David Bamber
Author
Language
English
Description
A group of urbanites are seduced by a brochure offering change personal growth and a break from overcrowded and polluted London. They will be ensconced in yurts and tipis on a farm far away from the city. The weekend is facilitated by a husband and wife combo who immediately confiscate all mobile phones. While their female host genuinely seeks to help unpack the group's emotional baggage her husband is less amenable confidently quoting from the poet...
2) Episode 5
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (44 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The secret of Sidney’s computer is unlocked and at last we find out what made him swerve. Jane prepares to run away with Richard, and Tolin finds closure with Ann. The truth about the collision is revealed.
3) Episode 3
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (44 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
DI Tolin already knows that there’s more to the collision than meets the eye. But as the mysteries pile up, he has to deal with his own tangled relationships and secret past.
4) Episode 4
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (46 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The release of prisoner Harry Canwell horrifies Tolin and reveals the tragedy in his own life. Christine struggles to come to terms with her mother’s death. The search for Daniel Rampton comes to an unexpected conclusion.
5) Collision
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (226 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
After a major road accident, Detective Inspector Tolin uncovers the events that led the victims to be on this road at the same time and he finds himself drawn into government cover-ups, smuggling, torn relationships and murder.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (46 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Detective Inspector John Tolin returns to work after an extended leave. Leaving his house, he says goodbye to his daughter, Jodie, but there’s no sign of his wife.
7) Episode 2
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
El Shazly and Rashad continue their investigation into the boy king's life, looking closely at his advisors as he sought to reverse his infamous father’s religious and cultural revolution, and the factors surrounding his untimely death. Featuring commentary from leading Egyptologists Dr. Zahi Hawass, Fayza Haikal, Salima Ikram and more.
8) What Remains
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (201 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Two years after her disappearance, the badly decomposed body of Melissa Young - a single woman in her early thirties - is discovered in the loft of her former apartment. How is it that no one missed her, or even noticed that she was gone? What does that say about the life she lived or the society we occupy? And what of her killer? Are they still at large?
Publisher
Distributed by E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (312 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Each episode of this gripping series features a detailed re-enactment of a real-life air disaster. Using cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitness recounts and interviews with aviation experts, it provides a compelling, in-depth look at the critical moments before, during, and after these catastrophes.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Special ed., Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
The story of lively and rebellious Elizabeth, one of five unmarried daughters living in the countryside of 19th century England, in a world where an advantageous marriage is a woman's sole occupation.
11) Miss Potter
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Depicts Beatrix Potter's life from her early fascination with woodland creatures to her days as an independent woman pursuing a career in writing and illustrating.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen; completely digitally remastered.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (5hrs. 22min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of lively and rebellious Elizabeth Bennet, one of five unmarried daughters living in the countryside of nineteenth-century England, in a world where an advantageous marriage is a woman's sole occupation.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Helen, Jake and Natalie are thrown into disarray when their recently widowed mother announces her love for a new man. Their suspicion of the newcomer triggers events in the siblings' own love lives, which begin to spiral out of control. Can the family pull together, or will old rifts and new conflicts push them apart, even to the point of violence?
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (8 hr., 48 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Hollow crown: New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard; II King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2 and King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption,...
15) Mad To Be Normal
Author
Language
English
Description
David Tennant of Doctor Who fame stars as 1960's celebrity psychiatrist R.D.Laing who revolutionised the treatment of people diagnosed as 'mad'. Mad To Be Normal reveals the story of R.D. Laing, the famous psychiatrist and one of Scotland's greatest ever minds. Working out of Kingsley Hall in East London throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Laing performed various daring experiments on people who were diagnosed as mentally disturbed. His revolutionary...