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Mysteries, The (2002)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £19.99 (inclusive)

A recording of a version of the Chester Mystery plays performed by a muti-racial, South African cast at Wilton’s Music Hall in 2001. The actors talk in a number of languages including English, Zulu and...

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20 years of 'BFI Film Classics' series

Date

20 Aug 2012, 10:10

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

The British Film Institute launched its popular series of compact 'BFI Film Classics' books twenty years ago. BFI Film Classics is a series of finely written, illustrated books which honour landmark films...

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York Mystery Plays, The (1990 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Drama

Distribution

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

Shows the Medieval Players performing part of ‘The Annunciation’ from the Spicers’ Guild, and all of ‘Joseph’s Trouble about Mary’ from the Pewterers’ and Founders’ Guild from the York...

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Most Mysterious Marriage, A (1999 Video)

aka: Mystery of the Marriage

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie

Subject

Art

Distribution

Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows art historian Craig Harbison on a quest to resolve the mystery surrounding Jan van Eyck’s painting ‘The Arnolfini Marriage’, commissioned in 1434 by a wealthy Renaissance merchant. A new...

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Two Medieval Mystery Plays from the York Cycle (1992 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min., 1993 sale: £15 +p&p

The Carpenters’ play of ‘The Resurrection’ and the Winedrawers’ play ‘Hortulanus’ ('The Gardener’: the appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalen in the Garden), as performed on pageant waggons in...

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Mystery, The (1991 Video)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min.

Shows children how to investigate ruined building, ask questionss, make a detailed record of the evidence and attempt to reach conclusions. Here two young people are helped by a police detective team to...

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Mystery of Murder, The (2015)

aka: The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Subject

Medical sciences; Psychiatry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £195.00

Science has spent more than 50 years trying to understand the mind of murderers to find out in which ways they are different to the rest of us. This BBC documentary looks at the latest research to see the...

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Chester ‘Purification and Doctors’, The (1983 Video)

Director

Meg Twycross

Producer

David Blacow; Michael Bowen

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 33 min.

A television performance of the Chester mystery play. It tells how the aged Simeon is finally convinced by a miracle that Christ will be born of a Virgin, how he at last receives the infant Christ in the...

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Journeys to the Bottom of the Sea (2000 Video)

Director

Paul Bradshaw; Sian Griffiths; Tim Lambert; Danielle Peck; Mike Rossiter

Producer

Will Aslett

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 295 min., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inclusive) set

Series looking at the exploration of shipwrecks. In six parts on two videocassettes, narrated by Ian McShane. Video 1: 1) The Mystery of the M1 (director Tim Lambert): Richard Larn dives to solve the mystery...

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History’s Mysteries

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 300 minutes), £34.99

Ever wondered about the monument you pass every day? Are you curious about a place name or a discovered hidden passageway in your house? Ever thought where it all might lead? Whether you’ve a mystery of...

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