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Very British Coup, A (1988 Video)

Director

Mick Jackson

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

DVD

The complete television drama series, based on the novel by Chris Mullen, MP, in which a charismatic steelworker is elected prime minister on a radical socialist platform. When he calls for the dismantling...

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Know the British in 1974 (2010)

Subject

Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £14.99

An informative documentary film made in 1974 with the aim of educating American businessmen on the customs of 1970s Britain, as well as offering a definitive list of ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’. Aspects of...

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Colour of Britain, The (1994 Video)

Director

Pratibha Parmar

Producer

Debra Hauer

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £50.00

Successful British-Asian artists offer controversial new ideas of what it means to be British and, by extension, what constitutes British art. Features artists Sutapa Biswas, Chilla Burman, Zarina Bhimji,...

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Fashion and Textiles (1994 Video)

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

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Aztec Double-Headed Serpent, The (2006)

Subject

Art; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 30 minutes), £9.99

This film takes as its focus the turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent from the British Museum’s Mexican Gallery, and examines in detail the method of craftsmanship, the tools and materials of its...

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Off with the Mask: TV In the ‘60s (1998 Video)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Features excerpts from four innovative British television programmes/series of the 1970s to reveal how a ‘cultural revolution’ in 1960s’ Britain transformed the content and style of television from the...

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Script to Screen (1987 Video)

Producer

Anne Gobey

Subject

Film & television production

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 39 min.

Shows the planning and production of a multi-media camera studio television programme. Using the comedy series ‘Ever Decreasing Circles’, it shows the scripts being cast, designed, rehearsed and finally...

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Designers for the World (1998 Video)

Subject

Design

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A showcase of contemporary British design, demonstrating that British designers are used by major international corporations to design products that combine innovative thinking with practical excellence....

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Assyrian Lion Hunt Reliefs, The (2006)

Subject

Archaeology; Art; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 30 minutes), £9.99

This DVD examines the lion hunt reliefs in the British Museum which were created around 645 BC, when the Assyrian empire was at its height and once decorated the walls of King Ashurbanipal’s palace in...

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Death of a Salesman (2002)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 120 minutes), £18.99

A 1966 television adaptation of Arthur Miller’s play, with Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock recreating their original Broadway roles as the Lomans. The original television production has been digitally...

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