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808 ENGLISH 3: Reading and writing non-fiction and media texts BITESIZE GCSE   This programme focuses on the skills students will need for Paper 1 of their English exam, defining, approaching & analysing reading, as well as understanding, planning, composing & checking writing. 1325.01
808 ENGLISH: WRITING SKILLS CURRICULUM BITES KS3 11-14 years This programme shows how key writing skills are used in different curriculum subjects, with contributions from personalities and experts, covers vocabulary, sentences, punctuation, paragraphs and planning. 7595.01
808 HOW CAN I DESCRIBE IT? ENGLISH EXPRESS 9-11 years This programe looks at ways of conveying the details of what children know about themselves or their preferences, their own experiences or something imagined, and thinking about your intended audience. 7364.03
808 SOAP OPERAS 1: A WRITER'S GUIDE ENGLISH EXPRESS 9-11 years This series is intended to stimulate language work appropriate to Key Stage 2. This programme is the first of two on soap operas and is subtitled "A Writer's Guide". 6860.08
808 SOAP OPERAS 2 ENGLISH EXPRESS 9-11 years This series is intended to stimulate language work appropriate to Key Stage 2. This is the second of two programmes on soap operas. 6862.08
808 TALL STORIES ENGLISH EXPRESS 9-11 years This series is intended to stimulate language work appropriate to Key stage 2. This programme includes two stories to help launch children into the world of fantasy. 6864.07
808 DETECTIVE STORIES ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years This programme provides an analysis of some the elements in crime fiction, including the role and personality of the detective and the role of the writer, with contributions from Sarah Dunant and Colin Dexter. 6900.05
808 LIFE STORIES: BOB AND ABIGAIL ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years This programme examines autobiographical writing, how it can increase an author's understanding of themselves and of the past, and Bob Geldof talks about how 'Is That It?' evolved. 5869.02
808 LOVE STORIES ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years This programme considers why romantic fiction has been so popular since the Middle Ages and examines the common ingredients to the genre of love stories. 6898.06
808 WRITING NON-FICTION 1: ARGUMENT WITH TERRY JONES ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This unit looks at different models of writing in which the content, form, purpose or audience is more predetermined. This programme considers argument and persuasion. 6785.04
808 WRITING NON-FICTION 2: REVIEWING TELEVISION ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This unit looks at different models of writing in which the content, form, purpose or audience is more predetermined. This programme uses Jaci Stephen's review of 'Hale & Pace' to demonstrate the process. 6786.07
808 WRITING NON-FICTION 3: INFORMING PEOPLE ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This unit looks at different models of writing in which the content, form, purpose or audience is more predetermined. This programme is based around 'London: The Good Tour Guide'. 6788.06
808 GHOST STORY Part 1 GHOSTWRITER 10-12 years This series, set around Brooklyn, New York, is designed to stimulate children to read and write, and to promote language development. Strange things are happening to Jamal and his friends! 6857.05
808 GHOST STORY Part 2 GHOSTWRITER 10-12 years   6859.04
808 GHOST STORY Part 3 GHOSTWRITER 10-12 years   6861.04
808 GHOST STORY Part 4 GHOSTWRITER 10-12 years   6863.05
808 GHOST STORY Part 5 GHOSTWRITER 10-12 years   6865.03
808 MASTER STORYTELLER: THE BEGINNING LET'S WRITE A STORY (Y3/4) 7-9 years Designed to inspire and improve pupils' story-writing skills by drawing on plots and characters from their own world. Contains suggestions and support for children to do their own writing. 7628.01
808 MASTER STORYTELLER: THE END LET'S WRITE A STORY (Y3/4) 7-9 years Designed to inspire and improve pupils' story-writing skills by drawing on plots and characters from their own world. Contains suggestions and support for children to do their own writing. 7632.01
808 MASTER STORYTELLER: THE MIDDLE LET'S WRITE A STORY (Y3/4) 7-9 years Designed to inspire and improve pupils' story-writing skills by drawing on plots and characters from their own world. Contains suggestions and support for children to do their own writing. 7631.04
808 EXPLANATIONS LET'S WRITE NON-FICTION KS2A 7-9 years This series looks at appropriate non-fiction texts and offers pupils tips and advice on how to perfect their own writing in history, geography, drama, art and design, and technology. 7891.03
808 INSTRUCTIONS LET'S WRITE NON-FICTION KS2A 7-9 years This series looks at appropriate non-fiction texts and offers pupils tips and advice on how to perfect their own writing. 7889.07
808 NON-CHRONOLOGICAL REPORT WRITING LET'S WRITE NON-FICTION KS2A 7-9 years This series looks at appropriate non-fiction texts and offers pupils tips and advice on how to perfect their own writing. 7883.02
808 BIOGRAPHY: Charles Dickens LET'S WRITE NON-FICTION KS2B 9-11 years This programme consists of a drama based on the true story of Charles Dickens's early childhood. 7894.08
808 DISCUSSION: Human Cloning LET'S WRITE NON-FICTION KS2B 9-11 years This documentary explores the contoversial issue of human cloning and considers the arguments over whether it should be allowed or banned. 7897.03
808 PERSUASION: Advertising Brussel Sprouts LET'S WRITE NON-FICTION KS2B 9-11 years This series looks at appropriate non-fiction texts and offers pupils tips and advice on how to perfect their own writing. Comedians Kim Noble and Stuart Silver are given the task of promoting Sprouts. 7897.02
808 DEAR DIARY MIDDLE ENGLISH 11-14 years This programme features two young teenagers and how they record their experiences on a school adventure holiday, and questions the purpose of keeping a diary and the experience of writing one. 6957.03
808 HARRY HAND AND THE PHANTOM OF BLUEBELL HILL MIDDLE ENGLISH 9-12 years An investigation by Dave Arthur into the world of modern legends. 4727.01
