British Broadcasting Corporation
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Tracking through 12,000 years of history in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, James Burke shows how past events and technologies led to modern inventions, such as the atomic bomb, engines, electric lamps, telecommunications, the computer, refrigeration, the production line, jets, plastics, rocketry, and movies.
4) The hour
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news program.
5) Frankenstein
Publisher
BBC US / Canada
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This acclaimed modern re-telling of Mary Shelley's classic finds Dr. Victoria Frankenstein as a leading medical scientist using stem cells to create replacement human organs. Desperate to save her dying son William, Frankenstein secretly introduces his DNA to her research. From solitary cells grows a thrilling, emotionally charged gothic masterpiece that comes to a terrifying conclusion. In a world where genetic manipulation is common, has Frankenstein...
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Worlds collide and nothing is what it seems in the thrilling new installment of MI-5. While Tom has been branded a traitor, and Harry is in the hospital, an enigmatic agent, Adam Carter, has been recruited from MI-6 to help pick up the broken pieces.
Series
Death in paradise. volume 8
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Detective Jack Mooney is starting to get to know the people and places of Saint Marie. But there's little time for sightseeing, as there are some fiendishly clever murders to solve"--Container.
Detective Jack Mooney is starting to get to know the people and places of Saint Marie. But there's little time for sightseeing, as there are some fiendishly clever murders to solve"--Container
Series
Death in paradise. volume 9
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Detective Inspector Jack Mooney and his team-now including the new arrival DI Neville Parker--continue to fight crime on their Caribbean island.
13) Extreme oil
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Portrays the challenges that face the oil industries and the consumers of the infinite products of oil. "The pipeline" follows the route of a pipeline linking the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea and thus the global market. "The oil curse" contrasts the cases of Ecuador and western Africa, and looks at how the discovery of oil has affected the local population. "The wilderness" explores the tension between the world's desire for oil and existing...
Series
Death in paradise. volume 11
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
DI Neville Parker and new recruits Naomi and Darlene continue to investigate cases on and around the Caribbean island of Saint Marie.
Series
George Gently volume series 2
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Inspector George Gently, a former Scotland Yard sleuth, returns to track murderers in Britain's North Country.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Set in Victorian London, fearless young Sally Lockhart has a mind for numbers and for sleuthing. Recently orphaned Sally is armed with a pearl-handled pistol and her keen mind, uncovers the secrets of her father's death aboard the sunken schooner Lavinia, discovers hidden cursed jewels, and faces England's deadliest villains with bold courage.
18) Henry V
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Young King Henry of England asserts a hereditary claim to the throne of France, gathering an army and embarking on a course that will lead to one of England's greatest battlefield triumphs and forever change the face of Europe.
19) Wolf Hall
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Follow Thomas Cromwell and his rise to power through a Tudor household.