Summary: The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOLSummary: Disc one: After a daring diamond heist, all fingers point to crime boss Jimmy Vincent, released from prison on the very day of the robbery. When teenagers find the two-week-old corpse of Dominic Sylvester, everyone in the Willesden constabulary dismisses it as the lonely death of a reclusive old man - everyone, that is, except Davies. Bunny Hopper is half of the almost-famous comedy team Bunny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LASSummary: In these all-new episodes, the doctor continues his practice in the picturesque seaside town of Portwenn, while raising his son with wife Louisa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn 2017
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Do 8Summary: Alison and Mike are working hard to bring their new 'guest house' plans to fruition, when the peace is disrupted by an unexpected visitor who arrives with a life-changing revelation. Alison questions everything she thought she knew, and the ghosts react with varying degrees of fear, mistrust, and in some cases, delight. Meanwhile, Mike is more intent than ever to put Button House on the map...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV GHOSummary: "With their guesthouse dream in ahses, Alison and Mike must find a new way to make money from their ailing estate, as a major revelation sees their plight become even more pressing. Meanwhile life (death) goes on for the Ghosts as they investigate Kitty's untimely demise, Food Club loses its appeal, Lady Button discovers hidden talents, and Robin makes a prediction that prompts the Ghosts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV GHOSummary: As the doors of crumbling country mansion Button House creak open once more, the haphazard house share between its living inhabitants and its restless dead is settling in a strange kind of daily routine. But cash-strapped Alison and Mike's plan to transform their unexpected inheritance into a bustling luxury hotel is still a distant dream. Could the exploitation of their troupe of ghostly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Crumbling country mansion Button House is home to restless spirits who've died there over the centuries. Each a product of their time, they're thrown together for eternity, resigned to squabble over mundane daily gripes. But their lives or rather afterlives are thrown into turmoil when young urban couple Alison and Mike unexpectedly inherit the peaceful derelict house and plan to turn it into a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV GHOSummary: A sitcom following the comedy chaos of an unlikely house-share between the struggling living and the restless dead. Resident ghosts and cash-strapped couple Mike and Alison face life-changing events at Button House, their crumbling, haunted, stately home. Alison and Mike are determined to get the best reviews from the guests at their luxury new B&B. However, buried secrets, booking mix-ups...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV GHOSummary: A young doctor feels stuck in a system which can seem like it's against him as he faces 97-hour weeks, life-and-death decisions, and so much gore all for a wage that barely pays for his parking meter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Filled with humor, wit, and moral dilemmas, this raucous drama tells the true story of New Zealand's most controversial lawyer, Mike Bungay. In a high-profile career that begins in the 1960s and spans decades, he successfully defends alleged murderers, spies, and gang members, but he can't escape his own inner demons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DEASeinfeld, Jerry
Summary: The complete ninth season of the show about a group of friends living in New York City.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SEISummary: "Meet the Sweathogs. They're the rowdiest, goofiest bunch of students to ever step foot inside a high school. But if they think they're too unruly for a good teacher to handle, they're in for a rude awakening when they meet Mr. Kotter -- a former Sweathog who's returned to his alma mater to shape the minds of these remedial students as their new teacher! With the hilarious talents of comedian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WELSummary: The Ultra City Smiths story unfolds via the stop-motion animation of baby dolls repurposed as a grown-up cast of characters. The series hinges on an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of fictional metropolis Ultra City's most famous magnate. Two intrepid detectives follow the case, rallying to fight against their city's dangerous corruption, at a high cost to themselves and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ULTSummary: The precocious young preteen Sheldon Cooper is ready for his newest challenge -- college -- as his twin sister enters middle school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YoungSummary: For young Sheldon Cooper, it isn't easy growing up in East Texas. Being a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science isn't always helpful in a land where church and football are king. And while the vulnerable, gifted, and somewhat naive Sheldon deals with the world, his very normal family must find a way to deal with him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YOUSummary: Celebrates the mundane in what should be a high-stakes operation. Season two finds us back in Car 27 with SDPD detectives Cullen and Tolbeck as they stake out the seedy underbelly of a cockfighting ring. Meanwhile, the SDPD is rocked by a massive corruption scandal, and the culprit might be close to home. Patrick Brammall and Tim Meadows reprise their roles as Detectives Cullen and Tolbeck and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NOSummary: During the new semester, Sheldon attends his first comic con and gets a group of nerdy friends while Missy begins questioning everything -- including religion and sex -- while Georgie takes a job at Meemaw's new laundromat-slash-gambling-den and the parents struggle at work and home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YoungSummary: Beth grapples with guilt and grief--and faces an unexpected visitor. Beth makes a choice that surprises those around her just as an old foe from the past returns; Annie finds a helpful outlet on her road to self-improvement. A desperate Beth does everything she can to stay alive while dealing with the unexpected challenges of being a boss and finds help in the least likely of places.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021