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  1. Turn of the Screw, The (2000)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 92 minutes), £12.99

    A television adaptation by Nick Dear of the Henry James novella, in which a governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.

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  2. Great Expectations (1989) (1999)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 312 minutes), £16.99

    A version of Charles Dickens’ novel made for television, adapted by John Goldsmith and starring Anthony Hopkins as Magwitch.

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  3. Saints and Sinners (3 Parts) (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 104 min., 2000 sale: £14.99 (inclusive) each 2000 sale: £29.99 (inclusive) set

    Series broadcast in six parts tracing the history of the Papacy from the early days of Christianity to the to the modern Roman Catholic Church and Pope John Paul II. Narrated by Dr Anthony Clare. In 3...

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  4. Karaoke / Cold Lazarus (1996)

    Director
    Renny Rye
    Producer
    Kenith Trodd
    Subject
    Drama; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 430 minutes (combined)), £39.99

    Having been diagnosed with terminal cancer and with less than six-months to live, Dennis Potter undertook a race against time to complete his final two creations that were uniquely shared between Channel 4...

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  5. Lady Chatterley (1993)

    Director
    Ken Russell
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 210 minutes), £19.99

    Adaptation in four parts of DH Lawrence’s famous story, using all three versions of the text, from controversial writer/director Ken Russell. In recounting the familiar details of young, bored Lady...

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  6. Power of Myth, The (1988)

    Director
    Bill Moyers
    Producer
    Catherine Tatge
    Subject
    Philosophy; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 342 minutes), £19.99

    During the last two years of Joseph Campbell’s life journalist Bill Moyers interviewed him at filmmaker George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch in California and at the Museum of Natural History in New York City....

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  7. Playing Shakespeare (1984)

    Director
    John Carlow
    Producer
    Andrew Snell
    Subject
    Drama; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 500 minutes), £9.99

    Television documentary series in nine parts in which John Barton, associate director with the Royal Shakespeare Company, works with RSC actors analysing how Shakespeare’s text works, examining the use of...

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  8. Cosmos (1980)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Biology; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 780 minutes), £29.99

    In this classic series Carl Sagan goes beyond a guided tour through billions of stars and galaxies, covering everything from the cells which build life to the Big Bang that started it all. The programmes...

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  9. Testament of Youth (1979)

    Director
    Moira Armstrong
    Producer
    Jonathan Powell
    Subject
    Drama; Literature; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 275 minutes), £19.99

    Five-part BBC drama based on the celebrated autobiography of Vera Brittain, covering the years in between 1913 and 1925 and looking at the rise of feminism and the impact of the First World War.

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  10. Wessex Tales (1973)

    Director
    Gavin Millar; Michael Tuchner
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £19.99

    This six-part collection of adaptations of the works of Thomas Hardy was originally broadcast in the UK in 1973. The first episode was Hardy’s THE WITHERED ARM. Subsequent episodes include FELLOW TOWNSMAN,...

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