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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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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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Leeds - United! (1974)

Director

Roy Battersby

Producer

Kenith Trodd

Subject

Television studies

Distribution

Out of distribution

This controversial account of a strike by Leeds clothing workers was, when it was broadcast in 1974, the most expensive film to be made for British television. Featuring a huge cast, striking black and white...

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Secrets of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, The (2016)

Subject

Music

Ian Hislop and John Eliot Gardiner present a documentary about the circumstances behind the writing of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. [89 minutes]

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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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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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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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Nicolas Roeg: It’s About Time (2015)

Director

David Thompson

Producer

Andrew Wright

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Out of distribution

Profile one of the most inventive and important talents in British cinema, the director of films including Don’t Look Now, Performance, Walkabout and The Man Who Fell To Earth

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Much Ado About Nothing (2005 Television, Video)

aka: Shakespeare Re-Told Shakespeare Retold

Series

Shakespeare-Told

Director

Brian Percival

Producer

Diederick Santer

A modern television interpretation of Shakespeare’s play, with contemporary dialogue, presented as a screwball comedy and set in a provincial newsroom. Beatrice and Benedick discuss and analyse Sonnet 116...

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