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Best (2017)

aka: George Best: All by Himself

Director

Daniel Gordon

Subject

Arts and Humanities; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £9.99

Documentary about George Best, which explores the life of the footballer from his explosive debut as a teenager for Manchester United to his final years as an alcoholic.

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Frost on Saturday (2011)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 290 minutes), £8.86

This two DVD set presents the lighter side of David Frost’s interview programmes. Whereas FROST ON FRIDAY concentrated on current affairs and politics, this programme featured mainly topical interviews...

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Hamilton, Boole and Their Algebras (2015)

Subject

Mathematics

This lecture by Professor Raymond Flood explores the legacies of William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) and George Boole (1815-1864). Hamilton discovered quaternions, a non-commutative algebraic system, and did...

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George Barker: The Spoken Word (2008)

Subject

Drama; English language and literature; Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 72 minutes), £9.70

T.S. Eliot described George Barker as a genius, and W.B. Yeats compared his rhythmic invention to that of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Drawing primarily on previously unpublished BBC broadcasts spanning the years...

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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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Burton. A Scientific Reminiscence: Professor Kenneth Burton in Conversation with Professor George Peterson at Imperial College, London, February 1990 (1990)

Subject

Biology

Prof. Kenneth Burton in conversation with Prof. George Peterson at Imperial College, London, February 1990. Burton’s best-known paper (and a citation classic) is on the conditions of the diphenylamine...

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Saturday Morning Pictures: Best of the Children’s Film Foundation, Vol 2 (2002)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 123 minutes), £9.99 (inclusive)

Two films made by the Children’s Film Foundation. The DVD contains 2 extra programmes from THE MAGNIFICENT 6 1/2 series.

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Great Authors: George Eliot (2004)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), (not yet released)

This 2-part DVD set explores the life, times and work of George Eliot, a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian...

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Best Friends: Natural Enemies (1993 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 16 min., 1995 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at biological pest control, using predatory insects, Describes the procedures involved in the integrated pest management (IPM) of a large commercial orange orchard in Queensland. A co-ordinated...

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Year to Remember, A: The 1930s

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

This three disc DVD set features Pathe footage taken from across the 1930s, giving an insight into the decade leading up to World War II. In a world reeling from the Great Depression, the decade was...

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