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Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories--and animosities--run deep. He's an experienced cop with a 1971 "classic" car, a collection of country music cassettes, and an indeterminate number of ex-wives. The new woman in his life is his assistant, Detective Constable Kristin Sims a by-the-book investigator nearly twenty years younger than her boss's car, who quickly has to get used to his lone-wolf...
3) The Gruffalo
Publisher
Orange Eyes Limited
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a courageous mouse goes for a stroll in the woods, he must outwit a series of predatory animals, including a fox, snake, owl, and the mighty Gruffalo.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A canoe accident leaves two teenage boys lost in one of Canada's most desolate regions. Their only chance for survival is to work as a team. It will take more courage and strength than either of them could ever have imagined if they are to survive.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 678 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Though he waited nearly 60 years to become king, and reigned for only nine, Edward VII changed the British monarchy forever. Derided by his mother, Queen Victoria, as frivolous and untrustworthy, Edward was in fact a skillful, determined diplomat who longed to be useful to his country. This miniseries dramatizes his life from frustrated prince and inveterate philanderer to loving father and respected statesman.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 570 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Commander Clare Blake is the highest-ranking female officer in new Scotland Yard. Letting her personal life bleed into her career, she gets too close to her cases, making her vulnerable to those who wish to take her down. Special features included.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 390 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Killer, DCI Jim Taggart and graduate constable Peter Livingstone team up to nab a serial killer when one young blonde woman after another turns up dead. In Dead ringer, Taggart's investigation leads to a possible miscarriage of justice when the skeletal remains of a dismembered female are found. In Murder in season, an opera singer returns to Glasgow to perform, but she becomes the main suspect when her husband's new girlfriend is found murdered....
10) Small island
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 3 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the lives of two couples, one Jamaican and the other English, whose worlds intertwine in post-World War II Britain, at a turning point in the long relationship between the two countries. It is a story of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers.
11) South Riding
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (177 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Sarah Burton returns to her hometown as headmistress, she is full of ambition, determined to create a great school and to inspire her girls to take all they can from life. But in the aftermath of the First World War, the country is in depression and ideals are hard won. Lydia Holly, the scholarship girl from the shacks, is the most brilliant student Sarah has ever taught, but when her mother's health fails, her education must be sacrificed -...
12) The shiralee
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 190 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A fiercely independent man reluctantly takes his daughter on the road with him to the Australian outback while he looks for work.
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (255 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Like a Renaissance painting come to life and gives a portrait of fifteenth-century Florence, ruled by the Medici political dynasty. Focuses on two of the city's leading citizens: banker Cosimo de' Medici and art theorist Leon Battista Alberti.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. In this episode, according to local legend, Winyard is haunted-- and it lives up to its reputation when a young couple dies on the property in a grisly fashion.
15) Above suspicion
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On her first day on the job, rookie detective Anna Travis throws up at a crime scene and faints at a postmortem. Does she have what it takes to succeed in what's still mostly a man's world? Above Suspicion (pilot): For eight years, someone has been murdering women, following the same brutal ritual each time.
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.
17) The prisoner
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (276 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A reinterpretation of the British 1960s cult hit series. A man, known as Six, finds himself inexplicably trapped in the Village with no memory of how he arrived. As he explores his environment, he discovers that his fellow inhabitants are identified by number instead of name, have no memory of any prior existence, and are under constant surveillance. Six is driven by the need to discover the truth behind The Village, the reason for his being there,...
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 663 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the fifth season of the popular television drama, Richard begins a new life with Virginia; James runs for office; a fancy dress party ends in tragedy; James and Virginia are reported missing; Virginia's daughter gets a puppy and a governess; James falls for his best friend's wife; Hudson's position is threatened; Richard works to secure a position in the government.
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