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A-Tishoo

Date released

1 Feb 1960

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1600

NoS ID

023439

Story no

2 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A-Tishoo!. DESCRIPTION: What a curse, the common cold! But, with the aid of over 6,000 human guinea-pigs, the Ministry of Health’s been carrying on a relentless hunt for the cure....

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Wilson Sibbett: Optical Science in the Fast Lanet (2004)

Subject

Physics

A recording of a public lecture delivered by Thebe Medupe Wilson Sibbett the Royal Society. Some lasers can be operated to produce optical impulses that last for just a few billionths of a microsecond. In...

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Shakespeare’s Toilet Paper (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 178

Series

That Shakespeare Life

Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week she talks to Tiffany Stern to discuss what alternatives to paper were used as toilet...

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CJD epidemic likely (1996)

Genre

Interview

Dr Stephen Dealer on BSE and the offal ban. Says pointless to stop eating beef now, as too much infected tissue has been consumed already. Male interviewer not identified.

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Organ donation proposals (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview on a bill to secure vital organs (specifically kidneys) from the clinically dead, without the need to seek permission from next of kin. Only 5% of people currently carry kidney donor cards, and...

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Simon Weston on new burns surgery (1989)

Genre

Interview

Vanessa Black (not heard) interviews Falklands war veteran Simon Weston about a pioneering new technique in plastic surgery that will give new hope for burns victims in the future. The new technique, in...

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Outbreak!: Case Studies in Clinical Infection (8 Parts) (1997)

Producer

Claire Allam

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL)

Eight programmes each identifying a common clinical problem - endocarditis, respiratory tract infection, enteric infection, urinary tract infection, meningitis, skin and soft tissue infection (illustrated by...

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Playback (1989)

Genre

Competition; Interview; Phone-in; Talk show

Playback. Douglas Cameron looks back on the week’s shows on London Talkback Radio. Highlights include Steve Jones’ interview with the head of the WH Smith shop chain, Richard Mabb. Mike Dickin talks to...

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Safer Medicines (2007)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 32 minutes), £5.00

Safer Medicines showcases state-of-the-art approaches to ensuring that drugs in the future will be safer than they have been in the past. World leading scientists from industry and academia present their...

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Skin Deep: Skin Replacement Using Donor Allograft and Cultured Patient Cells (1999)

Producer

Claire Allam

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 27), £40.00

Examines different ways of treating patients with skin loss - particularly those with severe burns. Interviews with scientists, nuses, consultants and patients are used to explain this area of medicine,...

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