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  1. V for Vendetta (2006 Film)

    Director
    James McTeigue
    Producer
    Joel Silver; Grant Hill; Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski
    Subject
    Drama

    Feature film. Set in London in 2020 when Britain has become a Fascist state, a freedom fighter known as V (Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive society. He rescues a young woman (Portman)...

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  2. 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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  3. Notes from a Small Island: Volume 1 (1999 Video)

    Director
    Richard Lightbody
    Subject
    Geography; Social sciences
    Distribution
    DVD

    Following his book of the same name, Bill Bryson sets off on a new tour of Britain, observing the British way of life. Starting at Dover, where he recalls his arrival in 1973 to a land of rain, sweet tea and...

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  4. Brussels Can You Hear Me? (1989 Video)

    Director
    Graeme Garden
    Producer
    Ben Harrison
    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 13 min.

    Features two stereotypical British businessmen discussing how best to influence the European Community decision-making process. Explains the workings of the main EC institutions and spells out key messages...

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  5. Case Studies in Leadership (6 Parts) (1988 Video)

    Director
    Charles Crichton
    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 12, 16, 19, 17, 15, 15 min.

    Each film is centred around a particular type of problem person. The training messages cut across a wide spectrum of management skills and carry valid points for training in assertiveness, managing meetings,...

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  6. Anything You Can Do... (1987 Video)

    Director
    Catherine Robins
    Producer
    Michael Blakstad
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Investigates what computers are good at, and what they are bad at - e.g. thinking and telling jokes. Experts debate their uses in medicine, business and defence. The programme also looks at the new...

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  7. Hysteria 2 (Television)

    aka: Shakespeare Sketch

    Director
    David G. Croft
    Producer
    Trevor Hopkins

    Television charity variety show to support World Aids Day. The event was directed by Stephen Fry and directed for television by David G. Croft. Includes a sketch (c6 mins) in which Rowan Atkinson (in...

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  8. Cambridge Footlights Revue, The (Television)

    Director
    John Kilby
    Producer
    Dennis Main Wilson
    Subject
    Drama

    `The Cellar Tapes’ revue. Includes a sketch (7 mins), written and acted, by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, which parodies a Shakespeare masterclass. The speech being worked on is from Troilus and Cressida,...

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  9. Kingdom (Television)

    Director
    Ed Hall
    Producer
    Georgina Lowe

    Comedy drama series created by Simon Wheeler and starring Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk-based solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and the locals who come to him for legal assistance....

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  10. Bit of Fry & Laurie, A (Television)

    Director
    Roger Ordish
    Producer
    Roger Ordish

    Comedy sketch series written and performed by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. This episode includes a sketch, ‘Ignore’, in which Hugh Laurie is an earnest ‘modern’ lecturer standing in front of a inert...

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