Granada Media (Firm)
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2006.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (276 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Underdog detective 'Dangerous' Davies toils at a small London police station, where his slicker colleagues taunt him and his boss calls him the last detective he would put on a big case. That makes it all the sweeter when he cracks the big ones anyway.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following the death in 2000 of his eponymous mentor in Inspector Morse, Sergeant Lewis was promoted to Inspector and took a two-year sabbatical in the British Virgin Isles. Newly widowed, he now returns to Oxford and soon finds himself in charge of his own murder case. But it is notes that Morse made on an earlier case which help Lewis solve his case.
4) Mobile
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (206 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Police are baffled as cell phone users are being shot in the middle of their conversations and mobile phone towers are being blown-up throughout England. This four-part thriller reveals a terrorist plot with a ruthless millionaire in the middle of it.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rigsby, the landlord, rules over a rundown boarding house in a backwater university town, and spends his days snooping on his tenants and trying to seduce Ruth. Episodes include Ruth finding true love and moving out, leaving Rigsby distraught.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Detective Jack Frost is called to investigate when a couple return from holiday to find the body of a complete stranger in their bed. He also becomes involved in a murder inquiry and uncovers a crime ring involved in the importing of endangered species and illegal animal goods.
Publisher
Shanachie Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007], c1996
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 480 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Television series that follows the fortunes of public health heroine Dr. Eleanor Bramwell as she takes on the medical establishment in Victorian-era London. In the second season, Eleanor finds her private practice failing and faces tough choices ahead in her encounters with a case of spousal abuse, pre-teen prostitution, an outbreak of cholera, and a mysterious aunt with a secret to hide. Along the way, she falls in love with her handsome and charismatic...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 650 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Stephen Crane is a con artist, swindler, and purported savior of a struggling sports car company. Sacked from an investment bank after one dodgy deal too many, Stephen lands a job at Douglas Motors, a business distinguished by old-fashioned craftsmanship and plagued by decades of familial mismanagement. There he finds himself playing surrogate son to the family patriarch, confidant to the adulterous son-in-law, and lover to the beautiful but willful...
Publisher
Distributed by E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two recently-widowed men come to terms with the deaths of their wives. Reggie Conyngham-Jervis is a wealthy ex-fighter pilot. Roy Southgate is a retired milkman. Both are widowed on the same night. Now this 'odd couple' decide to overlook their differences and move in together. At first the two become friends, until their unlikely relationship is threatened by the arrival of Liz Franks, an alluring woman with a hidden agenda.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 255 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspector Robert Lewis, protégé of the legendary Inspector Morse, and his brilliant new partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, return to the streets of Cambridge and the halls of Oxford University with three brand new mysteries to unravel. In Whom the gods would destroy, Detectives Lewis and Hathaway are thrown into a delicate murder case that implicates one of Oxford University's most prominent figures--college Principal Sefton Lim--when an...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
10 videodiscs (ca. 14 hrs., 44 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After resigning from a top-secret position, a man is abducted from his London home and kept prisoner in a mysterious place known only as The Village. Residents of The Village, known only by numbers, are held captive on account of their valuable knowledge. The prisoner--Number Six--must protect his mind in order to preserve his humanity while he struggles to discover the identity of Number One and achieve freedom by escaping from the repressive grasp...
Publisher
KOCH Vision
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (773 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While on tour in America, Charles Dickens recalls the moments that shaped his life. From his penniless childhood in Chatham and London during the 1820s to the unprecedented success he later enjoyed on both sides of the Atlantic, he traces his extraordinary experiences which influenced many of his greatest works.
17) Lillie
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 672 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Portrays the acclaimed British actress and courtesan Lillie Langtry from the blush of youth to the blight of old age. At a time when society expected women to be docile and demure, Lillie posed for celebrity endorsements, conducted her own business affairs, and paid her first husband to keep his distance. Even more scandalously, she openly entertained a string of lovers among Europe's elite, including the very married Prince of Wales.
Series
Complete Inspector Lewis volume disc 1-4
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 350 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Home from a two-year assignment in the British Virgin Islands, Inspector Robert Lewis, protégé of the legendary Inspector Morse, returns to Oxford, England in the series pilot, where he is teamed with a brilliant new partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway. Lewis barely makes it out of the airport before falling into his first murder investigation. But even if he solves the case, will his new boss still move him from the front lines to a training...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 225 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cordelia Gray is a young, aspiring private detective learning the ropes from her mentor, disgraced ex-policeman Bernie Pryde. But when Pryde's sudden suicide leaves Cordelia the sole proprietor of his ramshackle agency, she is forced to continue her education on the job with only Mrs. Sparshott, the agency's longtime secretary and Cordelia's new assistant on her team. Sacrifice: A prominent scientist hires Cordelia to investigate why his son suddenly...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (ca. 900 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As the most opulent hotel in Manchester, England, during the decadent Roaring '20s, The Grand is more than a building. It's a nexus for schemes, scandals, romance and intrigue. For owner John Bannerman, The Grand symbolizes a tradition of luxury and elegance begun by his father. For Marcus Bannerman, it becomes a risky investment and a way to entice his brother's wife into bed. And for the maids and porters employed there, it represents a possible...