BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's 1917, on the eve of the Russian Revolution, and a young doctor (Radcliffe) arrives in the middle of the night to lead an eerie, back-woods hospital. Fresh from med school, he is completely unprepared for the bizarre people and alarming medical maladies that face him, so, in an unexpected twist, he turns to his older self (Hamm) for advice. It's a fascinating, dark and original comedy with two of Hollywood's leading talents that surprises and...
Series
Publisher
Films Media Group
Pub. Date
[2010], c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col.
Language
English
Description
Although rooted in religious misogyny and crude anatomical knowledge, the sexual mores of the medieval era were surprisingly complex. This program explores the attitudes and behaviors of a sexual culture that was by turns romantic, transactional, and perverse. Documents and historical accounts include the story of Christina of Markyate, who defied marital conventions and maintained a lifelong vow of chastity; the more passionate tale of Peter Abelard...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
BBC History Magazine aims to shed new light on the past to help you make more sense of the world today. Fascinating stories from contributors are the leading experts in their fields, so whether they're exploring Ancient Egypt, Tudor England or the Second World War, you'll be reading the latest, most thought-provoking historical research. BBC History Magazine brings history to life with informative, lively and entertaining features written
...Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen remastered edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (260 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The classic Dinosaur series from BBC Earth revolutionized the natural history television world with its spectacular recreations of dinosaurs in their natural habitat. It now returns to DVD better than ever-newly remastered and with never-before-seen content. Tracing their 160-million-year history, from their first appearance to their abrupt demise, it brings the amazing lost world of the dinosaurs stunningly back to life.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A collection of performances from the cutting-edge British music show that ran from 1971-1987. Includes rarely seen performances by and interviews with John Lennon, Elton John, Bob Marley, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Police, U2, REM and many more.
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs ( ca. 468 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four more two-part murder mysteries take the duo from a private zoo where they unearth a possible organ-trafficking racket, to a community hospital where patients are dying and staff are being attacked. And crimes of passion and chance occurrences bring a past murder case back to haunt Dalziel.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
8 videodiscs (ca. 1140 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
The cherry orchard: Madame Ranevskaya returns to her decaying estate in pre-Revolutionary Russia after an exile in Paris. The estate and its beloved cherry orchard are threatened by Ranevskaya's financial problems, and no one seems able to do anything about it.
Talking to a stranger: A grown-up brother and sister go home to visit their elderly parents, but a series of emotional developments lead to shocking resolutions. Consists of four episodes,...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
p2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 353 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michael Wood tells the story of one place, the village of Kibworth, Leicestershire, throughout the whole of English history. Located in the very heart of England, Kibworth has lived through the Black Death, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution, and was even bombed in World War II. With the help of the local people and using archaeology, landscape, language and DNA, Michael Wood uncovers the lost history of this village from the Roman era to...
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2014].
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them, The Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (173 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Features the Kick Ass sketch, a new take on rising for the national anthem, camp debonair Simbold Cleobury, The Bishop and the Warlord on Top of the Pops, and Tony Inchpractic's "Photocopying my genitals with ..."
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 506 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This top-rated BBC show features presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May as they present some serious car journalism along with ambitious challenges that only the brave or the very stupid would dare to undertake. Includes the Botswana special.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 342 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate a single mystery--the disappearance of a young man on the overnight ferry to Shetland--that evolves into an increasingly complex case, leading the investigation from the Shetland Islands to the streets of Glasgow.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution, the Galápagos Islands are a living laboratory, a geological conveyor belt that has given birth to and seen the death of many species of plants and animals.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 346 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
BBC interviewer Roy Mallard travels the country to talk to ordinary folk. Mallard has little or no skill as an interviewer, he is over-earnest, and after most of his voice-overs, you realize there's something slightly odd about what he's said. He's apt to talk nonsense and is so obviously unattractive there's a running joke that nobody can believe he's married.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide/Warner
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Fullscreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (298 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jonathon and Maddy investigate a man who has the power to stop time, and search for clues regarding the deaths of a young woman and a judge. From baffling cases to bizarre suspects, the answer lies in illusion.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (264 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Some stories include: When a young man is found brutally murdered, Banks' instinct drags his team into a world of organized crime. The apparent suicide of a young girl drags Banks deeper into the dark world of 'untouchable' criminal Steve Richards. When a devoted husband and father goes missing, a ransom demand takes Banks and his team on a journey into the Chinese community.
17) Luther: 3
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
c2013.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this new mini-series, a twisted fetishist is targeting young women in London. As Luther is called to another case, will the killer escape his grips? Luther faces an even bigger threat as members of his own team will stop at nothing to bring him down. And as a vigilante killer takes justice into his own hands, Luther questions his own sense of morality. Can he continue to walk the thin line between right and wrong, or has he finally met his match?...
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
All eight episodes from the second series of the ITV detective drama. Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp star as two homicide detectives working for the Greater Manchester Major Incident Team. As Janet Scott (Sharp) and Rachel Bailey (Jones) investigate a string of macabre crimes across the city, they must also face up to some harsh truths in their own personal lives.