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40 Minutes, Season 10, Episode 20, Many Happy Returns!
directed by Yugesh Walia, fl. 1994-2011; produced by Sunandan Walia, 1950-, Endboard Productions, in 40 Minutes, Season 10, Episode 20 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1990), 40 mins
Extraordinary stories of reincarnation. Two normal children, one in England, one in India, can vividly remember aspects of their previous lives.
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directed by Yugesh Walia, fl. 1994-2011; produced by Sunandan Walia, 1950-, Endboard Productions, in 40 Minutes, Season 10, Episode 20 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1990), 40 mins
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Extraordinary stories of reincarnation. Two normal children, one in England, one in India, can vividly remember aspects of their previous lives.
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sunandan Walia, 1950-, Endboard Productions
Author / Creator
Yugesh Walia, fl. 1994-2011
Date Published / Released
1990
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
40 Minutes
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Around the World in 80 Faiths, 1, Australasia and the Pacific Ring of Fire
directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 52 mins
To find out how tribal faiths have survived into the 21st Century, Pete witnesses a stabbing ritual in Sulawesi, baby smoking in Alice Springs and fertility festivals in the Philippines. Pete Owen Jones travels to Australasia to find out how tribal faiths have survived into the 21st Century. He goes into the Austr...
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directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 52 mins
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To find out how tribal faiths have survived into the 21st Century, Pete witnesses a stabbing ritual in Sulawesi, baby smoking in Alice Springs and fertility festivals in the Philippines. Pete Owen Jones travels to Australasia to find out how tribal faiths have survived into the 21st Century. He goes into the Australian outback, in search of the meaning of Aboriginal dreaming; to Indonesia, to attend the elaborate funeral of a woman who died 20 ye...
To find out how tribal faiths have survived into the 21st Century, Pete witnesses a stabbing ritual in Sulawesi, baby smoking in Alice Springs and fertility festivals in the Philippines. Pete Owen Jones travels to Australasia to find out how tribal faiths have survived into the 21st Century. He goes into the Australian outback, in search of the meaning of Aboriginal dreaming; to Indonesia, to attend the elaborate funeral of a woman who died 20 years ago; to Sydney, to witness the survival of ancient persecuted faiths like the Iraqi Mandeans and Witchcraft; and to the remote volcanic islands of Vanuatu, in the Pacific Ring of Fire, to unravel the mystery of the cargo cult. He also witnesses the culmination of the nine-day Pulilan Carabao festival and a fertility festival that is thriving in the Philippines, in spite of attempts to ban it.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sian Salt, fl. 2009, Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Sian Salt, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Religious communities, Religious faiths, Religious practices, Religion & Philosophy
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Around the World in 80 Faiths, 2, The Far East
directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 48 mins
Pete observes a purification ritual during the Shinto Oto Matsuri fire festival and finds out how war helped to create the biggest church in the world. Pete encounters the exotic and inscrutable religions of the Far East, from anarchic Buddhist Naked Man and Shinto Fire festivals in Japan to enlightening Taoist mo...
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directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 48 mins
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Pete observes a purification ritual during the Shinto Oto Matsuri fire festival and finds out how war helped to create the biggest church in the world. Pete encounters the exotic and inscrutable religions of the Far East, from anarchic Buddhist Naked Man and Shinto Fire festivals in Japan to enlightening Taoist monks in the mountains of China. He also visits an obscure Shamanic sect in South Korea, and finds out how war helped to create the bigge...
Pete observes a purification ritual during the Shinto Oto Matsuri fire festival and finds out how war helped to create the biggest church in the world. Pete encounters the exotic and inscrutable religions of the Far East, from anarchic Buddhist Naked Man and Shinto Fire festivals in Japan to enlightening Taoist monks in the mountains of China. He also visits an obscure Shamanic sect in South Korea, and finds out how war helped to create the biggest church in the world. In Buddhist Thailand, he explores the meaning of non-attachment, and in Vietnam he comes under the spell of a divine eye, before giving money away to a mother goddess.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
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Sian Salt, fl. 2009, Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Sian Salt, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Religious faiths, Religious practices, Religion & Philosophy
Copyright Message
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Around the World in 80 Faiths, 3, Africa
directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 53 mins
From sacrifices in honour of Voodoo spirits in the west to a rock-hewn church in the highlands of northern Ethiopia, Pete explores the spiritual traditions of Africa. In a gruelling journey through the continent where all human life began, Pete hopes to get a glimpse of Man’s first experience of the divine. Sett...
