll receive a countersigned agreement and a link and password to download the dataset.