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Children’s Music Camp

Date released

1979

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

1094

NoS ID

329335

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: For many of us the task of learning to play an instrument is a chore rather than a pleasure - Maggie Palmer visits a camp at John Dankworth’s home, the village Wavenden in Hertfordshire where...

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God Rot Tunbridge Wells: The Life of Georg Frederic Handel (2008)

Director

Tony Palmer

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 119 minutes), £7.99

Play by John Osborne about the life of the famous composer. Old and blind and close to death, Georg Frederic Handel looks back over his life, recalling the ups and downs of his life and career.

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Crossroads: Shakespeare in Southampton (2004 Radio)

aka: Shakespeare in Southampton

Series

Saturday Play, The

Director

Marilyn Imrie

Radio drama. An inveterate crossword-puzzle solver Stephen Cress (Palmer) and his wife Penny (Wendy Craig), with a little help from their dog, unravel the mystery of a missing Shakespeare manuscript....

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Water Ski-ing

Date released

1980

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

1104

NoS ID

329345

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: For the first time ever, a world water-ski racing championship is being held, and Britain has been chosen as the country to stage it. Maggie Palmer meets Australia’s Bronwen Wright whose...

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A Cut Above The Rest

Date released

1980

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

1111

NoS ID

329352

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Maggie Palmer investigates the world of Savile Row. Ever since the early 19th century, when Henry Poole, tailor to kings and emperors, set up shop in this small Mayfair street, Savile Row has...

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Dartington Glass

Date released

1979

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

1088

NoS ID

329329

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Vicki Luke [sic] visits Dartington Glass Factory in the beautiful West of England, and discovers not only the stunning art of the glassblowers, but also an interesting concept in industrial...

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Wedding Cake for Duke of York’s Bride

Date released

23 Apr 1923

Series name

Daily Sketch Topical Budget

Issue no

608-2

NoS ID

128982

Story no

2 / 5

Wedding cake made by Huntley and Palmer’s for the forthcoming wedding of the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.

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England, My England: The Story of Henry Purcell (2010)

Director

Tony Palmer

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 152 minutes), £13.49

A dramatisation of the life and times of Henry Purcell. Little is known about the enigmatic composer, but director Tony Palmer makes up for this by contextualising his story in late 17th Century England, and...

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John Osborne and the Gift of Friendship (2006)

Director

Tony Palmer

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 135 minutes), £7.99

A three-part documentary, transmitted to mark the 50th anniversary of the world premiere of John Osborne’s ‘Look Back in Anger’, celebrating the life and works of one of the most influential British...

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Oh Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams (2008)

Director

Tony Palmer

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 149 minutes), £14.99

Released to mark the 50th anniversary of Vaughan Williams’ death, this is the first ever full-length biography of the composer, produced by director Tony Palmer. The film features specially recorded...

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