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1) King Lear
Series
Language
English
Description
"Lear, King of Britain, has three daughters: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Intending to divide his kingdom among his daughters according to their affection for him, he asks them to say which loves him most. Goneril and Regan profess their extreme affection, and each receives one-third of the kingdom. Cordelia, disgusted with their hollow flattery, says she loves him according to her duty, no more or less. Infuriated with this reply, Lear divides her...
2) The American
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 minutes) : sound, colored ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in the 19th-century, Christopher Newman amasses a fortune in California then travels to Europe to find a wife. His overtures to a young French woman, a member of an aristocratic family, meet with condescension in this classic collision between European and American culture.
3) Carrie's war
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At the start of World War II, 14-year-old Carrie and her younger brother Nick are separated from their mother and evacuated from war-torn London to a rural village in Wales, where they now live with a puritanical shopkeeper and his spinster sister
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2006], c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Seeking to escape the stifling London court society, the beautiful headstrong Lady Dona St. Columb flees to her family estate on the Cornish coast. Her new freedom swiftly brings her into contact with the dashingly handsome French privateer Jean Aubrey who sweeps her off her feet and into a world of adventure on the high seas very different from her dull and boring life at court with her husband Sir Harry
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the dreary English weather of 1935 gets to be too much for the eccentric Durrell family, they set off for the rustic, sun-drenched Greek island of Corfu, and the unknown
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (219 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The true story of Vita Sackville-West's tortured, public affair with novelist Violet Keppel. Though Vita and her husband, diplomat Harold Nicolson, knowingly cheated on each other throughout their 50-year marriage, it was her liaison with her childhood friend Violet that threatened the marriage. Frank and daring in its depiction of lesbian love, this release includes scenes cut from the original broadcast
8) Cranford
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (291 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cranford, in 1842, is a market town in northwest England. It is a place governed by etiquette, custom and above all, an intricate network of ladies. It seems that life has always been conducted according to their social rules. For spinsters Deborah Jenkyns, the arbiter of correctness, and Matty, her dumurring sister, the town is a hub of intrigue. Handsome new doctor Frank Harrison has arrived from London; a retired Captain and his daughters move...
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
DCS Christopher Foyle investigates wartime crimes in the English coastal town of Hastings. With the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaching, Foyle and his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will transform their lives in unexpected ways. Plan of attack: April 1944. DS Milner's investigation of a transportation fraud sets in motion a series of events that brings Foyle back to the force. As Hastings hosts an...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 630 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oxford's Inspector Robert Lewis, protégé of the legendary Inspector Morse, works with his brilliant, but brooding partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway. The two try to find a link between a murder in Oxford's Bodleian Library; a burglary gone wrong leads from underground amateur boxing to the now-defunct East German Secret Police; the suicide of Hathaway's old friend test his relationship with Lewis; a case of rape and murder causes Lewis to...
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 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.
12) Poirot: Series 1
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (501 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is on the case in these episodes of the wildly popular British television adaptation, in which David Suchet stars as the foppish and downright vain sleuth who solves the thorniest of cases with his formidable intellect. Set in glittering 1930s Europe, these adaptations capture every splendid detail of the Art Deco era.
13) Poirot: Series 4
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (306 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
He's the most-watched sleuth in the history of PBS's Mystery! David Suchet stars as the dapper, diminutive Belgian who solves the most serpentine cases with the sharpest of minds and the driest of wits.
14) Poirot: Series 6
Series
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (415 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Agatha Christie's famous detective investigates a murder on a wealthy man's estate during the holiday season, a series of thefts at a hostel, a case of abduction and murder in France, and a murder that can only be solved by communicating with a single, silent witness.
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot has just finished a case in Istanbul and is returning home to London on board the luxurious Orient Express. The thrill of riding the famous train ends abruptly when a ruthless businessman is discovered dead.
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 310 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Will's life has changed for the better. He is happily married to the brilliant Bonnie and due to become a father, but his world is about to be rocked by a terrible accident. He's always preached the word of a compassionate God, but how can he do that now?
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 310 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Growing competition from a rival agency creates new problems for Eliza's budding business, and competition from her childhood friend creates problems for her relationship with Inspector Wellington.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (310 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Miss Scarlet and The Duke Season 4, Eliza has taken over the business of Nash & Sons (not that he has any sons) and things are not going entirely smoothly, although help comes from some familiar sources. Outside of work, her relationship with William 'The Duke' Wellington builds towards a looming decision that will shape both their lives.
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