Granada (Firm)
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (272 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The youngest, most attractive British sleuths on TV return to crack wise while they crack open six new cases. Detective Sergeant Scribbs and Inspector Ash sparkle as bickering, bantering crime-solvers.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hercule Poirot stamps out evil with savoir faire to spare in this British television production. The dapper, diminutive Poirot and his lanky assistant Captain Hastings sort out cases in and around 1930s London.
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 206 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Tennison has been transferred to a new station and a new assignment: getting prostitutes off the streets of Soho. But when a 17-year-old rent boy is burned to death, her superiors aren't keen on her investigating the murder."--Container.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 650 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The stars play a pair of middle-aged, dating game dropouts as wary of romance as they are perfect for each other. Through rocky unsettling times, the pair lurch their way to companionship, friendship, and finally love. Contains all 26 episodes of this British comedy classic.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (184 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison finds herself searching for Sallie Sturdy, a fourteen-year-old girl presumed murdered. Facing the hospitalization of her father, descending deeper into alcoholism, and resisting pressure to retire quietly, Tennison vows to bring Sallie's killer to justice before ending her career. She forges a surprising friendship with Penny Philips, Sallie's best friend.
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 195 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ripe for retirement in the eyes of some, Tennison is still up for a fight, and she'll need all the energy she can muster when she takes on the darker forces of British government in search of a sadistic killer with a guilty past.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (260 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
British humor at its finest! The tale of two formidable ladies as they vie for social supremacy in their provincial 1920s town, which overflows with snootiness, low cunning schemes, and a rivalry that won't end.
Publisher
Granada
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (ca. 17 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's the 1950's and Sidney "Pop" Larkin has managed to avoid paying taxes for practically his entire working life. He embarks on a number of ill-fated entrepreneurial ventures and his daughter causes more than one head to turn with her flirtatious ways. But the flamboyant Larkins are thoroughly devoted to each other in good times and bad.
13) The Queen
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An intimate, moving portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair following the untimely death of Princess Diana. The Queen's restrained reaction causes a public relations debacle that Prime Minister Blair must defuse. The two struggle to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an open display of mourning.