A Digital Gold Mine

Anyone who missed the first series of the BBC's comic classic The Office can either wait for a rerun, buy the DVD for €18.50 or break the rules and burn a copy from a friend. But BBC Director General Greg Dyke wants to offer another choice: log on at www.bbc.co.uk , pick the episode you fancy and watch it for free on your computer. That tantalizing prospect was raised by Dyke's announcement at the Edinburgh TV Festival in August: the Corporation is planning a digital Creative Archive that would make what he calls "the best television library in the world"...