British Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (250 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the world of invertebrates, detailing aspects of the life-cycles of numerous species around the world. Topics covered include their prehistoric colonisation of land from the sea, winged insects, the various uses of silk, relationships with plants and other animals and social structures.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (175 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Richard Wilson plays Victor Meldrew, a maggoty senior citizen who always provokes people into taking extreme action against him. His neighbour wages unofficial war against him, while long-suffering wives look on askance.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approx. 336 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia, both widowed and in their 70s, fall for each other all over again when they are reunited on the internet after nearly 60 years. Their relationship is a celebratory tale of the power of love at any age. But this is also a story about family, and with family comes baggage. Celia's respectable, head teacher daughter Caroline is juggling bringing up two boys and dealing with her husband's infidelity.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Meet handsome Archie MacDonald, a reluctant young Scottish laird torn between his trendy London life and the call of his wild Highland ancestry. Tricked into returning to Scotland by his eccentric father and dotty mother, Archie discovers he is now the Laird of the decaying family estate, Glenbogle.
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
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As the season begins, the fallout from Russia's thwarted attack on London finds the team in a race against time to rescue Harry, who has been kidnapped by rogue Russian agents. But as they dig deeper into his disappearance, they find a trail that leads to Iraq, and a conspiracy that involves the CIA, MI-6 and some missing weapons-grade uranium. Special features included.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Sal's husband dies suddenly of a heart attack, Sal and her best friend, Tip try to find some fun among the knitting and cake-baking of The Ladies' Guild in the small West Country town of Clatterford St. Mary. The Guild members are certainly an eccentric bunch: leader Eileen, who takes her position--and chains--very seriously; cheese-mad Rose (or Margaret, depending on whether she's taken her medication); Delilah Stagg of the loose false teeth...
9) The hunt
Formats
Description
It's a stunning new series that explores the dramatic contests between predators and their prey. Take an intimate look at the remarkable strategies of hunters and in some cases, the hunted, exploring the challenges animals face and the tactics they employ both on land and in the water. It is a celebration of nature2s most determined, specialized and cunning predators and their equally cunning and elusive prey.
10) Count Dracula
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jonathan Harker visits the Count in Transylvania to help him with preparations to move to England. It is in the Count's castle that Jonathan becomes a prisoner, and discovers Dracula's true nature.
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (203 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The grim reaper finally gets to Victor Meldrew. He may not arrive in the form of a strangely shaped unordered parcel, as a workman with the intellect of an orangutan, or even as Meldrew-fixated ex-neighbor Patrick, but he better be prepared to listen.
13) 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.
Author
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
pc2016.
Physical Desc
6 CDs (5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Earthsea is based on the first three books in the Earthsea Cycle. It tells the stories of Ged and Tenar, inhabitants of a vast archipelago where magic is part of life. Young wizard Ged releases a terrible shadow into the world; meanwhile, Tenar is taken from her home and family to become priestess and guardian of the Tombs of Atuan. The Left Hand of Darkness is set on Gethen, a world in the grip of an Ice Age whose people are both male and female,...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Millions of years ago, incredible forces ripped apart the Earth's crust, creating our seven continents, each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain, and its own unique animal life. From the colorful paradise of South America to the scorching heat of Africa, this showcases the true character of each continent in turn and reveals just how it has shaped all life there.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 347 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The intricate dance of life continues in this heartwarming drama series about two long-lost childhood sweethearts and the 60 years of baggage they bring to their better-late-than-never marriage. How will newlyweds Alan and navigate a startling revelation about Alan's past? And how will their adult daughters, Gillian and Caroline, deal with happiness and tragedy in their even more complicated lives?
19) Story of England
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...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Now that the Doctor and Clara have established a dynamic as a partnership of equals, they're relishing the fun and thrills that all of space and time has to offer. Tangling with ghosts, Vikings and the ultimate evil of the Daleks, they embark on their biggest adventures yet."--Vol. 1.
"Doctor Who: Series Nine draws to its epic conclusion. Faced with monsters and threats bigger than any he has ever experienced, the Doctor risks losing everything...