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LITERATURES’ LOSS

Date released

19 Jan 1928

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1756

NoS ID

386355

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Crowds attend the ceremony as the ashes of Thomas Hardy are laid to rest at Westminster Abbey Poets’ Corner, amid the graves of his fellows. Also in attendance: Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Mr....

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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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Commons speeches on Tory leadership contest (1990)

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

Paul Rowley reports from Westminster for LBC Newstalk Breakfast on a debate in the Commons following Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s return from a world security summit in Paris which kept turning to...

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Clovelly

Date released

7 Oct 1965

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

563

NoS ID

121691

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Charles Dickens was inspired to write words of affection when he first gazed on the staircase High Street of this Devon fishing village. Here they snub motorised aids because the street is so...

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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: Episodes 1-4 - nd [Oct 1975]

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: Episodes 1-4 - nd [Oct 1975]. [Box 6]

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Hard Times (1977)

Director

John Irvin

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £14.99

This critically acclaimed, BAFTA-winning Granada Television adaptation of Hard Times, directed by John Irvin and dramatised by playwright Arthur Hopcraft features an impressive cast; Timothy West is...

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Oliver Twist (1999) (2001)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 386 minutes), £19.99

This 1999 television adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Victorian classic was originally broadcast in 4 parts. Adapted by Alan Bleasdale, this version of Oliver Twist spends much of the first 90 minutes...

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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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Great Expectations Video Pack (1999 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 120 minutes), £19.99

Video-based teaching package based on the 1999 BBC adaptation of ‘Great Expectations’, which, in discussing the film, also studies Dickens himself, the nature of adaptation and the original novel. Also...

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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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