Donald Sinden
1) Richard II
Publisher
Illuminations Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (128 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Deborah Warner’s staging of RICHARD II with Fiona Shaw as the king stirred up a significant critical controversy when it was presented in 1995 at the National Theatre, and then later in Salzburg and Paris. Among those who recognised its originality and strengths was the critic Paul Taylor who praised the ‘gripping, lucidly felt production’ and Fiona Shaw’s ‘dazzlingly disconcerting… deliberately uncomfortable, compelling performance.’...
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...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1953.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (127 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A dramatic story of the Battle of the Atlantic, where the heroes are the men, the heroines are the ships they sail in, and the villain is the cruel sea. On board H.M.S. Compass Rose, an escort ship, is one professional seaman. The others are civilians turned into wartime sailors; men not trained for the rigors and horrors of war. But as the task of keeping open the Atlantic life-line becomes more and more hazardous, so the men are thrown together,...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (356 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Never afraid to question the establishment, despite threats to his future and to his loved ones that faced him in the last series, Judge John Deed has more than enough to contend with before he even arrives at court. His daughter, willful Charlie, has decided to follow in her father's footsteps and embark on a legal career of her own; while close confidante Jo Mills is struggling to balance her home and work responsibilities with caring for a foster...
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, Inc
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 356 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Deed must deal with corruption within the jury, the suspected murder of a barrister, and a case connected to a lucrative government deal with a foreign country during which finalizing the contract seems to some more important than seeing justice is done. Subsequent episodes raise other important questions of justice: a man with the mental age of 13 on trial for murder; the uncovering of a massive mortgage fraud perpetrated by lawyers with the connivance...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (356 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Judge John Deed faces more tough decisions in and out of the courtroom in the fifth season of the dramatic series. For Judge John Deed, following the letter of the law can be tricky when the courtroom is clouded with conspiracy, heartbreak and scandal. A passion for doing right often leaves Deed at odds with his colleagues, family and lovers. Is all fair in the pursuit of justice?
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Can Judge John Deed's unrelenting idealism lead to ultimate justice? Or is his rebellious nature doing more harm than good? He is sent to the Hague as the British representative at the International Criminal Court, where he must try a young soldier for war crimes in Iraq. Instead he uncovers nefarious reasons for bringing him to trial.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A brash American writer living in London hires the perfect British butler and then struggles to retain the upper hand--and the last word. Cultures clash as she pits her anti-British views against his old-school attitudes.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fun begins as the unsuspecting Otis family moves into the stately, rambling rooms of Canterville Hall where young Virginia meets up with the castle's resident specter: the 400-year-old ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville. But while Sir Simon does his moaning, chain-rattling best to frighten the newcomers, Virginia soon befriends him and learns his sorrowful secret: unless a pure-hearted mortal agrees to plead his case before the dreaded Angel of...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (162 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Features include: Miranda - A doctor returns home from a fishing holiday in Cornwall with more than just an ordinary patient. Mad About Men - Caroline is a prim and pretty school teacher who, while on vacation, meets a beautiful mermaid named Miranda.
11) The cruel sea
Series
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2012?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lt. Commander Ericson and his crew find they are fighting not only the Germans, but the age-old enemy, the sea, in this World War II action drama.