808 JUICE JOB MIDDLE ENGLISH 9-12 years This programme, introduced by Michael Rosen, is about using your own experiences as the inspiration for writing. 4725.01
808 MIDDLE PAGES: ANTHONY BROWNE MIDDLE ENGLISH 9-12 years In this programme, subtitled "Look What I've Got", the artist Anthony Browne talks about looking at people, animals and pictures, and about his work as a creator of picture books. 4726.06
808 WRITING: STORIES SEEING AND DOING 6-8 years Part of a unit on writing, in this programme the author Grace Hallworth tells her story 'The Carnival Kite' and talks about how she came to write it. 6028.08
808 TELLING TALES TALK WRITE AND READ 7-9 years A series introducing children to ways of looking at and using language. This programme contrasts tales from two cultures: 'The Careless bee' (India) and 'The Devil and the Soldier' (European). 5534.07
808 WRITERS' BLOCK WRITERS' BLOCK 11-14 years This programme looks at writing fiction, speech writing and delivery, writing for the theatre, writing a non-fiction information text, and how the themes and conventions in traditional tales recurr in contemporary media. 7566.03
808 FISHY TALE (Poetry) WRITING AND PICTURES 6-7 years This programme, in the series designed to develop writing ability featuring Scribbles the squirrel, looks at writing poems and poetry and using the three letters 'str' together. 7135.09
808 MUSIC AND STORY (Three Billy Goats Gruff) YOU AND ME 5 years A co-operative venture by Croydon Public Libraries, integrating music with story, introducing children to three musical instruments, that are then used to tell the story of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. 6816.07
808.02 JOURNALIST ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years Belfast novelist Glenn Patterson asks some of Ireland's leading writers to explain the craft of writing and the process by which they choose a genre and then their words. 7503.01
808.02 SCREENWRITER ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years Belfast novelist Glenn Patterson asks some of Ireland's leading writers to explain the craft of writing and the process by which they choose a genre and then their words. 7498.05
808.02 FOOTBALL FICTIONS MIDDLE ENGLISH 11-14 years This programme in a unit using football to explore the techniques required by three different writing genres, looks at fiction - the book and film 'Kes' by Barry Hines, the carton strip, and Sky TV's Dream Team. 7514.07
808.02 MATCH REPORTS MIDDLE ENGLISH 11-14 years This unit uses football to explore the techniques required by three different writing genres. A would-be reporter gets the chance to report on an FA Cup match and some help from an experienced journalist. 7511.05
808.1 POET ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years Belfast novelist Glenn Patterson asks some of Ireland's leading writers to explain the craft of writing and the process by which they choose a genre and then their words. 7504.03
808.2 PLAYWRIGHT ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years Belfast novelist Glenn Patterson asks some of Ireland's leading writers to explain the craft of writing and the process by which they choose a genre and then their words. 7499.01
808.3 PROSE WRITERS ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years Belfast novelist Glenn Patterson asks some of Ireland's leading writers to explain the craft of writing and the process by which they choose a genre and then their words. 7505.06
808.5 DISCUSSION HIGHER ENGLISH 16+ years The second of two programmes in this unit, examines the assessment criteria for group discussion and includes examples of discussion in the classroom and in the business world. 7305.04
808.5 ON YOUR OWN HIGHER ENGLISH 16+ years The first of two programmes in this unit, follows two fifth year pupils as they prepare to deliver a speech at the school awards ceremony and for assessment as part of the Higher English course respectively. 7303.05
810 OF MICE AND MEN: IN CONTEXT ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years This programme looks at the social and cultural background to Steinbeck's novel set among the itinerant workers in the dustbowl years of the 1930s. 1086.06
810 OF MICE AND MEN: IN CONTEXT ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years This programme looks at the social and cultural background to Steinbeck's novel set among the itinerant workers in the dustbowl years of the 1930s. 7231.08
810 ASK THE AUTHORS: Maya Angelou GET READING GET WRITING   The famous author discusses her books with an invited audience of her readers. 7848.03
810 ASK THE AUTHORS: Michael Morpurgo & Jacqueline Wilson GET READING GET WRITING   These two well-known children's authors discuss their books with an audience of young readers. 7848.02
811 SUPERMAN & PAULA BROWN'S NEW SNOWSUIT (Sylvia Plath) ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This tale of childhood abruptly confronted by reality, is read and discussed by poet Claire Pollard, who reflects on the author's personality, the imagery, thematic significance and characterisation. 7530.03
812 CRUCIBLE (Film 1996 12) CRUCIBLE Cert 12 Film adaptation of Arthur Miller's play, directed by Nicolas Hytner, about suspected witchcraft in 17th century Salem, Massachusetts, featuring Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Scofield and Winona Ryder. 7910.01
812 ARTHUR MILLER ENGLISH COLLECTION 14+ years This programme was filmed during Miller's 80th Birthday celebrations at the National Theatre, and can be used as support material for any Arthur Miller play. 7057.04
812 DEATH OF A SALESMAN Part 1 ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years First part of a five part television production of Arthur Miller's play, featuring Warren Mitchell as Willy Loman. 7083.03
812 DEATH OF A SALESMAN Part 2 ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years   7086.03
812 DEATH OF A SALESMAN Part 3 ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years   7088.05
812 DEATH OF A SALESMAN Part 4 ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years   7090.05
