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  1. English Garden, The. Part 4: The Lake in the Landscape (1775-1785) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    Under the reign of George III there was a revival of interest in English gothic with mock castles and ruins becoming the central feature for many landscape gardens. Buildings such as follies and treehouses...

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  2. TV Listings - a history

    Date
    4 Jul 2013, 16:33
    Author
    Gabriel Hernandez
    Post Type
    Page

    Learn about the history of TV programme information and discover how Channel 4's Press Information Packs helped change the listings landscape.

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  3. Corot (1960 Film)

    Director
    Roger Leenhardt
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Paintings of Corot compared with the 19th-century English and Dutch landscape paintings of the School of Barbizon.

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  4. England’s Green and Pleasant Land (1997)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 29 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Explores the concept of national identity using landscape, artr, architecture and interior design to look at some of the ways in which ideas of Englishness have developed and have been perpetuated and...

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  5. Design of Space, The (1966 Film)

    Producer
    D C Chipperfield
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A survey of the design and landscaping of new towns in Britain, showing what has been achieved at Stevenage and Crawley and in the development of the city centres of Birmingham, Coventry, Cumbernauld and...

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  6. English Garden, The. Part 5: The Picturesque Paradise (1785-1840) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    After the death of Capability Brown in 1783, Humphrey Repton became recognised as his natural successor and used visible terraces and flowers to decorate the landscape. However, both Brown and Repton were...

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  7. Managing Landscape (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Aileen Llewellyn
    Subject
    Architecture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

    Farming and industry have had a major impact on the landscape. Whether derelict land is restored, or areas of beauty preserved, is largely influenced by politics and finance but ecologists have an essential...

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  8. English Garden, The. Part 3: A Temple in the Grove (1725-1755) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    The invention of the sunken fence or ‘ha-ha’ set designers free to harmonise the surrounding countryside with the garden, while loosening up the regularity of previous gardens. Locations include a...

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  9. English Garden, The. Part 2: A Pattern for Pleasure (1660-1725) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    Looks at the influence of Dutch, French and Italian styles after the Restoration. Walls of trees and hedges became the vogue as did the use of statues and terracing. There was much interest in exotic plants...

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  10. English Garden, The. Part 1: A Tapestry of Herbs and Roses (To 1660) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min.

    The story of great gardens in England and Wales from Roman times to the 1980s. This programme opens with Sir John Gielgud in the Jubilee Gardens, London, remarking that the English garden often reflected the...

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