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  1. Bugger Bromley (1990 Video)

    Director
    Christopher Spencer
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    English language and literature; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    Hanif Kureishi looks at sex, race and politics in 1970s Britain, drawing on his novel ‘The Buddha of Suburbia’.

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  2. Venus (2006 Film)

    Director
    Roger Michell
    Producer
    Kevin Loader

    Feature film. Maurice Russell (O’Toole) is a fading, ailing, not very famous actor who meets his friend’s grandniece, Jessie (Whittaker), a surly girl in her early twenties. They form a friendship which...

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  3. Conference 2012

    Date
    11 Aug 2014, 16:22
    Author
    Gabriel Hernandez
    Post Type
    Page

    The conference brought together media historians and key personnel from the film and television industries to review Channel 4′s contribution to British film culture over three decades, and to debate the...

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  4. Buddha of Suburbia, The (2007)

    Director
    Roger Mitchell
    Subject
    Drama; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 216 minutes), £19.99

    When his father decides to swap the civil service and his bemused wife for the life of a suburban guru and a free-spirited lover, Karim’s teenage existence is radically altered and he has to come to terms...

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  5. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

    Director
    Stephen Frears
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 97 minutes), £14.99

    Feature film. Stephen Frears’ film about Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a son of a Pakistani immigrant, who embarks on a venture to renovate his uncle’s laundrette with the help of his childhood friend,...

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  6. Channel 4 and British Film Culture conference

    Date
    22 Oct 2012, 16:59
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    Registration closes Friday 26 October for the Channel 4 and British Film Culture conference, 1-2 November 2012 at BFI Southbank. As part of the four year AHRC funded project Channel 4 and British Film...

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  7. 30 years of Channel 4

    Date
    1 Nov 2012, 13:05
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    With the the first edition of Countdown, presented by Richard Whitely on 2 November 1982, Channel 4 was born. To celebrate its 30 years of activity, the University of Portsmouth is currently running a...

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  8. Channel 4: Thirty Years Later

    Date
    10 Jan 2013, 09:09
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the launch of Channel 4, in November the University of Portsmouth held a two-day conference dedicated to the output of the UK’s fourth terrestrial TV channel. Dr...

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  9. Listening to Britain

    Date
    16 Jan 2012, 17:28
    Author
    bufvcsergio
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    With the British Library’s recently concluded audio project, the UK SoundMap, curation meets crowd-sourcing. Chris Clark, the project manager, discusses the challenges. About the Author: Chris Clark was...

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  10. Michael Darlow - In His Own Words

    Date
    14 Jul 2015, 11:22
    Author
    bufvclinda
    Post Type
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    Michael Darlow is a television director, writer and producer, who has also worked in theatre and film. He writes about television, theatre and film and also about rare breed Soay sheep. We interviewed...

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