| 821 |
Bobby (1991) #1201
COMEDY
Main
Stop frame animation. Caroline Sobol. Stills taken with a Canon-ion - the RC-260. This was an electronic still video camera introduced by Canon in 1991 as a follow up to the RC-250. As with other models of this type, it was not a true digital camera; instead it recorded analog TV scan lines onto special 2" Video Floppy disks. It was given the branding Ion and sold in the European market. The RC-260 had a non-zooming 9.5 mm f/2.4 lens, giving a 35mm equivalent of 51 mm. |
| 822 |
Parkinson: The Interviews: Kenneth Williams (1990) #1006
COMEDY
Main
45 mins. BBC. In this compilation of clips from five of his eight appearances on Parkinson, Kenneth Williams gives vent to his dislike of theatre critics as well as Michael Parkinson, and gives his rendition of My Crepes Suzette. Contributors: John Betjeman, Patrick Campbell, Tom Lehrer, Annie Lewis, Tony Moss, Frank Muir, Robin Ray and Maggie Smith. |
| 823 |
Henry V (1989) #532
FILM
Main
Directed by Kenneth Branagh. With Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd, James Larkin. In the midst of the Hundred Years' War in 1415, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France. Shakespeare. |
| 824 |
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989) #1146
COMEDY
Special
6x30minute episodes. Sitcom placing the scheming Edmund Blackadder in the trenches during the First World War. 1/6 Plan A - Captain Cook: Edmund is sent into no man's land to sketch the German positions. 2/6 Plan B - Corporal Punishment: Blackadder faces court martial for eating a carrier pigeon. 3/6 Plan C - Major Star: The October Revolution in Moscow results in a Charlie Chaplin impression from Baldrick. 4/6 Plan D - Private Plane: Edmund, George and Baldrick join the Royal Flying Corps. 5/6 Plan E - General Hospital: Melchett orders Blackadder to unmask a spy working in a hospital. 6/6 Plan F - Goodbyeee: Blackadder, George and Baldrick are told they are going over the top the next day. |
| 825 |
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) #105
FILM
Main
Directed by Philip Kaufman. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint. In 1968, a Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives. |
| 826 |
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) #223
FILM
Main
Directed by Terence Davies. With Pete Postlethwaite, Freda Dowie, Angela Walsh, Dean Williams. The second film in Terence Davies's autobiographical series ('Trilogy', 'The Long Day Closes') is an impressionistic view of a working-class family in 1940s and 1950s Liverpool, based on Davies's own family. The first part, 'Distant Voices', opens with grown siblings Eileen (Angela Walsh), Maisie (Lorraine Ashbourne) and Tony (Dean Williams), and their mother (Freda Dowie) arranged in mourning ... |
| 827 |
The Mission (1986) #12
FILM
Main,Special
Directed by Roland Joffé. With Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn. 18th century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American Indian tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal. Jeremy Irons in a tour de force. |
| 828 |
Amadeus (1984) #393
FILM
Main
Directed by Milos Forman. With F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice. The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum. Director's cut. |
| 829 |
The Planets (1983) #605
FILM-MUSIC
Main
Directed by Ken Russell. Based on the famous Gustav Holst musical suite, this musical film takes watchers on a magnificent journey of the planets of the Solar System. |
| 830 |
The Snowman (1982) #110
FILM-ANIMATION
Main
Directed by Dianne Jackson, Jimmy T. Murakami. With David Bowie, Raymond Briggs. On Christmas Eve, a young boy builds a snowman that comes to life and takes him to the North Pole to meet Santa Clause. |
| 831 |
25 Years in Space (1982) #525
DOCUMENTARY
Main
A history of space exploration starting from the dawn of the space age in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik to the Space Shuttle Columbia. Mainly using excerpts from newsreels and television programs the story covers Laika, Jupiter-C, Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Alexey Leonov, Edward White, Apollo 1, Vladimir Komarov, Apollo 8, Apollo 10, Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Apollo 17, Skylab, Salyut and Voyager 1. It includes interviews and broadcasts from Sir Bernard Lovell, James Burke, Frank Borman, Brian Aldiss, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Barbara Ward, Carl Sagan and Patrick Moore. Horizon |
| 832 |
The Concert in Central Park (1982) #1389
FILM
Main
The Concert in Central Park: Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. With Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, David Brown, Pete Carr. The long-awaited reunion concert of the renowned pop music duo, more than a decade after their separation as musical performers |
| 833 |
Blade Runner (1982) #1425
FILM
Main
Blade Runner: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos. A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator |
| 834 |
Diva (1981) #530
FILM
Main
Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix. With Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Frédéric Andréi, Richard Bohringer, Thuy An Luu. Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed. All these characters twist their way through an intricate and stylish French language thriller. |
| 835 |
A Christmas Special with Luciano Pavarotti (1980) #599
MUSIC
Main
With Luciano Pavarotti. The famed tenor performs holiday classics in this program at Notre Dame Cathedral in Montréal, joined by a boys choir, Les Petits Chanteur du Mont-Royal, and an adult choir, Les Disciples de Massenet. |
| 836 |
Tarka the Otter (1979) #1546
FILM
Disk
1h 31m A family movie which follows the life of a real otter and its adventures in the wild. |
| 837 |
How Wars Begin 1 (1977) #10
DOCUMENTARY
Main
The Modern War: From French Revolution to French Empire. (Lecture 1 of 6 in the Series How Wars Begin by AJP Taylor) [See all 6 episodes in Radio Randall / Video / Clips / AJP Taylor] |
| 838 |
The War Lords (1976) #1596
DOCUMENTARY
Special
6 x 30 min lectures by AJP Taylor. 1/6 Mussolini. AJP Taylor looks at Mussolini's career. 2/6 Hitler. AJP Taylor looks at Hitler's career. 3/6 Winston Churchill. AJP Taylor looks at Winston Churchill's role in World War II. 4/6 Stalin. AJP Taylor looks at Stalin's role in the conflict. 5/6 Franklin D Roosevelt. AJP Taylor looks at Franklin D Roosevelt's role in World War II. 6/6 War Lords Anonymous. AJP Taylor looks at Japan's reasons for entering the Second World War. |
| 839 |
Blazing Saddles (1974) #1566
FILM
Disk
1h 33m In order to ruin a western town and steal their land, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. |
| 840 |
Robin Hood (1973) #1509
FILM
Main
1h 23m The story of the legendary British outlaw portrayed with the characters as anthropomorphic animals. |
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