This page contains a list of completed projects for the The h2g2 University in the Faculty of Arts and Entertainment. Projects are listed here if they focus on the following areas:

• Architecture
• Art & Design
• Cinema
• Literature
• Photography
• Modern Languages
• Music
• Performing Arts
• Television Studies

All Researchers who write a project that is 5 articles or more, or make a significant contribution to 5 articles in a project, earn the much-coveted Field Researcher badge!

The American Beatles Albums

Written by: Bluebottle

• Introduction
• The 1963 Albums
• The 1964 Albums
• The 1965 Albums
• The 1966 Albums
• 1967 And Beyond
• The Canadian Albums
• Alphabetical Beatles Songs A-M
• Alphabetical Beatles Songs N-Z

Animated Asterix Films

Written by: Bluebottle

• Animated Asterix Films
• Asterix the Gaul
• Asterix and Cleopatra
• The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
• Asterix versus Caesar
• Asterix in Britain
• Asterix and the Big Fight
• Asterix Conquers America
• Asterix and the Vikings
• Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods

Architecture

Written by: Tavaron da Quirm

• Ancient Greek Architecture - Temples, Towns and Theatres
• Ancient Roman Architecture - Buildings for the Masses
• Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture - from catacombs to churches
• Architecture of the Middle Ages - Darkness and Light

Arts:

Written by: Tavaron da Quirm

• Arts of Greek Antiquity - Better than Nature
• Arts of Roman Antiquity - Naturalism and Idealism
• Early Christian and Byzantine Art - for the new God
• Arts of the Middle Ages - sacred words and sacred pictures

Beatles Biopics

Written by: Bluebottle

• Beatles Biopics
• Beatles Biopics: 'Birth Of The Beatles'
• Beatles Biopics: 'John & Yoko - A Love Story'
• Beatles Biopics: 'The Hours And Times'
• Beatles Biopics: 'Backbeat'
• Beatles Biopics: 'Two Of Us'
• Beatles Biopics: 'The Linda McCartney Story'
• Beatles Biopics: 'In His Life: The John Lennon Story'
• Beatles Biopics: 'Nowhere Boy'
• Beatles Biopics: 'Lennon Naked'

Beatles People:

Written by: Bluebottle

• George Harrison - a Tribute
• Alfred 'Freddie' Lennon
• Stuart Sutcliffe - a Fifth Beatle
• Linda McCartney

The Blues

Written by: Blues Shark

• Where the Southern Cross the Dog: The Beginnings of the Blues
• Those Low Down Country Blues: The Mississippi Blues
• Me and the Devil Blues: Robert Johnson and His Legacy
• Sweethome Chicago: Electrifying the Blues
• Newport and All That Jazz: How the Blues Came to the World
• A Mission From God: The Future of the Blues

British Pop Music of the 1980s

Written by: E Vibenstein with Demon Drawer, Dickon, Leeloo, On The Beat Pete & Ormondroyd

• Adam Ant
• Band Aid
• Culture Club
• Duran Duran
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• Human League
• Madness - the Band
• The Smiths
• Spandau Ballet
• Stock Aitken Waterman

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Written by: Bluebottle and Gnomon:

• The Mars/Barsoom Books by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• The 'Pellucidar' Novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• The Science of Pellucidar
• The Moon Trilogy by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• The Venus Novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• The Caspak Trilogy that Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• The Historical Novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Lord Byron - Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know

Written by: Caper Plip

• Bittersweet Fame
• Live Fast, Die Young
• Almost Famous
• Childish Recollections

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Written by: Primord and Smij - Formerly Jimster

• 'Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons' - Background to the TV Series
• 'Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons' - the Episode Guide
• 'Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons' - the Characters and Hardware

The Comic Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan

Written by: Swiv

• The Comic Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan
• William Schwenk Gilbert - Dramatist
• Sir Arthur Sullivan - Composer
• 'HMS Pinafore'
• 'The Pirates of Penzance'
• 'Patience'
• 'Iolanthe'
• 'The Mikado'
• 'Ruddigore'
• 'The Yeoman of the Guard'
• 'The Gondoliers'
• The D'Oyly Carte Company

