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  1. Expedition Congo (2013)

    aka: Congo

    Director
    Brian Leith
    Subject
    Biology; Natural history
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 147 minutes), £14.19

    First broadcast in 2001, this BBC documentary series focuses on the Congo River of Central Africa by exploring the rich variety of animals and habitats that are to be found along the river’s 4, 700...

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  2. Electric Heart (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Dev Varma
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the work of US heart specialist Michael DeBakey and his colleagues, who have been working to perfect a new generation of miniature pumps that could make permanent artificial hearts a reality. Charts...

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  3. Elephant Will (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Adrian Pennink
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    As the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meets to consider whether to lift the ban on trading in ivory, a report from Africa looks the effects of a...

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  4. Fat Files, The (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Jill Fullerton-Smith
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 150 min., 2000 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Series examining obesity, using case studies and interviews with leading scientists. In 3 parts: 1) Born to Be Fat: research has established a link between obesity and the absence of leptin, a hormone that...

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  5. New Star in Orbit (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Lara Hannay; Ed Harriman
    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the $96 billion project to build the International Space Station, a global venture intended as a stepping stone to Mars and an orbiting laboratory. Examines the arguments for and against the space...

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  6. Skeleton Key (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Steve Ruggi
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Follows efforts to find a cure for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, a rare disease which causes the body’s muscles and ligaments to turn to solid bone. Suffers can end up fused in a standing position...

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  7. Sudden Death 1 (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Liz Tucker
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The case of five children in an American family who died in infancy contributed to the development of a widely held theory about cot death. Paediatrician Alfred Steinschneider became a leading authority in...

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  8. Wings of Angels (1999 Video)

    Director
    John Martin
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 65 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Drama recounting the story of English ornithologist David Lack, played by Paul Rhys, who struggles to reconcile the scientific evidence for evolution he found on the Galapagos Islands in the 1930s and 1940s...

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  9. Hopeful Monsters (1998 Video)

    Director
    Bryn Higgins
    Producer
    Peter Goodchild
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    When biologist Mike Levine came across a picture of a mutant fruit fly, with two perfectly formed legs in place of its antennae, he had found the key to the toolkit nature uses to evolve new creatures. The...

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  10. Beyond a Joke (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Denman Rooke
    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines how laughter and play are crucial to brain development and reveals how some scientists are recommending play as an alternative to drugs in helping to treat hyperactive children.

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