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British couple evacuated from Lebanon (1984)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a British couple who were evacuated from West Beirut, Lebanon. The woman is pregnant with their first child and plans to give birth back at home in Scotland. The man is awaiting instruction as...

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Julius Caesar (2016 Video)

Series

Shakespeare Lives 2016

Director

Pedro Martin-Calero

A re-imagining of Julius Caesar Act I, sc. ii with Tony Osoba as Caesar and Mark Stanley as Brutus. The video is part of a series of films commissioned by the British Council throughout 2016.

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Twelfth Night (2016 Video)

Series

Shakespeare Lives 2016

Director

Kane Chattey

Producer

Joy Campbell

In the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the British recording artists Maverick Sabre, Mic Righteous and Eyez perform lyrics inspired by Shakespeare’s romantic comedy. The video is part of a series of...

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Fred Jones on British Council of Churches and Liverpool 8 (1981)

Genre

Interview

Fred Jones, Chairman of Merseyside Police Federation, on the decision of the British Council of Churches to give a grant to the Liverpool 8 Defence Committee. Male interviewer not identified.

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Star Cross’d: Laura Dockrill’s Romeo and Juliet (2016 Video)

Series

Shakespeare Lives 2016

Director

Rick Stanton; Hector

Producer

Penny Gabriel

STAR CROSS’D is poet, writer and illustrator Laura Dockrill’s contemporary take on Romeo and Juliet. The film is set on a windswept English beach, where ‘two houses, both alike in common crime’ wage...

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Come to Me: Blues for As You Like It (Video)

Series

Shakespeare Lives 2016

Inspired by the songs from "As You Like It", musician, Anjana Vasan, performs a musical triptych which follows the trajectory of a relations that doesn’t end well.

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Contemporary Sculpture In Venezuela

Date released

May 1965

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

12

NoS ID

324645

Story no

5 / 5

COI synopsis: Kenneth Armitage, a famous British sculptor, recently paid a working visit, which was financed jointly by the British Council and the Neumann Foundation of Venezuela, to Caracas. Here his...

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Commonwealth MPs

Date released

Oct 1965

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

41

NoS ID

327704

Story no

2 / 5

COI synopsis: The visit of members of Commonwealth parliaments to the Commonwealth Institute and the British Council Overseas Students Centre in London.

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(Untitled record)

Date released

16 Nov 1969

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

69/93

NoS ID

113876

Story no

4 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

Heroic deeds and achievements earned 16 men an accolade of "Men of the Year" at a luncheon sponsored by the British Council for Rehabilitation of the Disabled.

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A Winter’s Tale: Shakespeare Lives

Series

Shakespeare Lives 2016

Director

Carl Hunter

Producer

Roy Boulter; Sol Papadopolous

Sir Antony Gormely’s statues on Crosby Beach provides the other-worldly backdrop for this short adaptation of "A Winter’s Tale. Joseph Mawle stars as Leontes, the ill-fated King who destroys dear...

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