812 DEATH OF A SALESMAN Part 5 ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years   7094.05
812 RED HOOK, NOT SICILY: Miller's 'A View from the Bridge' ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years This programme provides a background to Arthur Miller's play 'A View from the Bridge', a story of Italian immigration to the United States, and to the themes that form the basis of the tragic drama. 5674.05
812 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: IN CONTEXT ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years This programme looks at the social and cultural background to the Pullitzer prize winning novel by Harper Lee, set in the divided society of the Southern USA in the 1930s. 1086.05
812 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: IN CONTEXT ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years This programme looks at the social and cultural background to the Pullitzer prize winning novel by Harper Lee, set in the divided society of the Southern USA in the early 1930s. 7229.02
812 TRIBUTE TO ARTHUR MILLER ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years This programme, filmed during Miller's 80th Birthday celebrations at the National Theatre, includes excerpts from 'A View from the Bridge', 'All My Sons', 'The Crucible' and 'Death of a Salesman'. 7096.06
812/MIL ARTHUR MILLER: FINISHING THE PICTURE IMAGINE   The playwright Arthur Miller talks about his life and work, the communist witch hunts of the 1950s, his marriage to Marilyn Monroe and his latest play, which documents the making of Monroe's last film. 7967.02
813 MOBY DICK ANIMATED EPICS 14-16 years . 7350.03
813 MOBY DICK ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years Animated dramatisation of the tale by Herman Melville. 1111.04
813 OF MICE AND MEN Part 1 ENGLISH PROGRAMME 13-18 years A five part serialisation of the 1981 American film version of John Steinbeck's novel. There is a short afterword at the end of the final episode. 5680.01
813 OF MICE AND MEN Part 2 ENGLISH PROGRAMME 13-18 years Part two of a five part serialisation of the 1981 American film version of John Steinbeck's novel. 5681.06
813 OF MICE AND MEN Part 3 ENGLISH PROGRAMME 13-18 years Part three of a five part serialisation of the 1981 American film version of John Steinbeck's novel. 5683.05
813 OF MICE AND MEN Part 4 ENGLISH PROGRAMME 13-18 years Part four of a five part serialisation of the 1981 American film version of John Steinbeck's novel. 5685.01
813 OF MICE AND MEN Part 5 ENGLISH PROGRAMME 13-18 years Part five of a five part serialisation of the 1981 American film version of John Steinbeck's novel. There is a short afterword at the end of this, the final episode. 5686.05
813 TELL TALE HEART (Edgar Allen Poe) ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This tale of domestic violence and murder by Edgar Allen Poe, one of the pioneers of the short story, is read by writer and film director Neil Jordan, who discusses the imagery and the symbolism Poe used. 7523.05
813 LEMONY SNICKET PROFILE   A profile of the American US children's aythor whose book "A Series of Unfortunate Events" has become a publishing phenomenon. 7859.04
813 LET'S GO HOME LITTLE BEAR WORDS AND PICTURES 5-7 years This programme in the series to support reading and writing National Curriculum KS1, is about all kinds of noises, includes the story by Martin Waddell,and features the letter 'n'. 6867.06
813 PETER'S CHAIR WORDS AND PICTURES 5-7 years This programme in the series to support reading and writing National Curriculum KS1, includes the story by Ezra Jack Keats, and features the letter 'g'. 6865.02
820 ENGLISH 1: LITERATURE AS GURU 16-18 years This programme covers "What is a text?", genres: prose, poetry and drama, literary context, Shakespeare in context and the language, interpreting texts and literary theory. 7461.01
820 ANIMAL FARM: IN CONTEXT ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years This programme looks at the social and cultural background to the story by George Orwell, both when the story is set and when it was written. 1086.03
820 LORD OF THE FLIES: IN CONTEXT ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years This programme looks at the social and cultural background to the story by William Golding, both when the story is set and when it was written. 1086.02
820 OUTSIDERS ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This programme looks at the role of the marginalised, the misunderstood and the rebel in selected twentieth and pre-twentieth century texts and at some 20th century film treatments of key texts. 7310.01
820 UNSUITABLE FOR CHILDREN IMAGINE   Documentary about contemporary children's fiction, featuring contributions from Philip Pullman, Melvin Burgess, Christopher Paolini and Salman Rushdie. Only suitable for loan as an INSET programme. 7920.06
820 PERSONAL VIEW: VICTORIA WOOD SCENE 14-16 years A documentary following Victoria Wood on her recent solo tour, showing her on stage and backstage preparations. She also talks at home about her life as awriter and performer. 4850.03
821 GEOFFREY CHAUCER ADVANCED LEVEL STUDIES: ENGLISH 16-19 years The programme is designed as a starting point for 'A' level studies of Chaucer introducing the writer, his language and his background, with particular reference to the Prologue of The Canterbury Tales. 4853.03
821 ENGLISH 2: Poetry BITESIZE GCSE     1322.01
821 ENGLISH 2: Poetry from other cultures BITESIZE GCSE     1301.02
821 ENGLISH 2: Poetry from other cultures BITESIZE GCSE   This programme focuses on the skills students will need for part of Paper 2 of their English exam on poetry, particularly the poems in the NEAB Anthology. 1324.01
821 OVER THE EDGE BOOK BOX 9-11 years Francesca Kay, a performance poet, expresses her feelings about adventure activities in a sequence of her own poems. 7027.02
821 ANIMAL TALES BOOK BOX: POETRY 7-9 years Part of the unit "Off with McGough ". 7284.05
821 BODY LANGUAGE BOOK BOX: POETRY 7-9 years Part of the unit "Off with McGough". 7275.06
821 FAMILY FAVOURITES BOOK BOX: POETRY 7-9 years Part of the unit "Off with McGough". 7281.05
