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How Safe are My Drugs?

BBC Documentaries How Safe are My Drugs?

With more people taking a wider range of drugs than ever, Radio 1 DJ B. Traits meets users and dealers to find out how much they know about their drugs, and whether they're safe. Warning: The following program may contain mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
  • 2014
  • 00:52:09
  • 15-17
  • Added on: 04/23/2021

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A Prescription for Murder?

Panorama A Prescription for Murder?

Is it possible that a pill prescribed by your doctor can turn you into a killer? Over 40 million prescriptions for SSRI anti-depressants were handed out by doctors last year in the UK. Panorama reveals the devastating side effects on a tiny minority that can lead to psychosis, violence, possibly even murder. With exclusive access to psychiatric reports, court footage and drug ...
  • 2017
  • 00:52:25
  • 15-17
  • Added on: 04/23/2021

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The Truth About Improving Your Mental Health

The Truth About... The Truth About Improving Your Mental Health

Clinical psychologist Professor Tanya Byron teams up with former England footballer Alex Scott, who has suffered from depression, to discover how the latest science can help us gain greater control over our state of mind and improve our mental health and wellbeing. Even in normal times, one in four of us will experience mental health difficulties, but living through a ...
  • 2020
  • 00:50:26
  • 15-17
  • Added on: 03/29/2021

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Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion

Louis Theroux Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion

At a time when alcohol-related deaths are on the rise, Louis investigates the problem of alcoholism. Heading for Europe’s largest liver transplant centre, King’s College Hospital in London, he sees first-hand the critical physical side effects of alcoholism and learns about the challenges doctors, patients and patients’ families face in trying to treat it.
  • 2016
  • 00:58:49
  • 15-17
  • Added on: 03/25/2021

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Inside My Mind

BBC Documentaries Inside My Mind

Anxiety, a small bout of depression or an obsessional thought – all of us can have these feelings at some time, but what if these persist and take over our life? In the UK, one in four people will suffer from some form of mental health problem every year. What causes it differs for every one of us: our genes, ...
  • 2013
  • 00:51:31
  • 13-14
  • Added on: 03/25/2021

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Being a bully: Ariana's story

When I Worry About Things Being a bully: Ariana's story

This clip uses the real first-person testimony from Ariana, a young Albanian girl whose family valued boys higher than girls, to create an intimate and direct tone. The open and honest narration will help students develop a sense of empathy with her and recognize the parallels with their own lives. In the film, Ariana relates how her family background led ...
  • 2016
  • 00:04:29
  • 9-12
  • Added on: 03/24/2021

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How computers have changed

BBC Bitesize How computers have changed

Computers are everywhere today and they can do things very fast. In the past they were much slower and much bigger. Computers have changed a lot over time. There have been some important people who have helped change what computers can do. They include Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing, who are featured in this video.
  • 2017
  • 00:01:16
  • 5-8
  • Added on: 03/23/2021

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What are fractions?

BBC Bitesize What are fractions?

Find out how you can use fractions to split a whole number into halves or quarters.
  • 2017
  • 00:00:57
  • 5-8
  • Added on: 03/23/2021

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What is the water cycle?

BBC Bitesize What is the water cycle?

This video explores the water cycle: what it is and how it works. It follows the journey of water and how it starts in rivers, lakes and oceans, evaporates and condenses, then falls as precipitation and runs back into rivers, lakes and oceans. The video illustrates the journey and will help pupils to visualise the continuous water cycle that is ...
  • 2017
  • 00:00:57
  • 5-8
  • Added on: 03/22/2021

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The Jewish story of Moses

Religions of the World The Jewish story of Moses

This film focuses on Judaism. It narrates the story of Moses as he grows up watching the Jewish people enslaved and follows him as he leads his people to freedom, through the Red Sea to their promised land.
  • 2016
  • 00:04:04
  • 5-8
  • Added on: 03/22/2021

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