David Threlfall
1) Othello
Author
Language
English
Description
Othello, a high-ranking Moorish soldier, marries Desdemona, daughter of a Venetian senator who opposes the marriage. Othello wins over her family, but a frustrated ensign, Iago, sabotages his happiness by insinuating that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio, another officer. Jealousy, racial overtones, confusion, fear, and lies eventually destroy love, honor, friendship, and respect.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
1993.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (79 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A wicked comedy set in Egypt and London in the late 1950s. Lili descends on deeply conservative Monica, who is frantically preparing for her daughter's wedding. Forming an unholy alliance with the groom's mother, Lili prevents a disastrous marriage by causing a scandal that suburbia will never forget.
3) Nowhere boy
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in Liverpool in 1955, the adolescent years of John Lennon are chronicled. Raised by his Aunt Mimi, his world is turned inside-out when his free spirited mother re-enters his life, opening up old wounds that release pain, anger, frustration, and his artistry.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
George Smiley goes to the aid of his former colleague, Ailsa Brimley after she receives a letter from a woman predicting her own murder and naming her husband as the killer. After the woman is found dead, they uncover secret societies, sexual abuse, and a mysterious boy.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, the HMS Surprise, and the larger French warship, Acheron, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. The ship's surgeon balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A three-part British police drama tells the true story of scientist Alec Jeffrey's discovery of DNA fingerprinting in the 1980s and its introductory use by Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker in catching a double murderer.
7) Black Sea
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control onboard their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival.
Author
Language
English
Description
Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. Things have changed - no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and run by a woman. People certainly recognise him, albeit as a flawless impersonator who refuses to break character. The unthinkable, the inevitable happens, and the ranting Hitler goes viral, becomes a YouTube star, gets his own T.V....
9) Funny woman
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (280 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's the height of the swinging 60s and Barbara Parker has just been crowned Miss Blackpool but there's got to be more to life than being a beauty queen in a seaside town, right? She wants to be someone. The bright lights of London are calling, and our determined hero sets off to find out who that someone is. The London she encounters is not as quite as swinging as the one she'd read about and seen on TV. However, after a series of setbacks, Barbara...
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
[Original UK series].
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (850 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story centers around a young group of siblings pretty much neglected by their alcoholic father, surviving by their wits, and humor, on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Chaos ensues with more tales of how one extraordinary family goes about...
Author
Series
Ripper Street volume 6
Language
English
Description
When a young man close to Drake's heart is discovered murdered, it exacerbates the considerable rift that has developed between Reid and Drake, and threatens to throw H Division as a whole into turmoil.
Author
Series
Ripper Street volume 7
Language
English
Description
As a new serial killer plagues Whitechapel, Reid and Drake become convinced that his crimes are being covered up by another party.
Author
Series
Ripper Street volume 3
Language
English
Description
It is Reid's first day back at H Division and the police force he once commanded is now under Inspector Drake's authority. Despite his initial anxiety, it soon becomes clear that Reid's investigative instinct is as sharp as ever.
Author
Series
Ripper Street volume 5
Language
English
Description
Just as it seems that Reid and Drake have found their working dynamic once more, they are forced to engage with a difficult murder case that threatens to open old wounds.
Author
Series
Ripper Street volume 4
Language
English
Description
One month has passed since Inspector Reid returned to H Division. Drake and Reid are once more in harmony but it's now Jackson's turn to feel the pressure as a murder has links to a man who aided Long Susan's escape from Newgate.
Author
Series
Ripper Street volume 2
Language
English
Description
With the help of Major Al-Qadir, Drake continues to investigate the mysterious murder of a young Indian-born lawyer. However things get tricky for Drake and his men when it becomes clear that their investigation is stepping on Special Branch's toes.
Author
Series
Ripper Street volume 1
Language
English
Description
Three years have passed. Reid is drawn back to Whitechapel to investigate a case made by Jackson and Drake that has condemned his old associate Isaac Bloom to the hangman's noose.