821 FOOD FOR THOUGHT BOOK BOX: POETRY 7-9 years Part of the unit "Off with McGough". 7276.08
821 PILLOW TALK BOOK BOX: POETRY 7-9 years   7287.01
821 RHYME TIME BOOK BOX: POETRY 9-11 years Part of the unit "Rosen's Poetry Attic". 7296.05
821 RHYTHM SECTION BOOK BOX: POETRY 9-11 years Part of the unit "Rosen's Poetry Attic". 7298.06
821 SOUND EFFECTS BOOK BOX: POETRY 9-11 years Part of the unit "Rosen's Poetry Attic". 7304.04
821 WORD PAINTINGS BOOK BOX: POETRY 9-11 years Part of the unit "Rosen's Poetry Attic" 7302.04
821 WORD PLAY BOOK BOX: POETRY 9-11 years Part of the unit "Rosen's Poetry Attic". 7306.03
821 BYRON Part 1: Summer of the Doormouse BYRON   First of two programmes tracing the rise and fall of the famous poet. Following the success of his poem "Child Harold's Pilgrimage", Byron becomes the toast of London society. 7813.01
821 BYRON Part 2: Eloquence of Action BYRON   Second of two programmes tracing the rise and fall of the famous poet. Annabella Milbanke learns that marriage to the poet means heartbreak and betrayal. 7813.04
821 KNIGHT'S TALE by Tony Marchant CANTERBURY TALES (TV 2003)   A series of radically modern reworkings of Chaucer's tales. Two lifelong friends, who are also prison cellmates, become bitter rivals when they both fall for the same woman. 7805.02
821 MAN OF LAW'S TALE by Olivia Hetreed CANTERBURY TALES (TV 2003)   A series of radically modern reworkings of Chaucer's tales. A young woman's faith, serene presence and her tragic past have dramatic impact on the couple who rescued her and their friend. 7820.02
821 MILLER'S TALE by Peter Bowker CANTERBURY TALES (TV 2003)   A series of radically modern reworkings of Chaucer's tales. A smooth-talking talent scout turns the head of a young karaoke queen with promises of fame and fortune in this "comic and bawdy romp". 7803.01
821 PARDONER'S TALE by Tony Grounds CANTERBURY TALES (TV 2003)   A series of radically modern reworkings of Chaucer's tales. Set in the town of Rochester, this story follows three unemployed wastrels who attempt to cash in when a teenager goes missing. 7820.01
821 SEA CAPTAIN'S TALE by Avie Luthra CANTERBURY TALES (TV 2003)   A series of radically modern reworkings of Chaucer's tales. The spoilt wife of a mobster resorts to desperate measures when her bad debts begin to spiral out of control. 7805.03
821 WIFE OF BATH'S TALE by Sally Wainwright CANTERBURY TALES (TV 2003)   A series of radically modern reworkings of Chaucer's tales. Deserted by her husband of 16 years for another woman, a 53 year-old actress falls for her handsome co-star , an actor 34 years her junior. 7805.01
821 CAPTURING THE WORLD ENGLISH EXPRESS 9-11 years Part of the unit "Ideas and Imagination" focussing on imaginative aspects of writing. 7026.02
821 CREATING WORLDS ENGLISH EXPRESS 9-11 years Part of the unit "Ideas and Imagination" focussing on imaginative aspects of writing. 7029.01
821 ANCIENT MARINER (without the biographical elements) ENGLISH FILE 11-16 years This dramatisation of the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", featuring Paul McGann, is the revised single programme repeat, without the biographical elements that were in the original three part version. 7217.05
821 BACKGROUND TO THE LYRICAL BALLADS ENGLISH FILE 11-16 years This programme is a revised, re-edited, shorter version of 'Summer of 97 (1797)' from the series English Time [see unique no. 6955.02, dewey no. 821] about Coleridge, and William and Dorothy Wordsworth. 1079.07
821 CANTERBURY TALES (Middle English) 1 ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years Animated dramatisation of Chaucer's tales in authentic Middle English. This programme "Redy to wenden" contains the tales by the Nun's Priest, the Knight and the Wife of Bath. 1084.09
821 CANTERBURY TALES (Middle English) 1: Redy to wenden ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years Animated dramatisation of Chaucer's tales in authentic Middle English. This programme "Redy to wenden" contains the tales by the Nun's Priest, the Knight and the Wife of Bath. 7773.01
821 CANTERBURY TALES (Middle English) 2 ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years Animated dramatisation of Chaucer's tales in authentic Middle English. This programme "To Caunterbury" contains the tales by the Merchant, the Pardoner and the Franklin. 1084.1
821 CANTERBURY TALES (Middle English) 2: To Caunterbury ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years Animated dramatisation of Chaucer's tales in authentic Middle English. This programme "To Caunterbury" contains the tales by the Merchant, the Pardoner and the Franklin. 7773.02
821 CANTERBURY TALES (Middle English) 3: Homward ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years Animated dramatisation of Chaucer's tales in authentic Middle English. This programme "Homward" contains the tales by the Squire, the Canon's Servant, the Miller and the Reeve. 7773.03
821 CANTERBURY TALES 1 ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years Animated dramatisation of Chaucer's tales in modern English. This programme "Leaving London" contains the tales by the Nun's Priest, the Knight and the Wife of Bath. 7340.05
821 CANTERBURY TALES 1: LEAVING LONDON ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years Animated dramatisation of Chaucer's tales in modern English. This programme "Leaving London" contains the tales by the Nun's Priest, the Knight and the Wife of Bath. 7474.02
821 CANTERBURY TALES 2 ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years Animated dramatisation of Chaucer's tales in modern English. This programme "Arriving in Canterbury" contains the tales by the Merchant, the Pardoner and the Franklin. 7344.01
821 CANTERBURY TALES 2: ARRIVING AT CANTERBURY ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years Animated dramatisation of Chaucer's tales in modern English. This programme "Leaving London" contains the tales by the Merchant, the Pardoner and the Franklin. 1111.03
