The BBC Library of Human Sounds

The BBC Library of Human Sounds is a British sound effects library produced by Desmond Breckenridge for, largely used for TV programmes, live-action films and similar production facilities. It was originally released on vinyl on 10 October 1969, then re-released as a 3-CD set on 1 February 1983. It was first used for the 1969 crime drama film London Fury.

This library contains various footsteps, children, crowds, fights, snores, laughs, cries, yawns, eats, drinks, blows, hiccups, screams, yells, shrieks, yelps, squeals and winces. For example, most of the screams, laughs, cries and yawns were used in the and the, while some of them were original and created by voice artists Brayden Lawrence, Roger Partridge, Reg Petrie, Hendrix Doyle, Vinnie Graham, Aminah Dean, Miley Houghton, Travis Jackson and Priya Chambers, and they would soon be used for characters in future animated shows, animated films and live-action films.