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Shakespeare Audiotapes, Series

The pre-recorded programmes in this series combine academic criticism and actors’ rehearsals of key scenes and speeches. The scenes rehearsed on the second side of the tapes are directed by John Russell...

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Byron (2 Parts) (2003)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £19.99

A television dramatisation of the life of George Gordon Byron in two parts.

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John Baldessari (2009)

Director

Jan Schmidt-Garre

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 210 minutes), £17.99

John Baldessari revolutionised contemporary art in the 1960s and his artwork is still a profound influence on young artists today. Baldessari’s work often attempts to point out irony in contemporary art...

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Oil on Canvas (6 Parts) (1993 Video)

Producer

Ian Duncan

Subject

Art

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. 6 x 30 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) each (VHS)

Series examining how ppinters paint. Contemporary artists share their secrets and skills and reveal how they were influenced by the masters. Each programme follows a work from start to finish. 1: London...

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Brave Don’t Cry, The (1952)

Director

Philip Leacock

Producer

John Grierson

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 179 minutes), £16.33

A reconstruction of a disaster at Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery, Ayrshire, in 1950, dramatises the tense events of the rescue of miners trapped underground after a pit shaft was flooded and nine men were...

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Mark Wallinger (2002)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 26 min), £12.99

theEYE is a series of interview-based profiles of contemporary visual artists in Britain. Each film provides a survey of an artist’s work and ideas, featuring the artist in discussion and illustrated by...

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Impact of Humanism in the Visual Arts, The (1999 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min.

Examines the influence of humanism in painting, sculpture and architecture. In 9 sections: 1) Signs of Change: compares the frescoes of Benozzo Gozzoli in the chapel of the Medici Palace, Florence, with...

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Nobel Legacy, The (3 Parts) (1995 Video)

Subject

Chemistry; Medical sciences; Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 60 min., 1998 sale: £19.95 (+VAT +p&p) each

1: Dr Dudley Hershback, a 1986 Nobel Laureate for chemistry, examines the concept of chemical synthesis and explains its applications to everyday life. Features the stories of Alfred Nobel an of Robert Burns...

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Great Scientists (2004)

Subject

FE; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £19.99

Oxford historian Professor Allan Chapman presents a series on five great scientists. The programmes combine location filming, animation, comedy and drama to challenge many existing notions about these thinkers.

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Leonardo/The Divine Michelangelo (2004)

Subject

Art; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £19.99

A 3-part BBC series on the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci combined on one DVD with a two-part docudrama on the life of Michelangelo.

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