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Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantagenets (2014)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £7.99

Historian Dan Jones presents his account of the early Plantagenets, beginning with Henry II and culminating with Richard II.

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BBC Shakespeare in 2012

Date

30 Sep 2010, 16:18

Author

Eve-Marie

Post Type

Post

The BBC has announced that it is to broadcast 'epic film versions' of Richard II, Henry IV parts I and II, and Henry V as part of a season of Shakespeare's history plays to be produced by Oscar-winning...

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100 Years of the Raf (2018)

aka: 100 Years of the Royal Air Force

Producer

Richard Jukes; Jones Richard

Subject

Aviation

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 98 minutes), £7.99

Since its creation in 1918, the Royal Air Force has developed and responded to ever changing demands, and has embraced new technologies too. This documentary, narrated by Sir Martyn Lewis, celebrates a...

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Papabile: The Men Who Could Be Pope (1997 Video)

Director

Leanne Pooley

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Amid speculation as to who will succeed Pope John Paul II to the papacy, the film goes behind the scenes of the papal conclave in the Vatican showing how the voting process works and looking at the main...

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Journey Together (1946 Video)

Director

John Boulting

Subject

History

Distribution

Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 92 min., 2001 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

Originally produced as a public information film, this semi-documentary shows trainee pilots, bombers and navigators receiving instruction in England and America before going on their first bombing mission...

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David Starkey - Monarchy Series 1 (2007)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 219 minutes), £19.99

The first series of Dr David Starkey’s programmes examining the British monarchy and its relationship with its subjects over the centuries. He begins in the Dark Ages with Alfred the Great and goes up to...

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War Poets of ‘39 (1989 Video)

Producer

Peter Lee-Wright

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min.

Dramatised readings of poetry written during World War 2. Poets featured include Dennis McHarrie, Molly Corbelly, John Brooks, Spike Milligan, Keith Douglas, Bernard Gutteridge, Vernon Scannel and Gavin Ewart.

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Becket (1964 Video)

Director

Peter Glenville

Producer

Hal B Wallis

Subject

Drama; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 142 minutes), £17.99

Newly restored version of the film based on Jean Anouilh’s stage play about the conflict between Thomas a Becket and King Henry II starring Peter O’Toole and Richard Burton. Restored with the aid of...

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Britain at Bay (Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Special loan (film -IWM), Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 14 min.

Nazi Germany had swallowed Czechoslovakia, invaded Poland and Norway, overrun Holland and Belgium. ‘The future of the whole civilised world rests on the defence of Britain’. The film was probably edited...

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