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Plays for Britain: The Complete Series (2013)

Director

Michael Apted; Jim Goddard; Leslie Blair; Peter Gill; Alan Clarke; Philip Saville

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 325 minutes), £19.99

Thames Television series which was first broadcast in the mid-1970s, featuring six contemporary plays by writers then at relatively early stages in their careers. Stephen Poliakoff’s HITTING TOWN is an...

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1981) (1981 Television)

aka: The Shakespeare Plays

Director

Elijah Moshinsky

Producer

Jonathan Miller

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 113 minutes), £12.99

Television production starring Helen Mirren as Titania and Peter McEnery as Oberon.

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Fishing Party, The (1972)

Director

Michael Simpson

Subject

Social Studies; Television studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 57 minutes), £7.99

Three Leeds miners enjoy a weekend fishing trip, neglect their skipper’s advice about drinking on the boat and quickly find themselves suffering the consequences as they head further out to sea. The play...

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Shakespeare - Or Bust (Television)

Director

Brian Parker

Producer

David Rose

Subject

Drama

Specially written for the BBC, this radio play by Peter Terson is a working class take on Three Men In a Boat. It is set in Stratford-Upon-Avon, with the lads off on a barge to soak up some culture via the...

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Much Ado About Nothing (Audio)

Director

Peter Gill

Subject

Drama

Live sound recording of Peter Gill’s 1981 production of Much Ado About Nothing with Penelope Wilton as Beatrice and Michael Gambon as Benedick.

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