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  • In Search Of Haydn on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Gianandrea Noseda,  Sir Roger Norrington,  Frans Bruggen
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Filmmaker Phil Grabsky follows on his exploration of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with this intricate portrait of the life and work of Franz Joseph Haydn. Performers such as Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Roger Norrington, Frans Bruggen, Ronald Brautigam, Emanuel Ax, and Christophe Rousset play ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 14 members
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  • The Endellion String Quartet Play Beethoven on DVD (2011)
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The world-renown Endellion String Quartet perform three works by Beethoven in this release; 'Opus 18 no.6, String Quartet in B flat major', 'Opus 59, no.2 String Quartet in E minor' and 'Opus 131, String Quartet in C sharp minor'.
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 2 members
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  • The Boy Mir - Ten Years In Afghanistan on DVD (2011)
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Over ten years in Afghanistan, THE BOY MIR tracks cheeky, enthusiastic Mir from a childish eight to a fully grown eighteen-year-old. This is a journey into early adulthood in one of the toughest places on earth and a journey that mirrors the vitally important story of Afghanistan.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 22 members
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  • The Nude In Art With Tim Marlow on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Tim Marlow
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Hosted by art historian, broadcaster and writer Tim Marlow, THE NUDE IN ART explores the depiction and symbolic resonance of the naked body throughout history. The four part series takes an in-depth look at the 'Classical', 'Renaissance', 'Enlightenment', and 'Modern' era.
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 14 members
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  • Marlow Meets - Series 1 on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Tim Marlow
    Director: Phil Grabsky,  Ben Harding
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    For musicians, writers, directors and designers visual art is a passion and an enormous source of inspiration. In each programme Tim Marlow meets an individual artist in a gallery of their choice and finds out how certain pieces of art have inspired and motivated them. The result gives us a ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 9 members
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  • Escape From Luanda on DVD (2006)
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Alfredo, Joana and Domingas are like music students anywhere. They adore their instruments, dream of distinction and don't practice as often as they should. The difference is that they study in Angola's capital, Luanda, which is recovering from 27 years of civil war. The film spans a year in the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 40 members
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  • Heavy Water - A Film For Chernobyl on DVD (2006)
    Director: Phil Grabsky,  David Bickerstaff
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    On April 26th, 1986, reactor four at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explodes. sending an enormous radioactive cloud over northern Ukraine and neighbouring Belarus. The danger is not immediately communicated and the local population go about their business as usual. May Day celebrations begin, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 110 members
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  • Tim Marlow On... Carsten Holler At Tate ... on DVD (2006)
    Director: Phil Grabsky,  Ben Harding,  Phil
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Art connoisseur Tim Marlow takes a behind-the-scenes look at Carsten Holler's 'Test Site' installation at the Tate Modern. Described as an 'oversized, rather menacing playground' comprising five moving stainless steel slides, 'Test Site' is a unique experience that invites visitors to become part ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 12 members
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  • In Search Of Mozart (2005)
    Starring: Juliet Stevenson,  Sam West
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, Seventh Art Productions presents "In Search Of Mozart." Produced in association with the world's leading orchestras and musicians... told through a 25,000 mile journey along every route Mozart followed... this is a detective story that travels ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 298 members
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  • The Boy Who Plays On The Buddhas Of Bamiyan on DVD (2003)
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A unique portrait of everyday life in modern Afghanistan centered around an eight-year-old boy and his family who live among the ruins of the 'Buddhas of Bamiyan', one of the tallest stone statues of the world destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 84 members
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  • The Impressionists With Tim Marlow - The... on DVD (1998)
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Documentary exploring one of the most important and intriguing movements in art history: Impressionism. Like the ripples in a Monet painting, the influence of The Impressionists continues to be felt today. Manet, Renoir, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cezanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh were essentially the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 73 members
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  • I, Caesar - The Collection (2 discs) on DVD (1997)
    Director: Phil Grabsky,  Peter Nicholson
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The award-winning series I, Caesar takes a fascinating look at the public and private lives of six key men who ruled the Roman Empire. Starting with Julius Caesar, the series charts the rise and fall of Roman power over 600 years through the lives of six of the most charismatic leaders in world ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 63 members
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  • Tim Marlow - Great Artists - Vol.1 (2 discs) on DVD
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    What was it like to be an artist in centuries past? What makes a painting or an artist 'great'? Tim Marlow presents this fascinating introduction to the works of the Old Masters as displayed in over fifty museums, churches, and palaces throughout Europe and the United States. This release contains ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 218 members
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  • The Terry Jones Collection (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Terry Jones
    Director: Phil Grabsky,  Danial Percival
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Includes four of Terry Jones' programmes: Ancient Inventions This three-part series presents a fresh and highly original view of some of the ancient world's most remarkable inventions. Beginning with War and Conflict, Terry Jones takes us on an unconventional, myth-busting journey, discovering for ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 42 members
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  • The Lost Temple of Java on DVD
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Borobudur in Central Java is unique. In the shape of a pyramid, with four square terraces leading to three circular ones, this extraordinary building is covered with three miles of stone carvings. Situated on a lush palm-covered volcanic plain, this is a building that deserves the title of 'eighth ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 14 members
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  • Brazil - An Inconvenient History on DVD
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    At first glance Brazil appears to be an alluring playground of exciting carnivals, sultry samba, divine football and a vibrantly diverse people.But behind this dazzling facade lies a disturbing story of history's largest-ever slave population. Astonishingly Brazil, a Portuguese colony, received ten-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 56 members
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  • Nero's Golden House on DVD
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    As emperor of the Roman Empire, Nero had a reputation for tyranny and extravagance. Nowhere was this more evident than in his Golden House, the most opulent villa in all of ancient Rome and part of a vast complex of palaces, pavilions, and temples constructed in his honour. But despite its ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 12 members
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  • Constable with Tim Marlow on DVD
    Starring: Tim Marlow
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Art expert Tim Marlow presents a lively and accessible introduction to one of the world's greatest landscape painter, John Constable (1776-1837). Constable brought a scale, ambition and impact to a subject long considered amongst the lowest forms or art. Often celebrated as a nostalgic painter of a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 36 members
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