BBC Video (Firm)
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor had one of the most fascinating, glamorous and tempestuous relationships of the 20th century - the two most famous movie stars of their day who played out every high and low of their love affairs, multiple marriages and divorces right in the public eye. The movie follows their private and public relationship played out against their ill-fated appearance in a 1983 revival of Noel Coward's stage play. Tempestuous,...
22) Spies of Warsaw
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in Poland, Paris and Berlin in the years leading up to the Second World War. At the French embassy in Warsaw, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of the city. At the same time, he is involved in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage. Risking his life, Mercier works in the shadows amid a remarkable cast of characters, some known...
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (450 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Copper is BBC America's first original scripted series. Set in 1860s New York City, the drama is centered on Kevin Corcoran, an intense, rugged, Irish-American cop working in the city's notorious Five Points neighborhood. He struggles to maintain his moral compass while embarking on a quest to learn the truth about the disappearance of his wife and the death of his daughter.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Academy Award-winner Jim Broadbent stars as Alfred Salteena, 'an elderly man of 42,' who falls in love with young Ethel Monticue at first sight. To impress her, he treats Ethel to a visit at the sumptuous country house of Lord Bernard Clark.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lola is determined to make Charlie's birthday party the best birthday party ever. The problem is that Lola's idea of a good party is fairy cakes, dancing and pink things, whereas Charlie prefers monsters, green blobs and things that go squidge. Lola can't help but hijack Charlie's party and Charlie is none too pleased-- until a few of his monster friends gobble up the fairy cakes.
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.
29) Black Adder: II
Series
Black Adder the complete collector's set volume disc 2
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The nasty genes of the Blackadder dynasty bubble back to the surface as Lord Edmund swaggers around town with a big head and a small beard in search of grace and favor from the stark raving mad Queen Bess. Accompanied by a rabble of riff-raff, the dastardly Lord Blackadder tarnishes the reputation of England's Golden Age.
31) Clarissa
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 201 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the 18th century novel by Samuel Richardson, this is the original tale of fatal attraction and dangerous liasons. A wealthy young heiress, famed for her virtue, is sought by a man wishing to seduce and destroy her reputation. For the first time in his life he becomes genuinely infatuated with his prey, and sows the seeds of his own fate.
32) The ice house
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Daniel Craig stars in one of his earliest roles in this adaptation of award-winning crime novelist Minette Walters's literary debut. Ten years ago, Phoebe Maybury's hateful husband David disappeared from Streech Grange. Now, a naked, unidentifiable corpse has been discovered in the icehouse on the Grange and Inspectors Walsh and McLoughlin have to decide whose it is, whether he was murdered; and who killed him.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a small village in the south of England, a handsome working man falls in love with the newly arrived schoolteacher from a wealthy family who happens to be the village beauty. Other richer men want to woo her as well. Who will win her hand?
34) Africa
Pub. Date
2013.
Formats
Description
Africa is a six-part series that will awe with stunning photography and moving stories of survival on the continent with the most diverse animal life anywhere on our planet.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
BBC mini-series adaptation of Jane Austen's story of love. Two sisters find themselves in poor financial state and unsuitable for a proper marriage. Through hardship and heartbreak they find true love.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 670 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (34 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Description
Art historian Sir Kenneth Clark presents an epic examination of Western European culture, defining what he considers to be the crucial phases of its development. This lavish series was hailed as a masterpiece when it was broadcast in 1969.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 342 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Looks at life through the eyes of a successful couple living in metropolitan London. Along with their friends, Al and Davina Jackson struggle with sexual temptation and professional jealousy and try to cope with their fear of the future.
38) Silk: Series one
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (351 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Martha Costello is a brilliant, passionate defense barrister with a reputation for defending the poor and downtrodden. She is about to embark on the next step of her career and apply to be a member of the highly prestigious Queen's Counsel. But she's not the only one at her chambers applying. Joining Martha is Clive Reader - charming and ruthless, funny, gifted, and dangerous. Only one is likely to be made QC, so how they perform in court is vital,...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Commander Dalgliesh is asked by Sir Alfred Treeves, a successful businessman, to investigate the death of his son, one of the young ordinands of the theological college of St. Anselm's in East Anglia.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003, c2001
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 230 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
Wernham Hogg is a paper company located in a suburb of London. David, a petty, pathetic little man is worse than your boss. David's yes-man is Gareth, who is extremely irratating. Tim is the apathetic sales rep, who can be quite witty. Dawn, the lovely receptionist, is far more endearing than your back-sassying secretary. Work is a pain, but one man's misery is another man's entertainment.