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Forestry

Date released

1960

Series name

Looking At Britain

Issue no

3

NoS ID

326929

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: In the past, too many trees have been cut from Britain’s forests. To remedy the situation, the Forestry Commission was set up after the first world war, and by 1960 was managing a million and...

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Metaphysical Poets, The (1999 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2004 sale: £19.90 (+ VAT +p&p)

Examines the work of the metaphysical poets as exemplified by John Donne. The work of the metaphysical poets was characterised by ingenious, often highly intricate wordplay. The video includes period...

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Red Velvet (2012 Video)

Director

Indhu Rubasingham

Video recording (mixed recording, four cameras) of Lolita Chakrabarti’s play about the 19th century actor Ira Aldridge and his taking the role of Othello. Adrian Lester plays Aldridge.

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Philip Aldridge trial for KGB espionage (1983)

Genre

News report

Report on the trial of Lance Corporal Philip Aldridge, who has pleaded guility to passing documents to the Soviet KGB. Male reporter not identified.

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Ocean Sound This Week No.24: Programme 24 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

Ocean Sound This Week No. 24 Programme 24 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 5th April 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER....

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Opening the Oyster Fishery

Date released

2 Sep 1916

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

262-2

NoS ID

125780

Story no

3 / 5

[SUBTITLE]: "Councillor AG Aldridge pulls in first dredge and partakes of the oysters in the catch." Oyster dredging at Colchester. Story continued below.

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Spy trials in UK (1983)

Genre

News report

Report on the trial of Lance Corporal Philip Aldridge, who has pleaded guility to passing documents to the Soviet KGB, and on the earlier espionage trials of diplomat Rhona Ritchie, Professor Hugh Hambledon...

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Lockerbie bombing-report from Heathrow (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

Mark Percy reports from Heathrow Airport, London, following the Lockerbie air disaster (21/12/88). Focuses on the airport’s emergency procedure (EPIC). Includes interviews with relatives and staff: Frances...

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Black Tragedian, The (2004 Television)

Television documentary first shown on the digital Community Channel. Documentary recording the life of Ira Aldridge, a 19th-century black American Shakespearean actor who also worked in Britain, taking his...

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Cannon Street rail crash (1991)

Genre

Interview; News report; Press conference

Emma Howard reports on the events surrounding the rail crash at Cannon Street station in London, caused by failed brakes. Chief Superintendent Daniel O’Brian(?) reveals one person died and 247 were...

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