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Cove, The (2009)

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £19.99

In the 1960s, Richard O’Barry enjoyed a lucrative career as a specialised animal trainer; he captured the five dolphins that were used in the popular television series FLIPPER, and taught them the tricks...

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Nominations 2015

Date

25 Sep 2015, 12:53

Author

Helen Fitton

Post Type

Page

The nominations for the Learning on Screen awards 2015 are as follows: General Education Broadcast Award Sponsored by Fifty Fifty Coding: the Future is Creative BBC Learning for BBC Learning Zone...

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Three Men in Boats (1991)

Director

Patrick Veale

Producer

Sue Tramontini

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 26 min.

Shows how the sea is used by different professions. Follows the working routine of a crofter fisherman, a tanker pilot, and the lecturer in maritime geography as they carry out their professions afloat and...

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Island in the China Sea (1975 Film)

Subject

Economics

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Tai a Chau is a home for both farmers and fishermen, who live aboard small junks and use the island as a permanent harbour. The daily routines of Mr Wong, a fisherman, and Mr Ng, a farmer, are representative...

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Jesus and the Fisherman (198 Video)

Subject

Anthropology; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., £25.00 (+VAT + p&p)

The Portuguese occupation of the Sri Lankan coast in the 16th century brought Catholicism to fishing villages. Examines the cross-cultural folklore which resulted, concentrating on the celebration of Easter,...

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Dorset (2013)

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £11.49

This programme explores a year in the county of Dorset, month by month and through all four seasons. Among the Dorset people we meet are farmers and smallholders, watercress growers, cheesemakers, bell...

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EspaÑa Hoy (1995 Video)

Subject

Spanish studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 67 min., 1996 sale: £45.00 (+VAT)

Six short profiles of people from different parts of Spain: a flamenco dancer, a fisherman, an actress, a member of the Tuna, a young footballer, and a guide who provides an overview fo Cataluña, with...

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Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes (2012)

aka: Benjamin: Written on Skin

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 168 minutes), £24.99

An opera by Britten with a libretto by Montagu Slater from George Crabbe’s poem ‘Peter Grimes’, which appeared in his book, The Borough. The borough in the opera is a fictional village which shares...

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Ten Times Empty (1976 Film)

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows life on Symi, a barren but beautiful Greek island in the Aegean Sea close to the coast of Turkey. The island has suffered a decline in prosperity and population over the past fifty or more years; the...

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Basque Whalers of Labrador, The (1984 Film)

Producer

Paul Cadieux; Thomas Cadieux

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

In Red Bay, Labrador, in 1978, a Basque whaling ship dating from the 16th century was discovered in water only dozens of feet deep. The discovery meant that Basque fisherman had whaled off the coasts of...

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