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Century Speaks, The (1999 Audio)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 220 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (+p&p)

In July 1998, producers at 40 local and regional BBC radio stations began interviewing 6,000 people from all backgrounds, ranging in age from 4 to 107. The aim was to capture the experience of the last...

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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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Amesbury Archer, The (2005)

aka: Was the Amesbury Archer the King of Stonehenge?

Subject

Archaeology; History

In May 2002 archaologists discovered the richest early Bronze Age burial ever found in Britain. The so-called Amesbury Archer was buried with gold earrings, copper knives, flint arrow heads and the stone...

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Future Radio (2008)

Subject

Media studies; Technology

Audio recording of a public discussion on the future of radio, held at the Royal Society for the Encouragements of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA) on 10/3/2008. Future radio offers radical new ways of...

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Maya Angelou - BBC Radio Interviews (2003)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/

Extracts from a BBC radio interview with Maya Angelou, originally broadcast on Radio 3’s Viewing the Century on 22/11/1998. Maya Angelou’s prose depicts her personal history, her pride as a black woman...

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Graham Greene: The Spoken Word (2007)

Subject

English language and literature; Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 70 minutes), £9.95

As novelist, essayist, critic and playwright, Graham Greene was one of the leading English literary figures of the twentieth century. This CD provides an overview of Greene’s life and achievements in his...

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Swan Migration (2006)

Subject

Biology

In 2003 BBC Radio 4’s Natural History Unit joined forces with the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust to discover more about the behaviour of some of our favourite winter visitors. Six swans from Arctic Russia...

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Complete Offshore Pirate Radio Broadcasts Collection (4 Discs) (2006)

Subject

Media studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, Audio (DVD, 363 hours), $35.95

Genuine "Pirate Radio" airchecks broadcast to you through the sealanes of time from off the various coasts of Europe. Four-volume set - Over 363 hours packed into 705 MP3s on 4 DVDs. It may sound incredible...

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This Sceptred Isle (1999 Audio)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, 20 audiocassettes. 1740 min. 28 Compact discs. 1740 min., 2001 sale: £10.99 (+p&p) each part 2001 sale: £50.00 (+p&p) 20th century subset on cassette 2001 sale: £75.00 (+p&p) 20th century subset on CD 2001 sale: £89.95 (+p&p) complete set on cassette 2001 sale: £150.00 (+p&p) complete set on CD

An account of the nation from the arrival of Julius Caesar to the end of the 20th century, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee. Features extracts from Winston Churchill’s ‘A history of...

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Here’s One I Prepared Earlier (2005)

Subject

Music; Psychology

Georgina Ferry explores musical memory and how musicians remember the words, scores and stage directions for live performances. Musicians and researchers talk about how the brain performs this amazing feat....

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