OSCOLA referencing style is used when submitting work for a module for the School of Law.  Due to the complexity of particular sources, some entries are very detailed.  Make sure to fully read each page.

Includes artworks, broadcast/streamed media (radio & tv programmes), computer software, DVD recordings, films, images, live performances, music, podcasts, tables, & video games.

 

This source is not covered by the OSCOLA style manual. Suggestions on this page are modelled on FAQs on the OSCOLA website but have not yet been discussed and approved by the OSCOLA editorial board.

 

Follow the general principles for ‘other secondary sources’, section 3.4.1 of the full OSCOLA guidance.

 

Footnote form

Author/Primary Contributor, ‘Title’ (publication date) <URL> accessed day month year.

 

Footnote examples

Pinpoint references

1 British Medical Journal podcast, 'Insanity in the Dock' (20 July 2012) 10:30-11:15 <www.bmj.com/podcast/2012/07/20/insanity-dock> accessed 15 April 2014.

2 British Medical Journal podcast, 'Insanity in the Dock' (20 July 2012) comments by MatthewThompson, Centre for Evidence Based Medicine in Oxford <www.bmj.com/podcast/2012/07/20/insanity-dock> accessed 15 April 2014.

 

Podcast

3 British Medical Journal podcast, 'Insanity in the Dock' (20 July 2012) <www.bmj.com/podcast/2012/07/20/insanity-dock> accessed 15 April 2014.

 

YouTube

4 Dr Douglas Guilfoyle, ‘The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: Origins and Importance’ (14 August 2013) <www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SOqz1Yu8tY> accessed 15 April 2014.

 

Bibliography

British Medical Journal podcast, 'Insanity in the Dock' (20 July 2012) 10:30-11:15 <www.bmj.com/podcast/2012/07/20/insanity-dock> accessed 15 April 2014

Guilfoyle Dr D, ‘The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: Origins and Importance’ (14 August 2013) <www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SOqz1Yu8tY> accessed 15 April 2014

 

Notes

  • Information on arrangement of the bibliography.
  • If there is no clear author, give the organisation providing the source as the author. 
  • If referring to comments by someone in particular, add that information as you would a pinpoint, before the url. Include the person's position if relevant or particularly if the podcast is quite long, would be to provide the minutes and seconds of the excerpt.

 

This is an interpretation of OSCOLA guidance. Check with your lecturer before using this suggestion, which is based on the scheme's guiding principles of consistency and consideration for the reader.

 

Footnote form

Name of primary contributor - the Director or Producer or Production Company [Role of primary contributor], 'Title of programme' [Television broadcast] (Additional information if required, Publisher, Year ).  If available online, include the url and date of access.

 

Footnote examples

1 C Collinson-Jones [Director], 'Casualties of peace' [Television broadcast] 5.30-8.00 (Channel 4 2003).

2 K Glenaan [Director], 'Derailed' [Television broadcast] Comments by Network Rail spokesman (BBC 2005).

 

Podcast

3 British Medical Journal podcast, 'Insanity in the Dock' (20 July 2012) <www.bmj.com/podcast/2012/07/20/insanity-dock> accessed 15 April 2014.

 

Television Broadcast

4 C Collinson-Jones [Director], 'Casualties of peace' [Television broadcast] (Channel 4 2003).

5 K Glenaan [Director], 'Derailed' [Television broadcast] (BBC 2005).

 

YouTube

6 Dr Douglas Guilfoyle, ‘The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: Origins and Importance’ (14 August 2013) <www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SOqz1Yu8tY> accessed 15 April 2014.

 

Bibliography

Collinson-Jones C [Director], 'Casualties of peace' [Television broadcast] (Channel 4 2003).

Glenaan K [Director], 'Derailed' [Television broadcast] (BBC 1 2005)

 

Notes

 

This source is not covered by the OSCOLA style manual. Suggestions on this page are modelled on FAQs on the OSCOLA website but have not yet been discussed and approved by the OSCOLA editorial board.

 

The general principles for ‘other secondary sources’ (section 3.4.1) suggest the following form.

If there is no clear author, give the organisation providing the source as the author.

 

Footnote form

Name of primary contributor - the Director or Producer or Production Company [Role of primary contributor], 'Title of programme' [Television series episode] in Name of producer/s [Producer], Title of series (Additional information if required, Publisher, Year )

If referring to comments by someone in particular, add that information as you would a pinpoint, before the url. Include the person's position if relevant or particularly if the podcast is quite long, would be to provide the minutes and seconds of the excerpt.

 

Footnote examples

1 Charles Stewart [Director], 'Complaint of Rape' [Television series episode] in Roger Graef [Producer], Police (BBC 1982).

2 Films of Record [Production Company], 'Rape on Trial' [Television series episode] in Panorama (BBC 2006).

 

Bibliography

Stewart C [Director], 'Complaint of Rape' [Television series episode] in Roger Graef [Producer], Police (BBC 1982)

 

Notes

 

This source is not covered by the OSCOLA style manual. Suggestions on this page are modelled on FAQs on the OSCOLA website but have not yet been discussed and approved by the OSCOLA editorial board.

 

A publishing recording of a programme may vary from the broadcast version, so if this is what you have heard, it is appropriate to reference it as such. In order that the source should be recoverable, it is more appropriate to give the publisher of the CD or audio cassette rather than the production company or broadcaster of the originally broadcast programme. The speaker (if a direct quote) or presenter, or both, take the place of the author and the words "Radio broadcast " are added in square brackets after the title of the programme. The format of the recording is given in square brackets following this.

Provide the web address and the date of access if you downloaded or accessed the recording via the web. Bear in mind some broadcasters websites offer only time-limited access to broadcasts and if possible, find a more stable source such as Box of Broadcasts.

 

Footnote form

Speaker (if a direct quote)/Presenter, 'Title of the programme' (Radio station, date of the programme).

or

Speaker (if a direct quote)/Presenter, 'Title of the programme' (Radio station, date of the programme) accessed date.

 

Footnote examples

1 Lucy Ash, 'Crossing continents' (BBC Radio 4, 17 July 2003) <news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/3052318.stm> accessed 10 September 2004.

2 Simon Tonking, ‘Jury Trial’ (BBC Radio 4, 1 May 2010) <www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s3gq7> accessed 15 February 2013.

 

Bibliography

Ash L, 'Crossing continents' (BBC Radio 4, 17 July 2003) <news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/3052318.stm> accessed 10 September 2004

Tonking S, ‘Jury Trial’ (BBC Radio 4, 1 May 2010) <www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s3gq7> accessed 15 February 2013

 

Notes

  • Information on arrangement of the bibliography.
  • If there is no obvious speaker/presenter, begin the reference with the title of the programme.
  • If the full date is not available, use the year alone.
  • If the programme is part of a series include series title in publication detail.
  • Tracing full details needed for a reference after the broadcast can be difficult. The best source of information is TRILT (Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching) which gives details of television and radio programmes schedules from 2001 onwards for over 330 different channels plus a substantial selection of terrestrial television programmes back to 1995 or for more recent programmes check Box of Broadcasts.