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  1. Little Dorrit (2008)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 480 minutes), £34.99

    A television version of the novel by Charles Dickens adapted into fourteen episodes by Andrew Davies. When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence...

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  2. Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The (2003)

    Director
    Tony Richardson
    Producer
    Michael Holden; Tony Richardson
    Subject
    Literature; Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £17.99 (BFI)

    Feature film adapted by Alan Sillitoe from his own short story. A borstal boy finds freedom in the solitude of cross-country running. When his sporting prowess catches the eye of the governor he is coached...

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  3. Dresser, The (1983 Film, Video)

    Director
    Peter Yates
    Producer
    Peter Yates
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 113 minutes), £12.99

    A film adaptation by Ronald Harwood of his own play, based on the touring career of Donald Wolfit, for whom Harwood was the dresser. The story relates the complex relationship between Sir, an ageing...

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  4. One Word of Truth (1981 Video)

    Director
    Peter J Sisam
    Producer
    Ailsa Hamilton; Harry Howlett; Finn Harald Wettefors
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. sd. col. 29 min.

    Based on Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Nobel Prize lecture. Prison camp sequences shot in Lapland, works of art and newsreel footage dramatise many issues facing mankind such as the differing scale of values in...

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  5. Winter’s Tale, The (Radio)

    Director
    Eoin O’Callaghan
    Producer
    Eoin O’Callaghan
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Unknown

    Full radio adaptation of Shakespere’s play produced and directed by Eoin O’ Callaghan. Tom Courtenay plays Leontes opposite Harriet Walter as Hermione (and Time). With music composed by Julie Cooper and...

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