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- ↑ Time 1986 128 p98 Briton Hadden, Henry Robinson Luce "The unstated implication is that she also is typical. The people shown were to a degree handpicked, but BBC Producer Richard Denton was at least able to interview them without his Soviet guides being present. However, he quickly concedes ..."
- 1 2 Rob Walker Doing Research: A Handbook for Teachers 1985-p25 "More recently Richard Denton's films Public School and Kingswood, also made for the BBC, have attracted considerable attention. Apparently the BBC went to some lengths in these cases to prepare people for the likely public reaction, but ..."
- 1 2 New directions in pastoral care p195 Peter Lang, Michael Marland, National Association for Pastoral Care in Education - 1985 "Roger Graef's documentary film School, in the Space Between Words series, and Richard Denton's Public School- a film of the life of Radley College, and Kingswood - an account of life in a Northamptonshire comprehensive school,"
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