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If you are quoting from a film or television programme the elements which should be included in your bibliography are :
(i) title (in italics)
(ii) year (in round brackets)
(iii) director
(iv) DVD or Video cassette [in square brackets]
(v) place of distribution: distribution company.
Television programmes are sometimes collaborative ventures, with no single director. Include all the main details that you can. These should include programme title and year, series (if applicable ), production company (or channel), and date of transmission.
Please note it is not acceptable to reference a television programme you have viewed unless you can produce a recording (or transcript) of it.
In text:
In Michael Hoffman's recent adaptation of Shakespeare's play (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2002)...
Reference list:
Cannabis cares UK (2003). The Money Programme. [Video cassette] BBC 2. 23 June.
Dance for the camera: the snowball effect (1998) Directed by Brett Turnball [DVD] BBC 2, 15 January.
Godfather Part III (1990) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola [DVD] Paramount Pictures.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2002) Directed by Michael Hoffman [DVD]. Los Angeles: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Super size me (2005) Directed by Morgan Spurlock [DVD]. London: World Cinema Ltd.
