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  1. Egypt’s Lost Cities (2011)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £16.33

    The Pyramids, the Sphinx and the tombs of the Pharaohs are all fabulous monuments to Egypt’s past. But according to one scientist, the astonishing antiquities already discovered are just a tiny percentage...

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  2. Daniel Deronda (2011)

    Director
    Tom Hooper
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 207 minutes), £19.99

    A television drama based on the novel by George Eliot, adapted by Andrew Davies. It is the story of the eponymous 19th century man, a Jew who reluctantly enters a marriage of convenience with an anti-Semitic...

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  3. Inside the Human Body (2011)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 miniutes), £20.42

    A four-part series in which Michael Mosley embarks on an astonishing voyage through the world’s most complex organism - the human body. The programmes take us deep under our skin where we are dwarfed by...

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  4. Al-Ghazali - The Alchemist of Happiness (2011)

    Director
    Ovidio Salazar
    Producer
    Ovidio Salazar
    Subject
    Philosophy; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 80 minutes), £19.95

    Born in 1058 in Tus, Khorasan, in present-day Iran, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali was one of the most original thinkers the world has known. Besides being a major influence in the Muslim world, the West has also felt...

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  5. Andrew Marr’s Megacities (2011)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £17.99

    For the first time in history, more people live in cities than the countryside. Across the globe, there are 21 cities with more than 10 million people, and these numbers are set to increase.In this...

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  6. Face to Face: Maya Angelou (2011)

    Subject
    Literature

    In this programme first broadcast in 1994, Jeremy Isaacs asks the black American writer Maya Angelou about her life, her writing and her hopes for the future. What unfolds is a frank and sometimes shocking...

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  7. Devil’s Music, The: Series 2 (2011)

    Subject
    Music

    A series of four 25-minute programmes in which Alexis Korner investigates the roots of American Blues music.

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  8. Inside America: The Quiet Persuader (2011)

    Subject
    Media studies; Social Studies

    First transmitted in 1965, this programme looks at Steve Frankfurt, a New York advertising executive working in an industry worth 14 billion dollars in the US alone. Used to spending thousands at a time with...

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  9. Panorama: California 2000 (2011)

    Subject
    Media studies; Technology

    First transmitted in 1966, Panorama looks at California’s technology industry and its potential impact on the future. The Californian technology industry is by far the most advanced and pioneering of its...

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  10. Timewatch: The Empire State Story (2011)

    Subject
    Engineering

    First transmitted in 2001, this programme chronicles the construction of the Empire State Building in New York, which was the world’s tallest skyscraper when opened in 1931. The iconic building’s history...

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