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  1. British Legends of Stage and Screen (2012)

    Subject
    Drama; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 413 minutes), £13.25

    This Sky Arts TV documentary series features interviews with some of Britain’s finest post-war actors, including Sir Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Sir Michael Gambon, Dame Diana Rigg, Sir Christopher Lee,...

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  2. Burke and Hare (2010 Film)

    Director
    John Landis
    Subject
    Drama; Medical sciences; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 88), £3.99

    A largely fictionalised black comedy based on the activities of the eponymous grave robbers. In this version of events, one of the motivations for the criminal actions of William Burke (Simon Pegg) is his...

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  3. Orson Welles Great Mysteries, Volume One (1973)

    Subject
    Television studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 317 minutes), £15.00

    British television series transmitted between 1973-1974. This anthology includes 13 episodes, all introduced by Orson Welles. The season consisted of 26 episodes. Included here are: -A TERRIBLY STRANGE BED...

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  4. Julius Caesar (1970) (1970 Film, Video)

    Director
    Stuart Burge
    Producer
    Peter Snell
    Subject
    Drama; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region A, 116 minutes), $29.95

    A feature film which grew out of Stuart Burge’s experience in directing a BBC television version of the play in 1959, as well as a subsequent London stage production. The pedestrian production was...

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  5. Wyrd Sisters (Television)

    Director
    Mark Hall
    Producer
    Jean Flynn
    Subject
    Drama

    Animation version of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. sagas televised in six parts. Wyrd Sisters is a parody on Macbeth. Granny Weatherwax returns, along with fellow witches Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick. The...

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  6. Moby Dick Rehearsed (Television)

    Director
    Orson Welles
    Subject
    Drama

    Version, intended for television, of Welles’ stage production of his play based on Melville’s novel. Filmed for three weeks but filming subsequently abandoned after c75 minutes had been shot. It was...

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