Fishtank

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Billingham, R. 1998. Fishtank.
Media typeVideo
Title of workFishtank
CreatorsBillingham, R.
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Fishtank, 1998, 47min broadcast documentary commissioned by BBC2 and produced by Art Angel and Adam Curtis.

Output mediaBroadcast TV
Research GroupArt Practice as Investigation cluster
Publisher or commissioning bodyBBC2
First publicly available date
Print01 Dec 1998
Publication process dates
Deposited20 May 2019
Accepted01 Jan 1998
Output statusPublished
Web address (URL)https://www.artangel.org.uk/project/fishtank/
LanguageEnglish
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