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Alan Clark Diaries, The (2004)

Subject

Drama; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £16.99

A television dramatisation, broadcast in 6 parts, of the colourful memoirs of the late Conservative MP.Controversial, irreverent, charming and vain, Alan Clark was one of the most colourful politicians...

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Einstein’s Unfinished Symphony (2007)

Subject

Physics; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

To mark the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s special theory of relativity and his discovery that E=MC squared, this film mixes drama and documentary to tell the story of how Einstein spent the last years of...

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Ken Loach at the BBC (2011)

Director

Ken Loach

Producer

Tony Garnett

Subject

Drama; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1100 minutes), £49.99

This six disc collection spans Ken Loach’s years at the BBC from 1965 - 1977, including films he made for the WEDNESDAY PLAY slot as well as his four-part period drama DAYS OF HOPE. The complete contents...

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Top Girls (1996 Video)

Producer

Mags Noble

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £44.99

An introduction to Caryl Churchill’s play ‘Top Girls’, its production history. The full television production of the play, broadcast on BBC2 on 2 Nov 1991 and directed by Max Stafford-Clark, is shown....

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Christmas Carol, A (1977)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes ), £99.99 (combined with 3 other titles)

A television adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story, keeping close to Dickens’ text, with John Le Mesurier as Marley’s Ghost, Bernard Lee as the Ghost of Christmas Present and Alvar...

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Virgin Queen, The (2005)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 246 minutes), £19.99

A television dramatisation of the long and eventful life of Queen Elizabeth. It explores the full sweep of her life: from her imprisonment as a teenage princess at the hands of her half sister Queen Mary to...

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Canterbury Tales, The (2005)

Director

Marc Munden; John McKay; Julian Jarrold; Andy De Emmony

Producer

Kate Bartlett

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (300 minutes), £26 (IMC); £1,170 (BBC Active)

Six part drama series, consisting of retellings of six of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, updated for a modern audience and given a contemporary setting. Starring Julie Walters, James Nesbit, Billie...

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Voyage of Charles Darwin, The (1978 Video)

Producer

Christopher Ralling

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 60 min., 1995 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Drama documentary of Darwin’s journey of discovery in HMS Beagle during which he developed his theory of evolution. The programme retraces Darwin’s path from Cornwall, round South America and to the...

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Supervolcano (2000 Video)

aka: Supervolcanos

Producer

Mark Hedgecoe

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £15.99 (retail) £99.99 (BBC Active)

The year is 2020 and the world faces the ultimate threat. Not nuclear war or a terrorist attack, but the eruption of a gigantic ‘supervolcano’ simmering beneath Yellowstone Park. The last eruption of...

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Hotel Hilbert: A Play for Television by Darren Charles (1996)

Subject

Drama; Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

A drama illustrating the paradoxes of infinity: only in an infinite hotel is it possible for every room to be occupied and while still leaving room for guests. The character Fiona Knight (Fi-Nite) arrives at...

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