Granada Media (Firm)
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...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media U.S
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 463 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Master of the moor: As a boy, Stephen Whalby took to his beloved moor to escape trouble at home. Trouble follows him there as an adult, however, when women's bodies begin turning up among the rocks, heather, and bogs. Stephen finds no refuge when D.I. Manciple--a rude outsider, unwelcome in the village of Vangmoor--targets him as the prime suspect.
Vanity dies hard: In the town of Salstead, the lives of two friends seem to take different trajectories....
Series
Criterion collection volume 417
Pub. Date
1963.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (134 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Northern England, the early 1960's. Frank Machin is a coal miner who is mean, tough and ambitious enough to rise up and become an immediate professional rugby star. The rugby league team is run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stops him from being able to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation....
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 460 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Going wrong: As wild teenagers, Guy Curran and Leonora Chisholm believed that they were soulmates. When they meet again eight years later, Guy aims to reclaim her, no matter who stands in his way.
Harm done: Detective Chief Inspector Wexford faces growing public unrest over the release of a pedophile, an odd series of abductions, and the disappearance of a wealthy couple's daughter from her bedroom.
The fallen curtain: Abducted briefly as a boy,...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (884 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...