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Brexit: The Battle for Britain (2016)

Subject

Politics & government

The BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg tells the inside story of how David Cameron’s referendum plan on whether or not the UK should leave the European Union, backfired, and Vote Leave won....

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Bricks! (2016)

Director

Claire Beavan

Subject

Art

Documentary celebrating the artwork that captured a nation’s imagination: the exhibition of Carl Andre’s Equivalent VIII, a minimalist sculpture consisting of 120 fire bricks laid out on the floor of the...

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James Joyce Goes to China (2016)

Director

Ian Madden

Subject

Drama; Literature

Documentary following Glasgow’s Tron Theatre Company as they tour China with a stage adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses. [60 minutes]

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Rome: Empire Without Limit (2016)

aka: Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit

Subject

Classical studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 235 minutes), £14.99

Mary Beard presents a four part investigation into ancient Rome, exploring the myths and origins of the city, the physical world of the Roman Empire, identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire and,...

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John Berger: The Art of Looking (2016)

aka: John Berger or the Art of Looking

Subject

Art

Distribution

Out of distribution

Film exploring the life and work of the late writer and art critic John Berger. The film is an intimate portrait of a man who has shaped our understanding of the concept of seeing.

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Frost Interview, The (1974)

Subject

Television studies

1974 series presented by David Frost, consisting of nineteen interviews with leading figures of the day, including Harold Wilson, Edward Heath and Jeremy Thorpe. [19 x 30 minute episodes]

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Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS (2016)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Documentary which tells the story of the thousands of Caribbean and African women who answered the call 70 years ago to come to the UK to save the then ailing health service. [60 minutes]

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Being the Brontës

Director

Linda Sands

Producer

John Das

Subject

English language and literature

Martha Kearney is joined by author Helen Oyeyemi and journalist Lucy Mangan to mark the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Brontë's birth by exploring the life and times of the author and her siblings Emily and...

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Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing

Subject

Mathematics; Science

Documentary in which Dr Hannah Fry tells the story of Ada Lovelace’s remarkable life: a 19th-century countess whose work helped give rise to the modern era of computing. [60 minutes]

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Tumbledown (1988)

Director

Richard Eyre

Subject

Media studies; Military Science; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 113 minutes), £7.00

A BBC drama based on the experiences of the Royal Scots Guard Lieutenant, Robert Lawrence, covering his military training, the fateful action he saw in the Falklands conflict and the aftermath of the...

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