821 CANTERBURY TALES 2: ARRIVING AT CANTERBURY ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years Animated dramatisation of Chaucer's tales in modern English. This programme "Leaving London" contains the tales by the Merchant, the Pardoner and the Franklin. 7474.03
821 CANTERBURY TALES 3: JOURNEY HOME ENGLISH FILE 13-16 years Animated dramatisation of Chaucer's tales in modern English. This programme "Journey Home" contains the tales by the Squire, the Canon's Servant, the Miller and the Reeve. 7474.04
821 CHRISTINA ROSSETTI ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years This programme looks at the work of Christina Rosetti a Victorian whose poetry illustrates some traditional forms but also offers an insight into the role of women in a male-dominated literary world. 7179.07
821 GRACE NICHOLS ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years This programme consides the duality of Grace Nicholl's poetry. In her own words, it is about being 'a citizen of the world'. The poet herself takes us back to Guyanna and the people she knew. 1053.1
821 GRACE NICHOLS ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years This programme considers the duality of Grace Nichol's poetry. In her own words, it is about being 'a citizen of the world'. The poet herself takes us back to Guyanna and the people she knew. 7201.04
821 LIZ LOCHHEAD ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years Two 15 year-olds from a London School meet Liz Lochhead in Glasgow and talk to her about two of her poems, 'George Square' & 'Launderette', about poems they have written and her approach to poetry. 7176.08
821 PICTURE IN THE POEM ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years This programme looks at ways of expressing the mental images that form as we read a poem, featuring 'My Last Duchess' by Browning, 'Not waving but drowning' by Stevie Smith and 'Sonnet' by Millay. 7079.06
821 POETRY OF PASSION ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years This programmme, presented by Lily Savage, adopts a 'Blind Date' format to prompt discussion and study of love poetry (includes work by Auden, Aphra Benn, Grace Nichols, John Clare and Shakepeare). 7029.05
821 POETRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years This programmme, introduced by Gillian Clarke, adopts the style of 'The Rock'n Roll Years' to trace environmental consciousness in poetry from 1800 to today, from Wordsworth to Zephaniah. 7032.05
821 POETRY OF WAR ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years This programme combines poetry, dramatisations and archive footage to provide a context for the featured poems by Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Vera Brittain. 7026.06
821 POETRY, PAIN AND PLEASURE ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years This programme uses Eileen Macauley's poem 'The Seduction' to show that poetry can have relevance to real life. Part of a unit designed to support GCSE work. 5538.07
821 ROOTS AND WATER 1 ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years The programmes in this unit feature the poets themselves (Tatamkhulu Afrika, Imitiaz Dharker and Grace Nichols) and illustrate the cultures the poems reflect. 1053.07
821 ROOTS AND WATER 1 ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years The programmes in this unit feature the poets themselves (Tatamkhulu Afrika, Imitiaz Dharker & Grace Nichols) and illustrate the cultures the poems reflect. 7311.07
821 ROOTS AND WATER 2 ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years The programmes in this unit feature the poets themselves (Tom Leonard, Fiona Farrell and Kamau Brathwaite) and illustrate the cultures the poems reflect. 1053.08
821 ROOTS AND WATER 2 ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years The programmes in this unit feature the poets themselves (Tom Leonard, Fiona Farrell and Kamau Brathwaite) and illustrate the cultures the poems reflect. 7314.07
821 ROOTS AND WATER 3 ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years The programmes in this unit feature the poets themselves (Arun Kolatkar, John Agard, Moniza Alvi and Sujata Bhatt) and illustrate the cultures the poems reflect. 1053.09
821 ROOTS AND WATER 3 ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years The programmes in this unit feature the poets themselves (Dilip Chitre, Arun Kolatkar, John Agard, Moniza Alvi and Sujata Bhatt) and illustrate the cultures the poems reflect. 7317.08
821 SEAMUS HEANEY (1992) ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years This programme considers 'Digging' and 'Strand at Lough Beg', the poet talks about how they came to be written , what they mean to him, and two students visit the family home in County Derry. 6811.08
821 SEDUCTION ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years This programme uses Eileen Macauley's poem 'The Seduction' (winner of the 1986 Young Observer Magazine Poetry Competition) to show that poetry can have relevance to real life. 5720.06
821 SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ENGLISH FILE 14-16 years This programme considers the work of four poets, Liz Lochhead, Wendy Cope, U.A. Fanthorpe and Carol Ann Duffy, and asks if there is something fundamentally different about the writing of women. 6844.02
821 WILLIAM BLAKE ENGLISH FILE 14-17 years This programme considers Blake's obsession with opposing forces, as expressed in 'Songs of Innocence' & 'Songs of Experience', the influences on his work & the relationship between his poetic and visual imagery. 7194.07
821 AT LEAST THERE'LL BE A DROUGHT (Miroslav Holub) ENGLISH PROGRAMME 13-18 years This programme, filmed mostly around Prague, examines some of the ways the two lives of the Czech immunologist - as poet and scientist - interact, and recreates some of his experiences and imagery. 5119.02
821 CAROL ANN DUFFY ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This unit looks at poets and poetry from the NEAB Anthology. The poems by Carol Ann Duffy featured are 'Before You Were Mine','Valentine','War Photographer' and 'Stealing'. 7276.04
