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Krapp’s Last Tape, Act Without Words I, Not I (2001)

Director

Atom Egoyan; Neil Jordan; Karel Reisz

Producer

Michael Colgan; Alan Moloney

Subject

Literature

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 647 minutes), £99.99 (compilation)

All 19 of Samuel Beckett’s plays have been filmed for film and television in this series, some of them for the first time. Eight of them are being shown in the 4 Learning schedule and are available for...

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In Search of the Trojan War (2004)

Subject

Archaeology; Classical studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 330 minutes), £19.99

Investigates the literature and legends of the Trojan War to determine whether Homer’s tale was fact or myth. Filmed in Greece, Turkey and Berlin. Michael Wood narrates. Originally broadcast in 1985 as 6...

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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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U210 Videocassette 2 (1996 Video)

Subject

English language and literature; Languages

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1998 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A support video in six sections, following on from U210/VC1. 5: Illustrates the strategies used by bilingual speakers in a family game-playing situation, supplied by Sylvia Jouas Drummond from a university...

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Writers from Wales

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 20 minutes), £19.99 together

Writers working in the English language in Wales talk about influences on their work and show examples of their writing, providing inspiration for students to create their own work in each of the featured...

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Tyger, The Rose and the Pleasure Dome, The

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 3 x 15 minutes), £19.99

Dramatisations and performances of poems written by major poets before 1914. Offers a wide range of poetry for analysis and interpretation.

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Nobel’s Greatest Hits: Medicine (2003)

aka: Understand Medicine: Nobel’s Greatest Hits Explained

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £15.99

Five programmes from the series NOBEL’S GREATEST HITS on topics relating to medicine and one on Nobel himself. Each 10-minute programme gives a clear explanation of a major advance in medicine.

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Famous Friends (2001)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 92 min), £15.99 inclusive

A compilation of six films made by British Transport Films between 1952 and 1962. Volume 6 in the series.

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Word of Mouth (1998)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Hire, VHS (PAL, 10 x 25 minutes), £15.00 each

A 10-part poetry night club series hosted by John Hegley with contributions from some of the greatest poets from around the world. Shown on Border Television in 1990.

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David Starkey’s Elizabeth (4 Parts) (2003)

aka: Elizabeth

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 197 minutes), £19.99

Professor David Starkey chronicles the story of Queen Elizabeth I, first broadcast in 4-parts on Channel 4. The series uses a combination of tableaux, testimony from descendants, contemporary documents,...

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