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directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 53 mins
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From sacrifices in honour of Voodoo spirits in the west to a rock-hewn church in the highlands of northern Ethiopia, Pete explores the spiritual traditions of Africa. In a gruelling journey through the continent where all human life began, Pete hopes to get a glimpse of Man’s first experience of the divine. Setting off to explore the spiritual traditions of Africa, he starts with the ancient practice of Voodoo in Benin. Confronted by ritual pra...
From sacrifices in honour of Voodoo spirits in the west to a rock-hewn church in the highlands of northern Ethiopia, Pete explores the spiritual traditions of Africa. In a gruelling journey through the continent where all human life began, Pete hopes to get a glimpse of Man’s first experience of the divine. Setting off to explore the spiritual traditions of Africa, he starts with the ancient practice of Voodoo in Benin. Confronted by ritual practices that contradict his own, deeply held religious convictions, he is forced to decide whether he should even take part. Next stop is Botswana, to meet the San Bushmen, inheritors of the earliest religious faith on Earth. In South Africa, Pete discovers surprising new developments in religious belief when he meets the members of the 12th Apostolic Church, and is stunned to find Afrikaners who believe the world is about to come to an end. In Ethiopia, he finds a group of one of the world’s youngest religions – Rastafarians – who have set up a Utopian community in this harsh and unforgiving land. His journey reaches its emotional conclusion in the highlands of northern Ethiopia, where members of Africa’s oldest Christian church have gathered in an ancient, rock-hewn church to pray, as they have prayed for almost 2,000 years.
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Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sian Salt, fl. 2009, Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Sian Salt, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Religious faiths, Religious practices, Religion & Philosophy
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Around the World in 80 Faiths, 4, The Middle East
directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 4 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 59 mins
In this moving and at times disturbing film, Pete travels throughout the Middle East encountering Whirling Dervishes, folk religion of the Alevis and more. Peter Owen Jones explores the roots of religious conflict in the Middle East. His month-long journey starts in Jerusalem with sites sacred to three of the worl...
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directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 4 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 59 mins
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In this moving and at times disturbing film, Pete travels throughout the Middle East encountering Whirling Dervishes, folk religion of the Alevis and more. Peter Owen Jones explores the roots of religious conflict in the Middle East. His month-long journey starts in Jerusalem with sites sacred to three of the world’s biggest religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He arrives on Good Friday and meets Christian pilgrims retracing Christ’s f...
In this moving and at times disturbing film, Pete travels throughout the Middle East encountering Whirling Dervishes, folk religion of the Alevis and more. Peter Owen Jones explores the roots of religious conflict in the Middle East. His month-long journey starts in Jerusalem with sites sacred to three of the world’s biggest religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He arrives on Good Friday and meets Christian pilgrims retracing Christ’s final steps to Golgotha. Over the Jewish festival of Purim he questions Zionist settlers and the father of a Palestinian suicide bomber about the causes of intolerance and the effects of the violence. He travels to Syria to explore Islam and the mystical Sufi tradition of the Whirling Derivishes. In Turkey Pete discovers the older and much less well known folk religion of the Alevis. Venturing across the border into Iraq, he tracks down the ancient and obscure group known as the Yazidis at their temple in the mountains of the north. His journey is full of uncomfortable revelations about the nature of religious intolerance, but ends with a redemptive message of peace.
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Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sian Salt, fl. 2009, Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Sian Salt, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Religious faiths, Religious practices, Religion & Philosophy
Copyright Message
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Around the World in 80 Faiths, 5, United States of America
directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 56 mins
Pete is in the most religiously diverse country in the world, the USA. He discovers a dangerous side to the Bible Belt when he gets too close to the serpent-handlers in the Appalachian mountains, before taking his seat at a table-tipping séance. He continues to challenge his own faith when he comes face to face w...
