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Can we Make a Star on Earth? (2009)

Subject

Astronomy; Energy; Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Professor Brian Cox takes a global journey in search of the energy source of the future. Called nuclear fusion, it is the process that fuels the sun and every other star in the universe. Yet despite over...

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How to Survive a Disaster (2009)

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

When disaster strikes who lives and who dies is not purely a matter of luck - in every disaster there are things that can be done to increase the chances of getting out alive. HORIZON has gathered a team of...

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Truth About Violence, The (2009)

aka: How Violent Are You?

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £44.00 (U);£195.00 (BBC)

What makes ordinary people commit extreme acts of violence? Michael Portillo investigates the darker side of human nature, being driven to the edge of violence in an extreme sleep deprivation study. He meets...

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What Darwin Didn’t Know (2009)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £195.00

Documentary which tells the story of evolution theory since Darwin postulated it in 1859. The theory caused a storm of controversy from fellow scientists, as well as religious types, who criticised it for...

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Why Are Thin People Not Fat? (2009)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

The world is affected by an obesity epidemic, but why is it that not everyone is succumbing? A group of medical students agree to eat double their normal intake of calories for four weeks. Swedish scientist...

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Black Watch (2009)

Director

John Tiffany

Subject

Drama; Military Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £29.99

The BBC TV production of the National Theatre of Scotland’s topical play, first performed at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival. Hurtling from a pool room in Fife to an armoured wagon in Iraq, BLACK WATCH is...

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Face to Face (2009)

Subject

Art; Film studies; History; Literature; Media studies; Politics & government; Psychiatry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1050 minutes), £128.00

All 35 episodes of the landmark FACE TO FACE series hosted by former politician John Freeman, broadcast between 1959-1962. Featuring guests from all backgrounds, the interview technique was insightful,...

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Incredible Human Journey, The (2009)

Director

David Stewart

Subject

Anthropology; Biology; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £19.99 (retail) £195.00 (BBC Active)

THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN JOURNEY is a documentary series in which Dr Alice Roberts travels the corners of the Earth in search of the origins of mankind. Utilising state-of-the-art genetic, climate and...

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Horizon: Fix Me (2009)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

After years in the wilderness, stem cell research is back. Horizon follows three young people with currently untreatable conditions as they search for a miracle cure. Sophie, paralysed from the waist down...

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Did Darwin Kill God? (2009)

Subject

Biology; Philosophy; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Can Darwin and religion exist side by side? In this thought-provoking programme, Anglican Christian, philosopher and theologian Conor Cunningham explains why these two beliefs are not in conflict. Richard...

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