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Episode 10 / Produced by Andrew Thomson and Merran Williams
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Greats
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Family and Culture.
- Accidental deaths.
- Actors.
- Athletes.
- Sports occupations.
- Celebrities.
- Charity.
- Plays.
- Playwrights.
- Political dissidents.
- Political prisoners.
- Politicians.
- Social activism and activists.
- Traffic accidents.
- Burma.
- Local Subjects:
- Family and Culture.
- Accidental deaths.
- Actors.
- Athletes.
- Sports occupations.
- Celebrities.
- Charity.
- Plays.
- Playwrights.
- Political dissidents.
- Political prisoners.
- Politicians.
- Social activism and activists.
- Traffic accidents.
- Burma.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Geelong, Victoria : World Wide Entertainment, 2007.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Princess Diana, Part 2: When Lady Diana Spencer married Charles the Prince of Wales, the heir to the British throne, the staid and conservative British monarchy entered a new era of glamour, becoming part of contemporary popular culture for the first time in decades. The institution was centuries old and steeped in tradition and ritual, but Diana was a girl of the 1980s. A clash was inevitable. Aung San Suu Kyi: With a father who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in 1947, and a mother who was a prominent Burmese politician of the 1960s, democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's political pedigree is impeccable. The softly-spoken, steely-willed crusader was born in Burma in 1945, two years before her father was assassinated by paramilitaries acting for one of his Rivals. Danny Kaye: Kaye cut his entertaining teeth performing at popular Jewish holiday resorts in the Catskills as a teenager. At the height of his success he performed in London, rousing the royal family to shrieks of laughter. For the first time in history, the royals left their box and watched the show from the front row of the orchestra. Martina Navratilova: Martina Navratilova is one of the greatest tennis players the world has ever seen. Her extraordinary achievements include 167 singles Titles, more than any other player, male or female, and a record nine Wimbledon singles titles. George Bernard Shaw: 'If I am sane, the rest of the world ought not to be at large,' wrote George Bernard Shaw in 1939. The Irish author was famous for his wit and sly humor and delighted in shaking up the social conservatism of early 20th century Britain. Shaw's mother eloped with her voice teacher when Shaw was a teenager, and he later joined her in London where he earned his living ghost writing her lover's music column for hornet magazine.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).
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