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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249/https://era.org.uk/idea-guide/eras-top-tv-picks-20th-26th-july-2019/" class="grid-item shift-left"><div class="grid-item-content border-bottom equal-height-3"><img width="400" height="230" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249im_/https://era.org.uk/app/uploads/2019/07/xtheatre-430552_960_720-400x230.jpg.pagespeed.ic.M9wrae-k9x.jpg" class="responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249im_/https://era.org.uk/app/uploads/2019/07/xtheatre-430552_960_720-400x230.jpg.pagespeed.ic.M9wrae-k9x.jpg 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249im_/https://era.org.uk/app/uploads/2019/07/xtheatre-430552_960_720-560x322.jpg.pagespeed.ic.7lWl0Ph1dy.jpg 560w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"/><div class="grid-item-text"><div class="equal-height-2 clearfix"><div class="meta top-meta uppercase"><span class="weight-black">Ideas & Guides</span></div><h2 class="large-h2 hover-underline equal-height-1">ERA’s Top TV Picks 20th – 26th July 2019</h2><p>Welcome back to our TV Picks of the Week! There's a really broad range of programmes available to all subjects this week, so whether Brexit or Victorian farming in your thing, then there's something for you.聽</p></div></div></div></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249/https://era.org.uk/idea-guide/eras-top-radio-picks-20th-26th-july/" class="grid-item shift-left"><div class="grid-item-content border-bottom equal-height-3"><img width="400" height="230" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249im_/https://era.org.uk/app/uploads/2019/07/xphotoshop-2845779_960_720-400x230.jpg.pagespeed.ic.-uyKoh1mFU.jpg" class="responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249im_/https://era.org.uk/app/uploads/2019/07/xphotoshop-2845779_960_720-400x230.jpg.pagespeed.ic.-uyKoh1mFU.jpg 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249im_/https://era.org.uk/app/uploads/2019/07/xphotoshop-2845779_960_720-560x322.jpg.pagespeed.ic.pRpH6ah6w3.jpg 560w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"/><div class="grid-item-text"><div class="equal-height-2 clearfix"><div class="meta top-meta uppercase"><span class="weight-black">Ideas & Guides</span></div><h2 class="large-h2 hover-underline equal-height-1">ERA’s Top Radio Picks 20th – 26th July</h2><p>Welcome back to our Radio Picks of the Week! There's politics aplenty in store this week, but fear not! There are plenty of other programmes available across the board, from chemistry to PSHE.</p></div></div></div></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249/https://era.org.uk/idea-guide/learning-on-screen-awards-2019-an-interview-with-professor-kate-williams/" class="grid-item grid-item-double grid-item-double-image shift-left"><div class="grid-item-content equal-height-3"><img width="400" height="230" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249im_/https://era.org.uk/app/uploads/2019/05/xLoS2-400x230.jpg.pagespeed.ic.VRK80b0qyX.jpg" class="responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249im_/https://era.org.uk/app/uploads/2019/05/xLoS2-400x230.jpg.pagespeed.ic.VRK80b0qyX.jpg 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249im_/https://era.org.uk/app/uploads/2019/05/xLoS2-560x322.jpg.pagespeed.ic.vShei3csCy.jpg 560w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"/></div></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249/https://era.org.uk/idea-guide/learning-on-screen-awards-2019-an-interview-with-professor-kate-williams/" class="grid-item grid-item-double grid-item-double-text shift-left"><div class="grid-item-content border-bottom equal-height-3"><div class="grid-item-text"><div class="equal-height-2 clearfix"><div class="meta top-meta uppercase"><span class="weight-black">Ideas & Guides</span></div><h2 class="large-h2 hover-underline equal-height-1">Learning on Screen Awards 2019: An Interview with Professor Kate Williams</h2><p>This year鈥檚 Learning on Screen Awards guest speaker was the brilliant Professor Kate Williams, renowned historian, author, and presenter. ERA caught up with her before the ceremony to ask what inspires her passion for TV and radio.