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  1. Why Planes Vanish (2014)

    Director
    Miles O’Brien; Tristan Quinn
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology

    Television documentary. The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in 2014 stunned the world. In an era of smart-phones and GPS, how could a 270-ton passenger jet vanish? The programme tells the...

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  2. Wuthering Heights (1998) (2003)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 112 minutes), £9.99

    A dramatisation of the novel by Emily Brontë produced for television.

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  3. Othello (2001) (2001 Television)

    Director
    Geoffrey Sax
    Producer
    Julie Gardner; Anne Pivcevic
    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 96 minutes), $19.95

    A contemporary television adaptation by Andrew Davies of Shakespeare’s Othello. London’s black population is angry when a black man has died in police custody and it becomes politically expedient to...

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  4. Lost on Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 49 min.

    Follows a 1999 expedition to the North Face of Mount Everest to search for clues to the disappearance of climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, who apparently died on the mountain in June 1924....

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  5. Mysteries of the Universe (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC only). col. 120 min., 1999 sale: US$19.95 (+p&p)

    Looks at 20th-century advances in physics and astronomy that have led to greater knowledge about the universe. Explores the contributions of Hale, Leavitt, and Hubble, together with the new physics of space,...

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  6. King Lear (1998 Television)

    Director
    Richard Eyre
    Producer
    Sue Birtwistle; Joy Spink
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 140 minutes), £19.99 (retail/MD)

    Richard Eyre’s film version of his 1997 National Theatre production of King Lear, with Ian Holm as Lear.

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  7. Gulf War, The (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Eamonn Matthews
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

    Series recounting the Gulf War of 1991, with first-hand accounts from key participants and unique footage including an SAS column active inside Iraq, Stealth bombers over Baghdad, night vision footage of...

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  8. Ebola: The Plague Fighters (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    NOT AVAILABLE IN THE UK, Videocassette. VHS. NTSC. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: $19.95 (+p&p)

    The ebola plage kills a very high percentage of its victims (77% in Zaire in May, 1995), often by dissolving their internal organs and connective tissue. The programme covers events in the quarantined city...

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  9. Private Lives of Dolphins, The (1994 Video)

    Director
    J Mark Davis
    Producer
    Frances Berrigan
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1994 sale: £25.85 (inclusive)

    Looks at the lives of dolphins in three continents. Randy Wells in Florida, organises regular round-ups in which one or more dolphins are captured for physical and genetic tests that allow him to establish...

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  10. Codebreakers, The (1993 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the work of World War 2 codebreakers, who worked behind the scenes and eventually managed to capture the enemy’s most secret signals. This programme covers the war in the Pacific and the winning...

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