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Mahler (2012)

Director

Ken Russell

Subject

Film studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 111 minutes), £12.99

Russell’s portrait of the life of one of Gustav Mahler.

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This Sceptred Isle (1999 Audio)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, 20 audiocassettes. 1740 min. 28 Compact discs. 1740 min., 2001 sale: £10.99 (+p&p) each part 2001 sale: £50.00 (+p&p) 20th century subset on cassette 2001 sale: £75.00 (+p&p) 20th century subset on CD 2001 sale: £89.95 (+p&p) complete set on cassette 2001 sale: £150.00 (+p&p) complete set on CD

An account of the nation from the arrival of Julius Caesar to the end of the 20th century, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee. Features extracts from Winston Churchill’s ‘A history of...

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Coronary Heart Disease (1999 Video)

Director

Russell C J Knightley

Producer

A Ralph Rosenthal

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 34 min., 2000 sale: £125.00 (inclusive) complete

Presents a picture of coronary heart disease and shows what can be done to reduce the risks. Divided into three sections: 1) Biology: introduces the workings of the heart and the disease process; 2)...

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War Against the Zulus, The (1996 Video)

aka: Zulu Wars 1879 - The Disaster at Isandlwhana

Subject

History

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min.

Uses battle reconstructions from the film ZULU DAWN, further reconstructions and re-enactments, dramatised eye-witness accounts, and 3-D mapping techniques to tell the story of the slaughter at Isandlwhana,...

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Romeo-Juliet (1990 Film)

Director

Armando Acosta

Producer

Armando Acosta; Paul Celis; Lanny Mickelson; Andree Castagne

Subject

Drama

Film version of Romeo and Juliet casting the feral cats of Venice, New York and Ghent as actors with voices dubbed by established actors of the British theatre. Filmed as a concert, with music from Prokofiev...

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Reconstructing the Bankside Theatres (1985 Television, Video)

Producer

Tony Coe

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Out of Distribution (2005), Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Professor Glynne Wickham looks at the latest proposals to reconstruct Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre near its original site in Southwark, examining the historical evidence for the construction of theatres in...

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King Lear (1983 Audio, Radio)

Producer

John Tydeman

Subject

Drama

Distribution

2 audiocassettes. Stereo., 1992 sale: £7.15

Radio adaptation of the play produced by John Tydeman. With Alec Guinness as Lear; Jill Bennett, Eileen Atkins, Sarah Badel, star as his daughters, and Ronald Pickup as the Fool. The music is composed by...

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World, The: A Television History (Parts 1-13) (1983 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $39.49

Based on ‘The Times Atlas of World History’, the series of 26 30-minute programmes presents the history of mankind on a global scale. It uses specially designed animated maps, computer-generated graphics...

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World, The: A Television History (Parts 14-26) (1983 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $39.49 (including parts 1-13)

Based on ‘The Times Atlas of World History’, the series of 26 30-minute programmes presents the history of mankind on a global scale. It uses specially designed animated maps, computer-generated graphics...

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Pygmalion (1981 Video)

Director

John Glenister

Producer

Pat Sandys

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 78 min., 2001 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

A television production of George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Pygmalion’ with Twiggy (Leslie Hornby) as Elisa Dolittle.

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