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- ↑ "The Planets by Ken Russell". 6 May 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ↑ Ken Russel (1983). The Planets (DVD: cat. no. 109168, Blu-ray: cat. no. 109169). Arthaus Musik. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017.
