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James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

aka: James May’s 20th Century

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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Revolution Will Not Be Televised, The (2007)

aka: Chavez: Inside the Coup

Director

Kim Bartley; Donnacha O’Briain

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

An intimate profile of the charismatic and unconventional Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the coup attempt against him in April 2002, and his dramatic return to power some 48 hours later. 75 minutes

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Sahib, The British Soldier in India, 1750-1914 (2006)

Subject

History; Military Science

Audio recording of a lecture given by military historian Professor Richard Holmes, examining Indian soldiering in peace and war. He addresses the experience of ordinary soldiers, why they joined up, how...

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Erasing Memory: The Cultural Destruction of Iraq (2006)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 28 minutes), £19.95

Part of a 13-part series entitled SHOCKING AND AWFUL, produced by independent video activists and distributed in the US on Free Speech TV and community access channels. The series addresses the implications...

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Imperial Grand Strategy (2004)

Subject

Politics & government

Film of lecture given by Noam Chomsky at the University of Manchesteron May 22 2004. Chomsky considers the war in Iraq, disputing thee U.S. government’s justifications for the invasion. In the process, he...

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Shakespeare and Remembrance (Audio)

Subject

Drama; Shakespeare

Podcast from Shakespeare’s Globe hosted by Imogen Greenberg. This bonus episode, released to coincide with the ‘Shakespeare and Remembrance’ event at the Globe, features interviews with Neil Davies,...

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Something Wicked This Way Comes (Audio)

Subject

Drama; Shakespeare

Podcast from Shakespeare’s Globe hosted by Imogen Greenberg. This Halloween episode looks at the upcoming production of Macbeth and talks to its director, Ron Hastie. David Bellwood, the theatre’s Access...

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Love, Hate and Prevail (Audio)

Subject

Drama; Shakespeare

Podcast from Shakespeare’s Globe hosted by Imogen Greenberg. This edition focuses on the condensed 90-minute version of Romeo and Juliet produced as part of the annual ‘Playing Shakespeare’ event run...

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