821 CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (aka 'To Reason Why') ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This programme explores diverse views of Tennyson's poem, the context in which it was written, the events leading up to the actual charge and why it has remained a memorable event rather than being forgotten. 6925.01
821 COMPETITION WINNERS ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years The sixth programme in this unit features new poems entered by students, based on any one of the themes in the previous five programmes. 7212.01
821 DRUM TALK AND TUB ENGLISH PROGRAMME 13-18 years This programme is a performance by five poets: John Agard, Valerie Bloom, Grace Nichols, Benjamin Zephaniah and James Berry , who also sets the poets and their work into an Afro-Caribbean-British context. 5517.06
821 DYLAN THOMAS (Five Authors) ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This programme looks at his work and the influence of his life, family, culture and country on his writing. Features several poems, extracts from 'Under Milkwood' and from two other stories. 7259.03
821 GOING PLACES ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years One of five programmes presenting poetry on a particular theme, using both pre-20th century and more recent poems where possible. A sixth programme features new work entered by students. 7206.03
821 HEARTS AND PARTNERS ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This unit looks at poets and poetry from the NEAB Anthology. Featured poems about love, sex and relationships include 'To His Coy Mistress','One Flesh','i wanna be yours' and 'Rapunzstiltskin'. 7284.01
821 I TELL YOU I DON'T LOVE YOU ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years One of five programmes presenting poetry on a particular theme, using both pre-20th century and more recent poems where possible. A sixth programme features new work entered by students. 7205.05
821 LIZ LOCHEAD ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-17 years This programme considers this writer's sense of Scottish identity and how that is expressed through her work. 7227.1
821 MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years One of five programmes presenting poetry on a particular theme, using both pre-20th century and more recent poems where possible. A sixth programme features new work entered by students. 7204.01
821 NEWS DESK ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years One of five programmes presenting poetry on a particular theme, using both pre-20th century and more recent poems where possible. A sixth programme features new work entered by students. 7208.06
821 PERSON IS AS A PERSON ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years One of five programmes presenting poetry on a particular theme, using both pre-20th century and more recent poems where possible. A sixth programme features new work entered by students. 7210.01
821 POETRY: IMAGES OF LONDON ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years Poems by four school students are interspersed with songs, interviews and poems by established writers, all about London, are set against a background of contemporary images of the city. 6806.01
821 POETRY: NOTES OF WOE (William Blake) ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This programme explores the power and ambiguity of two of Blake's poems both entitled 'Song of the Chimney Sweeper', showing how they question and condemn middle class pity and charity for the poor. 6804.02
821 POETRY: THE LADY OF SHALLOT ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years In this programme an ex-prisoner, a busker, an academic and a romantic novelist give their responses following an illustrated reading of the whole of Tennyson's poem. 6810.01
821 POETRY: VOICES OF THOMAS HARDY ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years Black and white images of Hardy's Wessex and modern colour film of Dorset interspersed with dramatised readings from a variety of his poems provide an introduction to his poetry and background information. 6808.02
821 SIMON ARMITAGE ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This unit looks at poets and poetry from the NEAB Anthology. The poems by Simon Armitage featured are 'It Ain't What You Do', '*'(I am very bothered), 'Poem'(And if it snowed) and 'About his Person'. 7275.01
821 SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-19 years The fourteenth century tale is re-told in this animated version for Channel 4. 7579.06
821 SYLVIA PLATH (Five Authors) ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This programme looks at her work and the influence of her life, family, culture and country on her writing. Featured poems include 'I thought I could not be hurt','Bitter Strawberries' & 'Fiesta Melons'. 7257.01
821 TED HUGHES ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This unit looks at poets and poetry from the NEAB Anthology. The poems by Ted Hughes featured are 'Wind', 'The Warm and the Cold','Work and Play' and 'Hawk Roasting'. 7281.01
821 TED HUGHES (Five poems) ENGLISH PROGRAMME 13-18 years This programme, written and presented by Ted Hughes, includes readings by the poet of some of his poems including 'The Jaguar', 'Full Moon and Little Frieda', 'A Motorbike' and 'Deaf School.' 5515.04
821 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This unit looks at poets and poetry from the NEAB Anthology.this progrqamme features poems about death, fear and resistance including 'Song of the Worms' & 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me'. 7284.09
821 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ENGLISH PROGRAMME 14-16 years This programme investigates the social, historical and cultural background to Wordsworth' s poetry, including its links with the landscape of the Lake District, and the inspiration for his later writing. 7232.01
821 ANCIENT MARINER (with the biographical elements) Part 1 ENGLISH TIME 11-16 years A dramatisation in three parts of Coleridge's poem, featuring Paul McGann. See also the revised repeat without the biographical elements (unique no. 7217.05). 7044.08
821 ANCIENT MARINER (with the biographical elements) Part 2 ENGLISH TIME 11-16 years A dramatisation in three parts of Coleridge's poem, featuring Paul McGann. See also the revised repeat without the biographical elements (unique no. 7217.05). 7049.04
