BBC Worldwide Ltd.
2) Wild China
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (353 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Journey across China from the peaks of the Himalayas to the barren steppe, the sub-Arctic to the tropical islands, through deserts both searingly hot and mind-numbingly cold and see a dazzling array of mysterious, beautiful, wild and rare creatures.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's 1917, on the eve of the Russian Revolution, and a young doctor (Radcliffe) arrives in the middle of the night to lead an eerie, back-woods hospital. Fresh from med school, he is completely unprepared for the bizarre people and alarming medical maladies that face him, so, in an unexpected twist, he turns to his older self (Hamm) for advice. It's a fascinating, dark and original comedy with two of Hollywood's leading talents that surprises and...
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 468 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four more two-part murder mysteries take the duo from a private zoo where they unearth a possible organ-trafficking racket, to a community hospital where patients are dying and staff are being attacked. And crimes of passion and chance occurrences bring a past murder case back to haunt Dalziel.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (ca. 810 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The changeling: Beatrice-Joanna is betrothed to one man, but loves another. She hires her father's servant to kill her betrothed, but is then horrified at what she has done.
The apple cart: The king must match wits with an unruly mistress and a cabinet wanting a constitutional monarchy.
Caesar and Claretta: The story of Mussolini and his lover, Claretta Petacci on their last night together.
The philanthropist: A circle of friends talks of unimportant...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution, the Gala?pagos Islands are a living laboratory, a geological conveyor belt that has given birth to and seen the death of many species of plants and animals.
8) Elizabeth R
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (540 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dramatization of the life of Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII by Anne Boleyn. As a young woman, Elizabeth is faced with imprisonment and worse, but she prevails over vicious court intrigues and secures her claim to the throne. As Queen, she faces the continuing threat from Mary, Queen of Scots, an impending royal wedding that would unite England and France, and a palace insurrection involving a former court favorite.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (353 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Michael Wood tells the story of one place, the village of Kibworth, Leicestershire, throughout the whole of English history. Located in the very heart of England, Kibworth has lived through the Black Death, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution, and was even bombed in World War II. With the help of the local people and using archaeology, landscape, language and DNA, Michael Wood uncovers the lost history of this village from the Roman era to...
10) Churchill's bodyguard: the newly discovered story of the man who stood watch over Britain's hero
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (10 hr., 11 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As Winston Churchill's personal bodyguard for nearly 18 years, Walter H. Thompson saw history unfold firsthand. This program is based on the complete, uncensored manuscript of Walter H. Thompson, a Scotland Yard detective. This video gives you a behind the scenes look at the life and leadership of Winston Churchill.
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (306 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Hemingway adventure, Michael Palin takes the viewer to locations where Hemingway lived, visited, and wrote about. In Great railway journeys, Palin travels from Londonderry to the western tip of Ireland, following the progression of his family's migration.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (364 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
All eight episodes from the second series of the ITV detective drama. Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp star as two homicide detectives working for the Greater Manchester Major Incident Team. As Janet Scott (Sharp) and Rachel Bailey (Jones) investigate a string of macabre crimes across the city, they must also face up to some harsh truths in their own personal lives.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 342 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate a single mystery--the disappearance of a young man on the overnight ferry to Shetland--that evolves into an increasingly complex case, leading the investigation from the Shetland Islands to the streets of Glasgow.
14) Luther: 4
Publisher
BBC Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pitted against his most chilling adversary yet, Luther is haunted by past ghosts and hellbent on revenge as the Serious Crime Unit faces its most challenging psychological duel to date. There is no question he will come close to the edge, but will he finally go over?
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (350 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A mild-mannered man visits Maigret, accusing his wife of wanting to poison him. Maigret then gets a visit from the man's wife, who accuses him of being neurotic. Is Maigret watching a domestic spat unfold, or is it a murder in the making?
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (540 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In New York, with brain-swapping aliens poised to attack, the Doctor and Nardole link up with an investigative reporter and a mysterious masked superhero known only as the Ghost. Can the Doctor save Manhattan? When the Doctor, Bill and Nardole become trapped on a space station without oxygen, they discover the spacesuits are trying to kill them.
Publisher
Bbc Us / Canada
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 466 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Detective Richard Poole is still trapped on the stunning Caribbean island of Saint-Marie, but, for him, the sun, sea and sand isn't quite paradise. Faced with puzzling murders and a local team with unorthodox approaches. He's joined by a new partner, the feisty Camille Bordey, instinctive, wild, exotic and brilliant. Together they face a pirate curse, murdered nuns and a case that must be solved while a hurricane bears down on the island.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (466 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"British cop Richard Poole is a fish out of water when he is sent to the tiny island of Sainte Marie to solve a mysterious murder. Awaiting Richard is a ramshackle station and a very different type of policing"--Cover.
Quintessentially British cop Richard Poole is a fish out of water when he is sent to the tiny island of Saint Marie to solve a mysterious murder. Poole encounters a very different type of policing at his new post that challenges his...