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  1. Charles Dickens (1994 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £13.74

    A programme about Charles Dickens from the ‘Famous Authors’ series of documentary biographies. Using film, archive documents, portraits, music and commentary, the programme presents not only a factual...

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  2. Wired for Books: Peter Ackroyd (About Charles Dickens) (1991)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Peter Ackroyd, author of Dickens: Public Life & Private Passion, and Dickens’ London, speaks with Don Swaim in this 1991 interview about the life of Charles Dickens. According to Peter Ackroyd, Charles...

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  3. Tale of Two Cities, A (1990)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 112 minutes), £9.99

    A film version of the novel by Charles Dickens about romance and intrigue during the French Revolution.

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  4. Little Dorrit (1988)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0, 360 minutes), £20.00

    A film version of the novel by Charles Dickens, released to cinemas in two parts.

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  5. Narrative (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Umberto Eco suggests that all novels are a sort of detective story. To test the theory, argues Graham Martin, it is necessary to understand how a narrative works. A dramatised example of a scene from Chapter...

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  6. Tale of Two Cities, A (1980)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 200 minutes), £350.00

    A television adaptation of the Dickens novel. Set against the turbulent background of the French Revolution and its echoes in england, the story follows the futurnes of Charles Darnay, his physical double...

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  7. Christmas Carol, A (1977)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes ), £99.99 (combined with 3 other titles)

    A television adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story, keeping close to Dickens’ text, with John Le Mesurier as Marley’s Ghost, Bernard Lee as the Ghost of Christmas Present and Alvar...

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  8. Hard Times (1977)

    Director
    John Irvin
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £14.99

    This critically acclaimed, BAFTA-winning Granada Television adaptation of Hard Times, directed by John Irvin and dramatised by playwright Arthur Hopcraft features an impressive cast; Timothy West is...

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  9. Dickens (197)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (Cassette, 50 minutes), £11.00

    One of a series of audiotaped discussions which show literary criticism as a living, evolving interchange. This discussion is between A.E. Dyson and A. Wilson of the University of East Anglia.

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  10. Barnaby Rudge (1960)

    Director
    Barry Morris
    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature

    Thirteen episode BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ historical novel set amidst the Gordon Riots of 1780. (780 minutes)

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