821 ANCIENT MARINER (with the biographical elements) Part 3 ENGLISH TIME 11-16 years A dramatisation in three parts of Coleridge's poem, featuring Paul McGann. See also the revised repeat without the biographical elements (unique no. 7217.05). 7080.02
821 GUT THE GAME SHOW (Television text) ENGLISH TIME 11-14 years Part of a unit to support reading at Key Stage 3. This programme takes the form of a quiz about the different forms of presentation and the intended audience for television game shows. 7032.07
821 PAWS CLAWS AND POETRY ENGLISH TIME 11-14 years Part of a unit to support reading at Key Stage 3. This programme uses a number of poems about cats to look at the concepts of rhythm, rhyme and imagery. 7029.07
821 POETRY 1: HALF A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOHN HEGLEY ENGLISH TIME 11-14 years First of two programmes featuring poet John Hegley, and his dog, first as he conducts a workshop for 12 and 13-year-olds then as talks about presenting poetry on television. 6784.08
821 POETRY 2: JOHN HEGLEY IN PERFORMANCE ENGLISH TIME 11-14 years The second of two programmes featuring poet John Hegley, shows him giving a live evening performance with musical accompaniment.. 6786.01
821 POETRY 2: JOHN HEGLEY IN PERFORMANCE ENGLISH TIME 11-14 years The second of two programmes featuring poet John Hegley, shows him giving a live evening performance with musical accompaniment.. 6861.03
821 SUMMER OF 97 (1797) ENGLISH TIME 11-16 years This programme recounts the year from Summer 1797 that gave birth to the 'Lyrical Ballads' & 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', and introduces Dorothy Wordsworth's journal and the idea of Romanticism. 6955.02
821 ESSENTIAL BYRON ESSENTIAL BYRON   This programme includes extracts from his letters and diaries as well as readings by actors of his poetry. Presented by Daisy Goodwin. 7813.02
821 BARNSLEY FC POET MIDDLE ENGLISH 11-14 years This unit uses football to explore the techniques required by three different writing genres. Professional poet Ian McMillan is also poet in residence at his local football club and writes for the Barnsley Chronicle. 7513.08
821 CIRCUS OF POETS MIDDLE ENGLISH 9-13 years In this programme Circus of Poets, a small group of performance poets, give a live show for a class of school children. 5753.08
821 GRACE NICHOLS MIDDLE ENGLISH 9-13 years In this programme Grace Nichols performs and talks about her poetry in a variety of settings: street markets, seaside town, a forest or even snuggled under duvet. 5752.06
821 HERE ARE THE POEMS MIDDLE ENGLISH 9-13 years This programme combines a selection of poems written and performed by Roger McGough and Brian Patten.. 5677.02
821 KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LANGUAGE: CHAUCER MIDDLE ENGLISH 9-13 years This programme looks at Chaucer's language and work, and includes a dramatised performance of "The Pardoner's Tale" by a group of school children. 6816.03
821 MISTAKEN IDENTITY MIDDLE ENGLISH 9-13 years In this programme Roger McGough visits a cshool and finds out what can go wrong and the misundestandings that can occur when there is poor communication. 6782.01
821 PLEASURE DOME MIDDLE ENGLISH 11-14 years This programme presents the work of pre-twentieth century poets about magic places and some contemporary comparisons, including Shakespeare, E E Cummings, Grace Nichols and Thomas Hardy. 7302.08
821 POETRY: TALK ABOUT POEMS MIDDLE ENGLISH 9-13 years Wendy Cope presents a wide range of poetry, to illustrate range, form, style and content. Much of the material is dramatised in some way and includes people's personal responses to the poems. 6856.06
821 POETRY: THE ANCIENT MARINER MIDDLE ENGLISH 9-13 years This programme explores through contemporary comment the context in which Coleridge's poem was written, the ideas he drew upon, where he wrote and what his life was like. 6858.09
821 POETRY: THE POETS VOICE MIDDLE ENGLISH 9-13 years Matthew Sweeney, Merle Collins, and Lemn Sissay, talk about accent and dialogue, and about poetry on the page and in performance. 6862.06
821 POETRY: THREE IN A ZOO MIDDLE ENGLISH 9-13 years Grace Nichols, Judith Nicholls, and Paul Cookson, look at the process of writing a poem, and after spending some time with the elephants they each produce a poem. 6860.06
821 ROSE MIDDLE ENGLISH 11-14 years This programme presents the work of pre-twentieth century poets about romantic love and some contemporary comparisons, including Shelley, Mary Webb, Burns, Emily Bronte, Wendy Cope and Christina Rosetti. 7300.04
821 TYGER MIDDLE ENGLISH 11-14 years This programme presents the work of pre-twentieth century poets about the natural world and some contemporary comparisons. Contains images some may find disturbing. Should be previewed before use. 7297.04
821 TYGER MIDDLE ENGLISH 11-14 years This programme presents the work of pre-twentieth century poets about the natural world and some contemporary comparisons. Contains images some may find disturbing. Should be previewed before use. 7568.08
821 WORDS OVER MUSIC MIDDLE ENGLISH 9-13 years In this programme Benjamin Zepanhiah talks about his work and performs some of his poems accompanied by the reggae band Abacush. 5722.06
821 POETRY BY NUMBERS POETRY BY NUMBERS 7-14 years A selection of poems about numbers by five of Britain's best known poets. John Agard, Carol Ann Duffy, Jackie Kay, Grace Nichols and Michael Rosen. 7440.02
821 WOMEN IN LOVE: GERMAINE GREER POETRY IN MOTION Open A selection of poetry on the theme 'Women in Love' chosen by Germaine Greer. 6876.03
821 AMANG YE TAKIN NOTES ROBERT BURNS ALIVE AND KICKING 10-12 years This series looks at the life, work and times of Robert Burns. 7287.04
821 CAULD BLAST ROBERT BURNS ALIVE AND KICKING 10-12 years This series looks at the life, work and times of Robert Burns. 7287.07
821 MELODIC DIN TO THE LUNGS ROBERT BURNS ALIVE AND KICKING 10-12 years This series looks at the life, work and times of Robert Burns. 7287.05
