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founded in 1967 to commercially exploit the corporation's output for radio and television for both educational and domestic use. The division was known as BBC Radio Enterprises (1967–1970), BBC Records (1970–1972) and BBC Records & Tapes (1972–1989). In the 1990s licensing and marketing of the BBC's recorded output become the responsibility of

BBC Worldwide BBC Worldwide Ltd. was the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in January 1995. The company monetises BBC brands, selling BBC and other British programming for broadca ...

(formerly BBC Enterprises). In turn this was merged into

BBC Studios BBC Studios is a British content company. It is a commercial subsidiary of the BBC that was formed in April 2018 through the merger of the BBC's commercial production arm and the BBC's commercial international distribution arm, BBC Worldwide. ...

from 2018, which also licenses the use of the BBC logo on commercial recordings.

Chart singles

As BBC Records

*1977 (Theme for) '' Who Pays the Ferryman?'' - Yannis Markopoulos (No.11) *1977 (Theme for) '' The Water Margin" -

Godiego are a Japanese rock band, consisting of keyboardist and composer Mickie Yoshino, vocalist Yukihide Takekawa, guitarist Takami Asano and Yoji Yoshizawa, bassist Steve Fox, and drummer Tommy Snyder. Over their 40-year career (with hiatuses), G ...

'' (No.37) *1978 "Theme from The Hong Kong Beat" - Richard Denton and Martin Cook (No.25) *1978 "The Last Farewell" - Ship's Company and Royal Marine Band of HMS Ark Royal (No.46) *1979 "

Gandhara Gandhāra is the name of an ancient region located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, more precisely in present-day north-west Pakistan and parts of south-east Afghanistan. The region centered around the Peshawar Val ...

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(No.56) *1981 " Chi Mai" (theme for '' The Life and Times of David Lloyd George'') -

Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classic ...

(No.2) *1981 " Heaven and Hell" -

Vangelis Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou ( el, Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; el, Βαγγέλης, links=no ), was a Greek composer and arranger of ...

(No.48) *1981 "I Wanna Be a Winner" - Brown Sauce (No.15) *1982 "Tara's Theme from '' Gone with the Wind" - Rose of Romance Orchestra'' (No.71) *1982 "BBC World Cup

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London, that performs and produces primarily classic works. The RPO was established by Thomas Beecham in 1946. In its early days, the orchestra secured profitable ...

(No.61) *1982 "Orville's Song" - Keith Harris and Orville (No.4) *1983 "Come to My Party" - Keith Harris, Orville and Dippy (No.44) *1984 (Theme for) '' Big Deal'' - Bobby G (No.46) *1985 "Smuggler's Blues" -

Glenn Frey Glenn Lewis Frey (; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American singer, guitarist and a founding member of the rock band Eagles. Frey was the co-lead singer and frontman for the Eagles, roles he came to share with fellow member Don H ...

(No.22) *1985 (Theme for) '' Howard's Way'' -

Simon May Simon May (born 15 August 1944) is a British composer. He has composed many British television theme tunes, including '' EastEnders'' and '' Howards' Way'', and the music for the 1988 film '' The Dawning''. Biography Born in Devizes and a p ...

Orchestra (No.21) *1985 "Memory - Theme from the Musical" -

Aled Jones Aled Jones, (born 29 December 1970) is a Welsh singer and radio and television presenter. As a teenage chorister, he reached widespread fame during the mid-1980s. Since then he has worked in television with the BBC and ITV, and radio (for ...

(No.42) *1985 (Theme for) ''

Edge of Darkness ''Edge of Darkness'' is a British television drama serial produced by BBC Television in association with Lionheart Television International and originally broadcast in six 55-minute episodes in late 1985. A mixture of crime drama and politica ...

'' - Eric Clapton and

Michael Kamen Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, and session musician. Biography Early life Michael Arnold Kamen was born ...

(No.65) *1986 "Just Say No" -

Grange Hill ''Grange Hill'' is a British children's television drama series, originally produced by the BBC and portraying life in a typical comprehensive school. The show began its run on 8 February 1978 on BBC1, and was one of the longest-running program ...

Cast (No.5) *1986 "Heroes" - The County Line (No.76) *1986 "Aztec Lightning" - Heads (No.45) *1986 " Anyone Can Fall in Love" -

Anita Dobson Anita Dobson (born 29 April 1949) is an English stage, film and television actress, and singer. She is best known for her role from 1985 to 1988 as Angie Watts in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. In 1986, she reached number four in the UK Sing ...

(No.4) *1986 "It's 'Orrible Being in Love (When You're 8½)" -

Claire and Friends Claire and Friends were an English music group, consisting of schoolgirl Claire Usher and her friends, from St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School in Stockport. Their one hit single was with the novelty record "It's 'Orrible Being in Love ( ...

(No.13) *1986 " Always There" -

Marti Webb Marti Webb (born 13 December 1943) is an English actress and singer, who appeared on stage in '' Evita'', before starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one-woman show '' Tell Me on a Sunday'' in 1980. This included her biggest hit single, " Take Th ...

(No.13) *1986 "

Something Outa Nothing "Something Outa Nothing" is a song written by Simon May, Stewart James and Bradley James, for the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. It featured in an ''EastEnders'' storyline in 1986 and was recorded by actors Letitia Dean and Paul J. Medford. It ...

