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Prime Ministers, The: Series One (2011)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 120 minutes), £10.49

This BBC radio series presents eight fifteen minute profiles of notable British Prime Ministers. Sir Robert Walpole, the first and longest-serving prime minister; Lord North, remembered as the prime minister...

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No! No! No!: Margaret Thatcher’s Last Year in the House of Commons (1994 Video)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., 1996 sale: £8.50 (+VAT +p&p) (BUFVC)

In November 1990, Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s longest-serving prime minister this century, left Downing Street after bitter differences in her Cabinet over Europe. This film follows Mrs Thatcher’s...

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Inside the Global Jihad (2009)

Subject

Arabic studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £82.80

This programme features interviews with leading participants from both sides in what George W. Bush called the ‘War on Terror’, including contributions from the architects of the West’s response to...

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African Conflict (1957 Film)

Producer

Edward R Murrow

Subject

Politics & government; Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Interviews with Father Trevor Huddleston, Prime Minister J G Strijdom, Professor Leo Marquand and others. Deals with the problem of apartheid.

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Churchill 1 (1992 Video)

Director

Marisa Appugliese

Producer

Jeremy Bennett

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 2 x 120 min., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

Television series in which historian Martin Gilbert presents a biography of Winston Churchill. In four parts: 1) Renegade and Turncoat: Churchill’s early life and political career up to 1940, when he...

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Thatcher: The Final Days (2012)

Director

Tim Sullivan

Subject

Drama; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £9.99

Drama-documentary about Margaret Thatcher’s final days as Prime Minister.

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Parliament at Work (1991 Video)

Director

James Farrant

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The British Parliament at Westminster consists of the House of Lords and the democratically elected House of Commons. Explains the role of the Prime Minister, Cabinet, Members of Parliament, the Oppostition...

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Tracking Down Maggie (2005)

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 81 minutes), £9.99

Among the many things former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will be remembered for is refusing to grant Nick Broomfield an interview. The more he tries, the more he is drawn into a web of intrigue...

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Disraeli (2007)

aka: Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic

Director

Claude Whatham

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 253 minutes), £8.64

Ian McShane plays the 19th century statesman and Tory Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli in this four-part ITV mini-series centred around his life.

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War Pictorial News. Issue 240 (1945 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

'War Pictorial News’ was an official newsreel series which ran throughout the war and for a period after it. No 240 (December 1945) includes events such as the evacuation of children from Berlin,...

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