DVDs and videos

•Title of film/programme, underlined, bold, or italicised
•Original publication date of film in round brackets.

•Directed by……followed by a full stop.

•Place of publication, comma, publisher

•[DVD, produced…….(year when DVD was produced IF different from the original film date)].
In-text citation:
Although the DVD version of Gandhi lost the advantages of viewing the film in the widescreen format it allowed many people to access Attenborough's work (Gandhi, 2007).
Full reference:
Note that the order for referencing is slightly different from that of printed sources.
Gandhi. (1992) Directed by Richard Attenborough. London, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [DVD, produced 2007].
In-text citation:
Greenwald's film examines the conservative bias in news reporting at Fox News Channel (Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's war on journalism, 2004).
Full reference:
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's war on journalism. (2004). Directed by Robert Greenwald. New York, Disinformation, [DVD].

DVDs and videos in a series

In-text citation:
Songs from the Twenties are used to develop the narrative of the plot (Dennis Potter Collection, 2004)
Full reference:
When a DVD or video is part of a series, then the series title and number (if any) AND the date in brackets precede the title.
Dennis Potter collection (2004) Pennies from Heaven. London, BBC [DVD].
Religions of the world (2006) Islam. Bristol, Viewtech Educational Media [ DVD].

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