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Peter McDougall Collection, The (2007)

Director

Peter Mc Dougall

Subject

Drama; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 342 minutes), 69.99

Peter McDougall has played a huge role in Scotland’s television history. His controversial and gritty dramas, written for the BBC, spawned a whole new era in regional programming and have been a profound...

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Women in Science (2011)

Subject

Science; Women’s studies

How have individual female scientists contributed to the advancement of science through time? To celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (8 March 2011) and to mark the International...

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Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future (2016)

Subject

Economics

Distribution

Film

The great economists of the 19th century- Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx and David Ricardo - were preoccupied with the idea that capitalism could one day collapse. In this talk, author and economics...

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Taking Note (1994 Video)

Producer

Mags Noble

Subject

Music

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Discusses the importance of notation in the history, performance and composition of music in the western European tradition. Music historian Susan Rankin traces the origins and development of western...

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Dennis Potter: Blue Remembered Hills (1979 Video)

aka: Blue Remembered Hills

Director

Brian Gibson

Producer

Kenith Trodd

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 75 minutes), £19.99

Dennis Potter’s play about childhood and the quickly changing intensities of misery and unhappiness, kindness and cruelty. On an apparently ordinary summer’s day in 1943, seven children are playing in...

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Making Cars (1983 Video)

Producer

Vivien Hurley; Greg Lanning; Christine Panker

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col.

An introduction looks at the problems of history, the factories today and the making of a modern car. Part 1: 1915-1945: looks at the early days at Morris Motors - the work, the unions, the search for work...

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Ancient Woodland (1986 Video)

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

'Ancient woodland’ is a term that refers to woods that have been continuously present since the growth of wildwood at the end of the last ice age. The ancient woods are home to many native plants and...

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Berkeley in the Sixties (2007)

Director

Mark Kirchelle

Subject

Politics & government; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 117 minutes), £15.99

Tells the story of a small group of students at the University of California in Berkeley in the 1960s who challenged the establishment and changed the face of America. What started as an interest in politics...

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My Trade (Audiobook) (2004)

Subject

History; Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 180 minutes), £10.99

Journalist and broadcaster Andrew Marr reads from his book, subtitled "A Short History of British Politics". He discusses how to decide what is a ‘story’ and what isn’t; what a newspaper editor...

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Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection

Subject

Literature

Distribution

http://www.plethoreum.org/dunbar/gallery.asp

Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet. Born in 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of ex-slaves and classmate to Orville Wright of aviation fame....

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