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Signalman, The (2003)

Subject

Literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 39 minutes), £15.99

An adaptation by Andrew Davies of the short story by Charles Dickens, shown in 1976 as the sixth programme in the BBC’s annual GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS series. Strange things are being seen and heard by a...

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David Copperfield (1935)

Director

George Cukor

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 125 minutes), £14.99

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Great Authors: Charles Dickens (2003)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 510 minutes (3 discs)), £29.99

A 3-part DVD set exploring the life, times and work of Charles Dickens, using a mixture of drama and dramatised documentary from the BBC archives. His is a fascinating story - from rags to riches, complete...

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Dickens Before Sound (2006)

Subject

Film Studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 171 minutes), £12.99

This collection of films, the majority of which are previously unreleased, shows how early cinema storytelling developed, as practitioners of this new art struggled to transform a tale from page to screen....

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Unfinished Masterpieces (2012)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Alastair Sooke explores the appeal of unfinished works of art, from Dickens’s ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ and Jane Austen’s ‘Sanditon’ to Coleridge’s ‘Kubla Khan’, and talks to the...

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Narrative (1987 Video)

Producer

Tony Coe

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Umberto Eco suggests that all novels are a sort of detective story. To test the theory, argues Graham Martin, it is necessary to understand how a narrative works. A dramatised example of a scene from Chapter...

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Imperialism and Progress: The Victorian Era (1860 - 1915)

Subject

History; Literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 23 minutes), £39.00

Illuminates the quest for world dominance and wealth that spurred empire-building among European governments. Examines how this pursuit of power led them to exploit the poor both at home and abroad. Reveals...

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Little Dorrit (2008)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 480 minutes), £34.99

A television version of the novel by Charles Dickens adapted into fourteen episodes by Andrew Davies. When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence...

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Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Part 2, The (1982 Television)

Director

Jim Goddard; Trevor Nunn; John Caird

Producer

Colin Callender

Television version of the highly acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company 1980 stage production directed for stage by Trevor Nunn and John Caird and adapted by David Edgar from Dickens’ novel. This episode...

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Passage (2009)

Director

John Walker

Subject

Geography; History

Distribution

DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 113 minutes), $99.00

The news shook the English-speaking world. Celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew perished in the Arctic during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. More shocking, they...

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