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  1. Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick

    Subject
    Music

    Pierre Boulez was one of the most significant figures in classical music of the late 20th century. Tom Service celebrates the French composer who died in January 2016:

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  2. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2016 Television)

    Director
    David Kerr
    Producer
    Nikki Wilson

    Television drama adapted by Russell T. Davies with Maxine Peake as Titania and Nonso Anozie as Oberon.

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  3. Son of Man (1969)

    Subject
    Religious studies; Television studies
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution

    A play by Dennis Potter about Jesus, the man, as well as the religious, political and military climate he lived in. [90 minutes]

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  4. Hole in Babylon, A (1975)

    Director
    Horace Ové
    Subject
    Television studies

    Television drama originally broadcast in the BBC’s Play for Today slot in 1975. Horace Ové's controversial drama isabout the Spaghetti House siege of 1975, in which a bungled robbery at a Knightsbridge...

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  5. Beast with Two Backs, A (2015)

    Director
    Lionel Harris
    Producer
    Patrick Barr (3)
    Subject
    Drama

    Dennis Potter’s television drama. The story tells of an Italian showman and his dancing bear arriving in the neighbourhood at the same time a violent attack occurs. The scapegoats are the bear and a...

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  6. Thomas Chatterton: The Myth of the Doomed Poet (2015)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Poet Michael Symmons Roberts and Queen guitarist Brian May explore 18th-century poet Thomas Chatterton, whose early death epitomises the image of the "tortured genius".

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  7. 1066: A Year to Conquer England (2017)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

    Three part drama-documentary series about the events of 1066 presented by Dan Snow, who paints a picture of the events leading up to the battle of Hastings, events which saw the Anglo-Saxon world swept...

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  8. Britain’s Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield (2015)

    Subject
    Science; Technology

    Documentary. For the first time, a tour of Britain’s most controversial nuclear facility, where Professor Jim Al-Khalili reveals the nature of radiation and attempts to split the atom. [60 minutes].

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  9. Measure for Measure (1994 Television)

    Series
    Performance
    Director
    David Thacker
    Producer
    Peter Cregeen; Simon Curtis

    A modern dress version directed by David Thacker with Corin Redgrave as Angelo and Juliet Aubrey as Isabella.

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  10. Dresser, The (2015 Television)

    Director
    Richard Eyre

    An adaptation for television of Ronald Harwood’s play, based on the touring career of Donald Wolfit, for whom Harwood was the dresser. The story relates the complex relationship between Sir, an ageing...

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