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  1. Introduction to Shandy Hall, An (2009)

    Subject
    Literature

    Patrick Wildgust presents a brief tour of Shandy Hall, in Coxwold, where Laurence Sterne wrote The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. [3 minutes]

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  2. Man and Superman (1996)

    Director
    Peter Hall
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (Download, 256 minutes), £17.55

    'Man and Superman’ was the first drama to be broadcast on the BBC’s Third Programme on October 1st, 1946. To celebrate Radio 3’s 50th anniversary, the play was directed by Sir Peter Hall, and preserved...

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  3. Rise of Ukip, The (2015)

    Subject
    Politics & government

    Online video. Matthew Goodwin, Associate Professor of Politics at Nottingham University, Daphne Halikiopoulou, Lecturer in Comparative Politics and Peter Kellner, President of YouGov discuss the party’s...

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  4. Tribute to the World of Myth, A: Ovid and Holkham Hall (2010)

    Subject
    Art; Classical studies

    How do the themes of classical mythology come to be refashioned through the ages? Holkham Hall in Norfolk, England, is the estate of an 18th century gentleman, Thomas Coke - a scholar of epic classical...

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  5. God Debate, The (2010)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Religious studies

    Professor Terry Eagleton’s Gifford Lecture - The God Debate was recorded on 1 March, 2010 at the Playfair Library Hall, the University of Edinburgh. In his lecture, Professor Eagleton asks "Why has God...

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  6. Share Remixing Digital Archives: The Victorian Meme Machine (2015)

    Subject
    History; Information technology; Media studies

    Bob Nicholson (Edge Hill University) discusses a project which he undertook in 2014 with the British Library Labs to find and revive thousands of forgotten Victorian jokes. His ‘Victorian Meme Machine’...

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  7. Brontës at the BBC, The

    Producer
    Rebecca Whyte
    Subject
    English language and literature; Television studies

    A chronological account of the how the BBC has depicted the lives and works of the Brontë sisters over the past fifty years. Amongst the productions included are the 1956 version of ‘Jane Eyre’ with...

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  8. Exploring Roman Britain (1981)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 39 minutes), £20.00

    Uses the collections of the Verulamium Museum and the reconstructions of Alan Sorrell to recreate Roman town life. It is produced as a series of three shorter programmes: HOW THE TOWN GREW, LIVING IN THE...

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  9. Homer’s Iliad Via the Movie Troy (2004) (2017)

    Subject
    Film studies; Literature

    Homer’s Iliad, the earliest Greek poem, narrates the archetypal war between ‘Europeans’ and ‘Asiatics’ divided by the Hellespont. Looking at Wolfgang Peterson’s blockbuster Troy (2004), the...

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  10. The Age of Tyrants: Sappho Via Gounod’s Opera (2017)

    Subject
    Film studies; Literature

    The heroine of Charles Gounod’s French opera Sapho (1851) sings her last aria O My Immortal Lyre on a Greek cliff before plunging to her death. Sappho, the most famous poet of the ‘Lyric Age’ of...

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