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  1. Mahomet (2003)

    aka: Mohammed

    Subject
    History; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 290 minutes), £27.00

    A documentary series of five 52-minute episodes on the genesis of Islam, the life of the Prophet, the Koran, the Sunna, the Haddith, the emergence of the commentaries and Muslim rights, but also the Arabs,...

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  2. Myth and Music (1998 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature; Music
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2004 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Uses a traditional Scottish myth to examine the interaction between myth and music and the ways in which a myth may be reworked, both by storytellers and by musicians.

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  3. U210 Videocassette 1 (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Anne Diack
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1998 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A support video with four parts: 1: Ann Williams conducts a sociolinguistic study into whether in the new city of Milton Keynes a new accent will be formed as a result of migration into the city. She is seen...

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  4. Framing the Questions / Truth, Imagination and Value (1993 Video)

    Director
    Mags Noble
    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies; English language and literature
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 117 min., 1994 sale: £80.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The course takes as its focus the two epic poems of Homer, ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘The Iliad’. Part 1 places the archaeological site of Troy geographically and topographically; interviews Professor...

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  5. Telling Stories/Framing the Questions (1993 Video)

    Director
    Mags Noble
    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies; English language and literature
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 119 min., 1994 sale: £80.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Part 1: ‘Odysseus: the Greatest Hero of them All’ is a sequence designed to compare and contrast with the original, but looks at the art of storytelling as well as at ‘the story’. ‘Storytelling at...

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  6. Power of Myth, The (1988)

    Director
    Bill Moyers
    Producer
    Catherine Tatge
    Subject
    Philosophy; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 342 minutes), £19.99

    During the last two years of Joseph Campbell’s life journalist Bill Moyers interviewed him at filmmaker George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch in California and at the Museum of Natural History in New York City....

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  7. Miss, I Can Whittle (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Education; Librarianship
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 27 min.

    'Miss, I can whittle’ was the first utterance of a boy whose 6-month silence was unlocked by listening to a well-told story. Aims to demonstrate the value of a link with the local public library for school...

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  8. Performing Arts of China, The (6 Parts) (1985 Video)

    Director
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Producer
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 27 min.

    Part 1: Examples of musical instruments being manufactured and played by master musicians and orchestras. Interwoven in the musical sequences are scenic shots of Chinese landscapes. Part 2: Rare scenes of...

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  9. Hamlet (Audio-Zeus) (1960 Audio)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution (2006), Audiocassette.

    Hamlet in story form read by Richard Baker, with quotations used extensively.

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