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Letitia Dean Letitia Jane Dean (born 14 November 1967) is an English actress. She is known for her portrayal of Sharon Watts in the BBC soap opera, '' EastEnders''. An original cast member from 1985 to 1995, she reprised the role from 2001 to 2006, and again ...

and Paul Medford (No.12) *1986 " Every Loser Wins" -

Nick Berry Nicholas Berry (born 16 April 1963) is a retired English actor and pop singer. He is best known for his roles as Simon Wicks in '' EastEnders'' from 1985 to 1990, and as PC Nick Rowan in ''Heartbeat'' from 1992 to 1998. He sang UK chart sin ...

(No.1) *1987 "Sing for Ever" - St Philips Choir (No.47)

As an imprint of BBC Worldwide

*1997 " Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh!" -

Teletubbies ''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on t ...

(No.1) *1998 "

Everlasting Love "Everlasting Love" is a song written by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden, originally a 1967 hit for Robert Knight and since remade numerous times, most successfully by Love Affair, as well as Town Criers, Carl Carlton, Sandra Cretu, and Gloria Estef ...

" - Cast of Casualty (No.5) *1999 "Sunburn" -

Michelle Collins Michelle Danielle Collins (born 28 May 1962) is an English actress and TV presenter, best known for her roles in the British soap operas ''EastEnders'' and ''Coronation Street''. Collins played Cindy Beale in the BBC soap ''EastEnders'' from ...

(No.28) *2000 " Stay with Me (Baby)" -

Rebecca Wheatley Rebecca Catherine Anne Wheatley (born 25 April 1965) is a British actress and musician. Wheatley grew up in Teddington, Middlesex, where she went to St Catherine's convent school, before gaining her BA in English literature from the Univer ...

(No.10) *2000 "No. 1" -

Tweenies ''Tweenies'' is a British live action Puppet children's television series created by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan. The programme is focused on four pre-school aged characters, known as the "Tweenies", playing, singing, dancing, and learning ...

(No.5) *2000 " Can We Fix It?" -

Bob the Builder ''Bob the Builder'' is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment and Hot Animation. The series follows the adventures of Bob, a building contractor, specialising in masonry, along wi ...

(No.1) *2001 "Best Friends Forever" - Tweenies (No.12) *2001 "Do the Lollipop" - Tweenies (No.17) *2001 " Mambo No.5" - Bob the Builder (No.1) *2001 "I Believe in Christmas" - Tweenies (No.9) *2002 " Have Fun Go Mad" - Tweenies (No.20) *2002 "It's a Rainbow" -

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Chart albums

*1972 '' The Last Goon Show of All'' -

The Goons ''The Goon Show'' is a British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme. The first series, broadcast from 28 May to 20 September ...

(No.8) *1979 ''

Fawlty Towers ''Fawlty Towers'' is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Two series of six episodes each were made. The show was ranked first on a list of the 100 Greatest British Television ...

'' - Cast/soundtrack (No.25) *1980 ''

Not the Nine O'Clock News ''Not the Nine O'Clock News'' is a British television sketch comedy show which was broadcast on BBC2 from 1979 to 1982. Originally shown as a comedy alternative to the '' Nine O'Clock News'' on BBC1, it features satirical sketches on then-curren ...

- Cast/soundtrack (No.5) *1981 ''

Vol.2'' - Cast/soundtrack (No.26) *1981 ''The Official Album of

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'' - Various (No.1) *1981 ''Hedgehog Sandwich'' - Cast/soundtrack (No.5) *1982 '' The Kids from "Fame"'' - Cast/soundtrack (No.1) *1982 ''The Memory Kinda Lingers'' - ''Not the Nine O'Clock News'' cast/soundtrack (No.63) *1983 ''Live'' - The Kids from "Fame" (No.8) *1983 ''Sing for You'' - The Kids from "Fame" (No.25) *1985 ''Voices from the Holy Land'' -

(No.6) *1985 ''All Through the Night'' - Aled Jones (No.2) *1987 ''

Enya Enya Patricia Brennan (; ga, Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin; born 17 May 1961), known professionally by the mononym Enya, is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician known for modern Celtic music. She is the best-selling Irish solo arti ...

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(No.69) *1989 ''

Atlantic Realm ''Atlantic Realm'' is the eleventh album by Irish folk group Clannad, released in 1989. It is the soundtrack to the BBC television series ''The Natural World: Atlantic Realm'', a documentary about the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean ...

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Clannad Clannad () is an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal by siblings Ciarán, Pól, and Moya Brennan and their twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan. They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history, including ...

(No.41) *1992 ''

The Evil of the Daleks ''The Evil of the Daleks'' is the mostly-missing ninth and final serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which originally aired in seven weekly parts from 20 May to 1 July 1967. In this ser ...

'' - '' Doctor Who'' soundtrack (No.72) *1993 ''

The Power of the Daleks ''The Power of the Daleks'' is the completely missing third serial of the fourth season of British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', and which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 5 November to 10 December 1966. It i ...

'' - ''Doctor Who'' soundtrack (No.71) *1993 '' The Paradise of Death'' - ''Doctor Who'' soundtrack (No.48) *1995 ''Knowing Me Knowing You 3'' -

Alan Partridge Alan Gordon Partridge is a comedy character portrayed by the English actor Steve Coogan. A parody of British television personalities, Partridge is a tactless and inept broadcaster with an inflated sense of celebrity. Since his debut in 1991, h ...

(No.41)

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