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The glittering prizes. [Discs 1-3, episodes 1-6]

2008

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	The glittering prizes. [Discs 1-3, episodes 1-6] [videorecording] / [written by Frederic Raphael ; produced by Mark Shivas ; directed by Waris Hussein and Robert Knights].
Publisher, Date:	[London] : BBC Video/2 Entertain, c2008.
Description:	3 videodiscs (161, 155, 155 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. in container.
Summary:	The Glittering Prizes was a sensation when it premiered on PBS in the late 1970s. Frederick Raphael's tale portrays the hopes and frustrations of an entire generation through the story of a group of friends who meet at Cambridge University in the 1950s. Six 80-min. episodes follow the evolution of these college students through the 1960s and into the 1970s where their lives diverge and they struggle with emotional disillusionment and varying levels of worldly success.
Subjects:	University of Cambridge -- Drama. College students -- Great Britain -- Drama. Television programs -- Great Britain. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Other Author:	Conti, Tom. Kellerman, Barbara, 1949- Raphael, Frederic, 1931- Shivas, Mark. Hussein, Waris, 1938- Knights, Robert. BBC Video (Firm) 2 Entertain (Firm)
Notes:	Title from container. Includes "DVD extra": Frederic Raphael visits Cambridge and discusses how the university and his experiences there influenced his writing. Tom Conti ; Barbara Kellerman. DVD. Contains English for the deaf and hearing impaired subtitles.
ISBN:	1419866532 9781419866531
Publisher Number:	1000037474 3000015572 2000002200--2000002202
Other Number:	243465569
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	222466
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD TV Glitteri
Medium:	[videorecording]

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