John Creasey

Written by: Richard Creasey

• John Creasey - Simple Facts
• John Creasey - the First of Many
• John Creasey - Ten Authors in One
• John Creasey and the Toff
• John Creasey and the Baron
• John Creasey and Inspector West
• John Creasey and Dr Palfrey
• John Creasey and Department Z
• John Creasey (as JJ Marric) and Gideon of the Yard
• John Creasey (as Michael Halliday, Jeremy York, and Kyle Hunt) and Michael Fane and Dr Cellini
• John Creasey (as Jeremy York, UK)
• John Creasey (as Gordon Ashe) and Patrick Dawlish
• John Creasey (as Tex Riley, William K Reilly, Ken Ranger)

Dad's Army:

Written by: Bluebottle

• 'Dad's Army' - the Television Series
• 'Dad's Army' - The Characters
• 'Dad's Army' - the 1971 Film

Despicable Me:

Written by: SashaQ

• 'Despicable Me' - the Film
• 'Despicable Me 2' - the Film
• 'Minions' - the Film

Digital Cameras

Written by: Bobstafford

• Digital Cameras - the Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera (DSLR)
• Digital Cameras - the Bridge Camera
• Digital Cameras - the Digital Pocket Camera
• Digital Camera Lenses
• Sunsets and why we see the Colours - a Photographer's View
• Digital Photography - Photography Hints and Tips From The H2G2 Photographers

Discworld Games:

Written by: [...]

• Terry Pratchett's Discworld - the Computer Game
• Discworld II - Missing Presumed...!?
• 'Discworld Noir - the Game

Doctor Who Enemies:

Written by: CYBERHUMAN, Giford, Spook & Bluebottle

• Doctor Who Enemies: Autons
• Doctor Who Enemies: Cassandra
• Doctor Who Enemies: Cybermen
• Doctor Who Enemies: Daleks
• Doctor Who Enemies: Homo Reptilia
• Doctor Who Enemies: Ice Warriors
• Doctor Who Enemies: The Master
• Doctor Who Enemies: Omega
• Doctor Who Enemies: Ood
• Doctor Who Enemies: The Rani
• Doctor Who Enemies: Sabbath
• Doctor Who Enemies: Sil and the Mentors
• Doctor Who Enemies: Silurians and Sea Devils
• Doctor Who Enemies: Slitheen
• Doctor Who Enemies: Sontarans
• Doctor Who Enemies: Time Lords
• Doctor Who Enemies: Zygons

Doctor Who Episode Guide:

Written by: Jimster / Smij with Spook, Paully, GTBacchus & Bluebottle

• Missing Episodes Guide
• 1960s
• 1970s
• 1980s
• 1990s
• 2005-9
• 2010-13
• Doctor Who: Restoring and Reconstructing Missing Episodes

Film Composers

Written by: The Prophet

• John Barry
• Alexander Courage
• Danny Elfman
• Jerry Goldsmith
• Bernard Herrmann
• Joseph LoDuca
• Ennio Morricone
• Alfred Newman
• John Williams

Frankenstein

Written by: Fizzymouse

• Frankenstein - The Legacy
• Frankenstein's Castle, Nieder-Beerbach, Germany

French Music

Written by: Kes, Seth of Rabi, Joanna, Kumetanzuka & Azara

• French Music (1870 - 1945)
• Camille Saint-Saens - the Composer
• Claude Debussy
• Eric Satie
• Gabriel Faure
• Maurice Ravel
• French Opera
• Jules Massenet - the Composer

Greek Myths

Written by: Dastardly

• Greek Myths: The Origins
• Centaurs
• The 12 Olympians
• Achilles
• Gods of Greek Mythology
• Heroes of Greek Mythology
• The Trojan War
• Heracles
• Sirens
• Prometheus
• Perseus
• Pygmalion and Galatea
• Jason and the Argonauts
• The Children of Nyx
• Death and the Underworld

The Halloween Films

Written by: Bluebottle

• Halloween: Being The Adventures Of Michael Myers
• Halloween: The Night He Came Home
• Halloween II
• Halloween III: The Season Of The Witch
• Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers
• Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers
• Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers
• Halloween: H20
• Halloween: Resurrection

Hammer Films

Written by: Jimster / Smij

• Birth of a Studio
• The Hammer Filmography
• The Stars
• Hammer Horror
• What Makes a Hammer Horror Movie
• Hammer on TV
• Hammer Films - The Final Years
• Hammer Today

Ray Harryhausen Films

Written by: Bluebottle

• The Ray Harryhausen Sinbad Films
• 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad' - The Film
• 'The Golden Voyage of Sinbad' - The Film
• 'Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger' - The Film
• The Ray Harryhausen Dinosaur Films
• 'Clash of the Titans' - The 1981 Film
• 'Jason and the Argonauts' - the Film
• 'The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms' - the Film

