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  1. Light Years: The Film Diaries of Tim Cawkwell (1968-87/2015-18) (2018)

    aka: The Film Diaries of Tim Cawkwell

    Director
    Tim Cawkwell
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 193 minutes), £20.00

    Drawing inspiration from the American Underground films reaching Britain at the time, The Light Years seeks to emulate the qualities of the diary, thus making the personal public. The work brings together a...

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  2. New Town Utopia (2018)

    Director
    Christopher Ian Smith
    Subject
    Architecture; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £14.99

    After WW2, new towns were designed as social utopias to create (in the words of the post-war government) "a new type of citizen, a healthy, self-respecting, dignified person with a sense of beauty, culture...

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  3. Hamlet (2018 Video)

    Director
    Francois Roussillon
    Subject
    Drama; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (185), £25

    Operatic retelling of HAMLET by composer Brett Dean and librettist Matthew Jocelyn, which had its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. Music played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with the...

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  4. 50 Years Legal (2018)

    Director
    Simon Napier-Bell
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 77 minutes), £8.78

    A documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the partial discriminalisation of homosexuality. Using historical and personal accounts by leading activists and cultural commentators including, Sir Ian...

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  5. Playing with Fire (2018)

    Subject
    Physics; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Our ability to harness heat has led to some of humanity’s greatest achievements, from the molten metals that enabled us to make tools, to the great engines of the Industrial Revolution powered by steam, to...

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  6. Temperature for Life, A (2018)

    Subject
    Physics; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Physicist Dr Helen Czerski explores the narrow band of temperature that has led to life on Earth. Czerski uncovers the natural engineering that animals have evolved to keep their bodies at the right...

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  7. Frozen Solid (2018)

    Subject
    Physics; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    The behaviour of matter at temperatures close to absolute zero is driving the advance of technology, from superconductors to quantum computing. In this BBC documentary, physicist Dr Helen Czerski ventures to...

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  8. David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts (2018)

    aka: Exhibition on Screen: David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 85 minutes), £14.99

    Using, for the first time ever, Hockney’s personal archive of film and photographs, this documentary chronicles the artist’s vast career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for...

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  9. Monty Don’s Paradise Gardens (2018)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £14.99

    In this BBC documentary, renowned gardener Monty Don travels in search of paradise gardens referenced in the Koran as green spaces filled with flowers and fruit where shade and water provide a safe haven...

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  10. Civilisations (2018)

    aka: Civilisations: Our Story Told Through Art

    Subject
    Arts and Humanities
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 522 minutes), £17.99

    This BBC remake of Kenneth Clark’s acclaimed 1969 series tells the story of art from its origins to the present day. Presented by Simon Schama, Mary Beard and David Olusoga, the programmes explore the...

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