Granada Television.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When a young woman is found brutally murdered, and the DCI in charge is unable to take up the case, the role is passed on to Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, the first female DCI to handle such a responsibility. Between a slippery suspect and resistence from her team of detectives, Tennison has her hands full.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Having been demoted and transferred to the north, D.C.I. Tennison finds herself under-used until she gets a case where a 12-year-old boy confesses to murder. She becomes involved with trying to convict the local crime boss who has proved impossible to touch.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
Description
Beginning in 1964, this television drama follows the careers of four members of Parliament from their backbench days through 20-plus years of alliances and betrayals, triumphs and reversals. Each man aims to become prime minister-- but only one will succeed.
10) The Forsyte saga
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
It is late in the Victorian era, and two branches of an upper-crust family--the "good" Forsytes, headed by well-meaning Old Jolyon, and the "bad" Forsytes, headed by crusty barrister James--are at odds, eternally squabbling. The 'saga' focuses on the younger generations - Young Jolyon, Soames, Winifred, June - and their struggles with emotional repression, the rejection of Victorian mores, and the sea changes taking place as a less repressive society...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
First aired in December of 1960, Coronation Street has become the phenomenon that would become the world's longest running continual drama. Forty two years and 5,500 episodes later, this program is still the most watched television program in Britain. Includes the first five episodes of the series.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2001, c1984
Language
English
Description
Tells the epic story of men and women caught up in a struggle of race and class during the last five years of British rule in India.
Depicts the last days of British Raj in the nineteen-forties as seen by Anglo and Indian families who are affected by a heinous crime
15) Country matters
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Vision
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Adaptations of short stories by A.E. Coppard and H.E. Bates. Set against the English countryside during the post-World War I period. Reveals the timeless and constant qualities of the British landscape and its people.
16) Painted lady
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
p1997.
Language
English
Description
After a failed suicide attempt Maggie has lived with Sir Charles Stafford for ten years. But after he is murdered and a valuable painting is stolen she sets out to track down the painting and the murderer.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Disc one: After a daring diamond heist, all fingers point to crime boss Jimmy Vincent, released from prison on the very day of the robbery. When teenagers find the two-week-old corpse of Dominic Sylvester, everyone in the Willesden constabulary dismisses it as the lonely death of a reclusive old man - everyone, that is, except Davies. Bunny Hopper is half of the almost-famous comedy team Bunny & Jules, dies onstage in a bingo hall, the apparent victim...
18) Northanger Abbey
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Romance addict Catherine Morland is invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies. There she forms a close friendship with the younger son on the estate, but their budding romance is mysteriously cut short.
"In Jane Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction, romance novel addict Catherine Morland is invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies. She forms a close friendship with the younger...
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2004, c1991
Language
English
Description
"The three gables": A woman calls for an investigation after she is offered a lot of money to sell her estate. "The dying detective": A woman is convinced that her cousin is putting her family in jeopardy. "The golden pince-nez": Scotland Yard is troubled with a murder investigation and no promising leads. "The red circle": Holmes and Watson are called upon by the landlady of a rooming house who is afraid one of her tenants is up to no good. "The...