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[email protected] Archiving the Referendum: BBC Scotland’s Television Archive and the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum Mhairi Brennan BA (hons), MLitt Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Film and Television Studies School of Culture and Creative Arts University of Glasgow March 2020 1 Thesis Abstract This thesis contends that BBC Scotland’s television archive, and the material it contains, is a site of power, carrying the potential to embed specific narratives about the past into the public consciousness. Using the contents of the archive pertaining to the 2012-2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign as a case study, the research herein asks ‘how is BBC Scotland’s television archive used to