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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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Frank Muir on The Oxford Book of Humourous Prose (1990)

Genre

Interview

Lesley Judd interviews on the Artbeat programme comedy writer and television personality Frank Muir as his new book The Oxford Book of Humorous Prose is to be published next week. On the book, English...

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Decision makers (1984)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Speech

Documentary on the Parliamentary year, presented by Richard Bestic. The ups and downs of the year in the Houses of Parliament, covering GCHQ trade union ban; strikes; the Miners’ Strike; use of...

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Our kind of town (1980)

Genre

Interview; Music

This edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Keith Howell. Talks to the authors of 2 new books on London- Jo Anderson on Anchor and Hope on community life on the banks of the River Thames through the...

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Christmas Crackers: An anthology of readings by various people - nd [Dec 1982]

CHRISTMAS CRACKERS [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE] An anthology of readings by various people for Christmas time compiled by Radio Victory in 1982. TRACK 1- Lost At Sea - poem In - The sheets were frozen ......

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