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"George Orwell" (47 results)
This profile of George Orwell tells of his war experiences - he was enlisted to fight on the Republican side in the Spanish Civ...
The non-fiction writing of George Orwell opens with his account of an execution in Burma in the 1920s. Read by Cliv...
Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson chooses the writer, George Orwell. With Jean Seaton and Matthew Parris.
Film traces the life of the author George Orwell in the year 1936 when he finished an important novel, moved North, married, se...
Life and work of George Orwell. Begins with wife's death and end of WWII, his move from London to Jura and his death in 1950. Biographer Berna...
Recollections by 4 people who knew and loved the author George Orwell, his widow, sister and two friends.
What led avowed socialist George Orwell to write a book beloved of the Right? David Aaronovitch discovers how 1984 ...
A unique profile of George Orwell filmed in the places where he lived.
The story tells of George Orwell'S marriage to Eileen O'Shaughnessy and his growing political awareness (his important trip ...
Orwell's dramatisation of his tale of the corrupting effect of power is narrated by Tamsin Greig and features Nicky Henson, Toby ...
The truth about writing reviews for a living and English language oddities. Orwell's non-ficti...
The author attempts to reconcile his patriotism with his left-wing views. Orwell's non-fiction writi...
Patrick Wright begins the second series of his examination of English identity under threat with Orwell's famous essay in the face of Nazi ag...
The novel Animal Farm was an allegory about the dangers of Soviet communism and of the communist leader Joseph Stalin. It was...
This prog traces period from just before outbreak of WWII to declaration of peace in 1945.
Big Brother is on every poster. Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth. Then he finds love. Stars Christopher Eccles...
Britain has become a province of 'Oceania', one of the three tyrannical world super-powers, locked permanently in a state of wa...
George Orwell has been dead for 70 years. What can his ideas tell us about life in 2020? BBC documentary-maker Phil Tinline takes five words...
This prog is a factual drama, entirely on film, written by Alan Plater, about the three years which George Orwell spent on the Isle of Jura writing 1984.
Why is the work of George Orwell still relevant and what is the future of surveillance?
Why George Orwell's novel remains topical 70 years after publication
Janice Galloway's story reimagines the time George Orwell spent on the island writing Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Colin Redgrave reads an abridged version of George Orwell 's tale of an omnipresent political state. Winston Smith refuses to bow to state contro...
A look at the life of George Orwell and the impact of his novel published in 1945.
Louise Doughty, Christopher Bland and Charlie Higson discuss books by JM Coetzee, Jim Thompson and George Orwell.
In Private Passions, Petina Gappah talks to Michael Berkeley about her childhood and the experiences which gave her such determination and d...
A fun conversation about books and reading for Book Week 2022 with Mark Carruthers and Jennifer O'Leary. They talk about Animal Farm by George Orwel...
Rudolph Cartier's 1954 adaptation of George Orwell's story about a man who tries to rebel against the totalitarian state in which he lives and wo...
George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984, reimagined through dance by choreographer Jonathan Watkins for Northern Ballet.
An animated version of George Orwell's classic allegorical novel about the totalitarian aftermath of a barnyard revolution.
A historical background to George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' being studied for English Lit GCSE.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Orwell's Animal Farm, which he struggled to publish in WW2 as the USSR was an ally.
A look at two of George Orwell's books, 'The Road to Wigan Pier' and 'Animal Farm'. A programme for schools narrated by Harvey...
Lisa Mullen asks whether some contributions to literature are less equal than others as she reads newly discovered letters showing the inf...
Christopher Frayling presents a film about the design of ''1984'', the film based on George Orwell's 1948 novel, including interviews with the fi...
Walter Cronkite compares the oppressive society in George Orwell's 1984 with present developments.
Film documentary looking at the reality of living in Britain in 1984, as opposed to the vision created in George Orwell's novel ''Ninetee...
Prog about the two television adaptations of George Orwell's prophetic vision of the future '1984', the first starring Peter Cushing and caus...
Chris Ledgard explores if a version of Newspeak, the artificial language of George Orwell's dystopian fantasy 1984, could be imposed on people today.
A bleak dystopian future plays out before us as Royal Television Society award-winning actor Sacha Dhawan narrates George Orwell’s profoundly impactful...
Ernie Rea discusses 'Animal Farm' and takes a look at the influence of religion on Orwell and his writing.
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power. Unabridged and read by Roger Ringrose.
A mock hearing on ''what went wrong'' at Animal Farm and whose to share in the guilt.
Martin Freeman, actor, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury he would take with him if cast away on a desert island.
A review of the theatre production of Animal Farm.
Animal Farm was the first animated film made by the British film industry in 1954. But what nobody realised at the time, least of all the pr...
A pig called Old Major has a dream and speaks to the other animals. The world-famous cautionary fable read by Bill Nighy.
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