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Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930 - 1950 (2008)

Director

Paul Rotha; Arthur Elton; Basil Wright; Humphrey Jennings

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 720 minutes), £34.99

A collection of 40 films from the British documentary movement during its period of greatest influence. These films capture the spirit and strength, concerns and resolve of Britain and its people before,...

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Twa Corbies/Spring and Winter (1951 Film)

aka: Spring and Winter

Series

Painter and Poet, No.1

Director

John Halas

Producer

John Halas; Joan Maude; Michael Warre

A series of four films using still drawings from a number of artists to accompany poetry readings. Sponsored by the British Film Institute and produced by Halas and Batchelor for the Festival of Britain,...

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Today [21/04/2007] (2007 Radio)

Series

Today

Current affairs radio series with John Humphrys. This edition reports on the ‘new’ court poem ‘To The Queen’. The poem has recently been given scholarly imprimateur and included in the new edition of...

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Free Cinema (1957 Video)

Director

Lindsay Anderson; John Fletcher; Karel Reisz

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

DVD

Three short documentary films about British working-class life produced by the ‘Free Cinema’ movement. The compilation consists of EVERY DAY EXCEPT CHRISTMAS, WE ARE THE LAMBETH BOYS, and THE SATURDAY...

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Do Not Go Gentle (2009 Radio)

Series

Words and Music

Producer

Philippa Ritchie

Radio programme featuring a selection of poetry and music on the subject of the challenges and consolations of old age. An extract from Cymbeline ('Fear no more’) are read by actors Barbara Jefford and...

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Beat in Time, A (2007 Radio)

Series

Words and Music

Producer

Paul Frankl

Radio programme. Themed on the subject of time, this episode’s ‘Word and Music’ features Greta Scacchi reciting Sonnet no. 12 "When I do count the clock that tells the time"; Greg Wise ends the...

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The Future of Scotland

Date released

Apr 1948

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

18

NoS ID

347025

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: Long shot of spires, highlands, monuments, Holyrood Palace, plaque on the tomb of David Rizzio, lochs, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The industries of Scotland are shown - liners in the Clyde, cranes...

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Practical Criticism: Reading Skills and the Enjoyment of Shakespeare (1989 Audio)

Series

Critical Forum

Peter Mercer studies the endings of Othello and Macbeth in a manner that resonates backwards through the entire works. He reminds the listener that any group of actors producing and performing drama must use...

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Book of Hours, A (2008 Radio)

Series

Words and Music

Radio programme on the theme of different times of the day. This episode ends with Romeo and Juliet debating whether the bird they can hear is a nightingale or a lark (III v) that heralds the beginning of a...

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Weary with Toil (2007 Radio)

Series

Words and Music

Producer

Fiona McLean

Radio broadcast. Themed on the subject of work in all its aspects, this episode features Harriet Walter reading Shakespeare’s Sonnet 27 (`Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed’), between Schubert’s...

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