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  1. Our Mutual Friend (1958) (2016)

    Director
    Derek Tayler
    Subject
    English language and literature

    1958 television adaptation, in twelve parts, of Dickens’ last completed novel. Originally broadcast between 7th November 1958 and 23rd January 1959.

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  2. Babbage and Lovelace (2015)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    The central figure of 19th-century computing was Charles Babbage (1791-1871), who may be said to have pioneered the modern computer age with his ‘difference engines’ and his ‘analytical engine’,...

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  3. Bunkers, Brutalism and Bloody-Mindedness: Concrete Poetry with Jonathan Meades (2014)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £339.00

    Writer, broadcaster and journalist Jonathan Meades explores the story of the Brutalist movement across Europe. Meades looks for its precursors in the Baroque and Modern Gothic movements, and the martial...

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  4. Galapagos with David Attenborough (2013)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

    More than 150 years after Charles Darwin came up with his theory of evolution, David Attenborough explains how life on the volcanic islands has continued to evolve in isolation.

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  5. Tempo (2013)

    Subject
    Arts and Humanities; Drama; Film studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £12.24

    ITV’s seminal arts programme, TEMPO ran for eight years through a decade which saw a creative explosion within all aspects of the performing arts. Its fluid style of presentation allowed an almost...

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  6. Consumption (2013)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £17.99

    Consumerism pervades American culture, it dominates all aspects of American life, including the work of the country’s artists. CONSUMPTION explores how artists respond to the pervasiveness of consumerism...

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  7. Great Expectations (2011) (2012)

    Director
    Brian Kirk
    Subject
    English language and literature; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

    Lavish BBC production of Dickens’ classic tale starring Douglas Booth as Pip, Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham and David Suchet as Jaggers.

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  8. Celebrating Dickens (2012)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    This documentary, presented by Professor John Mee, explores the life and career of Charles Dickens in his various guises: the author, the public performer, the philanthropist, the celebrity, the boy and the...

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  9. Unfinished Masterpieces (2012)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Alastair Sooke explores the appeal of unfinished works of art, from Dickens’s ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ and Jane Austen’s ‘Sanditon’ to Coleridge’s ‘Kubla Khan’, and talks to the...

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  10. Economies in Crisis (2011)

    Subject
    Economics

    While we are experiencing the biggest global economic slowdown for six decades, the has created the ECONOMIES IN CRISES web page that brings together a range of Radio 4 programmes broadcast over recent...

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