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Chasing The Dragon

Date released

1962

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

167

NoS ID

349791

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: Illegal drug trafficking in Hong Kong and the problems of heroin drug addiction, with Henry Tappenden, a Hong Kong prison officer, Dr. Khan and Bill Stone.

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Psychology of Addiction, The (1991 Video)

Producer

Hugh Phillips

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the contribution psychology makes to the understanding of addiction. Uses heroin addiction as its example within the work of Merseyside’s drug dependency clinics. Considers both a chemical...

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Sonnets in the City (1997 Television)

Director

Sophie Gardiner; Mark Rylance

Producer

Sophie Gardiner; Mark Rylance

Five daily readings of Shakespearean sonnets, performed around London Landmarks, as a prelude to a live transmission of HENRY V, Act IV from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on 15 June 1997 at 8pm. 09/06...

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LBC survey on drug addiction (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with health professional, Penny Webb, about the results of an LBC radio survey on drug and tranquilliser addiction. Female interviewer not identified.

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Baby born as drug addict; Junkie baby (1985)

Reading juvenile court, 1st August 1985. Interview with social worker Christine Walby. The baby born, a junkie in a Reading Hospital is to stay in the care of the county council. But social workers said...

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LBC survey on drug addiction (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with health professional, Penny Webb, about the results of an LBC radio survey on drug and tranquilliser addiction. Male interviewer not identified.

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Barbiturate use restrictions (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Dr Max Glatt of the British Journal of Drug Addiction on the dangers and effects of barbiturate use, and planned restrictions on their prescription. Female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Barbiturate restriction plans (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with John Shackle of Release on plans to restrict the use of barbitrates, which are currently widely prescribed by GPs, rather than provide addiction facilities. Male interviewer not identified....

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Princess Diana speech at new drug clinic (1986)

Genre

Speech

Princess Diana gives a speech at the opening of a drug clinic. She talks about drug addiction and the affect it has on families.

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Female alcohol and drug addiction (1991)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Mark Phillips reports on the Townswomen’s Guilds conference in central London about drug and alcohol addiction. Includes interviews with Action on Addiction’s Dr John Strang; Eric Appleby, Alcohol...

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