Christopher Menaul
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Jersey, 1942. The British Channel Islands fall to the Germans who put prisoners of war to work in slave labor camps. When a Russian soldier escapes the labor camps, seeking shelter, a Jersey resident, Lou, realizes she can’t simply hand him back. Lou decides to harbor the fugitive, striking up a bond with the young, intelligent man whom she soon treats as her son.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (435 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This epic drama spans three generations of the powerful Forsyte family at the turn of the 20th century. Beneath the family's imposing veneer lies a festering core of unhappy and brutal relationships.
4) Episode 1
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
A fascinating and revealing view of life inside Iran, with NYTimes correspondent Thomas Erdbrink. With humor and curiosity, he shares a rare journey into a private Iran often at odds with its conservative clerics and leaders.
5) Episode 2
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
The chaotic aftermath of the collision brings more twists and surprises. Why did van driver Danny Rampton flee the scene? What has secretary Karen Donnelly stolen from the chemical company where she works?
6) Episode 5
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
The secret of Sidney’s computer is unlocked and at last we find out what made him swerve. Jane prepares to run away with Richard, and Tolin finds closure with Ann. The truth about the collision is revealed.
7) Episode 3
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
DI Tolin already knows that there’s more to the collision than meets the eye. But as the mysteries pile up, he has to deal with his own tangled relationships and secret past.
8) Episode 4
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
The release of prisoner Harry Canwell horrifies Tolin and reveals the tragedy in his own life. Christine struggles to come to terms with her mother’s death. The search for Daniel Rampton comes to an unexpected conclusion.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 207 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Tennison seizes the opportunity to head a murder investigation--something she should have done long ago, had she not been passed over by her male superiors time and again. With a suspect already identified and her own team openly hostile, she uncovers errors and conflicting facts that point to a coverup within the force."--Container.
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (254 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On her first day on the job, rookie detective Anna Travis throws up at a crime scene and faints at a postmortem. Does she have what it takes to succeed in what's still mostly a man's world? Above Suspicion: For eight years, someone has been murdering women, following the same brutal ritual each time. The Red Dahlia: A young woman's body is found by the Thames, horribly mutilated and drained of blood.
11) Chasing shadows
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
DS Sean Stone has an uncanny ability to identify and predict patterns of human behavior. He knows how people work, but he doesn't understand them. When no one else will work with the socially inept genius, Sean is cast out to the Missing Persons Bureau and partnered with empathetic analyst Ruth Hattersley. Despite the conflict and frustration between them, they make the perfect team as they protect the most vulnerable in society from the evil that...
Publisher
ITV Studios Ltd
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (426 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the celebrated novels by John Galsworthy, set amidst the social upheaval of the Victorian era through the 1920s, two British miniseries tell of a rich and powerful family divided by ambition, adultery, and revenge. Series One stars Damian Lewis as Soames Forsyte, a successful London solicitor and wealthy scion of a respectable upper-middle-class Victorian family, while Series Two continues the story of young love in the next generation. A...
13) Zen
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Americas
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (265 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Aurelio Zen is a formidable detective, but he's always put honesty before advancement. The arrival of clever and ambitious Tania to the team sees Zen's vigor reawakened. Driven by romance, re-energized, and armed with a new confidence, Zen's investigations take him from crowded Rome to the spectacular Italian countryside as he negotiates a complex string of murder cases.
14) Killing Jesus
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the New York Times best seller by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, the film is an epic motion picture event chronicling the life and death of Jesus as never before. This thought-provoking account adds new context to the story of Jesus and the conflicts that led to his demise.
16) The Forsyte saga
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Complete UK broadcast ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (426 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is late in the Victorian era, and two branches of an upper-crust family--the "good" Forsytes, headed by well-meaning Old Jolyon, and the "bad" Forsytes, headed by crusty barrister James--are at odds, eternally squabbling. The 'saga' focuses on the younger generations - Young Jolyon, Soames, Winifred, June - and their struggles with emotional repression, the rejection of Victorian mores, and the sea changes taking place as a less repressive society...
Author
Series
Masterpiece volume 4
Language
English
Description
Grieving after Bosinney's death, Irene runs away. Penniless she lives on the streets but is rescued by another destitute woman. Soames is forced to come to terms with losing her.
Author
Series
Masterpiece volume 1
Language
English
Description
The Forsyte family gather to celebrate the engagement of Winifred Forsyte to Montague Dartie, but Winifred's parents, Emily and James, disapprove.
Author
Series
Masterpiece volume 5
Language
English
Description
1899 - bankrupt after gambling losses Dartie steals Winifred's pearls, and threatens to shoot her when confronted. He leaves. She starts divorce proceedings.
Author
Series
Masterpiece volume 8
Language
English
Description
Annette is pregnant, but becomes seriously ill during childbirth.