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Bitter Taste of Tea, The: A Journey into the World of Fair Trade (2010)

aka: Den Bitre Smag Af Te

Director

Tom Heinemann

Subject

Agriculture; Business studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 58 minutes), 28 euros

This programme travels to tea estates in Sri Lanka, Kenya, India, and Bangladesh—some traditional, some fair trade—to expose unsafe work environments and labour exploitation. The workers are plucking tea...

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Money Programme, The: the Perils of the Motorway Pitstop and the Great Plane Robbery (2006)

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £34.99

Two episodes from the popular BBC2 programme. Once notorious for bad, overpriced food and outdated facilities, now the big companies that run them say they are spending millions to transform their sites...

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Accidental Inventions That Changed the World (2009)

Subject

Science; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 84 minutes), £29.99

Accidental Inventions examines the stories behind ten significant inventions, using historical photographs, 3D graphics, and interviews with professors and professionals from the FBI to the U.S. Air Force....

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Classic TV Commercials of the 50s, 60s and 70s (3 Vols) (2007)

Subject

Business studies; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £14.99 (each vol, £24.999 the set)

The television commercial is a unique art form, challenging the makers to squeeze a lasting message into a tiny time slot and it has been part of television since the early days of live broadcasts, which...

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Strange Tales from the Dunes (1989 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Filmed entirely on location amongst the sand dunes on Holy Island in the Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve. Examines what is known about biochemical and ecological interactions between some plants and...

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Undercurrents 10 (1999 Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 71 min., 1999 sale: £27.95 (per issue) institutional 1999 subscription: £72.95 (1 year/3 issues) institutional

A video magazine of alternative news, published in response to a frustration with mainstream news reporting. All the material was shot on domestic camcorders, mostly by activists who are using the media to...

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R Room Video Compilation

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC), £11.50

A compilation tape of four programmes produced by RRoom, an alternative media collective, which specialises in reconfiguring commercials and bilboards to produce subversive messages.

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Malaria - Professor Andrew Spielman: Environmentally Friendly Intervention and Long-Term Sustainable Solutions for the Control of Malaria (2005)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 35 minutes), £25.00

Professor Andrew Spielman is one of the world’s experts on vector born infections such as malaria and dengue which constitute a heavy and increasing burden on human health throughout much of the tropics....

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China’s Capitalist Revolution (2009)

Producer

Robert Coldsream

Subject

Economics; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £330.00

This programme tells the little-known story of Deng Xiaoping, the successor to Chairman Mao who attempted to start opening up the country to the West and introduce capitalist principles to the Chinese. When...

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Victorian Farm (2009)

Subject

Agriculture; Archaeology; History; Veterinary science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £19.99

A six-part television series which challenged a group of experts, including a food historian and two archaeologists, to rediscover the skills and tools of the mid-19th century and run a mock-Victorian farm...

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