
Video Diaries was a BBC television programme produced by the Community Programme Unit. The series of programmes was created in 1990 by producer Jeremy Gibson. The programme's production team offered members of the public basic video training and ongoing support. The diarist was then left to gather their material with a camcorder. They would then have further support in editing and post-production During 1991 - 1992 Bob Long was a producer. By 1993 the programmes was developed into the Video Nation project.
Air Date: 1990-04-21
Successful young novelist Robert Wilson goes home to Belfast after six years of voluntary exile in England. By turns ...
Air Date: 1990-04-28
A young Londoner, Lisa Chidell, makes an emotionally draining visit to Calcutta, where she becomes immersed in the st...
Air Date: 1990-05-12
In her adult life, artist Willa Carroll has battled severe emotional problems, the result of the physical abuse that ...
Air Date: 1990-05-19
Spike Ambrose and Clinton Smith both live in a hostel for homeless teenagers in London's run-down King's Cross area. ...
Air Date: 1990-05-26
David Francis's plan to record family relationships changed when his grandmother became ill. His video diary became a...