Complete first series of the BBC's controversial television drama about corporate & government conspiracy, starring Bill Nighy & John Simm. When a teenage drug-dealer is shot dead & a high-profile MP's lover is killed falling under a Tube train, investigative journalist Cal Mc Caffrey (Simm) is asked by his editor to find out if there was any connection between the two deaths. Cal's discovery of a missing briefcase that may contain information sensitive to the government puts his life in danger, & with a hitman on his tail he needs police protection. At the same time, Cal's growing involvement with the MP's wife begins to compromise his objectivity, & when he discovers a link between the dead girl, the government & the sinister U-Ex Oil company, his position at the newspaper is abruptly terminated. Trying to stay one step ahead of the people after him, Cal is able to expose the person responsible for ordering the killings, unleashing a controversy that could bring down the government. ...

Based on the true story of Alwyn Peter, a Queensland Aboriginal charged with murder in 1979; his case created legal precedent when he was released on parole after his lawyers argued that men, like Peter, were shaped & destroyed by their artificially created environments on Queensland reserves (2 acts, 3 men, 2 women). ...

Offers information in three distinct sections: Diagnostics, Planning/ Imaging, & Therapeutics. This title covers such topics as applications of nanotechnology in the imaging & therapy of brain tumors; molecular Tools (Biology, Prognosis & Therapeutic Triage in Gliomas); &, surgical planning & intra-operative MR in brain tumor surgery. ...

Describes post-war Britain from a theatrical perspective. This book examines the constant interplay between theater & society from the resurgent optimism of the Attlee years to the satire boom of the Sixties & the growth of political theater under Tony Blair in the post-Iraq period. ...

Over three programmes David Attenborough travels from Kenya to California, investigating the contesting claims about the current state of our planet. In the first programme he examines the extinction crisis, measuring the disappearance of some species against the mass of life that still remains undiscovered; in the second, he explores this crisis further, examining its causes; & finally, in the third, he looks at the possible courses of action open to us in the coming century. ...

Looks at the different ways in which 'realism' & reality have been understood in art history, with a focus on debates about the real within photography. Emphasising the role of art in shaping, as well as reflecting, notions of the real, this book features contributions from a number of contemporary artists. ...

Hannah Buchan thinks herself ordinary. She is not the revolutionary child that her painter mother & famous radical father had hoped for. Raised in the creative chaos of 1960s America, Hannah vows to reject her parents' liberal lifestyle, & settles instead for typical family life in a nondescript corner of Maine. ...

Frank Capra directs Spender Tracy & Katharine Hepburn in this classic satirical comedy. Tracy plays Grant Matthews, a prospective candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, backed by his mistress, newspaper mogul Kay Thorndyke (Angela Lansbury). In order to present a more wholesome image, Matthews convinces his estranged wife Mary (Hepburn) to pose as his devoted spouse. Mary agrees because she thinks he might make a good president, but when Matthews corrupts his principles for votes, Mary realises she has made a mistake. Only when Matthews publicly admits his dishonesty does he prove himself worthy of Mary's respect
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