Meridian Broadcasting.
Series
Adventure collection volume disc 1-4
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 100 min. each) : sd., col. ; c 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, the story of Horatio Hornblower, the legendary sea-faring hero, follows the raw recruit as he battles the French, evades capture, and rises through the ranks of the King's Navy.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following his rapid rise through the ranks of the King's Navy, Hornblower is assigned to the HMS Renown which is sailing to the West Indies to subdue a pirate fleet. Her brutal captain is rapidly going insane forcing Hornblower to take action that threatens not only his naval career but his life as well.
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....
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 312 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies is the odd man out in his small London police station. He cracks the tough cases anyway, with old-fashioned investigative work rather than violent confrontation.
5) Emma
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Emma Woodhouse imagines that she dominates those around her in the small town of Highbury, but her matchmaking creates problems for herself and others.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
May & June: May Thrace's resentment of her sister June runs very deep. Will the death of June's husband, and May's former beau, put it to rest? Or does May have a darker plot in mind?
The orchard walls: Sent by her mother to live in the country during the London blitz, sixteen-year-old Jenny senses unspoken secrets among her taciturn relatives, secrets that could turn deadly.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A case of coincidence: In the autumn of 1943, a surgeon's wife seems to have become the fifth victim of a serial killer who has stalked the Fenland region since spring. The police remain confounded, however, because they had their prime suspect under surveillance when the crime took place.
A dark blue perfume: Through the charms of her new neighbor, newly widowed Liz rediscovers love. But could his mysterious past conceal a murder?
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Loyalty: Peacetime (1803) Hornblower is forced to make a living at the gaming tables and is caught up in a budding romance with his landlady's daughter, Maria. Hornblower goes on a reconnaissance mission that uncovers French perfidy, leading to renewed war. Complications arise when he is betrayed and temporarily imprisoned. Hornblower and Maria get married -- Duty: Admiral Pellew's sends Hornblower off in search of his old mate Bracegirdle, whose...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 357 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Romance and intrigue at a London auction house. Written by John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey), this 1990s British drama tells the story of art experts who share a passion for the treasures they put under the hammer.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 156 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bribery & Corruption: Nicholas has always had a schoolboy crush on Emma, the free-spirited wife of the shipyard owner who employed his father. But after her murder, he learns that Emma's life was far more complicated than he had originally suspected.
Front seat: Hugh Branksome never expected to return to the seaside town where his Cecily grew up. Retirement holds even more surprises, though, when Cecily enlists an old flame in a quixotic quest to...