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Penda’s Fen (1974)

Director

Alan Clarke

Producer

David Rose

Subject

Drama; Television studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 89 minutes), £19.99

Set in the village of Pinvin in Worcestershire and set to the music of Edward Elgar, Penda’s Fen tells the story of Stephen, a vicar’s son, and his sexual awakening via a series of visions and mystical...

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Classic Politics (2000 Audio)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Compact Disc. 58 min., 2001 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

Well-known politicians read excerpts from political classics that inspired them during their careers. Writers include Burke, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Disraeli, Bertrand Russell, J S Mill, Macchiavelli,...

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Plays for Britain: The Complete Series (2013)

Director

Michael Apted; Jim Goddard; Leslie Blair; Peter Gill; Alan Clarke; Philip Saville

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 325 minutes), £19.99

Thames Television series which was first broadcast in the mid-1970s, featuring six contemporary plays by writers then at relatively early stages in their careers. Stephen Poliakoff’s HITTING TOWN is an...

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Price of Britain’s Bomb, The (1982 Video)

Director

Eric Harrison

Producer

Stephen Clarke

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

Investigates the story of Project Chevaline, the British project to modify Polaris nuclear missiles to increase the range of their striking power, which it is claimed overran its budget by 100% in real...

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Liable to Prosecution (1978 Film, Video)

Director

Stephen Clarke; Chris Curling

Producer

Brian Lapping

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Looks at the background to the Bingham Report. Shell and BP, both British companies, are shown to have been involved in supplying oil to Rhodesia in defiance of both British and United Nations prohibition....

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No Useful Purpose Would Be Served (1978 Film)

Director

Stephen Clarke

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Continues the account of the breach of the Rhodesian oil sanctions begun in LIABLE TO PROSECUTION. Looks more closely at the ‘cover-up’ attempts. The history of both Conservative and Labour...

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Nuclear Nightmare (1979 Film, Video)

Director

Brian Blake; Stephen Clarke

Subject

Politics & government; Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Reports on the future consequences for Britain’s nuclear power industry after an accident at a nuclear power station on Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Includes an interview with Anthony...

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Colours of Infinity, The (1994 Video)

aka: Arthur C Clarke’s Colours of Infinity - Exploring the Fractal Univese

Director

Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS col. 53 min., 1998 sale: £12.50 (+VAT +p&p)

A film about fractal geometry, retracing the steps that led to the discovery of the Mandelbrot set, with the aim of illustrating the implications and applications of the Mandelbrot set and fractal geometry...

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Edward II (1991 Television)

Director

Derek Jarman

Producer

Steve Clarke-Hall; Anthony Root

Subject

Drama; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

Derek Jarman’s adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s Jacobean tragedy, which draws out a number of contemporary parallels. Out of distribution for several years, this film was released on DVD in 2010. DVD...

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