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	The Merchant of Venice: the character of Portia Duration: 03:25 Actress Lenora Crichlow playing Portia from 'The Merchant of Venice' discusses her ideas for the role, focusing on her speech from Act 4 Scene 1.	Portia ,Lenora Crichlow, The Merchant of Venice act 4, scene 1, characterisation, relationship, love, contemporary adaptations, character, shakespearian language, William Shakespeare, offbyheartshakespeare

	'A Man's a Man for A' That' by Robert Burns Duration: 01:08 Siobhan Redmond reads Burns' 'A Man's a Man for A' That.'	robert burns, scotland, poet, recite

	'A New View of Scotland/Love Poem' discussion Liz Lochhead responds to questions and comments from students about her poem 'A New View of Scotland/Love Poem'.	Hogmanay, memory, nostalgia, love, new year, interpretation, imagery, Liz Lochhead

	'Casualty' Trailer Production (pt 1/2) Duration: 02:29 An examination of the creation and importance of trailer creation for 'Casualty' in maintaining its position as a popular drama.	audience share, trailer, brainstorming, end line, storyboard

	'Casualty' Trailer Production (pt 2/2) Duration: 03:42 The production and editing process behind the creation of the trailers for 'Casualty'.	wide shot, telephoto, film speeds, rushes, video production, edit, trailer, Casualty

	'Great Expectations' - Pip confronts Miss Havisham Duration: 04:58 An extract from an adaptation of 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens. Pip confronts Miss Havisham about her upbringing of Estella.	Pip, Havisham, Estella, Dickens, Great Expectations, fire, language, setting, texts

	'Great Expectations' - Pip is Manipulated by Miss Havisham Duration: 02:29 Extract from an adaptation of 'Great Expectations'. Pip visits Miss Havisham.	Pip, Dickens, Great Expectations, Havisham, Estella, texts

	'Great Expectations' - Pip Meets Miss Havisham for the First Time Duration: 05:00 Extract from an adaptation of 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens. Pip meets Miss Havisham and Estella for the first time.	Pip, Havisham, Estella, Dickens, Great Expectations, texts

	'Great Expectations' - Pip's Benefactor Duration: 04:13 An extract from an adaptation of 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens. Pip discovers that his mystery benefactor is the convict, Magwitch.	Pip, Dickens, Great Expectations, Magwitch, convict, benefactor, texts

	'The Charge of the Light Brigade' (pt 1/3) Duration: 02:21 This clip dramatises the drafting of Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'Charge of the Light Brigade' and its subsequent use as a music hall song.	ballad, poetry, structure, rhyme, rhythm, drafting

	'The Charge of the Light Brigade' (pt 2/3) Duration: 03:28 Poet Sheila Parry contextualises the ballad 'The Charge of the Light Brigade', outlining who wrote it, why it was written and for whom it was written.	ballad, patriotism, Tennyson, nationalism, metaphor, poetry, oral tradition, charge light brigade

	'The Charge of the Light Brigade' (pt 3/3) Duration: 02:29 Poet Sheila Parry explores the way description is used effectively in Tennyson's 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'.	ballad, adjective, euphemism, language, metaphor, imagery, visualisation, Tennyson, charge of the light brigade

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