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Spartans, The (2002)

Subject

Classical studies; History

This series chronicles the rise and fall of one of the most extreme civilisations the world has ever seen. Historian Bettany Hughes reveals the secrets and complexities of Spartan life. (141 minutes)

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Chinese orphanages documentary row (1996)

Genre

Interview; News report

Items about a Channel Four television documentary, Return to the Dying Rooms, about alleged abuses in Chinese orphanages which threatens to overshadow UK Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind’s visit to...

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Working group to investigate fear of crime (1989)

Genre

Interview

Kevin Murphy interviews Home Secretary Douglas Hurd on the study group he has set up to investigate fear of violent crime, headed by Chief Executive of Channel Four Television Michael Grade. Believes fear...

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Short films (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with producer of the short film The Rocking Horse Winner, based on a D H Lawrence story, made in conjunction with Paramount Pictures and distributed by UIP and accompanying main feature film An...

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Acceptable Levels (1984)

Director

John Davies

Subject

Film studies; Media studies

A BBC film crew is interviewing a ‘typical Catholic family’ in the Divis Flats area of Belfast, when news comes in that a child, known to the family, has been hit by a stray plastic bullet fired by a...

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Ancient World with Bettany Hughes, The: Helen of Troy (2010)

Subject

Archaeology; Classical studies; History

Historian Bettany Hughes embarks on an epic journey across the eastern Mediterranean to disentangle myth from reality and find out the truth about Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman on earth. (102 minutes)

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Ancient World with Bettany Hughes, The: The Minoans (2010)

Subject

Archaeology; History

Historian Bettany Hughes explores Crete, once home to the mighty Minoan civilisation whose sophisticated society changed the whole of Greece. She examines the theories of Victorian archaeologist Arthur Evans...

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Yang and Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1996 Video)

Director

Stanley Kwan

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

VHS Out of Distribution, 1997 sale (VHS): £15.99 (inclusive)

Film director Stanley Kwan traces the evolution of his identity as a gay man through the films he grew up with, demonstrating that Chinese cinema (from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China) has dealt with...

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David Starkey’s Monarchy - The Windsors (2009)

Subject

History

Dr David Starkey concludes his epic story of the British monarchy with a special programme on the history of the House of Windsor. Far from being stuck in the past, the story of the monarchy in the 20th...

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David Starkey’s the Six Wives of Henry VIII (2003)

aka: Six Wives of Henry VIII, The

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 195 minutes), £19.99

Historian David Starkey tells the stories of the women who married Henry VIII, revealing in intimate detail their experiences of sex, childbirth and the glamorous, dangerous life at court, including the...

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