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Botswana

Date released

1968

Series name

London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue no

66

NoS ID

350352

Story no

3 / 3

COI synopsis: Botswana is not yet perhaps an easily recognisable name... one of the newly independent countries, and one which clearly demonstrates the existing co-operation between countries within the...

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Science Shack: Walking on the Ceiling (2001)

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £145.00 +VAT +p&p

In this edition of the science series, Adam Hart-Davis and an Australian team investigate the fly’s ability to walk upside down on the ceiling. The programme features the first-ever film to capture flies...

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Science in Focus: Big Questions

aka: The Nature of Scientific Enquiry

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 5 x 20 minutes), £45.00

Five programmes presented by Adam Hart-Davis. Each focuses on the life and works of key scientific figures. How did they do it? What did they owe to their contemporaries? Why were their ideas so often...

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Science Shack: Tall Buildings (2004)

aka: Building Blocks

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), off air recording under licence

Adam Hart-Davis takes a look at the engineering and challenges of making skyscrapers, while a team tries to build the world’s tallest paper tower.

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Science Shack: The Millennium Bridge (2004)

aka: Building Blocks

Subject

Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), off air recording under licence

Adam Hart-Davis investigates why the Millennium Bridge wobbled and how it was fixed by building his own wobbling bridge.

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Science Shack: Lightning (2002)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £145.00 +VAT +p&p

Lightning strikes 1,000 people a year and kills thirty per cent of them, with men are four times more likely to be hit than women. Adam Hart-Davis look at how buildings, vehicles and people can be protected...

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What the Ancients Did for Us (2006)

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

A compilation of three programmes in which Adam Hart-Davis builds and tests some of the most extraordinary inventions from the ancient world of the Egyptians, the Romans and the Greeks. Egypt - From the...

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Science Shack: Human Power (2001)

Subject

Physics; Science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £145.00 +VAT +p&p

The current world speed record for a human-powered vehicle is 80.55 mph. In this edition of the science series, Adam Hart-Davis tries out viewers’ suggestions for high-speed vehicles, powered only by him....

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Cosmos, The: A Beginner’s Guide (2007)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

This double DVD contains six programmes from the BBC Two series presented by Adam Hart-Davis. Programme 1 - Are we alone or is there other life out there? - We meet the alien hunters, who spend their time...

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Stardate (2007)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £12.50

This DVD contains 3 programmes from the BBC 2 series Stardate - MISSION TO TITAN, DEEP IMPACT and MISSION TO VENUS.

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