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  1. James Mactaggart Memorial Lecture: Eric Schmidt (2011)

    Subject
    Media studies

    Video recording of the 2011 James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Media Guardian Edinburgh Television Festival, given by Eric Schmidt, As television and internet technology converge, this year’s...

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  2. Nobel Textiles: Marrying Scientific Discovery to Design (5 Parts) (2009)

    Director
    Kiki von Glasgow
    Subject
    Design; Science

    The "Nobel Textiles" film series show a journey whose origins are scientific discoveries and whose destination is design. In this project, based at Central St Martin’s College Art and sponsored by the MRC,...

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  3. Private Lives (2014)

    Director
    Jonathan Kent
    Subject
    Drama

    Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor star as Eylot and Amanda in Jonathan Kent’s production of Noel Coward’s Private Lives for the 2012 Chichester Festival. The production transferred to the Gielgud Theatre...

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  4. Iraq Museum, The: The Loss of a Nation’s Memory (2009)

    Subject
    Archaeology

    In April 2003, American troops entered Baghdad and the fog of war descended over the city. The staff of the National Museum of Iraq, under Director Dr. Donny George, were forced to abandon the Museum...

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  5. Becoming (2018)

    Director
    Jan van Ijken
    Subject
    Biology

    A short film about the genesis of animal life. In great microscopic detail, we see the ‘making of’ an Alpine Newt in its transparant egg from the first cell division to hatching. A single cell is...

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  6. Fire at Sea (2016)

    Director
    Gianfranco Rosi
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (108 minutes), £6.99

    Situated 150 miles south of Sicily, Lampedusa has hit headlines as the first port of call for hundreds of thousands of African and Middle Eastern refugees hoping to make a new life in Europe. After spending...

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  7. Mike Marshall’s Daily Controversy: Is It Possible to Be a Scientist and Religious? (2006)

    Subject
    Philosophy; Religious studies; Science

    Video recording of a debate held at the BA Festival of Science 2006 in which Michael Marshall asks whether it is possible to be a scientist and religious? He was joined by Dr Denis Alexander and Professor...

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  8. Evan Davies: Reflections on the British Economy (2011)

    Subject
    Business studies; Economics

    In his role as Visiting Professor of the Public Understanding of Business, Evan Davis gives his first public lecture in front of an audience at The Open University campus. Hosted in association with the...

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  9. Could Statistical Science Have Caught Harold Shipman Earlier? (2006)

    Subject
    Mathematics; Medical sciences

    The Shipman Inquiry concluded that there were 215 "confirmed" and 45 "probable" victims of Harold Shipman, and it is natural to ask if he could have been caught earlier if some sort of statistical monitoring...

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  10. Gifted Scientists and Autism: Is There a Connection? (2006)

    Subject
    Psychology; Science

    Classic autism and Asperger Syndrome are two subgroups on the autistic spectrum. Both lead to social and communication difficulties, the former also involving learning difficulties. Both also involve the...

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