"Director: Malcolm Hossick"

• Blake | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The WILLIAM BLAKE biography in the 'Famous Authors' series is an original Academy Media production, directed by Malcolm Hossick. The 30-minute program is followed by an 'Overview', listing the author's works and suggesting 'essence of Blake' reading.

• Schubert | DVD | (26/06/2004) from £14.75   |  Saving you £8.24 (35.80%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Schubert was born the son of a schoolmaster in a suburb of Vienna. He became a singer in the choir of the court chapel. His precarious life struggling to live from his compositions was enlivened by the group of friends among whom he lived and who supported him and valued his work. He achieved little outside recognition in his own time and died of typhus at the tragically early age of 31. The DVD ends with a brief overview of Schubert's work, useful to experienced music lovers and newcomers alike. On the soundtrack some of his most characteristic compositions are played by members of the Elysium Ensemble.

• Proust | DVD | (16/05/2006) from £14.05   |  Saving you £7.94 (36.10%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The Marcel Proust biography in the Famous Authors series is an original Academy Media production directed by Malcolm Hossick.

• Voltaire | DVD | (02/09/1998) from £14.05   |  Saving you £7.94 (36.10%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Voltaire was born the son of a prominent lawyer and from his earliest days showed a precocious literary talent. He wrote plays and novels and historical and philosophical works his outspokeness constantly landed him in trouble with the authorities. He became the leading liberal voice of the French Enlightenment and he has had a worldwide influence ever since. The DVD traces his fascinating life and ends with an overview of his works.

• Confucius | DVD | (25/06/2002) from £14.05   |  Saving you £7.94 (36.10%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The CONFUCIUS biography in the 'Famous Authors' series is an original Academy Media production, directed by Malcolm Hossick.

• Hemingway | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £14.05   |  Saving you £7.94 (36.10%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The ERNEST HEMINGWAY biography in the 'Famous Authors' series is an original Academy Media production, directed by Malcolm Hossick. The 30-minute program is followed by an Overview, listing the author's works and suggesting 'essence of Hemingway' reading.

• Burns | DVD | (19/10/2003) from £12.70   |  Saving you £9.29 (42.20%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The ROBERT BURNS biography in the 'Famous Authors' series is an original Academy Media production, directed by Malcolm Hossick. The 30-minute program is followed by an 'Overview', listing the author's works and suggesting 'essence of Burns' reading.

• Mahler | DVD | (17/08/2008) from £14.75   |  Saving you £5.24 (26.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The composer Gustav Mahler was born the son of a poor itinerant Jewish salesman in a tiny village in what is now the Czech Republic. His astonishing and influential career as a conductor and director of opera, including ten years as musical director of the Vienna Opera, would have singled him out as someone special. However his 9 symphonies and other orchestral works are now seen as his greatest contribution to music. The programme tells of his life and development and is followed by an overview of his compositions.

• Lawrence | DVD | (19/10/2005) from £14.05   |  Saving you £7.94 (36.10%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The D H Lawrence biography in the Famous Authors series is an original Academy Media production directed by Malcolm Hossick.

• Orwell | DVD | (17/08/2005) from £14.05   |  Saving you £7.94 (36.10%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Orwell was born in India. He was educated at Eton College and in 1922 went out to Burma as a police officer. He returned to England in 1927 and determined to be a writer. In 1936 he went to join the civil war in Spain. He later worked for the BBC and The Observer. Just as he was becoming successful he died of tuberculosis. The DVD covers his life and background and ends with an overview of his work.

• The Parthenon | DVD | (16/09/1997) from £14.95   |  Saving you £8.04 (35.00%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The film explores the development of democracy in ancient Greece using the remains of the great city of Athens and the vases and decorative arts which can still be seen today. The film was shot in 1974 when modern Greece was stumbling into the vibrant democracy it now is; so to some extent it is a part of history itself.

• Zola | DVD | (16/09/2006) from £14.05   |  Saving you £7.94 (36.10%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The Emile Zola biography in the Famous Authors series is an original Academy Media production directed by Malcolm Hossick.

• Austen | DVD | (08/08/2011) from £14.05   |  Saving you £7.94 (36.10%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The JANE AUSTEN biography in the 'Famous Authors' series is an original Academy Media production, directed by Malcolm Hossick. The 30-minute program is followed by an 'Overview', listing the author's works and suggesting 'essence of Austen' reading.

• Whitman | DVD | (16/09/2005) from £13.57   |  Saving you £8.42 (38.30%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The Walt Whitman biography in the Famous Authors series is an original Academy Media production directed by Malcolm Hossick.

• Handel | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £14.75   |  Saving you £8.24 (35.80%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The Handel biography in the Famous Composers series is an original Academy Media production directed by Malcolm Hossick.

• King Rama 6th | DVD | (10/03/2002) from £28.09   |  Saving you £-5.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  RAMA 6th King of Siam The video follows the life of King Vajiravudh, Rama 6th of the Chakri dynasty of Siam, modern Thailand. Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been colonised by a western power and King Vajiravudh was the first Thai king to have been educated in the west. In the eyes of the world rather overshadowed by his charismatic father King Chulalongkorn (best known to the world at large as the king in the musical the King and I) King Vajiravudh was an unusually talented and sensitive man who learned a great deal from his life in England and who committed himself to continuing the reform of his country begun by his father. Trying to be a democrat and a monarch with absolute power was a difficult act. He soon began appointing people on merit and not because they were his brothers or cousins. This was not the way to win the support of the ruling clique. However up to his sudden and unexpected death in 1926 he clung tenaciously to his beliefs and worked tirelessly and often very effectively for his country. The programme was made with the support of the Museum to his memory in Bangkok and is dedicated to the remarkable school he founded, Vajiravudh College.

• Beethoven | DVD | (10/03/1998) from £14.75   |  Saving you £8.24 (35.80%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The Beethoven biography in the Famous Composers series is an original Academy Media production directed by Malcolm Hossick.

• Poe | DVD | (19/10/2007) from £26.65   |  Saving you £-4.66 (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The EDGAR ALLEN POE biography in the 'Famous Authors' series is an original Academy Media production, directed by Malcolm Hossick. The 30-minute program is followed by an 'Overview', listing the author's works and suggesting 'essence of Poe' reading.

• Wilde | DVD | (19/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Oscar Wilde was certainly one of the most brilliant writers of comedy for the English stage. The tale of his tragic downfall, caused by the society of his time condemning his private sexual life, has generally overshadowed the importance of his work. The film follows his early career and attempts to regain the balance between tragic figure and artist. The DVD covers his life and background and ends with an overview of his work.

• Scott | DVD | (16/09/2001) from £11.77   |  Saving you £10.22 (46.50%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The Sir Walter Scott biography in the Famous Authors series is an original Academy Media production directed by Malcolm Hossick.