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  1. Churchill: When Britain Said No (2015)

    Director
    Christopher Spencer
    Subject
    History; Politics & government

    This documentary examines the reasons why Winston Churchill - who had just led the nation to victory in war - led the Conservative Party to defeat at the 1945 General Election. [60 minutes]

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  2. Rainbow, The (2006)

    Director
    Ken Russell
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 106 minutes), £15.99

    Ken Russell’s sensuous dramatisation of DH Lawrence’s ‘The Rainbow’, which explores the motivations of a young woman defying both her parents and the moral constraints of Victorian England. Sammi...

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  3. Oscar Wilde Collection, The (2005)

    Director
    Stuart Burge; John Gorrie; Rudolph Cartier
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £10.99

    Collection of BBC adaptations of Oscar Wilde’s plays. The Importance of Being Earnest (1986) Director: Stuart Burge. ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ (1976) Director: John Gorrie Adapted by John Osborne,...

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  4. My Kingdom (2002 Film)

    Director
    Don Boyd
    Producer
    Gabriele Bacher; Neal Weisman
    Subject
    Drama

    Feature film. An urban crime drama updating King Lear to modern-day Liverpool. The leader of a gang, Sandeman, decides to divide his territory after the murder of his wife in a street robbery. He would like...

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  5. Merchant of Venice, The (1996) (1996 Television, Video)

    Director
    Alan Horrox
    Producer
    Alan Horrox
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution

    Filmed partly on location in Venice, the specially commissioned production of The Merchant of Venice emphasises contemporary issues of capitalism, feminism, and racism in the form of anti-semitism. Bob Peck...

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  6. War Poets of ‘39 (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Peter Lee-Wright
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min.

    Dramatised readings of poetry written during World War 2. Poets featured include Dennis McHarrie, Molly Corbelly, John Brooks, Spike Milligan, Keith Douglas, Bernard Gutteridge, Vernon Scannel and Gavin Ewart.

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  7. Withnail & I (1986 Film)

    Director
    Bruce Robinson
    Producer
    Paul Heller
    Subject
    Drama

    Feature film. Black comedy about two down-on-their-luck actors holidaying in the Lake District in 1969. Richard Griffiths, as Withnail’s gay uncle, frequently quotes from Hamlet, and the film ends...

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  8. Monocled Mutineer, The (1986)

    Director
    Jim O’Brien
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 320 minutes), £6

    This controversial 1986 four-part BBC drama tells the story of Percy Toplis and his role in the Étaples mutiny which took place during the Passchendaele offensive during World War I. THE MONOCLED MUTINEER...

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