BBC's Henry Moore Archive 'Treasure-Trove'

The BBC and The Henry Moore Foundation have announced a new partnership that sees the BBC's complete collection of TV documentaries on Henry Moore digitised and released online.
It will coincide with a major new retrospective of the UK's most celebrated 20th century sculptor.
Tate Britain, which collaborated on the project, will be the first gallery to use the newly-digitised material, alongside its Henry Moore exhibition, allowing the public to get a deeper insight into this iconic British artist.
Henry Moore At The BBC encompasses documentaries, interviews and reports spanning nearly five decades, including all six classic programmes made by pioneering producer John Read.
Read's first film portrait of Moore for the BBC was broadcast in 1951 to coincide with a Tate Gallery exhibition, and is considered to be the UK's first television arts documentary.
Roly Keating, BBC Director of Archive Content, said: "The BBC archive is full of riches and these remarkable programmes are among the most precious.
"They comprise a treasure-trove of unique footage of a great artist, most of which has been unseen by the public for decades.
"We're very grateful that, thanks to the support and enlightened partnership of The Henry Moore Foundation, working with Tate Britain, these programmes can be re-discovered and freely enjoyed by audiences across the UK, now and in the future."
Visit: www.bbc.co.uk/archive
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