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Classic Radio Commercials (2005)

Subject

Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 360 minutes), $9.99

A collection of 396 American radio commercials from 1920-1980. For full details see the Earthstation website: http://www.earthstation1.com/

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John Gielgud at the BBC (2000 Audio)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 180 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

Extracts of John Gielgud’s radio performances, collected from the BBC Archive. Includes ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ with Edith Evans, ‘Arms and the Man’, ‘Richard II’, ‘Measure for...

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Forty Years on (2000 Audio)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 95 min. 2 compact discs. 95 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive) audiocassette 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive) CD

Alan Bennett stars in a radio production of his satirical comedy ‘Forty Years On’ (1968). The plot concerns a soon-to-retire headmaster who attempts to bestow his nostalgia-ridden influence on the...

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Maison de la Radio, La (2013)

Director

Nicolas Philibert

Subject

Broadcasting; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 99 minutes), £11.00

Filmmaker Nicolas Philibert explores the inner-workings of Radio France while speaking with the journalists, hosts, and producers who have devoted their entire careers to making it one of the most respected...

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Cambridge Radio Telescope, The (1976 Film)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Discusses the principles of aerial synthesis. Shows the setting up of the Cavendish Laboratory’s radio telescope: the making of the cables, aerial erection, connecting up of the radio frequency and control...

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Jrr Tolkein: An Audio Portrait (2001 Audio)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 110 min. 2 compact discs. 110 min., 2001 audiocassette sale: £9.99 (inclusive) 2001 CD sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

An audio portrait of JRR Tolkein (1892-1973) examining both Tolkein the man and the worlds he created. Brian Sibley, one of the dramatists of the BBC Radio 4 production of ‘Lord of the Rings’, draws...

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Under Milk Wood (Audio-Bbc) (1963 Audio)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 100 min. 2 compact discs. 100 min., 2000 audiocassette sale: £9.99 (inclusive) 2000 CD sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Recording of a 1963 broadcast of Dylan Thomas’s radio play ‘Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices’, with Richard Burton. This version contains several passages omitted from the first recording in 1954....

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Alistair Cooke at the BBC (1999 Audio)

aka: Alistair Cooke’s ‘Letter from America’ Vol 3

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 160 min., 2001 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

A specially compiled collection including interviews and ‘Letter from America’ broadcasts, charting the career of journalist Alistair Cooke. Introduced by Nick Clarke, Cooke’s biographer.

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Clockwork Radio (1995 Video)

Producer

John Groom

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

In 1992 British Inventor Trevor Baylis invented a clockwork radio as a response to a need for spreading healthcare information in Africa. Traces the story of his invention from rejection to mass production...

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Samuel Beckett: Works for Radio (2006)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 235 minutes), £39.95

Released to mark the centenary of the birth of Samuel Beckett [1906-1989], this set of four CDs collects the five works that Beckett created expressly for the radio: All That Fall, Embers, Words and Music,...

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