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Genius of Charles Darwin, The (2008)

Subject

Biology; Philosophy; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £19.99

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explores the work of Charles Darwin in this 3-part series for Channel 4. Darwin’s theory of evolution has always been at the crux of Dawkins’ criticism of...

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Shakespeare in Swahililand (2017 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul

An acclaimed playwright, novelist, dissident and social activist; Ng g Wa Thiong’o is the Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine. He joins University of...

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Brian Boyd (2013 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory

Podcast series in which Dr Neema Parvini, author of Shakespeare’s History Plays: Rethinking Historicism and Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory: New Historicism and Cultural Materialism, interviews...

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Animated Life of A.R. Wallace, The

Director

Flora Lichtman; Sharon Shattuck

Subject

Biology

This animated paper puppet video celebrates the life of Alfred Russel Wallace, who is co-credited, along with Charles Darwin, with conceptualising the theory of natural selection. [8 minutes]

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Christmas Lectures 1991: Waking Up in the Universe (1991)

Subject

Science

Richard Dawkins presents the first in a series of lectures on the theme of "our own growing knowledge of how life grows up in the universe." (57 minutes). The other lectures in the series are also available...

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Khumi Lives (2010)

Director

Ittukgula Changma

Subject

Anthropology; Development studies

Khumi is the smallest of the indigenous groups in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh. In today’s age of globalization, changes are occurring in the animist Khumi peoples’ religion,...

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Village Life: Streatley (1987)

This week Mike Matthews visits the village of Streatley on the River Thames. It lies 6 miles North Reading in Berkshire. 3 Tracks in total with 7 interviews. Track 1- Two interviews: 1- The home of Geoffrey...

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Ascent of Money, The (2008)

Subject

Economics; Finance & Accounting; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £19.99

A television series in which historian Niall Ferguson goes on an epic tour of world finance and examines the dynamic role of money and financial institutions in world history. The evolution of credit and...

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Darwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the ‘Deep Past’ In the 19th-Century Imagination (2009)

Subject

Geology; Natural history

Why was the young Charles Darwin’s fascination with geology so important for his later work and why was prehistory so popular in early nineteenth-century Britain? This podcast with Professor Jim Secord,...

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Extinct (2010)

Director

Russell Barnes

Producer

Alex West

Subject

Biology

A series of six 25-minute television programmes in which palaeontologist Julian Hume and archaeologist Peter Floore search for evidence as to why certain animals became extinct. Using scientific research,...

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