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Sir Francis Chichester, Mariner And Mapmaker

Series name

Letter From London

Issue no

326

NoS ID

325224

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Mars: The Search Begins (1974 Film)

Subject

Space science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Reviews the information about Mars, gained from the 7000 photographs returned by Mariner 9. Considers what forms of life could exist on the planet.

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Tempest, The (1952 Radio)

Producer

Raymond Raikes

Radio version of Shakespeare’s late play adapted and produced for radio by Raymond Raikes. With Peter Ustinov as Caliban, Leon Quartermaine as Prospero and Marjorie Westbury as Ariel. Music composed and...

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Mars Minus Myth (1973 Film)

Director

Ben Shedd

Subject

Space science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Dr Murray, a scientist working on Mariner 9, explains the photographs and theorises about unexplained land forms, water, the polar caps, elements, and the possibility of finding life on Mars.

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Tempest, The (1951 Radio)

Producer

Raymond Raikes

Radio ‘interpretation’ of Shakespeare’s late play by Raymond Raikes with Norman Shelley as Prospero. The music is composed by Anthony Bernard who also conducts the London Chamber Orchestra and Singers.

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Planets, The. Part 4: The Angry Red Planet (1985 Video)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Mars, the red planet, is historically believed to contain life because of its straight canals, seen through earlier astronomers’ telescopes. Looks at the exploration of the planet by the Mariner and Viking...

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Planets, The. Part 2: Mercury and Venus (1985 Video)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It was not thought to rotate on its own axis so a solar day would equal a year. Shows how modern radar telescope techniques disproved this theory. The Mariner 10...

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Winter’s Tale, The (1997 Radio)

Series

Sunday Play

Director

Eoin O’Callaghan

Producer

Eoin O’Callaghan

Full radio adaptation of Shakespere’s play produced and directed by Eoin O’ Callaghan. Tom Courtenay plays Leontes opposite Harriet Walter as Hermione (and Time). With music composed by Julie Cooper and...

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Winter’s Tale, The (1930 Radio)

Producer

Howard Rose

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham and produced by Howard Rose. With Ernest Milton as Leontes and Barbara Couper as Hermione. Music arranged by Robert Barclay...

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Tempest, The; Or, The Enchanted Island (1950 Radio)

Producer

Douglas Cleverdon

Radio version of the Davenant/Dryden/Shadwell adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest for which Henry Purcell wrote the music in 1695. With Robert Harris as Prospero. Constant Lambert conducts the Covent...

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