Acorn Media (Firm)
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Murder in the mews: On Guy Fawkes Night, Poirot is called in on a case he suspects is murder made to look like suicide. The adventure of Johnnie Waverly: A country squire hires Poirot to investigate threats against the squire's young son. Four and twenty blackbirds: Poirot's keen powers of observation and culinary know-how help him solve a murder case.
4) Vera: Set 8
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (357 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As disheveled and indomitable as ever, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her tightly knit team of Northumberland police through four more daunting cases. No one seems to know anything about the police officer whose body turns up in a slaughterhouse incinerator, the woman killed in a car crash meant to look like an accident, the suburban neighbor found dead in her back garden, and the teenager whose body floats to the surface of a reservoir. How will Vera break...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (492 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this lighthearted British mystery series, DI Henry Crabbe looks forward to retiring and opening his dream restaurant, but his accountant wife is not sure they can afford it and his police boss still wants his help in solving crimes. The former detective turned restaurateur struggles to balance his passion for cooking with his knack for catching criminals. Contains 10 episodes.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (488 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. in container.
Description
"After 25 years in the force, Detective Inspector Henry Crabbe has lost his appetite for the job. He plans to take early retirement and open his dream restaurant, Pie in the Sky. But his accountant wife, Margaret, doesn't think the numbers add up. And his boss, ACC Fisher needs him around to handle those delicate cases at which he excels. Although craving retirement, Crabbe discovers that crime solving can be just as hard to resist as his signature...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (792 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Winningly clever and playful, this acclaimed Canadian series returns with new mysteries set in Edwardian-era Toronto. In Season Nine, Detective William Murdoch and his wife, Dr. Julia Ogden, plan their dream home; Constable Crabtree faces dire consequences for his decisions; and Dr. Emily Grace experiences a personal crisis. Meanwhile, Inspector Brackenreid endures an eccentric houseguest, and a new morgue cleaner turned lab attendant brings fresh...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (242 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + viewer's guide (12 p.)
Description
Every aspect of modern life is influenced by industrial design, from office chairs to apartment complexes. This fascinating series delves into the personalities and technology that shape the world's environment, economy, and culture.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (366 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the thick of a career-defining case, Roz is under intense pressure to prove herself to her superiors. But when she faces conflict with a colleague, it's not long before AC-12 decide to probe her handling of the investigation.
Publisher
[Acorn]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (558 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The English village mystery gets a contemporary spin in this hit British television series that has earned a worldwide following. Bucolic settings harbor macabre crimes and eccentric characters that are no match for DCI John Barnaby and his assistant, DS Jamie Winter. Delightful in a murderously charming way.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (403 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DSI Stella Gibson continues to hunt serial killer Paul Spector in the second series of this smart psychological thriller. As Gibson tries to help Spector's surviving victim remember the identity of her attacker, Spector deals with loose ends that he left behind in Belfast. When he realizes that someone from his past has been helping the police with their enquires, Spector changes his plans with terrifying consequences.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (363 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
George Turner, a recent widower, quits his job as a popular 800-word columnist for a Sydney newspaper. On an impulse, he buys a house online in a remote seaside town in New Zealand. He then has to break the news to his two teenage kids, Shay and Arlo, who just lost their mom and now face an even more uncertain future. When the family arrives in their new home, the colorful and inquisitive locals ensure Turner's dream of a fresh start does not go according...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (236 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Filled with humor, wit, and moral dilemmas, this raucous drama tells the true story of New Zealand's most controversial lawyer, Mike Bungay. In a high-profile career that begins in the 1960s and spans decades, he successfully defends alleged murderers, spies, and gang members, but he can't escape his own inner demons.
17) Vera: Set 5
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (371 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the award-winning novels by Ann Cleeves. A cantankerous but brilliant detective solves unthinkable crimes in northeast England. Blethyn imbues DCI Vera Stanhope in this hit detective drama. Set Five includes four all new feature-length mysteries.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (192 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fresh off his success catching a headline grabbing killer, DCI Colin Sutton is on the brink of retirement when he's asked to review the long running inquiry into another infamous predator. Known as "The Night Stalker" to the press and "Minstead Man" to the police, this serial rapist has stalked the elderly of Southeast London for nearly two decades.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
1990.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three episodes of the impeccably turned-out diminutive Belgian sleuth. With the his razor sharp mind and the aid of the affabel Captain Hastings, Poirot unravels the thorniest cases without mussing a hair of his famously sculpted mustache. Set in the elegance 1930's England, the series also includes Chief Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon.