Satellite TV is illegal in Iran but it is also the nation's secret obsession. An indulgence which has seeped into every pore of Iranian life. Satellite dishes are everywhere; illicitly crowding apartment rooftops, teetering on high-rise windowsills, even sheltering from dust storms behind remote…
A paediatrician's approach to examining children. Demonstrates a paediatrician's approach to examining babies, toddlers and school-age children.
Dialogue with a seriously ill cancer patient Presented by Dr K Mannix of St Oswald's Hospice, Newcastle upon Tyne. Dialogue with a seriously ill cancer patient, discussing her attitudes, feelings and experiences. Audience: medical students and other health professionals Reviewed 2012 by Margaret…
Confused elderly patients in a hospital situation. Hospitalisation is not the end of the line. The film is aimed at staff working with elderly patients, outlining management techniques and attitudes which will allow patients the greatest measure of fulfilment and freedom in a hospital situation. This…
The case of a confused patient enabled to live at home. Taking the case of a confused patient living with her daughter, the film shows how with proper management, and by utilising all the available facilities, it is possible not only to allow the elderly person to remain at home but to improve both…
Medical causes of acute confusion and their treatments. A technical exposition of the various possible medical causes of acute confusion and their treatments. This film is of historical interest and reflects the cultural attitudes, medical procedures and language of the time it was made. The imagery…
The use of constructional toys in a primary school. Studies the use of constructional toys in a primary school in East Sussex, where they are used for fostering visuo-spatial experience, language development, social and personal development and play opportunities, early maths and design skills and…
Health care in Bangladesh in the 1980s Health care in Bangladesh in the 1980s. Many ‘snake oil’ sellers prey on poor and illiterate people who could not afford correct medicines. but efforts were being made to produce essential drugs at low cost. At a Health project near Dacca a factory…
A programme to help young people appreciate the importance of managing their money. A programme to help young people appreciate the importance of managing their money, There are five interviews designed to stimulate discussion. In the first Peter, aged 11, talks about savings accounts, pocket money,…
How trawlers from Europe are over-fishing Senegal and creating problems for local people. Having emptied the European seas of fish, industrial fishing trawlers are now targeting Africa. But in places like Senegal, where the sea is the nation's main resource, the EU'S fishing policies are…
Waldemar Januszczak travels to some of the most spectacular artistic locations in the world determined to prove that sculpture is the most important of all the arts. The series covers three topics – Women, Leaders and Land Art – with each programme traversing the globe – from Easter…
It’s the only nation in the world that has not signed the International Convention on the Rights of the Child: the United States. Signing would mean relaxing legislation on the confinement of minors. Indeed, several American states still sentence minors to years, sometimes even life, in prison.…
