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  1. Iain Banks in Conversation with the Open University (2011)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Author Iain Banks talks to Open University Lecturer in Creative Writing Derek Neale about the digitisation of books, his writing process, the impact of world events on his work and much more. (45 minutes)

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  2. Careers in Science: Mass Production Engineer (2009)

    Subject
    Engineering

    Profile of Faye Banks, who is the only female engineer at the Lever Plant in Leeds. Despite having a hard childhood (leaving home at 10 years old, being taken into care at 15 and failing her GCSEs first...

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  3. Meltdown: In the Shadow of Nepal’s Lost Glaciers (2007)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography

    In 1986 a small glacial lake in the Khumbu region of Nepal burst its banks washing away a hydro-electric power station, many bridges and many lives. This was just a taste of what is to come. There are much...

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  4. Cries from the Deep (1981)

    Director
    Jacques Gagné
    Subject
    Biology; Geography

    This documentary records the journey undertaken by Jacques Cousteau, his 24-member team, and a NFB film crew to explore the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, one of the world’s richest fishing areas. They...

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  5. Banking on Bitcoin (2017)

    Director
    Christopher Cannucciari
    Producer
    David Guy Levy
    Subject
    Economics
    Distribution
    Online

    After years of underground development bitcoin has grabbed the attention of not just the public but the banks and regulators too. Is ‘the most disruptive invention since the internet’ a real threat to...

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  6. Sources of Finance (2013)

    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 23 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    Starting and operating any business is not simply a case of putting up a sign or registering a website and declaring yourself open for business. In the establishment of any enterprise, capital is needed...

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  7. Genius of Britain, The (5 Parts) (2010)

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology

    Britain may only be a small island, but its great scientists and inventors have literally created the modern world: from the invention of the steam engine, computers and the world-wide web to the discovery...

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  8. Men and Money (2009)

    Subject
    Economics

    Financial man is laid bare in this series from 1964 exploring how the City of London’s great institutions operated in the days before the markets went global. From the floor of the old Stock Exchange to...

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  9. Economies in Crisis (2011)

    Subject
    Economics

    While we are experiencing the biggest global economic slowdown for six decades, the has created the ECONOMIES IN CRISES web page that brings together a range of Radio 4 programmes broadcast over recent...

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  10. Nation’s Health, The (2005)

    Subject
    History; Medical sciences; Social Studies

    A six part series in which Jonathan Miller examines the development of the nation’s health since the end of the Second World War. Since the war the nation’s health has improved dramatically but the...

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