"The BBC's handbooks were published yearly from 1928 to 1987, apart from a two-year break in 1953-1954. Alongside the Annual Report and Accounts, which the BBC is required to submit to Parliament, these handbooks were intended to be a publicly available report of what it did and why."
http://www.britishonlinearchives.co.uk/group.php?cid=9781851171385&pid=bb...
Reference:
http://www.fulltable.com/vts/b/bbc/yb.htm
http://www.coverbrowser.com
http://thesilverliningblog.com/2010/03/14/bbc-handbook/
http://betweenchannels.blogspot.com/2010/09/exhaustive-guide-to-bbc-handbook-...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/B-Handbook-British-Broadcasting-Corporation/dp/056310...