Resources

Our resources page is full of free materials to help you at each stage of your playlist journey, whether you’re making a personalised playlist for yourself or helping someone to make theirs.

Watch the 2-minute video below to give you an introduction, or jump straight to the section most relevant to you below the video.

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Create your playlist

Get started leaflet: discover the benefits of personalised playlists and how to connect through music.

Interactive digital pdf

Conversation Starter: prompts to start building your personalised playlist

Interactive digital pdf

Print at home pdf

Soundtrack of your life booklet: the perfect tool to get started with a playlist

Interactive digital pdf

Print at home pdf

Personal music journal: with lots of space to write down your tunes and memories

Interactive digital pdf

Print at home pdf

Help finding tunes

100 Years Book

The top UK songs from 1915–2015

Our Spotify playlists

Our library of playlists by genre, decade, location, hobbies, etc.

Playlist maker

A handy tool to help you build a playlist on Spotify

BBC Music Memories

Find music, TV & radio theme tunes

How to listen

Listening to your playlist

Advice on equipment, headphones, etc.

MP3 music player guide

How to choose an MP3 music player

Listen on a smart speaker

How to listen on your Amazon Echo Dot

Streaming music

How to listen online

Downloading music

How to get music onto a device

Making the most of your music

When to listen

How playlists help dementia

How to use music safely

What music to avoid