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Bb Ci Audio Interviews: David Lean
The BBC provides an audio clip from an interview with David Lean, the British film director. Additional content includes a brief biography and a list of key works.
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Bb Ci Audio Interviews: Ken Russell
The BBC provides audio clips from a 1986 radio broadcast featuring Ken Russell, the British film director and screenwriter. Additional content includes a brief biography, a list of key works, and links to further material on the BBC...
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Bbc Interviews: Francis Ford Coppola
The BBC provides audio clips from an interview with Francis Ford Coppola. Additional content includes a brief biography and a list of key works.
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Bbc: Iranian Revolution
A four part audio series that covers these topics: Ayatollah Khomeini returns, One country - two governments, The last struggle of the army, and Revolution Day. Excerpts from individuals who were involved in the Revolution.
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Bb Ci Audio Interviews: Seamus Heaney
The BBC provides audio clips from several interviews with the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. Additional content includes a brief biography, a list of key works, and further links to material found on the BBC network.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Animal Videos: Sneaky Penguins
BBC video showing how penguins in the Antarctica build their nests, with a humorous look at how one lazy penguin steals stones from another one hard at work. (2 min. 9 sec.)
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Bb Ci Audio Interviews: Graham Greene
The BBC provides audio clips from an interview with the English novelist and short-story writer, Graham Greene. Additional content includes a brief biography, a list of key works, and links further material on the BBC network.
The Kid Should See This
Tksst: The Hammer Feather Drop in the World's Biggest Vacuum Chamber
Brian Cox visits NASA's Space Power Facility to demonstrate what happens when a bowling ball and a feather are dropped together under the conditions of space. [4:41]
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Bbc: Earth Unplugged: Top 10 Animal Defenses: Alltime10s Special
Earth Unplugged brings you the top ten most disgusting and deceiving animal defenses. [2:40]
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Bbc Earth: Deadly 60: South America's Largest Reptile Spotted!
Steve Backshall completes his Deadly 60 with a rare nightvision glimpse of a huge Black Caiman, South America's largest reptile.
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Bbc: Earth Unplugged: Baby Dwarf Crocodile Hatches in Maddie's Hands!
Witness the birth of two beautiful West African Dwarf Crocodiles, and watch them get a little help out of their egg shells. [5:16]
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Bbc Earth: Why Do Dogs Bark? Secret Life of Dogs
This video discusses dog barks. Scientisits can trace the ancestry of the dog back to the wolf, but wolves howl and dogs bark. Scientists think the bark may have developed for human benefit, but can dog owners tell what their dogs' barks...
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Bbc Earth: Chimp vs Human! Working Memory Test Extraordinary Animal
Ayumu, the chimpanzee has made headlines around the world for his ability to beat humans on memory tests in both speed and accuracy. Does Ayumu's ability force us to reconsider our assumptions about human superiority to other primates?
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Bbc Interviews: Barbara Hepworth
The BBC provides an audio clip from an interview with Barbara Hepworth, the English sculptor famous for her graceful and elegant pieces. Additional content includes a brief biography and a list of key works.
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Bbc Video 4: The Invisible Hand
BBC Video 4 This video focuses on philosopher Adam Smith used the metaphor of an 'invisible hand' to describe how individuals making self-interested decisions can collectively and unwittingly engineer an effective economic system that is...
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Bbc: What Are the Causes of Allergies?
Learn about several different kinds of common allergies, and the triggers that cause a reaction. [2:02]
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: The Celts
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode discusses the Celts. Experts discuss what they were really like. Click on the "Listen to the latest programme" icon to the left of the episode summary to...
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: John Milton
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode discusses John Milton. Experts discuss his life, work, and involvement in politics. Click on the "Listen to the latest programme" icon to the left of the...
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: Buddhism
Episode from the BBC Radio 4 program In Our Time in which experts on the history of ideas discuss Buddhism and its impact. [42 minutes]
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: Leo Tolstoy
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode is about Leo Tolstoy. Experts discuss the impact and meaning of his live and work. Listening requires RealPlayer.
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: Richard Wagner
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode is about Richard Wagner. Experts discuss the impact and meaning of his live and work. Listening requires RealPlayer.
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: The Epic
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode discusses the epic through the history of literature. Experts discuss the evolution and impact of the form. Listening requires RealPlayer.
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: Marcel Proust
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode is about the French writer Marcel Proust. Experts discuss the impact and meaning of his live and work. Listening requires RealPlayer.
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: Ludwig Wittgenstein
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode discusses Ludwig Wittgenstein. Experts discuss his life, his work, and his impact on philosophy. Listening requires RealPlayer.