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History Boys, The (2006)

Director

Nicholas Hytner

Subject

Drama; Education

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £19.99

Film version by Alan Bennett of his successful 2004 stage play about a group of six-form boys in 1980s Britain preparing for their University entrance exams. The DVD release includes a documentary about the...

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Clissold Saga, Part 2: The Aviator (1965 Radio)

Series

Round the Horne

Director

John Simmonds

Classic radio comedy series. In this episode, in a running sketch entitled ‘The Backroom Boys of the BBC’ Bill Pertwee, as a military commander, rallies the backroom boys (the laughmakers) who infiltrate...

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Address, The (2014)

Director

Ken Burns

Subject

Education; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

Ken Burns’ documentary interweaves the history of the Gettysburg Address with a chronicle about a special school in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont. Each year, fifty students, boys from the...

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Indonesia Raya (1945 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Dutch captions explain that the Japanese capitulated on 15 August 1945 and that Indonesian independence was proclaimed on 17 August. The film which follows was produced by Nippon Eigasha (the Japan Film...

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Sneyd Pit Disaster

Producer

Ray Johnson

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

This documentary is dedicated to the memory of the 57 men and boys who lost their lives on New Year’s Day, 1942. The explosion at Sneyd is put into the context of wartime, explained by experts at Apedale...

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Anne Frank House, The (2000 Multimedia)

Subject

History

Distribution

CD-ROM

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Peter McDougall Collection, The (2007)

Director

Peter Mc Dougall

Subject

Drama; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 342 minutes), 69.99

Peter McDougall has played a huge role in Scotland’s television history. His controversial and gritty dramas, written for the BBC, spawned a whole new era in regional programming and have been a profound...

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Musical and Shakespeare, The (1999 Radio)

Series

Morley at the Musicals

Producer

Sheridan Morley

Sheridan Morley presents a series on the history of the stage musical. This episode focuses on shows Kiss Me Kate, The Boys from Syracuse and West Side Story as well as other shows inspired by Shakespearean...

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Henry V (1913 Film)

Topical. Scenes from Henry V performed by the boys of King Edward VI Grammar School, Stratford-upon-Avon. Ball (op cit) believes this production to be the first amateur Shakespeare film. Screened at The...

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Every Day Except Christmas (1957 Film)

Director

Lindsay Anderson

Producer

Leon Clore; Karel Reisz

Subject

Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A personal view of Covent Garden market from midnight to mid-day, Director Lindsay Anderson’s describes the film as ‘a lyrical documentary’ - an attempt to bring poetry and humanity back into...

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