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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
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
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 731 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the bitter internal rivalries among police investigators, the political pressures of high-profile cases, and the legal maneuverings of defense attorneys and prosecutors. Police probe an abandoned house concealing multiple murders, a dysfunctional family with a deeply troubled musical prodigy, the mysterious disappearance of a well-connected woman, and a shadowy sex club for London's elite.
Series
Publisher
distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Educator Connie Bishop faces a slew of troubles. A decline in pupils may close down her village school, and she herself suffers from night terrors. But has she been imagining an intruder in her home, or are her suspicions well founded? When a local politician dies in her garden, it confirms her worst fears. As Barnaby and Jones investigate, another man is murdered on Connie's property. Is the sweet-natured schoolteacher a victim--or a killer?"--Container....
Series
Midsomer murders. Set 15 volume disc 3
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Already divided over the construction of a new overpass, the village of Dunstan is further shaken when psychic Lynne Fox discovers a reclusive couple brutally murdered in their home. Local boy D.S. Jones finds himself personally involved in the case when it turns out that his old schoolmates are keeping secrets about the death of one friend and the disappearance of another.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (323 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dr. Martin Ellingham is brilliant, dedicated, and highly efficient. He's also brusque, abrasive, and terrified of blood. Once a successful London surgeon, he's now a GP in the idyllic Cornish fishing village of Portwenn, where he's every bit as eccentric as the villagers he serves.
Publisher
distributed by RLJ Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate the connections between illegal home-brewing in Midsomer Abbas and the death of a government inspector.
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.
11) High hopes
Publisher
distributed by BFS Entertainment & Multimedia
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cyril and Shirley are a young, working-class couple who, in their struggle to make ends meet, have become absorbed in socialism. Cyril's sister Valerie and her husband aspire to a more privileged class. The only glue holding the siblings together is their withdrawn and wistful old mother.
Series
Publisher
distributed by RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate a string of deaths that imitate the horror films of two actress sisters, all while Midsomer Langley's film festival gets underway.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (437 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As punishment for messing up a kidnap rescue and shooting a dog in the process, Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman is re-assigned to the newly created unsolved murder squad. Due to a manpower shortage her team is made up of veteran detectives brought back onto the police force, bringing a 1970's mentality to modern policing. The team's first case is to re-investigate a twenty year old murder conviction which has suddenly come into question due...
14) Second sight 2
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
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 286 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The newest additions to the sisterhood of British sleuths are attractive, sharp, and extremely entertaining. Meticulous and stubborn Kate teams up with street-smart Emma as bickering detectives in an upscale suburb.
Series
Trial and retribution volume 15-18
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 368 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows a single case from crime to conclusion, using innovative direction and unflinching narratives to heighten the suspense and expose raw emotions.
17) Rachel, Rachel
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rachel Cameron is a 35-year old school teacher living in New England. Her life is small and safe. She has no man in her life and lives with her mother. She wants to do anything to keep from slipping into spinsterhood. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she has to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (392 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the conclusion to the whimsical British mystery series, Richard Griffiths returns as the long-suffering DI Henry Crabbe, a semi-retired detective who prefers experimenting in the kitchen to catching criminals. Includes all 8 episodes of Series 5.
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