Acorn Media (Firm)
1) Vera: Set 8
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (357 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As disheveled and indomitable as ever, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her tightly knit team of Northumberland police through four more daunting cases. No one seems to know anything about the police officer whose body turns up in a slaughterhouse incinerator, the woman killed in a car crash meant to look like an accident, the suburban neighbor found dead in her back garden, and the teenager whose body floats to the surface of a reservoir. How will Vera break...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 203 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oscar winner Judi Dench stars in this darkly humorous drama about a meek, middle-aged divorcee who suddenly begins to behave in ways that shock her ex and her grown daughter. Extras include biographies of star Judi Dench and writer Catherine Heath.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 375 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At the height of WWII, brave British women risk their lives as secret agents in occupied France. Based on real-life stories, filmed on location, this suspenseful series features strong female characters, tension-filled plots, and historical authenticity.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (596 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Intricate plots, strongly drawn characters, and gritty authenticity mark this riveting Welsh drama series. Welsh detective and workaholic widower, DCI Noel Bain relies on his instinct and intelligence to solve terrible crimes while trying to protect his teenage daughter from the horrors of his world in six feature-length mysteries.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 392 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspector Alleyn has the upper crust contacts and manners, but like more modern detectives, he's a bona fide cop. Offers elegant country house settings, complex cases, and a detective who works for Scotland Yard. Agatha Troy is the Inspector's independent and insightful lady friend.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Barry is a working-class cop assigned to protect the queen's youngest son, a new student at Cambridge University. Grace is an American exchange student both men fall in love with. When the prince proves as inept at love as he is at learning, the macho bodyguard becomes tutor as well as protector, ghostwriting sweet nothings and academic assignments, all while repressing his own feelings for Grace.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (371 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspector George Gently in these feature-length mysteries set in the North East of England during the social upheaval of the 1960s. These episodes follow Gently and his partner as they solve four grisly murders.
10) A foreign field
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Secrets are revealed and passions rekindled when British and American war vets return to Normandy on the 50th anniversary of D Day.
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wealthy young Larry Smith is killed in an explosion.This leads Barnaby and Troy into a century old feud between the upper and lower Warden Manor. They begin to wonder just how far this family will go to protect its money and power.
15) Injustice
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 223 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When successful London barrister William Travers suffers a nervous breakdown, he moves his family and practice to rural Suffolk. Called upon to defend an old friend, he is caught up in a conspiracy that stretches far beyond the courtroom. James Purefoy stars in a taut, engrossing thriller from the creator of Foyle's War.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Murdoch and his team face murdered debutants and cutthroat athletes amid historical events like the Great Toronto Fire of 1904, old enemies come back to haunt them. Along the way, they encounter the greatest minds of the time including horror author HP Lovercraft and inventor Reginald Fessenden.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (272 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The youngest, most attractive British sleuths on TV return to crack wise while they crack open six new cases. Detective Sergeant Scribbs and Inspector Ash sparkle as bickering, bantering crime-solvers.
18) Fingersmith
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A rousing adaptation of Sarah Waters' most acclaimed novel. Orphan Sue Trinder, raised in a den of petty thieves or 'fingersmiths,' agrees to help a young con man defraud a wealthy heiress. But Sue's plans didn't include falling in love with the heiress.