</p></div></div></div></a></div></div></div><div class="element-quote element-quote-double bg-red clearfix"><div class="constrictor clearfix"><div class="quote-box shift-left equal-height-1"><div class="quote-text-wrapper centered color-white weight-bold"><div class="quote-line quote-line-right"></div><div class="quote-mark-top"><svg class="icon-svg icon-svg-quote-mark" role="presentation"><use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249im_/https://era.org.uk/app/themes/bm-era/graphics/svg-defs.svg#quote-mark" href="https://era.org.uk/app/themes/bm-era/graphics/svg-defs.svg#quote-mark"/></svg></div><div class="quote-text"><div class="quote-text-inner"><p>It's so important that students have access to complete TV programmes, and the ERA Licence enables us to legally access these reliably and easily.</p></div></div><div class="quote-line quote-line-left"></div><div class="quote-mark-bottom"><svg class="icon-svg icon-svg-quote-mark" role="presentation"><use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249im_/https://era.org.uk/app/themes/bm-era/graphics/svg-defs.svg#quote-mark" href="https://era.org.uk/app/themes/bm-era/graphics/svg-defs.svg#quote-mark"/></svg></div></div></div><div class="quote-image shift-left equal-height-1" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249im_/https://era.org.uk/app/uploads/2018/09/xback-view-of-man-presenting-to-students-at-a-lecture-picture-id607927560-440x410.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Z5_O6gFszs.jpg)"></div><div class="badge badge-small circle bg-white color-black"><div class="badge-content"><div class="badge-text"><strong>Jim Grainger</strong><br/>Director<br/>Manchester Film School</div></div></div></div></div><div class="element-cookie-banner wrapper bg-red links-underline clearfix"><div class="constrictor"><div class="color-white"><h2 class="large-h2">We use cookies!</h2><p>Cookies help us run our services and give you a better experience.聽For the full details please read our聽<a href="/web/20190724081249/https://era.org.uk/privacy/" rel="noopener">Cookie Policy</a>.</p> </div><a href="#" class="button button-32 bg-white color-red weight-black uppercase cookie-banner-button cookie-banner__close">OK</a></div></div> </div> <div class="wrapper clearfix"> <footer class="constrictor"> <div class="footer-top clearfix"> <div class="shift-right"> <div class="back-to-top-button trigger-send-top color-orange weight-black uppercase">Back to Top     <svg class="icon-svg icon-svg-back-to-top" role="presentation"><use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249im_/https://era.org.uk/app/themes/bm-era/graphics/svg-defs.svg#arrow-up" href="https://era.org.uk/app/themes/bm-era/graphics/svg-defs.svg#arrow-up"/></svg></div> </div> <div class="shift-left uppercase"> <div class="breadcrumb color-white weight-black"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer-main"> <div class="footer-cols-container clearfix"> <div class="footer-col footer-col-one"> <div class="footer-col-header weight-bold color-orange"> <div class="footer-col-header-bar bg-orange"></div> About </div> <ul class="footer-col-menu color-white"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249/https://era.org.uk/the-licence/frequently-asked-questions/">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249/https://era.org.uk/the-licence/the-era-license/">The ERA Licence</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249/https://era.org.uk/about-era/how-were-run/">How we're run</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249/https://era.org.uk/about-era/who-we-are/">Our team</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249/https://era.org.uk/about-era/partner-organisations/">Partner organisations</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer-col footer-col-two color-white links-underline"> <div class="footer-col-header weight-bold color-orange"><div class="footer-col-header-bar bg-orange"></div>Sign up to get the latest ERA updates</div> <p>Subscribe to receive updates from ERA </p> <form class="subscribe" method="get" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724081249/https://era.org.uk/"> <div class="input-box input-box-subscribe bg-white clearfix"> <div class="input-box-item"> <input type="email" id="footer-signup-email" placeholder="Your email here" name="email"/> </div> </div> <input type="submit" value="Sign Up" class="button button-38 button-margin button-center bg-orange weight-black color-black uppercase"/> </form> <span class="size-small"> <p>You can opt out of hearing from us at any time using the unsubscribe link in our emails. 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