British Broadcasting Corporation
Author
Publisher
BBC Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A trivia treasure trove of essential information, useful monster facts and utterly random alien stuff. Which is the tallest alien? Who has the Doctor battled the most? What percentage of monsters are metallic? And why are they all obsessed with universal domination?
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video Inc
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
It's Spot's first day of school! He's a little shy at first, but soon he is busy with all sorts of activities, playing dress-up, stacking blocks, and painting. When the day is over, Spot can't wait to go back again tomorrow! Based on the delightful children's books by Eric Hill.
Series
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Brand: A pastor returns to his ancestral home to find the villagers on the verge of starvation. He believes ministering to these poor people to be his calling. Over the course of time, however, he faces many difficult choices. The decisions he makes, based on his stark and idealist view of morality, have dire consequences for all the people he touches and, ultimately, for his own embattled soul.
A doll's house: Nora Helmer feels suffocated and belittled...
27) Little Eyolf
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Alfred Allmers has spent his whole life writing a book on 'responsibility, ' a luxury he can afford as a result of his marriage to the wealthy and beautiful Rita. However, much to Rita's annoyance, his attention isn't always undivided toward her, as Alfred shifts his focus between his book, their son Eyolf, and his half-sister Asta. As Allmers slowly feels trapped in an unfulfilling marriage, emotions and a painful past threaten to boil over into...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Andy Dalziel and sidekick Peter Pascoe are back to solve more murder mysteries in this season of Dalziel and Pascoe. The riveting combination of Dalziel's old-style policing and Pascoe's university-educated new man approach has made them a worldwide hit. Based on the award-winning novels of top crime-writer Reginald Hill.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The intricate dance of life continues in this heartwarming drama series about two long-lost childhood sweethearts and the 60 years of baggage they bring to their better-late-than-never marriage. How will newlyweds Alan and navigate a startling revelation about Alan's past? And how will their adult daughters, Gillian and Caroline, deal with happiness and tragedy in their even more complicated lives?
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Meet handsome Archie MacDonald, a reluctant young Scottish laird torn between his trendy London life and the call of his wild Highland ancestry. Tricked into returning to Scotland by his eccentric father and dotty mother, Archie discovers he is now the Laird of the decaying family estate, Glenbogle.
Series
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An enemy of the people: In Riverton, Maine, circa 1893, Dr. Thomas Stockman wants to disclose that the town's moneymaking health spa "Clearwater Springs" has been fouled by pollution from a tannery. But his proposal to go public is opposed by his brother Peter, the town mayor, who prompts a wave of public outrage against Dr. Stockman and his family.
The wild duck: A family with a proximity to each other belies the decay of their relationships. When...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the Congo lives a little-studied group of apes called the bonobos. Like the more-familiar chimpanzees, bonobos are among the humans' closest relatives, but unlike the chimps, known for their violent behavior, bonobos are far more peaceful."--Container.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The Cold Case squad is a crack team of three detectives, a forensic expert and a psychological profiler. Their job is to reopen the files on unsolved murders. In this season, a psychotic killer is the key to an investigation when a victim who survived is harassed by a copycat assailant; a deathbed confession appears to link the hanging of an East End gangster and the assassination of the jury who found him guilty; the team come up against a wall of...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Take a walk on the wild side as actor and wildlife enthusiast, Dominic Monaghan, brings his love of the slithering and crawling creatures of your worst nightmares. Monaghan explores the remote corners of the globe in search of some of the most nasty animals in the world. He'll educate the masses on their origins, their unique qualities and why we shouldn't be so quick to squash them on sight.