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  1. Accidental Hero, The (1997 Video)

    Producer
    John Drury; Anne Reevell
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

    Explores the backgroud of Oskar Schindler, the Czech-born factory owner who saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish slave workers during World War 2. He became a hero, but was also a Nazi, a womaniser and a...

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  2. Gimme Shelter (1997 Video)

    Producer
    John Drury
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

    Following the government’s tightening of the rules on immigration, the number of people seeking asylum in the UK has dropped significantly. While some believe that the rules do not go far enough, others...

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  3. Sheep Called Dolly, A (1997 Video)

    Producer
    John Drury
    Subject
    Biology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

    In the light of the world’s first clone of an adult sheep, asks if society should limit scientific endeavour and questions and whether scientists are responsible enough to monitor their own research. Joan...

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  4. Wombs for Rent (1997 Video)

    Producer
    John Drury
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

    Asks whether it is right for childless couples to ‘rent a womb’ and pay for the services of a surrogate mother. Kim Cotton, Britain’s first surrogate mother argues that we should learn from Bill...

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  5. Digging for Victory (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

    Asks whether direct-action protest can ever be morally justifiable, in light of the anti-road campaign in which protesters occupied tunnels near the A30, the animal export protesters and the camp in protest...

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  6. Traders of the Lost Scrolls (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Graham Judd
    Subject
    Archaeology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1998 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

    Fragments of the Dead Sea scrolls still missing are sought after not just by scholars and priests but also by rich collectors and unscrupulous dealers. Professor Jim Charlesworth, director of Princeton...

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  7. Futurewatch (6 Parts) (1996 Video)

    Producer
    John Drury
    Subject
    Medical sciences; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 40 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive) each

    Seriess looking at the moral questions of the next century, as the limits of social behaviour, medicine, science and technology are pushed ever further. In each programme Michael Buerk discusses the issues...

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  8. Body in Question, The (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive) (with discussion)

    Joan Bakewell in Jerusalem examines evidence relating to the three days the body of Jesus Christ lay in a tomb following his crucifixion. A first-century tomb, with six of its nine ossuaries inscribed with...

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