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Shakespeare’s Life and Work (1998 Radio)

Series

Shakespeare Trade, The

Producer

Jane Greenwood (2)

Five-part radio series in which Professor Peter Holland talks to writers, actors and critics about aspects of Shakespeare’s work. In episode one he talks to biographer Park Honan and Katherine...

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Alistair Cooke at the BBC (1999 Audio)

aka: Alistair Cooke’s ‘Letter from America’ Vol 3

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 160 min., 2001 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

A specially compiled collection including interviews and ‘Letter from America’ broadcasts, charting the career of journalist Alistair Cooke. Introduced by Nick Clarke, Cooke’s biographer.

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The A-Z of Dr Johnson: Johnson’s Miscellany (2009 Radio)

Series

The A-Z of Dr Johnson

Producer

Joanna Green

Third episode of a three-part radio programme featuring readings from Samuel Johnson’s major works, read by Michael Pennington and introduced by Johnson’s biographer David Nokes. This episode includes...

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Napoleon’s Last Battle (1990 Video)

Director

Neil Cameron

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 65 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Although Napoleon Bonaparte is regarded as a charismatic politician and a military genius who laid the foundations of the modern French state, he spent his last years in exile on St Helena deliberately...

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Ann Hathaway Revisited (2007 Audio)

Series

Royal Society of Literature

Author and academic Germaine Greer discusses Anne Hathaway and the commonly held beliefs about her and her marriage to William Shakespeare. Chaired by biographer Jonathan Bate and introduced by Maggie...

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W Eugene Smith (1989)

aka: W Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

Director

Gene Lasko

Producer

Kirk Morris; Marthe Smith

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 89 minutes), £14.95

Documentary drama about the life and work of American photographer Eugene Smith (1918-1978), whose photos captured the changing social conditions and the enduring American spirit both at war and in peace and...

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Laura Knight (1877-1970) (1989 Film, Video)

Director

Jane Jackson

Producer

Jim Berrow

Subject

Art

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Laura Knight tells her story through radio and film interviews recorded in her lifetime; it is illustrated by her paintings. Her favourits subjects were the ballet, gypsies and the circul. During World War 2...

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Raoul Dufy: Painter and Decorator (1987)

Director

Andrew Snell

Producer

Elizabeth Queenan

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 53 minutes), £14.95

Profiles French painter, designer and ceramicist Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) and examines the variety and inventiveness of his work. Pierre Courthion, his biographer, offers insights into the artist’s...

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Dylan Thomas at the BBC

Subject

English language and literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 125 minutes), £7.00

Nowhere is Dylan Thomas’s language more rich and fantastic than in his best-known work, Under Milk Wood. He was also a popular radio entertainer and the BBC Archives contain a wealth of material featuring...

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Fame and Shame of Salvador Dali, The (2 Parts) (1997 Video)

Director

Michael Dibb

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min., 1998 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) both parts

Profile of the surrealist painter Salvador Dali. Biographer Ian Gibson uncovers the sources of his most startling images. Part 2 explores Dali’s and his wife Gala’s wealth and celebrity in the USA. Also...

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