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Jon Blair's Oscar-winning documentary is the first ever eye-witness account of the life and legacy of the iconic child diarist, Anne Frank. 1 Anne Frank Remembered Jon Blair Literature 116 mins
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Melvyn Bragg travels from Oklahoma to California to examine the enduring legacy of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. 2 John Steinbeck: Voice of America BBC 4 Literature 60 mins
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King Richard is called upon to settle a dispute between his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and Thomas Mowbray. Richard calls for a duel but then halts it just before swords clash. Both men are banished from the realm. Richard visits John of Gaunt, Bolingbroke's father, who, in the throes of death, reprimands the king. After seizing Gaunt's money and land, Richard leaves for wars against the rebels in Ireland. 3 Richard II BBC Literature 140 mins
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Simon Schama argues that it is impossible to understand how Shakespeare came to belong 'to all time' without understanding just how much he was of his time. 4 Simon Schama's Shakespere: This England BBC Literature 60 mins
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A look at the 4th-century Codex Sinaiticus and 12th-century Winchester bibles. 5 The Beauty of Books - Episode 01: Ancient Bibles BBC Literature English 30 mins
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Examining medieval books such as the Luttrell Psalter and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. 6 The Beauty of Books - Episode 02: Medieval Masterpieces BBC Literature English 30 mins
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The paperback book democratized reading in the 20th century, and printing directly onto the covers became a way of selling a book in the mass market. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell was a book written in and for this era, emerging as a paperback in 1954. Its changing cover design reflects each decades approach to selling the book to new readers: from its classic 50s Penguin cover to the latest design from Jon Gray, they are signs of our times. As an example of how cover design has become art, the iconic 'cog eye' design by David Pelham of Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange has permeated society since the first paperback of 1972. Bringing the story of the book up to the 21st century, the arrival of electronic readers has sent traditional publishing into a tailspin. The paperback and its cover design has been replaced by the concept of mass storage and electronic pages. As this new technology gains new fans the paper book comes under renewed scrutiny. Whether society accommodates both ways of disseminating knowledge in the future depends on our continued devotion to good writing, editing and design. 7 The Beauty of Books - Episode 04: Paperback Writer BBC Literature English 30 mins
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To mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s first novel, Sense and Sensibility, Professor Amanda Vickery, one of the leading chroniclers of Georgian England, explores the ebb and flow of Austen’s popularity and the hold her fiction has on us now. 8 The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austin BBC Literature 60 mins
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Documentary telling the unexpected story of how arguably the greatest work of English prose ever written, the King James Bible, came into being. 9 When God Spoke English: The Making of the King James Bible Adam Nicolson Literature English 60 mins
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Ken Loach presents his moving film which looks at the songs and poems inspired by the strike produced by the likes of striking miners, their friends, family and supporters 10 Which Side Are You On? Ken Loach Literature English 55 mins
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