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  1. China: Acrobats (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Drama; Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 48 min.

    Before 1949 and Liberation, acrobats in China were likened to tramps, thieves and vagabonds. After the Revolution, new attitudes to all forms of art were adopted and acrobats were re-established amongst the...

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  2. King Lear: Reflections (1988 Television, Video)

    Four dramas exploring some of the themes from King Lear, including the relationship between Lear and his daughters and Gloucester and his sons. They take the form of two plays, each in two parts. The Mistake...

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  3. China: Ballet (1980 Video)

    Director
    Charles Nairn
    Producer
    Charles Nairn
    Subject
    Dance; Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    The Peking ballet was turned into a ‘model’ company by Chiang Ching during the time of Mao Tse-Tung’s leadership. This film describes what became of the company during that time. It gives a sense of...

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  4. Greatest Paper in the World, The (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Fleming
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Surveys the history of ‘The Times’ from the early influential editors to the strike in the late 1970s. The second half of the programme concentrates on Rupert Murdoch’s policies in running a paper and...

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  5. Warming Warning (1981 Video)

    Producer
    Richard Broad
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    The carbon dioxide content of the earth’s atmosphere acts like the glass in a greenhouse. Burned at the present rate, the resulting emission of carbon dioxide will have warmed the earth’s atmosphere by...

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  6. Burning the Phoenix (1986 Video)

    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 26 min.

    The Royal College of Art has built its reputation on its painting and sculpture schools but many people think that the College should play a greater role in producing designers with the skills necessary to...

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  7. Off the Page: Benjamin Zephaniah (1987)

    Director
    Sharon Goulds
    Producer
    Sharon Goulds
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 2004 sale: £19.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Black dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah performs a selection of his works and talks about his life and those who have influenced his writings.

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  8. Shakespeare 1564-1616 (1984 Video)

    aka: Maturing Shakespeare, The

    Series
    Six Centuries of Verse
    Director
    Richard Mervyn
    Producer
    Richard Mervyn

    16-part television series, presented by John Gielgud, on the history of poetry in the English language. This episode follows Shakespeare’s development as dramatist and poet. Presents extracts from Romeo...

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  9. King Lear (1974 Television, Video)

    Director
    Charles Warren
    Producer
    Tony Davenall

    A television production of the play, originally in six separate episodes, with Patrick Magee as Lear.

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  10. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1988 Video)

    Director
    Greg Lanning
    Producer
    Peter Griffiths
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £9.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Mildred Taylor talk about the origins of her novel ‘Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry’ in her family’s experience of life in 1930s’ rural Mississippi and in the wider context of black people’s lives there.

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