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Fred Dibnah’s Building of Britain (2004)

Subject

Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 3 x 60 minutes), £10.99 each or £29.99 boxed set of 3

A six-part series of 30-minute programmes in which steeplejack Fred Dibnah uncovers the craftsmanship behind some of the United Kingdom’s most astounding architectural feats. Each of the three tapes...

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1964 New York World’s Trade Fair, The (2006)

Subject

Design; History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 87 minutes), $9.99

A compilation of seven short films on exhibits at the 1964 New York World’s Trade Fair - the last to be held on American soil.

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Jack Rosenthal at ITV (2006)

Director

Michael Apted

Subject

Drama; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 900 minutes), £39.99

A legend among TV writers, Jack Rosenthal scripted many of his best works for ITV. This 5-DVD set features seventeen of his plays, many unseen since they were broadcast. Disc 1: Another Sunday and Sweet...

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David Starkey’s Elizabeth (4 Parts) (2003)

aka: Elizabeth

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 197 minutes), £19.99

Professor David Starkey chronicles the story of Queen Elizabeth I, first broadcast in 4-parts on Channel 4. The series uses a combination of tableaux, testimony from descendants, contemporary documents,...

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Passwords: Poets and Poetry from the Neab Anthology

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 25 minutes), £19.99 together

The series features selected poets and poems from the NEAB GCSE English Language and Literature Anthology. Programmes 1-3 on Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy and Ted Hughes feature the poets themselves and...

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Nation on Film , Series 2 (2007)

Subject

Film Studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

The second series of six programmes in which aspects of life in the twentieth century are depicted on film, much of it shot by amateurs. Disc One contains Selling Cars, Women’s Football and Kearton’s...

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Architectures (5 Disc Series) (2009)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 160 mins each disc approx), £12.99(each disc) £40.00 (set)

A series of 29 programmes on five DVDs each consisting of five or six individual 26-minute films which present a privileged and unprecedented look at the work of leading architects and some of their most...

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