Rupert Graves
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true tale of William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the 'innocent until proven guilty' theory to London's Old Bailey. Includes four episodes.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tony and Brenda Last and their son, John Andrew, live an idyllic life in the huge Victorian house that is the symbol of Tony's family pride. The chance arrival of a penniless scrounger irrevocably shatters the gentle balance of their lives.
6) Secret state
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A British deputy prime minister is thrown into a world of political machinations and conspiracy he never knew existed.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (500 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The hit British crime series returns with new mysteries. Aging cops and traditional sleuthing trump high-tech gadgets and modern criminology. As one of the most-watched shows on British television, New Tricks features strong writing, wry humor, and a splendid cast. Bonus: Behind-the-scenes featurette and bloopers.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true tale of William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the 'innocent until proven guilty' theory to London's Old Bailey. Includes four episodes.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 188 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Captures the dramatic, lust-filled saga of King Charles II, from his youthful exile in the Netherlands to his numerous sexual escapades during his tumultuous 25-year reign to his secret deathbed conversion to Catholicism.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Original UK ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"On Halloween, called to a scene as she's leaving for the evening, Dr. Hobson finds the friend she was on her way to meet dead, with a stake through her heart and garlic in her throat. Though the pathologist is officially removed from the case, Lewis and Hathaway are happy to have a trusted face in their investigation. But when a student turns up murdered the next day--the two are put in the uncomfortable position of conducting a more intrusive investigation...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The sensitive and poetic Richard II is undoubtedly the rightful king of England but he is unscrupulous and weak. When his cousin Henry Bolingbroke returns from banishment and mounts a challenge to his authority, Richard's right to the throne proves of little help to him.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
2 blu-ray discs (461 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, Sherlock is a thrilling, funny, fast-paced adventure series set in present-day London. The iconic details from Conan Doyle's original books remain: they live at the same address, have the same names, and, somewhere out there, Moriarty is waiting for them. And so across three thrilling, scary, action-packed, and highly modern adventures, Sherlock and John navigate a maze of cryptic clues...
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the life of King George III, this is the story of royal intrigue, sexual indiscretions, backstairs plotting and a battle for power between Parliament and the throne, all occurring while the King is being treated for an unknown mental illness.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Scott & Bailey is a thrilling investigative drama series exploring the personal and professional lives of two female detectives. Despite their differences, impulsive, funny and single Rachel and reflective, married mother-of-two Janet, have a great partnership. Thrown together in the toughest of murder cases, they have become the best of friends, ready to support each other both in and away from the incident room. Each episode sees Rachel and Janet...
15) The Forsyte saga
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Letterbox, Complete UK broadcast ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 426 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Drama of the family life and loves of an upper-middle-class Victorian family.
16) Dalíland
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed filmmaker Mary Harron, DALÍLAND stars Sir Ben Kingsley as the legendary artist Salvador Dalí, focusing on the later years of the strange marriage between Dalí and his wife. The film is told through the eyes of a young assistant keen to make his name in the art world by helping Dalí prepare for a big gallery show.
17) God on trial
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2009], c2008
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the harrowing ritual of selection for death or hard labor, a group of new inmates unsure of their appointed fates begins asking how God could allow for so much suffering. Impulsively, the men decide to put God on trial for abandoning His chosen people. Amid the outside sounds of prisoners being marched to the gas chamber, the trial unfolds. They group address the question: How can there be evil in a universe ruled by an all-powerful, benevolent...
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets, creating what is arguably the greatest lyric sequence in English literature. At the center of this masterpiece lies a mystery that has endured for centuries. Who is the young man and the dark lady?
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006], c1992
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Insightful, funny, and sometimes tragic look at the collision of two different cultures featuring astonishingly beautiful scenery, a haunting score by Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman, and a memorable supporting turn by Judy Davis.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004], ©2003
Edition
[Complete UK Broadcast ed.].
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (276 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 scene guide and 2 episode guides
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fabled Forsyte family saga continues. Fleur, the daughter of Soames and Annette, and Jon, the son of Irene and Jolyon, meet by chance as youngsters. A decade later, they meet again and fall instantly - and disasterously - in love. This era in the saga of the privileged Forsytes unfolds amid the gaiety and social upheaval of the 1920's, the dawn of the modern age.
