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Hidden Burden of Malaria, The: The Price of Survival (2012)

aka: Spotlight on Infectious Diseases: Malaria

Subject

Medical sciences

Video of a lecture given at an event entitled ‘Spotlight on: infectious diseases’ held on 10/2/2012 at the Royal Society of Medicine. Dr Cunnington discusses the hidden burden of malaria, an area that...

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Big Cats

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 170 minutes), £9.99

This BBC’s Natural History Unit documentary is a celebration of the entire cat family. Latest developments in filming technology, and a surge in cat research, bring the behaviour of the planet’s top...

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Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle (2017)

Director

Paul Sng

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 82 minutes), £6.91

In 2017 housing rose to the top of the British political agenda for the first time in a generation. But despite the media spotlight, few stories examined the failures that resulted in a chronic shortage of...

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Peter Hain on Compulsory Voter Turnout (2007)

Subject

Politics & government

In the run up to the 2007 local elections in England and the election of the Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament, the issue of compulsory voter turnout is again in the spotlight. In this podcast, Richard...

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Britain’s Meadowlands (2011)

Director

Dave Hollis

Subject

Environmental science; Natural history

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £7.19

Since the Second World War Britain has lost more than 90% of its traditionally managed meadows to development and changes in farming practices. These days attitudes have evolved and the importance of these...

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Horizon: Is Everything we Know About the Universe Wrong? (2010)

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Cosmology fights a constant battle to describe, analyse and simply comprehend our universe - a thing of unimaginable size and astonishing complexity, governed by forces impossible to recreate on Earth. The...

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Best of British Transport Films, The (1952)

Subject

Film studies; Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 379 minutes), £24.99

In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the British Transport Films in 2019, the BFI is releasing a 2-disc Blu-ray set that gathers together 21 films representing the cream of the celebrated BTF...

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Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2006)

Director

Robert Greenwald

Subject

Business studies; Film Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £19.99

The ethics of big business come under the spotlight in this documentary about the working practices of Wal-Mart, the world’s largest supermarket store. Owners of Asda stores in UK, this $100 billion...

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That Time, A Piece of Monologue, Play, And Catastrophe (2002)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (60 minutes), £19.99

During 1999 and 2000 all 19 of Samuel Beckett’s stage plays were filmed for television, and brought together a distinguished range of directors and actors. This tape combines THAT TIME, A PIECE OF...

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Night Mail (Remastered and Restored) (1936)

Director

Harry Watt; Basil Wright

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 24 minutes (BFI + 92 minutes extras)), £15.99 (BFI) £19.99 (Panamint)

One of the most critically acclaimed and iconic films produced within the British documentary movement, NIGHT MAIL tells the story of the travelling post office from Euston to Glasgow and the men who worked...

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