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
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
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
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
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
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.
9) 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.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 450 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The stakes are higher for Father Brown, who's joined once again by his secretary Mrs. McCarthy, socialite Lady Felicia Montague and her chauffeur Sid Carter who together must embark on another series of adventures to save the souls of the sleepy village of Kembleford. This season, Father Brown will face more sinister cases than ever before which will include exorcism, abduction, poison, and murder.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 293 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This videodisc undertakes five epic journeys across the globe, tracing the ancient routes of our early ancestors to reveal the extraordinary and brutal challenges they faced. Using the latest genetic and archaeological evidence, it shows how humans gradually adapted, culturally and physiologically, in response to their environment.
13) 14 war stories
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (430 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Experience fourteen true and emotional accounts of World War One from the letters and journals of those that actually lived it.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 356 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hop on your bicycle and travel back to the 1950's to join the priestly gumshoe Father Brown (Mark Williams, Harry Potter, Doctor Who) for another compelling series of mysteries based on the novels of G. K. Chesterton. Quiet lanes and country houses hold daunting secrets that only Father Brown, using his intuition and skill, will be able to work out much to the chagrin of Inspector Sullivan (Tom Chambers, Waterloo Road). Joined by his gang of dedicated...
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (350 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mild-mannered man visits Maigret, accusing his wife of wanting to poison him. Maigret then gets a visit from the man's wife, who accuses him of being neurotic. Is Maigret watching a domestic spat unfold, or is it a murder in the making?
19) Luther: 4
Publisher
BBC Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pitted against his most chilling adversary yet, Luther is haunted by past ghosts and hellbent on revenge as the Serious Crime Unit faces its most challenging psychological duel to date. There is no question he will come close to the edge, but will he finally go over?
Publisher
distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 443 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Judge John Deed is an idealist at heart, and his more traditional colleagues regard him as a dangerous and unpredictable maverick. Deed is proof that power does not have to corrupt. Armed whit a sharp intellect, rakish charm, keen wit, and passionate belief in justice, he has made it to the top on his own terms. Fearless and independent, he is sworn to serve State and Sovereign and will not allow himself to be influenced by government lackeys. Even...
