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In the 1960s, Richard O’Barry enjoyed a lucrative career as a specialised animal trainer; he captured the five dolphins that were used in the popular television series FLIPPER, and taught them the tricks...
Tai a Chau is a home for both farmers and fishermen, who live aboard small junks and use the island as a permanent harbour. The daily routines of Mr Wong, a fisherman, and Mr Ng, a farmer, are representative...
The Portuguese occupation of the Sri Lankan coast in the 16th century brought Catholicism to fishing villages. Examines the cross-cultural folklore which resulted, concentrating on the celebration of Easter,...
This programme explores a year in the county of Dorset, month by month and through all four seasons. Among the Dorset people we meet are farmers and smallholders, watercress growers, cheesemakers, bell...
Six short profiles of people from different parts of Spain: a flamenco dancer, a fisherman, an actress, a member of the Tuna, a young footballer, and a guide who provides an overview fo Cataluña, with...
An opera by Britten with a libretto by Montagu Slater from George Crabbe’s poem ‘Peter Grimes’, which appeared in his book, The Borough. The borough in the opera is a fictional village which shares...
Shows life on Symi, a barren but beautiful Greek island in the Aegean Sea close to the coast of Turkey. The island has suffered a decline in prosperity and population over the past fifty or more years; the...
Oliver Kite was a well-known naturalist and chalk stream fisherman who presented his own wildlife television on Southern Television during the 1960s. His soft tones and great knowledge of natural history...
Three films showing the the fishing industry in Grimsby and Hull during its heyday in the half century up to the 1970s. Part 1: Follows a giant freezer trawler, one of the then mighty Ross fleet from...
Collection of films from the 1930s documenting the working lives of fishermen who worked on the fleets during the 1930s. Originally silent, the films have been enhanced with music scores and commentaries by...
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