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  1. Longitude (2000 Video)

    Director
    Charles Sturridge
    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 198 minutes), £12.99

    Adaptation of the Daba Sobel book telling the story of 18th-century clockmaker John Harrison’s attempts to build a chronometer, and the parallel story of Rupert Gould, who in the late 19th century...

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  2. Great Expectations (1974) (2000)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 119 minutes), £6.99

    Version of Dickens’ classic novel, with Anthony Quayle as Jaggers., originally made for American television.

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  3. Great Expectations (1946) (1999)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 118 minutes), £19.99

    A restored film version of the novel by Charles Dickens, adapted by Anthony Havelock-Allan and directed by David Lean. John Mills stars as Pip. Also available on Blu-ray.

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  4. Armchair Theatre (1958)

    Subject
    Television studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 733 minutes), £11.81

    Pioneering, influential and often challenging, Armchair Theatre was ITV’s flagship drama anthology series. Bringing high-quality drama to the viewing public, the series easily demonstrated the network’s...

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  5. Hamlet (1948) (1948 Film, Video)

    Director
    Laurence Olivier
    Producer
    Laurence Olivier
    Subject
    Drama; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 155 minutes), £12.99

    Oscar-winning feature film adaptation of the play directed by and starring Laurence Olivier.

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  6. Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943 Video)

    Director
    Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger
    Subject
    Film studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (157 minutes), £15.99

    Classic feature film in which a British soldier survives three wars and falls in love with three women. Roger Livesey is the colonel whose past life is revealed in flashback. The 2012 DVD release features...

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  7. Macbeth (Television)

    Director
    Aurora Gunn
    Producer
    Aurora Gunn
    Subject
    Drama

    Anthology arts series. The programme examines how the ideas which Shakespeare’s play addresses (tyranny, ambition, power) have resonances in twentieth and twenty-first century politics and political...

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  8. Tempest, The (Television)

    Producer
    Paul Tickell
    Subject
    Drama

    Anthology arts series. Examines why The Tempest, still holds such fascination for modern audiences. Melvyn Bragg investigates the events surrounding the writing of the play, including contemporary interest...

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  9. Quality of Mercy, The (Television)

    Director
    Billie Eltringham
    Producer
    Chris Hunt
    Subject
    Drama

    Detective series. In this episode Lewis and Hathaway investigate the murder of a young actor during a preview of an open-air student production of The Merchant of Venice. A quotation from Hamlet is found by...

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  10. Royal Shakespeare Company, The (Video)

    Director
    Naomi Wright
    Producer
    Jonathan Levi
    Subject
    Drama

    Anthology arts series. In this final edition of The South Bank Show presenter Melvyn Bragg goes behind the scenes at the Royal Shakespeare Company as it embarks on an ambitious programme of work inspired by...

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