821 MICE AND LICE ROBERT BURNS ALIVE AND KICKING 10-12 years This series looks at the life, work and times of Robert Burns. 7287.03
821 WARLOCKS IN THE MIRK ROBERT BURNS ALIVE AND KICKING 10-12 years This series looks at the life, work and times of Robert Burns. 7287.06
821 POEMS, POEMS SEEING AND DOING 6-8 years In this programme the poet John Agard 'explores' the dictionary looking at the sounds, rhythms, textures and meanings of words.. 6907.02
821 GROWING UP STUDY IRELAND: POETRY 14-16 years This five part series includes work by Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, John Kelly, Medh McGuckian, Elaine Gaston, Michael Longley, Cairan Carson, Cathal Osearcaigh and Eilish Martin, among others. 1060.01
821 NATURE AND THE LANDSCAPE STUDY IRELAND: POETRY 14-16 years This five part series includes work by Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, John Kelly, Medh McGuckian, Elaine Gaston, Michael Longley, Cairan Carson, Cathal Osearcaigh and Eilish Martin, among others. 1060.04
821 RELATIONSHIPS STUDY IRELAND: POETRY 14-16 years This five part series includes work by Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, John Kelly, Medh McGuckian, Elaine Gaston, Michael Longley, Cairan Carson, Cathal Osearcaigh and Eilish Martin, among others. 1060.02
821 SENSE OF PLACE STUDY IRELAND: POETRY 14-16 years This five part series includes work by Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, John Kelly, Medh McGuckian, Elaine Gaston, Michael Longley, Cairan Carson, Cathal Osearcaigh and Eilish Martin, among others. 1060.03
821 WAR STUDY IRELAND: POETRY 14-16 years This five part series includes work by Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, John Kelly, Medh McGuckian, Elaine Gaston, Michael Longley, Cairan Carson, Cathal Osearcaigh and Eilish Martin, among others. 1060.05
821 CATCH A POEM TALK WRITE AND READ 7-9 years A series introducing children to ways of looking at and using language. In this programme John Agard shares his inspirations and ideas and encourages thenm to write their own poetry. 5548.03
821 KIND OF MAGIC STONE TALK WRITE AND READ 7-9 years This series introduces children to ways of looking at and using language, this programme looks at the poems of Charles Causley. 6854.06
821 KIT WRITES TALK WRITE AND READ 7-9 years This series introduces children to ways of looking at and using language. In this programme Kit Wright introduces some of his best known poems. 6019.03
821 OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT WORDS AND PICTURES 5-7 years This programme in the series to support reading and writing National Curriculum KS1, is about the sea, sailors and boat trips, includes the poem by Lear, and features things at the seaside beginning with 's'. 6857.04
821 POETRY: THE SEA WORDS AND PICTURES SUMMER SPECIAL 5-7 years This programme featuring poems about the sea includes a workshop with poet Judith Nicholls, a visit to Abbotsbury Swannery, and a lively pirate song. 7356.04
821.008 ARROWS OF DESIRE Programme 1 ARROWS OF DESIRE 11-19 years This series examines the work of key writers, with readings and comments by contemporary poets. This programme features the work of Blake, Lewis Carroll, Cummings and Tennyson. 7559.04
821.008 ARROWS OF DESIRE Programme 10 ARROWS OF DESIRE 11-19 years This series examines the work of key writers, with readings and comments by contemporary poets. This programme features the work of 7923.07
821.008 ARROWS OF DESIRE Programme 11 ARROWS OF DESIRE 11-19 years This series examines the work of key writers, with readings and comments by contemporary poets. This programme features the work of 7924.04
821.008 ARROWS OF DESIRE Programme 12 ARROWS OF DESIRE 11-19 years This series examines the work of key writers, with readings and comments by contemporary poets. This programme features the work of 7924.07
821.008 ARROWS OF DESIRE Programme 2 ARROWS OF DESIRE 11-19 years This series examines the work of key writers, with readings and comments by contemporary poets. This programme features the work of Louis MacNeice, Robert Frost, Lear and William Carlos Williams. 7562.04
821.008 ARROWS OF DESIRE Programme 3 ARROWS OF DESIRE 11-19 years This series examines the work of key writers, with readings and comments by contemporary poets. This programme features the work of Charles Causley, Betjeman, Shelley and Wilfrid Owen. 7565.04
821.008 ARROWS OF DESIRE Programme 4 ARROWS OF DESIRE 11-19 years This series examines the work of key writers, with readings and comments by contemporary poets. This programme features the work of Dylan Thomas, Philip Larkin, Auden and Emily Dickinson. 7571.01
821.008 ARROWS OF DESIRE Programme 5 ARROWS OF DESIRE 11-19 years This series examines the work of key writers, with readings and comments by contemporary poets. This programme features the work of Thomas Hardy, Seamus Heaney, Carol Ann Duffy and John Clare. 7902.02
821.008 ARROWS OF DESIRE Programme 6 ARROWS OF DESIRE 11-19 years This series examines the work of key writers, with readings and comments by contemporary poets. This programme features the work of Aphra Behn, WB Yeats, William Wordsworth and Edward Thomas. 7907.02
821.008 ARROWS OF DESIRE Programme 7 ARROWS OF DESIRE 11-19 years This series examines the work of key writers, with readings and comments by contemporary poets. This programme features the work of John Donne, Lavinia Greenlaw, Henry Reed and Walt Whitman. 7907.06
821.008 ARROWS OF DESIRE Programme 8 ARROWS OF DESIRE 11-19 years This series examines the work of key writers, with readings and comments by contemporary poets. This programme features the work of Stevie Smith, Denise Levertov, D H Lawrence and Oscar Wilde. 7908.02
821.008 ARROWS OF DESIRE Programme 9 ARROWS OF DESIRE 11-19 years This series examines the work of key writers, with readings and comments by contemporary poets. This programme features the work of 7917.06
821.008 ESSENTIAL POEMS FOR BRITAIN ESSENTIAL POEMS FOR BRITAIN   This programme, presented by Daisy Goodwin, features readings of an eclectic selection of well loved verse that variously sum up Britishness. 7819.01
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