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Clapham Dame Fashion Visits Suburbia

Date released

27 Sep 1920

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

474-2

NoS ID

127842

Story no

4 / 5

Arding and Hobbs bring fashions to Clapham. Scenes with children, scenes with hats.

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Bugger Bromley (1990 Video)

Director

Christopher Spencer

Producer

Tariq Ali

Subject

English language and literature; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

Hanif Kureishi looks at sex, race and politics in 1970s Britain, drawing on his novel ‘The Buddha of Suburbia’.

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Abigail’s Party (1977 Television, Video)

Series

Play for Today

Producer

Margaret Matheson

Television production of the stage play devised by Mike Leigh. The improvised action unfolds over an evening in the living room of Beverly and Lawrence’s house in suburbia as Beverly hosts a drinks party...

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Thoughts for the day (Tape 2) (1989)

aka: Peter Kerridge and you

Extracts from 20 songs, which provide the framework for thoughts on moral, ethical and philosophical issues. The songs are: 1) David Bowie ‘Heroes’; 2) The Housemartins ‘Caravan of Love’; 3) Bonnie Tyler...

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Buddha of Suburbia, The (2007)

Director

Roger Mitchell

Subject

Drama; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 216 minutes), £19.99

When his father decides to swap the civil service and his bemused wife for the life of a suburban guru and a free-spirited lover, Karim’s teenage existence is radically altered and he has to come to terms...

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Penelope Spheeris and Amy Jones with Jane Root (1986 Video)

Subject

Media studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

Jane Root interviews the two American film directors Penelope Spheeris and Amy Jones. They talk about the problems women have in getting films financed and made in Hollywood. They defend themselves against...

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Metro-Land with John Betjeman (1973)

Producer

Edward Mirzoeff

Subject

English language and literature; Geography; History; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99

Presented by Sir John Betjeman, this is a nostalgic tribute to the people and places around the Metropolitan Line of the 1920s, and the change from the idyllic world of Betjeman’s youth into the sprawl of...

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Suburbia: The American Dream

Subject

Architecture; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 120 minutes), $14.99

This collection of industrial films takes a trip back in time to the dawn of the American suburb. They were created to educate the public on the values of moving out of the dirty, grimy city and into newly...

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