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  1. Future of Old Age, The (2003)

    Subject
    FE; Politics & government; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 65 minutes), £35.00

    With nearly a quarter of the population over sixty and life expectancy increasing, old age is on the agenda. This video resource examines our often contradictory attitudes to age and ageing. Questions and...

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  2. Understanding and Controlling Vomiting in Dying Patients (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Hire (Graves only) Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18 min., 1996 sale: £47.00 (+VAT +p&p) (EMFV)

    Vomiting is a distressing and very limiting factor in patients whose life expectancy is grossly curtailed. It is important that the problem be approached with sympathy and understanding. Looks at the causes...

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  3. Utopia (2013)

    Director
    John Pilger
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 110 minutes), £10.30

    John Pilger’s film breaks what amounts to a national silence about the indigenous first people of Australia: the oldest, most enduring human presence on Earth. UTOPIA reveals that apartheid is deep within...

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  4. Where Literacy Pays off: The Case of Kerala (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Meg Sheffield
    Subject
    Development studies; Education
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Where the literacy of the population is an important factor in the ability of a country to adapt to new ways, it is not always promoted as energetically as it is in Kerala, South India. There a tradition of...

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  5. Age and Identity (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Psychology; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Are we the ‘same’ person when we are young as when we are old? The programme uses interviews, film clips and newspaper extracts to explore the way biology, society and personal experience influence...

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  6. Tails You Win: The Science of Chance (2013)

    Director
    Dan Hillman
    Producer
    Dan Hillman
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale Hire, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 mins), £20

    Documentary. Professor David Spiegelhalter explains what chance and probability are and how they work in the real world. How can you maximise your chances of living till you’re 100? Why do many of us...

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  7. Dysfunctional Societies: How Equality Makes Societies Stronger (2015)

    Subject
    Economics; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 41 minutes), $350.00

    Documentary. What distinguishing feature do the world’s healthiest and happiest societies have in common? According to acclaimed author Richard Wilkinson, the reason is that they have far less income...

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  8. Health (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale - see BEYOND RED, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Three 8-minute films: 1) FIGHTING AIDS: The thriving industrial town of Verkhnaya Salda has been devastated by an AIDS epidemic. Economic crisis has led to the total collapse of social welfare systems and...

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  9. Picture of Health (8 Parts) (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Health & safety; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 8 x 50 min., 1993 sale: £10.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

    Films intended to challenge the notion that ill-health is a matter merely for individual concern, arguing that society is also involved, and change must come about through political action. 1: Argues that...

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