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Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman: Series 5 and 6 (2014)

Subject

Philosophy; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, unknown), £7.25

The fifth and sixth seasons of the Discovery Channel’s popular science programme, presented by actor Morgan Freeman. This title is manufactured-on-demand when ordered from The Canny Store using high...

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Measure for Measure / The Tempest (2000 Television)

aka: Tempest

Series

Shakespeare: Text and Performance, Course Aa306

Two programmes relating to course AA306: Band 1) Measure for Measure: explores the interlocking themes of chastity, identity, sexuality, and religion in Measure for Measure through specially filmed scenes...

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Dick Cavett’s Watergate (2014)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £14.99

With access to the archive of THE DICK CAVETT SHOW, this DVD documents the Watergate scandal in the words of the people who lived it: from the botched burglary at the Democratic National Headquarters; to the...

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Dick Cavett’s Vietnam (2015)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99

In conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon (30 April 1975) and the end of America’s presence in Vietnam, ‘Dick Cavett’s Vietnam’ re-examines the conflict and its impact on America...

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Address, The (2014)

Director

Ken Burns

Subject

Education; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

Ken Burns’ documentary interweaves the history of the Gettysburg Address with a chronicle about a special school in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont. Each year, fifty students, boys from the...

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Cracking Your Genetic Code (2012)

Director

Sarah Holt

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £16.99

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Mark Twain: A Film Directed by Ken Burns (2004)

aka: Mark Twain: A Film by Ken Burns

Director

Ken Burns

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 210 minutes), £19.99

A documentary by Ken Burns, the fifth part of his PBS television series ‘American Lives’. Looks at the life and work of Mark Twain, using archival photography and interviews with writers including Russel...

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Decoding Dyslexia (2011)

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £12.99

After examining the roots of dyslexia, its physical and emotional effects, this film tries to find a way which dyslexia can be better understood.

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Stranger in the Family

Subject

Medical sciences; Psychology

This programme investigates autism and focuses on a pioneering school in Sydney, called Giant Steps, where the parents use a holistic approach to treatment.

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Big Silence, The (2011)

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £9.99

In this three hour programme, originall shown on BBC2, Abbot Christopher Jamison, a Benedictine monk, attempts to teach five ordinary people the value of silent meditation, so they can make it part of their...

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