British Broadcasting Corporation
Series
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Based on the life of Isabella Beeton, author of Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management and the most famous cookbook author in British history. Isabella was an accomplished business woman who died when she was only 28. Traces Isabella's transformation from young wife, to magazine journalist, to publishing phenomenon. Find out how a woman who couldn't cook ended up producing the world's most famous recipe book. Discover the dark secret that led...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Jonathan and Maddy continue their crime-solving missions when they investigate a man who sells his soul to the devil; an old woman who has the power to predict death through her dreams; an alien life form that miraculously disappears; a former colleague of Maddy's who turns up with a mystery in an old house; a 1970s sex kitten who is seen heading for a local church; and a murdered corpse that has come back to life for revenge.
Series
The Tom Baker years 1974-1981 volume story no. 81
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The Doctor and Sarah Jane answer an ingergalactic distress call that takes them to a far-flung planet, Zeta Minor, at the edge of the known universe. Arriving at the same otime as a rescue team, they search for survivors of an earlier expedition. But will anyone be allowed to leave the planet alive?
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
At the Bayview Retirement Village, the elderly are expected to grow old gracefully, enjoying their final years in peace, quiet and comfort-- but not if Tom and Diana have anything to do with it! Meet two elderly eccentrics who refuse to put up with the appalling food and condescending staff in this BAFTA-nominated comedy series.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
At the Bayview Retirement Village, the elderly are expected to grow old gracefully, enjoying their final years in peace, quiet and comfort-- but not if Tom and Diana have anything to do with it! Meet two elderly eccentrics who refuse to put up with the appalling food and condescending staff in this BAFTA-nominated comedy series.
8) Elizabeth R
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1971
Language
English
Description
Dramatization of the life of Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII by Anne Boleyn. As a young woman, Elizabeth is faced with imprisonment and worse, but she prevails over vicious court intrigues and secures her claim to the throne. As Queen, she faces the continuing threat from Mary, Queen of Scots, an impending royal wedding that would unite England and France, and a palace insurrection involving a former court favorite.
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
James Joseph Dresnok, a US Army private, stunned the world in 1962 but walking across the violently contested DMZ that cuts Korea in two and defected to the communist North. Combines historical footage with contemporary interviews to both uncover the Kim-Jong II regime and end 44 years of secrecy and rumor by allowing Dresnok to tell his own story.
Series
The Jon Pertwee years 1970-1974 volume story no. 52
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Exiled to Earth and now working for UNIT as their scientific advisor, the Doctor is summoned to an underground research center at Wenley Moor to investigate a series of inexplicable power losses. Initially suspecting sabotage, he soon discovers that the nearby cave system conceals a colony of an ancient race called the Silurians. Awaking from a hibernation which has lasted millions of years, they are now planning to reclaim the Earth from humankind....
Series
Jon Pertwee years 1970-1974 volume story no. 57
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When a damaged spaceship containing beautiful humanoid creatures called Axons lands on Earth, the Doctor, Jo and UNIT are sent to investigate. In return for their help, the Axons offer the gift of Axonite, which would end world famine. It all appears too good to be true, so what secrets are the Axons hiding on board their ship? And why is the Doctor's old enemy the Master involved?
14) Henry VI: Part I
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A dramatization by Shakespeare of King Henry VI's early days as king and the beginning of the long civil wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster. In the war with France, England is being driven off French soil. True to the popular view of the time, the French heroine Joan of Arc is characterized as a "minister of hell" and a wanton.
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
King Henry, now in failing health and still embroiled in war, sends his second son Prince John of Lancaster to the battle. Prince John tricks and defeats the enemy while his older son, the Prince of Wales, is summoned away from Falstaff and his tavern circle to the king's bedside where he assumes the throne upon the death of the king.
Series
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
p2007.
Language
English
Description
Mortally weakened by the Spider Queen on Metebilis 3, the Doctor is forced to regenerate. His recuperation is cut short as UNIT investigates a spate of robberies involving components for a top-secret disintegrator gun. The culprit is quickly identified as a highly sophisticated robot built by Professor Kettlewell, which is being ordered to act against its Prime Directive.
Author
Publisher
Harper Design
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"The full and official story of Doctor Who, from the show's first pre-production memos in 1963 to behind-the-scenes material from the latest season, including interviews with key cast and crew members as well as scores of prop photos, design sketches, and other collectible memorabilia. The Vault is a collector's dream--the ultimate celebration of all that is Doctor Who."--
Drawing on unseen and iconic material from the BBC archive and private collectors,...