BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
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Description
"Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life...But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep...They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that...he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 345 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tenth Doctor is reunited with former companion Donna Noble in this first set of adventures from the rebooted Doctor Who's fourth season. In these gripping stories, you'll meet the adorably cute but sinister Adipose, visit ancient Pompeii on the day before its infamous eruption, journey to the home world of the Ood, and more.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (234 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Combining popular history with adventure and travel, historian Michael Wood embarks on an odyssey of discovery, following the ancient triumphal march of Alexander of Macedonia from Greece to India, to bring us the truth behind one of history's most famous and enigmatic heroes.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs in 3 separate volumes (DVD) (approximately 800 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Eleventh Doctor returns in thirteen blockbuster episodes plus two specials, each a brand new epic adventure with new monsters and familiar foes like never seen before. The first part of this series sees the Ponds in their final voyage with The Doctor. And the final eight episodes see The Doctor and his new companion battle monsters on distant alien planets.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 264 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Some stories include: When a young man is found brutally murdered, Banks' instinct drags his team into a world of organized crime. The apparent suicide of a young girl drags Banks deeper into the dark world of 'untouchable' criminal Steve Richards. When a devoted husband and father goes missing, a ransom demand takes Banks and his team on a journey into the Chinese community.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
HISTORICAL MYSTERIES. Dorothy L. Sayers paints a perfect picture of murder in this classic mystery--back in print and now available in trade paperback--in which Sir Peter Wimsey must ferret out a murderer in a Scottish artists' colony. In the scenic Scottish village of Kirkcudbright, no one is disliked more than Sandy Campbell. When the painter is found dead at the foot of cliff, his easel standing above, no one is sorry to see him gone--especially...
8) Go, Po, go!
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
[22] p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Christmas Eve and the Doctor is reunited with Wilf and together they face the return of an old enemy. The Doctor faces the end of his life, as the Master's victory unleashes the greatest terror of all.
Publisher
BBC America
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A moving and inspiring factual drama about the pioneering work on radar by a little know team of scientists in the run up to the Second World War. On 26 February 1935, Robert Watson-Watt demonstrated for the first time that aircraft could be detected by bouncing radio waves off them. By the time the war began in 1939, radar stations were dotted along the British coast, tracking aircraft at distances of 100 miles away.
Series
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On the planet Karn, a fanatical scientist is using the remnants of spaceship crash victims to put together a new body for the still-living brain of the executed Time Lord Morbius. He decides that the Doctor's head is just what he needs.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Features the Kick Ass sketch, a new take on rising for the national anthem, camp debonair Simbold Cleobury, The Bishop and the Warlord on Top of the Pops, and Tony Inchpractic's "Photocopying my genitals with ..."
Publisher
[Warner Bros. Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 64 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Meet Duggee, a big lovable dog who runs a club for pre-schoolers that inspires children to have fun, be energetic, and - most of all - to do things! Each episode starts with Duggee welcoming the Squirrels, a bunch of curious little characters who are dropped off at the club by their parents. Their often comical adventures encourage young viewers to actively solve a problem by moving, jumping, running and skipping.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
1 videocassette (VHS) (approximately 154 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
Earth, South Wales. The suspicious death of a miner at the inactive local pit owned by the mysterious global chemicals brings UNIT to sleepy Llanfairfach. There, a local green group under the leadership of the brilliant Professor Jones are not convinced of global's innocence in the affair. Could the waste products from their revolutionary new oil refining process be at fault? Jones is convinced but the Doctor is not so sure and a dangerous expedition...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (353 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Michael Wood tells the story of one place, the village of Kibworth, Leicestershire, throughout the whole of English history. Located in the very heart of England, Kibworth has lived through the Black Death, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution, and was even bombed in World War II. With the help of the local people and using archaeology, landscape, language and DNA, Michael Wood uncovers the lost history of this village from the Roman era to...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shed the pounds and learn the best moves from Dancing with the Stars with these cardio dance routines inspired by the show: cha-cha, samba, tango, and jive. It's the most fun you've ever had losing weight and toning your body. No partner needed!
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 356 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hop on your bicycle and travel back to the 1950's to join the priestly gumshoe Father Brown (Mark Williams, Harry Potter, Doctor Who) for another compelling series of mysteries based on the novels of G. K. Chesterton. Quiet lanes and country houses hold daunting secrets that only Father Brown, using his intuition and skill, will be able to work out much to the chagrin of Inspector Sullivan (Tom Chambers, Waterloo Road). Joined by his gang of dedicated...