Granada Media (Firm)
Publisher
[distributed by] BFS Video
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this hilarious comedy series set in a National Health Service hospital, confused staff resist the temptation to have nervous breakdowns, while neurotic, hypochondriac patients panic over bogus rumours and ridiculous speculations.
Series
Agatha Christie Marple. Series 4 volume 2
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While traveling on a train to London, Miss Marple is told by a woman she has never met, Lavinia Pinkerton, that she is certain there have been two murders in her village of Wychwood. When Lavinia dies in what is purported to be an accident - she fell, or was pushed, down the escalator in a tube station - Miss Marple decides to visit Wychwood and see what she can find.
Publisher
Acorn Media [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 364 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A devout Catholic priest freelances as a private investigator in rural England during the 1920s. When it comes to amateur detective work, don't let this priest's absent-minded air and penchant for an occasional tipple fool you. His kindly eyes pick up clues that professionals usually miss, and his keen understanding of human nature lets him search men's souls for motives.
Series
Agatha Christie Marple. Series 4 volume 4
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While visiting her friend Marjorie Attfield, Miss Marple learns that her son Bobby had recently found a body, identified as a Mr. Pritchard, on the cliff side. The key to solving the mystery of Pritchard's last words to Bobby as he lay dying: "Why didn't they ask Evans?".
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 225 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cordelia Gray is a young, aspiring private detective learning the ropes from her mentor, disgraced ex-policeman Bernie Pryde. But when Pryde's sudden suicide leaves Cordelia the sole proprietor of his ramshackle agency, she is forced to continue her education on the job with only Mrs. Sparshott, the agency's longtime secretary and Cordelia's new assistant on her team. Sacrifice: A prominent scientist hires Cordelia to investigate why his son suddenly...
Series
Agatha Christie Marple. Series 4 volume 1
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Rex Fortescue dies while sitting at his desk in the City, it's determined that he was in fact poisoned. Miss Marple takes a particular interest in the case when her former maid Gladys, now working in the Fortescue household, is also murdered.
Publisher
American Home Treasures
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Jean is a professional house-sitter who has been assigned one last job before her retirement: the large and palatial Walden Manor. Quiet and peaceful, Jean minds the house alone. Then one day visitors come to the door: a pregnant young girl names Steph who is fleeing from her abusive boyfriend and Michael, the friendly stranger helping her run away, but in their attempt to escape a brutal past, they spiral deeper into a violent present and set off...
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 676 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow the up-and-down adventures of the former chauffeur and parlor maid, a couple often as at odds with each other as they are with their efforts to strike it rich. Each episode finds our duo tackling new endeavors. Spinoff of TV program Upstairs, downstairs.
Series
Agatha Christie Marple volume ser. 4, 3
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Miss Marple is requested to help her old friend Carrie-Louise, the loving wife of benign philanthropist Lewis Serrocold. Carrie-Louise is slowly poisoned by an unknown hand,and her husband and her sister Ruth want absolutely to save her from this dark menace.
Publisher
Acorn Media [distributor]
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
[30th anniversary collection ed.]; Special ed.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (691 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Charles is from a family with little money. Sebastian's family is wealthy. The two become friends at Oxford. When Sebastian invites his friend to dinner, Charles becomes involved with Sebastian's family. After Charles becomes an officer in the British Army he and his company are moved to an English country house that he realizes is Sebastian's family home. Here he discovers memories of his youth and young manhood, his loves, life, and a journey of...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (ca. 900 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the most opulent hotel in Manchester, England, during the decadent Roaring '20s, The Grand is more than a building. It's a nexus for schemes, scandals, romance and intrigue. For owner John Bannerman, The Grand symbolizes a tradition of luxury and elegance begun by his father. For Marcus Bannerman, it becomes a risky investment and a way to entice his brother's wife into bed. And for the maids and porters employed there, it represents a possible...
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detective Jack Frost is called to investigate when a couple return from holiday to find the body of a complete stranger in their bed. He also becomes involved in a murder inquiry and uncovers a crime ring involved in the importing of endangered species and illegal animal goods.
15) Lillie
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 672 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Portrays the acclaimed British actress and courtesan Lillie Langtry from the blush of youth to the blight of old age. At a time when society expected women to be docile and demure, Lillie posed for celebrity endorsements, conducted her own business affairs, and paid her first husband to keep his distance. Even more scandalously, she openly entertained a string of lovers among Europe's elite, including the very married Prince of Wales.
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
How far will Brendan go to get his revenge on Miranda? Convinced that Brendan is involved when people she loves begin turning up dead, Miranda realizes that the only way to beat her manipulative ex-lover is to turn the tables on him.
Publisher
KOCH Vision
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (354 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Meet six ordinary people with extraordinary lives. A married couple falling in love again after 40 years, two fighting sisters reunited by fate, a taxi driver with an unexpected friendship, and a wife and her lover all have their lives intertwine.
Series
Complete Inspector Lewis volume disc 1-4
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 350 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Home from a two-year assignment in the British Virgin Islands, Inspector Robert Lewis, protégé of the legendary Inspector Morse, returns to Oxford, England in the series pilot, where he is teamed with a brilliant new partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway. Lewis barely makes it out of the airport before falling into his first murder investigation. But even if he solves the case, will his new boss still move him from the front lines to a training...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media U.S
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 463 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Master of the moor: As a boy, Stephen Whalby took to his beloved moor to escape trouble at home. Trouble follows him there as an adult, however, when women's bodies begin turning up among the rocks, heather, and bogs. Stephen finds no refuge when D.I. Manciple--a rude outsider, unwelcome in the village of Vangmoor--targets him as the prime suspect.
Vanity dies hard: In the town of Salstead, the lives of two friends seem to take different trajectories....