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  1. Tale of Two Cities, A (1990)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 112 minutes), £9.99

    A film version of the novel by Charles Dickens about romance and intrigue during the French Revolution.

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  2. Great Expectations (2012)

    Director
    Mike Newell
    Producer
    Elizabeth Karlsen
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 129 minutes), £17.99

    Mike Newell’s adaptation of Dickens’ novel stars Helena Bonham-Carter as Miss Havisham and Ralph Fiennes as Magwitch.

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  3. Audience with Charles Dickens, An (1996 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (125 minutes)

    Simon Callow re-enacts the public readings given by Charles Dickens, reading extracts from five of the most popular Dickens novels. The readings aim for an accurate re-creation of Dickens’s style - costume...

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  4. Hard Times (1977)

    Director
    John Irvin
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £14.99

    This critically acclaimed, BAFTA-winning Granada Television adaptation of Hard Times, directed by John Irvin and dramatised by playwright Arthur Hopcraft features an impressive cast; Timothy West is...

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  5. Oliver Twist (1999) (2001)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 386 minutes), £19.99

    This 1999 television adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Victorian classic was originally broadcast in 4 parts. Adapted by Alan Bleasdale, this version of Oliver Twist spends much of the first 90 minutes...

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  6. Five Authors (1995)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 25 minutes), £19.99 (together)

    Five 25-minute programmes, each on an individual author, looking at one or more substantial texts and exploring the different ways in such works are written. Authors are Sylvia Plath (autobiography in...

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  7. Charles Dickens’s England (2009)

    Subject
    English language and literature; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 290 minutes), £17.99

    In CHARLES DICKENS’S ENGLAND , Derek Jacobi takes the viewer around the most important places, towns and cities that were the inspiration to some of the most famous settings in literature. The DVD features...

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  8. Great Expectations Video Pack (1999 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 120 minutes), £19.99

    Video-based teaching package based on the 1999 BBC adaptation of ‘Great Expectations’, which, in discussing the film, also studies Dickens himself, the nature of adaptation and the original novel. Also...

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  9. Unfinished Masterpieces (2012)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Alastair Sooke explores the appeal of unfinished works of art, from Dickens’s ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ and Jane Austen’s ‘Sanditon’ to Coleridge’s ‘Kubla Khan’, and talks to the...

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  10. Imperialism and Progress: The Victorian Era (1860 - 1915)

    Subject
    History; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 23 minutes), £39.00

    Illuminates the quest for world dominance and wealth that spurred empire-building among European governments. Examines how this pursuit of power led them to exploit the poor both at home and abroad. Reveals...

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