Search curriculum aligned TV programmes

Our licence enables schools, colleges and universities to make educational use of recordings of TV and Radio broadcasts.

BBC Shakespeare Archive
Play over 1000 programmes from the BBC’s archive of Shakespeare’s plays, poems and sonnets.

BBC Literary Archive
Play 800 programmes from the BBC’s archive of literary adaptations, performances and critiques. Available to educational institutions covered under the ERA Licence.
ERA is one of the most valuable resources I have come across - having access to such a vast library of video clips, films and documentaries is of real benefit when planning and delivering lessons. The ability to request specific clips and documentaries has been a gamechanger - no more using grainy old videos that were recorded years ago! ERA have provided access to a number of one-off documentaries that are no longer available online. To have free access to these resources is incredible - thank you so much!
Bishop Vaughan Catholic Comprehensive School, Swansea
An incredible service! I have been able to find so many video clips that I've struggled to find elsewhere. This service has really supported teaching and learning within my A level Psychology class. I am particularly grateful for the 'request a clip' service. I requested a video that I have tried to source for some time on a Sunday afternoon and by Monday lunchtime they had sourced it and it had been uploaded. Such a valuable service for all teachers. Thank you.
Psychology Deputy Head
Wilsthorpe School, Nottingham
This is such a fantastic resource for using in the classroom. It's great to be able to use so many fantastic documentaries and clips as part of the curriculum and not having to worry about them expiring on services like BBC iPlayer. The ERA team were also incredibly helpful in finding documentaries we requested - the three were requests were available less than 24 hours later!
Geography Head of Department
William Perkin Church of England High School, Greenford
I was desperately looking for a clip from an old documentary for my PHSME lesson the next morning. I had never heard of ERA, but I send them a message and they had sent me access to the whole documentary by the next morning. I was so impressed with the service - thankyou!
PSHE Teacher
This is a fantastic service - every teacher should know about it! This is improving how we are able to access and use video footage in our Geography lessons. And above all, the customer service is the best I've ever experienced in my (too) long teaching career. Thank you.
Geography Head of Department
Highfields School, Matlock