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directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 56 mins
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Pete is in the most religiously diverse country in the world, the USA. He discovers a dangerous side to the Bible Belt when he gets too close to the serpent-handlers in the Appalachian mountains, before taking his seat at a table-tipping séance. He continues to challenge his own faith when he comes face to face with a miracle-working evangelist and a boy preacher. He then witnesses gay rites in California. In Utah, he visits the Holy city of Mor...
Pete is in the most religiously diverse country in the world, the USA. He discovers a dangerous side to the Bible Belt when he gets too close to the serpent-handlers in the Appalachian mountains, before taking his seat at a table-tipping séance. He continues to challenge his own faith when he comes face to face with a miracle-working evangelist and a boy preacher. He then witnesses gay rites in California. In Utah, he visits the Holy city of Mormonism and ventures into the wilderness to seek out religious outlaws who take many wives. Pete goes native in a traditional Navajo sweat lodge and visits a sect where mummification is alive and well. His journey reaches an explosive climax in Nevada, when he joins 50,000 revellers to witness the ceremonial burning of a man.
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Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sian Salt, fl. 2009, Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Sian Salt, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Religious communities, Religious faiths, Religious practices, Religion & Philosophy
Copyright Message
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Around the World in 80 Faiths, 6, The Indian Subcontinent
directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 59 mins
Pete explores Karma in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery high in the mountains and attends the 300th anniversary of a Sikh guru. Pete travels from the Nepalese Himalayas to the south of India to make sense of the mystery of Indian religions. He finds out about the transmigration of the soul, karma, the pantheon of gods...
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directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 59 mins
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Pete explores Karma in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery high in the mountains and attends the 300th anniversary of a Sikh guru. Pete travels from the Nepalese Himalayas to the south of India to make sense of the mystery of Indian religions. He finds out about the transmigration of the soul, karma, the pantheon of gods and the high regard for gurus. He visits a Tibetan Buddhist monastery high in the mountains. In Calcutta, he takes part in the colourf...
Pete explores Karma in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery high in the mountains and attends the 300th anniversary of a Sikh guru. Pete travels from the Nepalese Himalayas to the south of India to make sense of the mystery of Indian religions. He finds out about the transmigration of the soul, karma, the pantheon of gods and the high regard for gurus. He visits a Tibetan Buddhist monastery high in the mountains. In Calcutta, he takes part in the colourful Durga Puja festival and meets the Agori who live amongst the dead. He then travels to the deserts of Rajastan, where he finds Hindu sects ready to walk on fire or even pay the ultimate price for their gurus. In Mumbai, he attends a Zoroastran marriage and investigates why one of the world’s oldest religions is in danger of disappearing. He discovers how Sikhism had a violent birth as he attends the 300th anniversary of its greatest guru’s death, and then journeys South to learn about Jainism, a faith which renounces violence against every living creature. Finally, he spends Diwali in a tiny village at a dung-slinging festival, with inevitable results.
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Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sian Salt, fl. 2009, Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Sian Salt, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Religious faiths, Religious practices, Religion & Philosophy
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Around the World in 80 Faiths, 7, Latin America
directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 7 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 59 mins
Pete meets a Candomble priestess at her house on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro and takes a mind-expanding hallucinogen with a New Age community in the forests of Brazil. In Latin America, Pete smokes cigars with ‘Mother Death’ in Mexico, ventures deep into a Bolivian mine to meet a terrifying god of the unde...
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directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 7 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 59 mins
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Pete meets a Candomble priestess at her house on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro and takes a mind-expanding hallucinogen with a New Age community in the forests of Brazil. In Latin America, Pete smokes cigars with ‘Mother Death’ in Mexico, ventures deep into a Bolivian mine to meet a terrifying god of the underworld, and takes a natural hallucinogen with a New Age community in the forests of Brazil. He also discovers that the centuries-old do...
