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  1. English Garden, The. Part 3: A Temple in the Grove (1725-1755) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    The invention of the sunken fence or ‘ha-ha’ set designers free to harmonise the surrounding countryside with the garden, while loosening up the regularity of previous gardens. Locations include a...

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  2. English Garden, The. Part 4: The Lake in the Landscape (1775-1785) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    Under the reign of George III there was a revival of interest in English gothic with mock castles and ruins becoming the central feature for many landscape gardens. Buildings such as follies and treehouses...

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  3. English Garden, The. Part 5: The Picturesque Paradise (1785-1840) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    After the death of Capability Brown in 1783, Humphrey Repton became recognised as his natural successor and used visible terraces and flowers to decorate the landscape. However, both Brown and Repton were...

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  4. English Garden, The. Part 6: Perfectly Dazzling (1840-1914) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    With the variety and growth of suburban gardens, a gardener could create his own make-believe world, and with Chinese, Egyptian, rhododendron and rock gardens, and this is what he did. The surrounding...

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  5. English Garden, The. Part 7: Technicolour and Technology (1914-) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    After World War I loss of confidence set in. Ideas were adapted from the past and people became more immediately concerned with collecting as many species and hybrids as possible. Immediacy was all and...

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  6. Exceptional Child, An (7 Parts) (1980 Video)

    Producer
    David Hodgson
    Subject
    Psychiatry; Social welfare
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 7 x 26 min.

    Portrays seven ‘exceptional’ children and their families. Looks at the help partents can give and the demands this makes on the family unit. Whether the parents of a chess prodigy, or of a mentally...

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  7. Anatomy of Eloquence, The (198 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette, VHS. col. 31 min.

    Examines the physiology of speech productions, focusing on individuals learning to speak after their larynxes have been surgically removed. Looks at human vocall tracts, noting that the human larynx is...

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  8. Way of the World, The (5 Parts) (1975 Video)

    Producer
    Peter Duguid
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 4 x 52 min, 1 x 106 min.

    Five Restoration comedies adapted for television. 1: By Sir John Vanbrugh. 2: By Thomas Shadwell. 3: By Sir John Vanbrugh. 4: By Sir Charles Sedley. 5: By William Congreve, adapted by Robin Chapman. With...

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