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  1. Muse of Fire (2013 Film)

    Director
    Dan Poole; Giles Terera
    Producer
    Giles Terera; Dan Poole
    Subject
    Drama; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 148 mins.), £17.99

    Independent and self-funded documentary. Actors/directors Dan Poole and Giles Terera travel the world asking actors, directors, students and the public about their experiences of Shakespeare.

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  2. Ancient World with Bettany Hughes, The: The Minoans (2010)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History

    Historian Bettany Hughes explores Crete, once home to the mighty Minoan civilisation whose sophisticated society changed the whole of Greece. She examines the theories of Victorian archaeologist Arthur Evans...

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  3. Ancient World with Bettany Hughes, The: Helen of Troy (2010)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies; History

    Historian Bettany Hughes embarks on an epic journey across the eastern Mediterranean to disentangle myth from reality and find out the truth about Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman on earth. (102 minutes)

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  4. Victorian Pharmacy (2010)

    Producer
    David Upshal
    Subject
    Chemistry; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £6.99

    The Victorians brought healthcare within the reach of ordinary people for the very first time, and heralded a consumer revolution that reached far beyond medicine to create the model for the modern high...

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  5. First Emperor, The: The Man Who Made China (2007)

    Director
    Nic Young
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £17.99

    Combining re-enactments, expert commentary, and impressive graphic re-creations, Discovery Channel’s THE FIRST EMPEROR: THE MAN WHO MADE CHINA traces the ingenious and brutal rise of Qin Shi Huang, the...

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  6. Tales from the Green Valley (2006)

    Director
    Peter Sommer
    Producer
    Peter Sommer
    Subject
    Agriculture; Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £24.99

    A series of 12 x 30-minute programmes in which five archaeologists and historians take on the challenge of running a farm on the Welsh borders for a year, as it would have been in the reign of James I....

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  7. African Schools (2005)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Education
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £17.00

    The complete series of 8 programmes about life in a primary and secondary school in Uganda. AFRICAN SCHOOL captures the daily lives, concerns and personalities of young Africans and their teachers in the...

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  8. Sensational Shakespeare (Television)

    Director
    Steve Connelly
    Producer
    Lisa Mitchell

    Children’s entertainment and educational series. This episode looks at the life and times of Shakespeare - from his largely unknown and humble beginnings in Stratford, through his times as a jobbing actor...

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