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Adventure of English 500 AD to 2000 AD, The
Melvyn Bragg traces the development of the English language since its arrival in Britain in the 5th century as an insignificant German dialect. |
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| 8 x 50 minutes |
DVD Set 8 |
$352.00 |
BRD142 |
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Adventure of English, The, Ep 1 - Birth of a Language
The origins of English are traced from the tribes of the wetlands of northern Holland who in the fifth century invaded Southern England. |
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| 50 minutes |
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$55.00 |
BRD133 |
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Adventure of English, The, Ep 2 - English Goes Underground
For three centuries after the Norman Conquest, Latin was used for official business and English was the third-class tongue in its own country. |
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| 50 minutes |
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$55.00 |
BRD134 |
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Adventure of English, The, Ep 5 - America
Melvyn Bragg follows the spread of English across the ocean to America. |
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| 50 minutes |
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$55.00 |
BRD137 |
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Adventure of English, The, Ep 6 - Speaking Proper
In eighteenth-century Britain, Jonathan Swift led a movement to fix and regulate the English language and the first English dictionary was produced. |
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$55.00 |
BRD138 |
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Adventure of English, The, Ep 7 - The Language of Empire
This program travels to parts of the former British Empire, to see how English met other cultures and other languages and was enriched by them. |
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| 50 minutes |
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$55.00 |
BRD139 |
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Anton Chekhov Collection, The - BBC
This collection includes every play from the BBC archives by the legendary Russian playwright. |
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| 924 minutes |
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$99.00 |
D3367 |
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Creatures Fantastic Series
An odyssey to uncover the origins of myths and mythical creatures the world over. |
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| 13 x 25 minutes |
DVD Set 6 |
$396.00 |
BYD110 |
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