Jim Henson

Written by: Bluebottle

• Jim Henson: Storyteller and Puppet Master
• 'Labyrinth' – the Film
• 'The Dark Crystal' – the Film
• Jim Henson's 'The Storyteller' - the Television Series

History of North American Architecture

Written by: Tavaron da Quirm

• Buildings of the Native Americans
• North American Architecture of the 16th and 17th Centuries
• North American Architecture of the 18th Century
• North American Architecture of the 19th Century

The Island of Doctor Moreau

Written by: Bluebottle

• 'The Island of Doctor Moreau' by HG Wells
• 'Island of Lost Souls' - the Film
• 'The Island of Doctor Moreau' - the 1977 Film
• 'The Island of Doctor Moreau' - the 1996 Film

Isle of Wight Festival:

Written by: Bluebottle

• The Isle of Wight Festival: An Overview
• The 2004 Isle of Wight Festival
• The 2010 Isle of Wight Festival
• 'The Who - Live At The Isle of Wight Festival 1970' - The Album

King Arthur in Literature

Written by: NexusSeven

• King Arthur - a Précis of the Legend
  
• The Literary Roots of Arthur
• The Medieval Development of Arthurian Literature
• Arthurian Literature from the Middle Ages to the Victorians
• Rex Futurus: Arthur in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Language Pronunciation

Written by: Jack Naples:

• French Pronunciation
• German Pronunciation
• Spanish Pronunciation

Leonard Bernstein - Composer:

Written by: Bels

• Introduction
• West Side Story
• Chichester Psalms and Arias and Barcarolles
• Mass: A Theatre Piece
• Candide

The Lord of the Rings

Written by: Gnomon

• Elrond the Half Elven
• Galadriel, the Elf-Lady of Lorien
• Gandalf the Grey
• Tolkien's Dwarves
• Tolkien's Elves
• Hobbits
• The Nazgul, Tolkien's Black Riders
• Orcs
• Sauron, the Dark Lord of Middle-earth
• Tolkien's Maps
• Tolkien's Silmarillion - An Overview

The Lord of the Rings Films

Written by: Madent

• 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring' (2001) - Film Review
• 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' (2002) - Film Review

The Lost World

Written by: Bluebottle

• 'The Lost World' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 'The Lost World' - The 1925 Film
• 'The Lost World' - The 2001 BBC Adaptation

Monty Python

Written by: Danny B, Monty Python, Ormondroyd, vogonpoet, Saint Vidmaster, The Shee, Orcus, fords_prefect, Richard Cranium, TowelMaster, NexusSeven, Bagpuss, Dr E Vibenstein, Zaphod and Arthbard Vootenoy

• Monty Python - a Brief History
• Graham Chapman - Comedy Writer and Actor
• John Cleese - Comedy Writer and Actor
• Terry Gilliam - Writer, Animator and Director
• Eric Idle - Comedian, Writer and Actor
• Terry Jones - Writer, Director and Actor
• Michael Palin - Writer, Actor and Traveller
• 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - the Television Series
• Monty Python's 'Dead Parrot Sketch'
• 'And Now For Something Completely Different' - the Film
• 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' - the Film
• 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' - the Film
• 'Monty Python's The Meaning of Life' - the Film
• Monty Python - The Books
• Monty Python - The Records
• Monty Python - The Stage Shows
• Monty Python - The Best Bits
• Almost Pythons - Important 'Monty Python' Contributors

New Yorker Magazine

Written by: Leo

• A Guided Tour Through The New Yorker
• Ross's Little Magazine (1925 - 1951)
• Mr Shawn's New Yorker (1951 - 1987)
• A Conde Nast Publication (1987 - present)
• Harold Ross - The History
• Harold Ross - The Man
• Katherine S White - Rewriter of Noon
• EB White - Most Companionable of Writers
• James Thurber - Raconteur Extraordinaire
• Wolcott Gibbs - Surgeon with Words
• William Shawn - Invisible Editor

The Pink Panther Films

Project Subtitle: Inspector Clouseau, the Return of the Revenge of the Trail of the Curse of the Son of the Shot in the Dark Pink Panther Strikes Again! (Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the film series which just wouldn't die even after Peter Sellers did)

Written by: Bluebottle

• The Pink Panther Films
• The Pink Panther
• A Shot In The Dark
• Inspector Clouseau
• The Return of the Pink Panther
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again
• Revenge of the Pink Panther
• Trail of the Pink Panther
• Curse of the Pink Panther
• Son of the Pink Panther
• Peter Sellers - Actor and Goon

