Abstract: | The Devon Educational Television Service was established more than 10 years ago by the former Plymouth Educational Authority. In the production of its own television programmes the aim is to avoid competition with BBC or IBA and to concentrate on topics with a local flavour or to augment national programmes with local material. The provision of material on video cassettes is a service now covering the whole country, as is the 35mm slide, slide/tape and multi‐media pack service. Recent examples give some idea of the range of subjects covered. Audio tapes are produced in co‐operation with several county advisory teams. Films produced for local needs have found national and international markets. Active support is given to CSE Mode 3 studies in film and television. A working party set up to examine the role of DETVS found that the Service has become an integral and valuable part of the resource network of the county |