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William Wordsworth (1998 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 2004 sale: £9.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Poet Tobias Hill examines the life and work of William Wordsworth, investigating the social, historical and cultural background to selected poems and exploring the landscape that inspired Wordsworth’s poetry.

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Behind the Scenes at the RSC (2004 Multimedia, Television, Video)

Series

English Programme, The

Two programmes looking at theatre craft and theatre production. With access to the workshops and wardrobe of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the series follows new productions, including Measure for Measure...

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2002 Video)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 2002 sale: £12.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

An animation of the late 14th century tale written by an unknown author in north-west England where memories of the warring Celtic world still lingered.

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Film Focus: 21st Century Bard - The Making of Twelfth Night (2004 Multimedia, Television)

Series

English Programme, The

Director

Tim Supple

Producer

Rachel Gesua

Four short documentaries about the making of 4Learning’s contemporary production of Twelfth Night which was specially made for broadcast on school’s television. The programmes offer extended interviews...

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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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Passwords: Poets and Poetry from the Neab Anthology

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 25 minutes), £19.99 together

The series features selected poets and poems from the NEAB GCSE English Language and Literature Anthology. Programmes 1-3 on Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy and Ted Hughes feature the poets themselves and...

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Writers from Wales

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 20 minutes), £19.99 together

Writers working in the English language in Wales talk about influences on their work and show examples of their writing, providing inspiration for students to create their own work in each of the featured...

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Tyger, The Rose and the Pleasure Dome, The

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 3 x 15 minutes), £19.99

Dramatisations and performances of poems written by major poets before 1914. Offers a wide range of poetry for analysis and interpretation.

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Dark Tales: Masks (1999 Television)

aka: Masks

Series

English Programme, The

Documentary for schools (Key Stage 4) exploring our ability to manipulate and change identity, and our love of public confession. This third episode looks at the human fascination with masks, disguises and...

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Dockers 1 (1999 Video)

Director

Bill Anderson; Solon Paradopoulos

Producer

Eric Harwood; Sally Hibbin

Subject

Drama; History

Distribution

DVD

Drama based on true events surrounding the Liverpool dockers’ dispute, which began in 1995, preceded by a documentary recounting of how a group of sacked Liverpool dockers joined with Jimmy McGovern and...

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