Videos on YouTube

Videos on YouTube

There are millions of videos on YouTube (which is owned by Google) covering every subject you can think of. You can access them via the YouTube website which is https://www.youtube.com/, but it’s better to use the YouTube app which is often preinstalled on many devices or you can download it free from your app provider.

The website or app will take you to the home page, or you can click on Trending or Subscription (which are YouTube channels which you have saved – it’s free to subscribe to YouTube channels). Other features include your Library, History, Watch Later and Liked videos.

To access anything, just type in what interests you in the YouTube search bar (with the magnifying glass) and see where it leads you! So, for example, typing in ‘U3A’ takes you to the U3A ‘channel’ which currently has 38 videos (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PihMj-Q0v-Q). If you like music, just type in the type of music, or any favourite pieces or performers – and for a fuller richer sound play the music through external speakers (through a wired connection or via Bluetooth).

One way to experiment is to look up some of the main ‘channels’. Each YouTube main channel has videos grouped under Home, Videos, Playlists, Community and Channels. Here are some good examples, and you can find them by using the YouTube search bar or if you are accessing YouTube via the web you can click or tap on the links shown:

BBC – https://www.youtube.com/user/BBC/featured

• BBC videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/BBC/videos
• BBC playlists - https://www.youtube.com/user/BBC/playlists
• BBC Channels - https://www.youtube.com/user/BBC/channels
• BBC Ideas - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDYT9mM3L_ByrPYMyl0MGGg
• BBC Ideas videos - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDYT9mM3L_ByrPYMyl0MGGg/videos
• BBC Ideas playlists - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDYT9mM3L_ByrPYMyl0MGGg/playlists
• BBC Stories - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgKRB26m6M3okTSP7C_UwA

BBC News - https://www.youtube.com/user/bbcnews

• World news – a few minutes per item
• BBC features
• BBC Reel – and see also https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfYW5GXBXueSO5p9bxD45qg
• BBC full documentaries (up to 30 minutes)
• BBC Newsnight - https://www.youtube.com/user/BBCNewsnight/videos
• BBC Hardtalk series of interviews - https://www.youtube.com/user/BBCHARDTALK/videos and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN0VXYoN2ZdC7s8OFC_zHCg

Sky News - https://www.youtube.com/user/skynews/featured

• Includes Sky News Live at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Auq9mYxFEE
• Sky News videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/skynews/videos
• Sky News playlists - https://www.youtube.com/user/skynews/playlists

ITV

• News - https://www.youtube.com/user/ITVNews
• Clips from shows - https://www.youtube.com/user/ITV1

Channel 4 - https://www.youtube.com/channel4

• Channel 4 News https://www.youtube.com/channel+4+news
• Channel 4 videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/channel4/videos
• Channel 4 playlists - https://www.youtube.com/user/channel4/playlists
• Channel 4 channels - https://www.youtube.com/user/channel4/channels

Channel 5

• Channel 5 News - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsAKRVq2n1vcHBzNu1ZikgA

TED Talks (Technology, Education, Design) has hundreds of really interesting talks – at https://www.youtube.com/TED or on the TED website at https://www.ted.com/talks, or see recommendations at https://www.ted.com/recommends, or download the TED app.

• TED videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector/videos
• TED Playlists - https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector/playlists
• TED channels - https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector/channels, including:
  • TEDx Talks - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsT0YIqwnpJCM-mx7-gSA4Q
  • TED-Ed - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgKRB26m6M3okTSP7C_UwA

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