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Arthur C Clarke’s World of Strange Powers (3 Parts) (1985 Video)

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 103 min., 1996 sale: £12.99 each (inclusive)

Arthur C Clarke examines some paranormal mysteries of recent times.

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Moving Image Gateway: Alan Clarke at the BBC plus Africa, Chemistry & Philosophy

Date

10 Jun 2016, 17:07

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

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Ten Years in an Open-Necked Shirt: John Cooper-Clarke (1982 Film, Video)

Director

Nick May

Producer

Peter Berry; Elizabeth Taylor Mead

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (52 minutes), £50.00

About the poet John Cooper-Clarke, who first attracted attention during the punk movement. Shows him reciting his poems to audiences, talking about his career, discussing the work of ealier poets he admires...

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Alan Clarke at the BBC: Vol. 2: Disruption (1978-1989) (2016)

aka: Dissent and Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969-1989)

Director

Alan Clarke

Subject

Drama; Television studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 861 minutes), £69.99

This set brings together all of the surviving stand-alone BBC TV dramas that Alan Clarke directed between 1978-1989, including ‘Baal’ (starring David Bowie), ‘Contact’, ‘Road’ and...

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Letter to Brezhnev (1985)

Director

Chris Bernard

Subject

Politics & government; Television studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B)

One of the key British films of the 1980s, ‘Letter to Brezhnev’ is set against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Liverpool’s club scene, one-night stands and a Europe still in the grip of the Cold War.

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Women and Poetry (1996 Audio)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 90 min., 1996 sale: £11.99 (inclusive)

A wide variety of readings of poems, followed by discussions about the way in which gender affects the reading and interpretation of poems. Looks at Emily Dickinson, Robert Browning, Sylvia Plath and...

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Clarke. Life of a Microbial Biochemist: Professor Patricia H. Clarke Frs in Conversation with Professor J. Gareth Morris Frs, 10 May 1994 (1994)

Subject

Biology

Professor Patricia Hannah Clarke’s main research was on bacterial enzymes: their evolution and properties, and producing and purifying them for industrial use. She was also involved in developments in...

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Alan Clarke at the BBC: Vol. I: Dissent (1969-1977) (2016)

aka: Dissent and Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969-1989)

Director

Alan Clarke

Subject

Drama; Television studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 978 minutes), £69.99

This box set brings together all of the surviving standalone BBC TV dramas that Alan Clarke directed between 1969- 1977, including such neglected classics as Horace, ‘Penda’s Fen’, ‘Diane’ and...

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On Trial (1996 Video)

Subject

Business studies; Law

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1997 sale: £100.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

A video-based training package raising the issues of fraudulent insurance claims, non-disclosure and due care through the medium of a mock trial. The jury foreman is played by Kenneth Clarke MP, and a...

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Penda’s Fen (1974)

Director

Alan Clarke

Producer

David Rose

Subject

Drama; Television studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 89 minutes), £19.99

Set in the village of Pinvin in Worcestershire and set to the music of Edward Elgar, Penda’s Fen tells the story of Stephen, a vicar’s son, and his sexual awakening via a series of visions and mystical...

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