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  1. West Mata Submarine Volcano Eruption (2009)

    Subject
    Geography; Geology

    High definition video footage of the underwater explosion of the West Mata volcano, nearly 4,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, in an area bounded by Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. Filmed in 2009 by...

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  2. Daily Life in Viking Ireland (2014)

    Subject
    Archaeology

    Dr Patrick F. Wallace, former Director of the National Museum, discusses finds from excavations from Dublin, which is one of the world’s best preserved Viking towns. [7 minutes]

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  3. Real Little Dorrit, The: Charles Dickens and Debtors Prisons

    David Thomas examines the reality behind Charles Dickens’ fiction, using records from the National Archives as he explains what Victorian debtors’ prisons were really like and how accurate Dickens’...

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  4. Girobank: The 40th Anniversary of the People’s Bank (2008)

    Subject
    Economics; Politics & government; Social Studies

    Tony Benn speaks about his role, as Postmaster General, in founding the National Girobank, which extended banking services to people on low incomes and revolutionised the transfer of money in Great Britain....

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  5. Stevens Lecture: Balancing Cost and Effectiveness in Healthcare (2010)

    Subject
    Finance & Accounting; Medical sciences

    Video recording of lecture given at the Royal Society of Medicine on 17 May 2010 by Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, Chairman of the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, in which he discusses...

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  6. Dinka: Legendary Cattle Keepers of Sudan (2011)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Media studies

    In 30 years, award-wining photographers and National Geographic grantees Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher have travelled over 270,000 miles through 40 countries in Africa to document more than 150 cultures....

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  7. Price of Life, The (2010)

    Director
    Adam Wishart
    Subject
    Medical sciences

    On a finite budget, the NHS cannot afford to offer every treatment on the market, so how is it decided which medications should be made available? This programme follows the nail-biting decision about one...

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  8. From Ashes to Forest (1984)

    Director
    Tony Lanzelo
    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 52 minutes), on application

    For centuries the idea of the forest fire as a destructive force has been perpetuated and, where possible, fires have been suppressed in order to protect the environment, the populace and the economy. Filmed...

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  9. Being British (2010)

    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    Amid growing concern about cultural division in the UK and the sense of national pride being lost, the British Government has encouraged schools to investigate diversity in the UK and develop an awareness of...

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  10. Stagework: His Dark Materials (2003)

    Director
    Nicholas Hytner
    Subject
    Drama; Literature

    The behind-the-scene story from page to stage with exclusive video footage of the National Theatre production. Includes video clips of rehearsals for many different scenes, discussions about the lighting,...

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