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Off-air recording of the SBS program broadcast 16/01/05. Copied under Part 5A of
the Copyright Act 1968.
Close captioned for the hearing-impaired.
Colour recording system: PAL ; Region 4.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
'An LTW Production.' 'Granada.'
Script editor, Simon Cherry; editor, Mark Manning.
With the Norman invasion, English became a third language in its own country,
behind French and Latin. For the next 300 years English was forced underground,
but it survived and fought back. Melvyn Bragg examines the impact of Old French
on the development of English. Selected archival footage, together with
manuscripts, tapestries, and dozens of curious etymologies illustrate a
tremendous influx of vocabulary pertaining to romance, chivalry, and food. The
influence of Eleanor of Aquitaine's partronage is heard in works of poets and
troubadours as the cult of courtly love flourished in England.
First released: [London] : London Weekend Television, c2002.
DVD.
[THE BATTLE FOR THE LANGUAGE OF THE BIBLE] [VIDEORECORDING] / PRODUCED AND
DIRECTED BY DAVID THOMAS ; [WRITTEN AND PRESENTED BY] MELVYN BRAGG.
Off-air recording of the SBS program broadcast 23/01/05. Copied under Part 5A of
the Copyright Act 1968.
Close captioned for the hearing-impaired.
Colour recording system: PAL ; Region 4.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
'An LTW Production.' 'Granada.'
Script editor, Simon Cherry; editor, Tony Webb.
In late medieval England, English quietly ousted French in law and government,
but the move to make it God's language led to bloodshed. This episode looks at
the battle for a Bible in English, a struggle with huge impact on the language
itself. Dramatic readings from successive English Bibles show the language's
evolution. Location footage and original manuscripts illustrate key figures and
events, such as John Wycliffe, the Lollards, and the first English Bible;
William Langland's Piers Plowman; Henry V's official letters, the role of the
Chancery or the English civil service; William Caxton's printing press; William
Tyndale's translation; and the King James Bible.
First released: [London] : London Weekend Television, c2002.
DVD.
[THIS EARTH, THIS REALM, THIS ENGLAND] [VIDEORECORDING] / PRODUCED AND DIRECTED
BY NIGEL WATTIS ; [WRITTEN AND PRESENTED BY] MELVYN BRAGG.
Off-air recording of the SBS program broadcast 30/01/05. Copied under Part 5A of
the Copyright Act 1968.
Close captioned for the hearing-impaired.
Colour recording system: PAL ; Region 4.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
'An LTW Production.' 'Granada.'
Script editor, Simon Cherry; editor, Tony Webb.
The period of the English renaissance, in 16th and 17th century Britain, saw the
growth of Shakespeare's English, with its vocabulary rapidly changing and
expanding, enriching the language. Provides access to archives of some of the
greatest English texts, including the first English dictionary and a rare first
folio of Shakespeare's plays, to illustrate the great Bard's influence. John
Barton, honorary associate director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, discusses
the sound and accessibility of Shakespeare's words. His impact is also examined
in the larger context of Elizabethan England and the Renaissance.
First released: [London] : London Weekend Television, c2002.
DVD.
THE ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH, 500 A.D. TO 2000 [VIDEORECORDING] / [PRODUCED, WRITTEN
AND PRESENTED BY MELVYN BRAGG].
Off-air recording of the SBS program broadcast 09/01/05, 16/01/05, 23/01/05, 30/