British Broadcasting Corporation
Series
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the life of Isabella Beeton, author of Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management and the most famous cookbook author in British history. Isabella was an accomplished business woman who died when she was only 28. Traces Isabella's transformation from young wife, to magazine journalist, to publishing phenomenon. Find out how a woman who couldn't cook ended up producing the world's most famous recipe book. Discover the dark secret that led...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 363 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While Cambridge police detectives interview witnesses who may or may not tell the truth, 'Sam' extracts revealing truths from calcified bones, decomposed and charred bodies, tell-tale bruises and overlooked fingerprints. Brace yourself for twists and turns in four gripping episodes: the suspicious drowning of a six-year-old girl, the apparently ritual killing of a young man, a death in police custody, and the fiery murder of a refugee's business partner....
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Season two rejoins the Hour Team in 1957 where we are introduced to new characters. With the advent of the space race and the threat of nuclear war looming, Britain grapples with an era of unprecedented scientific advancement, economic opportunity and cultural change.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting the manipulative Alec proves to be her downfall.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Documentary about several traditions of ecstatic dance around the world, including San in Namibia, Kut in Korea, Yoruba in Nigeria, Gabrielle Roth in New York, Candomble in Brazil, whirling dervishes in Turkey, Hadra in Morocco, firedance in the U.S. and the Rainbow Serpent Festival in Australia.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three episodes from the television series about D.C.I. Ross Tanner who is desperate to conceal the fact that he's losing his vision. In "Hide and Seek", Tanner is working on the two-year-old murder of a famous violinist in which the only one who may know who killed her is the victim's nine-year-old son. In "Parasomnia", Tanner is investigating a murder in which the murderer claims to have been sleepwalking. In Kingdom of the blind, Tanner is caught...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Song of Lunch is based on Christopher Reid's narrative poem following the story of an unnamed book editor who is meeting his former love 15 years after their break-up for a nostalgic lunch at the Soho restaurant they used to frequent. The woman is now living a glamorous life in Paris, married to a world-renowned writer. The unnamed editor has failed in his writing career, detests his mundane publishing job and regrets the end of their love affair....
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This taut psychological thriller introduces Ross Tanner, a hotshot police detective who lives for the thrill of the chase - while desperate to conceal a terrifying secret: he's losing his vision.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of Catherine the Great, a young girl who would transform herself from an obscure German Princess into Russia's most powerful regent. Tells her story from her memoirs and personal letters.
11) Framed
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the National Gallery is flooded, the stuffy curator is forced to flee to the mountains of Wales, along with the paintings. He gets more than he bargained for when he meets the townspeople.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (225 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Delhi graduate Dr. Prem Sharma and his wife move to the U.K. in 1963, hoping to establish a glamorous London practice, but instead, they arrive in Trefelin, a Welsh coal mining village where things are not quite as they should be.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (344 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Clad in tweed and puffing on a pipe, Detective Inspector Purbright pursues the evildoers of Flaxborough with a doggedness that belies his polite conversation and mild manner. Although the quiet country town appears all gentility, beneath the surface lies a darker world of deception, intrigue, treachery, and infidelity.
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
8 DVDs (ca. 1400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Social climber Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced 'Bouquet, ' of course!) puts her best foot forward in this high-class comedy. She performs selfless acts of charity for the lower classes (her sisters), doles out invaluable advice to her husband Richard, acts the part of adoring eldest daughter to her incapacitated Daddy, and still finds time to keep the neighbors on edge with her morning coffees and candlelight dinner parties.
15) Page eight
Series
Johnny Worricker trilogy volume pt. 1
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Johnny Worricker is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss and best friend Benedict Baron dies suddenly, leaving behind him an inexplicable file, threatening the stability of the organization. Meanwhile, a seemingly chance encounter with Johnny's striking next-door neighbor and political activist Nancy Pierpan seems too good to be true. Johnny is forced to walk out of his job, and then out of his identity to find out the truth.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (562 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Merlin is back with even more magic, adventure, and romance as the young wizard struggles to protect Prince Arthur in the perilous world of Camelot. While battling deadly assassins, mystical monsters, and the most powerful sorcerers Camelot has ever seen, Merlin must work harder than ever to conceal his unique abilities while King Uther redoubles his war against magic. Featuring exciting new villains, white-knuckle stunt sequences, and spectacular...
17) Berkeley Square
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (8.5 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A warm-hearted family drama set in turn-of-the-century London where three young girls come together as nannies and grow to be friends.
18) Life
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Life is a challenge for any priest in a small mountain town, and Father Peter struggles to save his parishioners' souls without falling himself for the local barkeep, Assumpta. Series Three is the dramatic conclusion of Peter and Assumpta's story.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
What happens when a professor invites an octopus to live in his home? NATURE follows Dr. David Scheel as he links behavioral discoveries to amazing octopus stories around the world, from the Day octopus that can change color and texture, to the Coconut octopus who carries around its coconut shell to hide. But most fascinating is Scheel's and his daughter's evolving relationship with "Heidi".