The Christopher Reeve Era Superman Films

Written by: Bluebottle

• The Christopher Reeve Era Superman Films
• 'Superman' - the Film
• 'Superman II' - the Film
• 'Superman III' - the Film
• 'Supergirl' - the Film
• 'Superman IV: The Quest For Peace' - the Film

Mary Shelley

Written by: Fizzymouse

• The Formative Years
• The Decadent Days
• The Marriage
• The Widow

Percy Shelley

Written by: Fizzymouse

• The Making of the Man
• Earns a Reputation
• The End Game

Star Trek

Written by: GodBen

• 'Star Trek' - The Original Series
• 'Star Trek' - The Animated Television Series
• 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' - The Television Series
• 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' - The Television Series
• 'Star Trek: Voyager' - The Television Series
• 'Star Trek: Enterprise' - The Television Series

The Terminator Film Series:

Written by: Bluebottle

• The Terminator Film Series
• 'The Terminator' - the Film
• 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day' - the Film
• 'Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines' - the Film
• 'Terminator Salvation' – the Film
• 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' - the Television Series

Terry Pratchett's Television Adaptations:

Written by: Bluebottle

• Terry Pratchett's Television Adaptations
• 'Truckers' - the Television Series
• 'Soul Music' - the Television Series
• 'Wyrd Sisters' - the Television Series
• 'Hogfather' - the Television Series
• 'The Colour of Magic' - the Television Series
• 'Going Postal' - the Television Series

Ultimate Blue Sky Studios Animated Film Guide:

Written by: Bluebottle

• The Ultimate Blue Sky Studios Film Guide: 2002-2009
• The Ultimate Blue Sky Studios Film Guide: 2010-2014

The Ultimate Carry On Film Guide:

Written by: Bluebottle

• The Ultimate Carry On Film Guide: 1965 - 1967
• The Ultimate Carry On Film Guide: 1968 - 1970
• The Ultimate Carry On Film Guide: 1971 – 1973
• The Ultimate Carry On Film Guide: 1974 – 1992
• Carry On Christmas
• Carry On Laughing

Ultimate Disney Animated Film Guide:

Written by: Bluebottle

• The Ultimate Disney Classic Animated Film Guide: 1937-1949
• The Ultimate Disney Classic Animated Film Guide: 1950-1969
• The Ultimate Disney Classic Animated Film Guide: 1970-1979
• The Ultimate Disney Classic Animated Film Guide: 1980-1989
• The Ultimate Disney Classic Animated Film Guide: 1990-1999
• The Ultimate Disney Classic Animated Film Guide: 2010-2014

Ultimate DreamWorks Animated Film Guide:

Written by: Bluebottle

• The Ultimate DreamWorks Animated Film Guide: 1998-2004
• The Ultimate DreamWorks Animated Film Guide: 2005-2009
• The Ultimate DreamWorks Animated Film Guide: 2010-2014

Ultimate Marvel Film Guide:

Written by: Bluebottle

• The Ultimate Marvel Film Guide: 1998-2004
• The Ultimate Marvel Film Guide: 2005-2009
• The Ultimate Marvel Film Guide: 2010-2014

Ultimate Pixar Animated Film Guide:

Written by: Bluebottle

• The Ultimate Pixar Animated Film Guide: 1995-1999
• The Ultimate Pixar Animated Film Guide: 2000-2004
• The Ultimate Pixar Animated Film Guide: 2005-2009
• The Ultimate Pixar Animated Film Guide: 2010-2014

Walt Disney - The World's Greatest Showman

Written by: Bluebottle

• Walt Disney - Man and Mouse
• Walt Disney - War and Withdrawal
• Walt Disney - Uncle Walt of Disneyland

Wartime Animation:

Written by: Bluebottle

• Warner Brothers' Wartime Animation
• Walt Disney's Wartime Animation
• Superman's Wartime Animation

Years of Doctor Who

Written by: Summerbayexile

• The Jon Pertwee Years
• The Tom Baker Years
• The Wilderness Years

The Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire'

Written by: Mu Beta

• Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - The Song
• 1949
• 1950
• 1951
• 1952
• 1953
• 1954
• 1955
• 1956
• 1957
• 1958
• 1959
• 1960
• 1961
• 1962
• 1963
• 1964-1989 (Part 1)
• 1964-1989 (Part 2)
• 1964-1989 (Part 3)

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