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Comedians (1979 Video)

Director

Richard Eyre

Producer

Richard Eyre

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Hire, VHS (PAL, 94 minutes)

The 1975 stage play transferred to television in 1979. The plot concerns a class for stand-up comics that meets before a talent-spotting contest. The play presents a realist depiction of the classroom and...

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Difference on Screen (1997)

Subject

Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 29 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Uses Canadian film and television industries to raise issues about multiculturalism and minority cultures. Canada has a Multiculturalism Act intended to preserve it many different cultures, and regulations...

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Learning from the Box. Part 1: The Context (1986 Video)

Producer

Meg Sheffield

Subject

Education

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Audiences for educational television programmes fall into four broad categories: 1) the general audience who view programmes such as HORIZON for their own education; 2) the school audience, viewing a...

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IN SPITE OF THE WEATHER

Date released

Aug 1962

Series name

Mining Review 15th Year

Issue no

12

NoS ID

346181

Story no

3 / 3

BFI synopsis: the Royal Agricultural Show at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where the Coal Board exhibit included a greenhouse where Percy Thrower gave advice. NCB Commentary - The Royal Show at Newcastle opened on...

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Glass Menagerie, The (2004)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £15.99

The 1973 production of the Tennessee Williams play made for American television starring Katharine Hepburn.

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Top Guns and Toxic Whales (1992 Video)

Director

Lawrence Moore; Robbie Stamp

Producer

Lawrence Moore; Robbie Stamp

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the need for governments to redefine their security interests in environmental terms to avoid the consequences of mass environmental degradation.

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Craobh na Ubhal (1993 Video)

aka: Aipple Tree, The

Subject

Drama

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

Documentary following the Scottish tour of a bi-lingual Gaelic/Doric play, featuring excerpts from the drama.

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Just Another Saturday (1975)

Director

John Mackenzie

Subject

Television studies

Distribution

Out of distribution

Television drama originally broadcast in the BBC’s Play for Today slot in 1975. Set in a Glasgow rife with sectarian tensions, ‘Just Another Saturday’ tells the story of 16-year-old Orangeman John,...

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Being Happy is What Matters Most (1987 Video)

Director

Dirk Campbell

Producer

Dirk Campbell

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Visits Summerhill School, Suffolk, founded by A S Neill in 1921 and now led by his daughter. Shows how the children are allowed maximum freedom to exercise choice and how the democratic control of committees...

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News Stories (1995)

Producer

Paul Manners

Subject

English language and literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Looks at the distinctive ways the English language is used in television news by following a group of trainee journalists, observing their successes and failures. Also features extracts from the BBC...

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