Pete meets a Candomble priestess at her house on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro and takes a mind-expanding hallucinogen with a New Age community in the forests of Brazil. In Latin America, Pete smokes cigars with ‘Mother Death’ in Mexico, ventures deep into a Bolivian mine to meet a terrifying god of the underworld, and takes a natural hallucinogen with a New Age community in the forests of Brazil. He also discovers that the centuries-old dominance of the Catholic Church is being challenged by a huge explosion of new religions and the re-emergence of dormant practices from the past. But his search to understand the diverse spiritualities of the New World proves to be a testing experience. Pete encounters the radical methods of an influential Pentecostal preacher in one of Rio de Janeiro’s most notorious prisons, and has to hold his nerve when the minister tries to exorcise Pete’s addiction to nicotine. In Brasilia, Pete witnesses the space-age pageantry of a UFO-worshipping community, where a medium reading gets out of control and Pete has to deal with a dark and frightening presence from the spirit world.
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Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sian Salt, fl. 2009, Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Sian Salt, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Religious faiths, Religious practices, Religion & Philosophy
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Around the World in 80 Faiths, 8, Europe
directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 8 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 53 mins
Returning to his home continent, Pete finds a number of unexpected rituals and sects, including underground New Age temples in Italy and shamans in Norway. Pete ends his religious odyssey in Europe, his home continent, where he discovers a series of unexpected and surprising rituals and sects: huge underground New...
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directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 8 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 53 mins
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Returning to his home continent, Pete finds a number of unexpected rituals and sects, including underground New Age temples in Italy and shamans in Norway. Pete ends his religious odyssey in Europe, his home continent, where he discovers a series of unexpected and surprising rituals and sects: huge underground New Age temples in Italy, shamans in Norway, and Europe’s only Buddhist republic. He also discovers a darker side to faith in the tumult...
Returning to his home continent, Pete finds a number of unexpected rituals and sects, including underground New Age temples in Italy and shamans in Norway. Pete ends his religious odyssey in Europe, his home continent, where he discovers a series of unexpected and surprising rituals and sects: huge underground New Age temples in Italy, shamans in Norway, and Europe’s only Buddhist republic. He also discovers a darker side to faith in the tumultuous history of religion in Europe and finds that his own church was responsible for intolerance, persecution and death. This turns out to be a troubling and deeply personal journey for Pete, however, and he questions how he will adapt when he returns to his own parish.
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Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sian Salt, fl. 2009, Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Sian Salt, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Religious faiths, Religious practices, Religion & Philosophy
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Beauty of Books, Episode 1, Ancient Bibles
directed by Michael Waterhouse, fl. 1993-2016; produced by Tern Television Productions, in Beauty of Books, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 33 mins
From philosophy, religion, art, science, politics and the rise of ideologies all the way through to fantastical fictions, books have enabled new ideas to reach eager audiences across the globe. However, they are not simply conveyors of story, knowledge and belief. Some of the most important books in the world are...
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directed by Michael Waterhouse, fl. 1993-2016; produced by Tern Television Productions, in Beauty of Books, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 33 mins
Description
From philosophy, religion, art, science, politics and the rise of ideologies all the way through to fantastical fictions, books have enabled new ideas to reach eager audiences across the globe. However, they are not simply conveyors of story, knowledge and belief. Some of the most important books in the world are also stunningly beautiful, iconic masterpieces in their own right. Just as you don't judge a book by its cover alone, you don't judge a...
From philosophy, religion, art, science, politics and the rise of ideologies all the way through to fantastical fictions, books have enabled new ideas to reach eager audiences across the globe. However, they are not simply conveyors of story, knowledge and belief. Some of the most important books in the world are also stunningly beautiful, iconic masterpieces in their own right. Just as you don't judge a book by its cover alone, you don't judge a book by its story alone - the outer and inner make up the whole. From the first bibles to medieval masterpieces like Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and from children's stories such as Alice in Wonderland to the beauty of the humble paperback, this series combines human stories, expert interviews and historic archive, to reveal the astonishing, the absorbing, the arresting, beauty of books.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tern Television Productions, Richard Dormer, 1969-
Author / Creator
Michael Waterhouse, fl. 1993-2016
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Beauty of Books
Speaker / Narrator
Richard Dormer, 1969-
Topic / Theme
Religion and Belief Systems, Christian, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), Classical Period (1000 BCE–500 CE)
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Copyright © 2011 BBC Worldwide
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