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Gilbert White: The Nature Man

Historian Michael Wood joins naturalist Richard Mabey for this portrait of 18th century country curate Gilbert White, whose fame and influence derives from a single book, The Natural History of Selbourne.

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George Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra (2008)

Director

James Cellan Jones

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 73 minutes), £14.99

Highly acclaimed 1976 US television adaptation of one of George Bernard Shaw’s best-loved works, broadcast in the "Hall of Fame" series. Starring Alec Guinness as Julius Caesar and Genevieve Bujold as...

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Interview with Henry Miller (1969)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 60 minutes), £105.00 (University rate)

In this interview, Henry Miller (1891-1980) describes the motivation and inspiration that guided his writings. He talks about his self-imposed exile to Europe and Paris, his return to the USA, censorship,...

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Human Face, The (4 Programmes) (2008)

Subject

Biology; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (50 minutes), £75.00 (Part 1 only)

4-part series in which John Cleese embarks on a quest to unravel the secrets of the human face. First broadcast on BBC1 in 2001. 1) FACE TO FACE: how we use our faces to make friends and influence people....

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In Search of Robert Burns (2013)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £12.99

Documentary about Scottish poet Robert Burns, presented by David Hayman, who explores Burns’ life from his childhood to his rise to fame throughout the nation. The programme also includes a section in...

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Gaugin: The Full Story (2003)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £10.99

Waldemar Januszczak charts the life of artist Paul Gauguin through the many twists and turns which take him from an idyllic childhood in Peru to his death on the Marquesas Islands. Januszczak argues that the...

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Einstein 1 (1996 Video)

Producer

Peter Jones; Tom Levenson

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

The life and work of Albert Einstein. Looks at the man behing the genius and his inspiration to accomplish so much. Draws on Einstein’s personal letters and newly released material. Andrew Sachs plays...

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Two in the Wave (2011)

aka: Deux de la Vague, Les

Director

Emmanuel Laurent

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £15.99

The film uses vintage interview and newsreel footage of two of Europe’s most important filmmakers, Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, to illustrate their friendship, their rise to fame, the films and...

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Interview with Jack Kerouac (1967)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 24 minutes), £105.00

In 1967, two years before his death, Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was invited to Montreal by Radio-Canada to tape this interview. Mr. Kerouac speaks of his childhood in Lowell (Massachusetts) and the reasons why...

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Most Mysterious Marriage, A (1999 Video)

aka: Mystery of the Marriage

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie

Subject

Art

Distribution

Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows art historian Craig Harbison on a quest to resolve the mystery surrounding Jan van Eyck’s painting ‘The Arnolfini Marriage’, commissioned in 1434 by a wealthy Renaissance merchant. A new...

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