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Eccentrics and eccentricities England West Country Drama England London London (England) Drama Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama Police Police England London Drama West Country (England) Drama Women England West Country Drama Women in guilds England West Country DramaSummary: "From the creators of Upstairs, Downstairs (Jean Marsh, Eileen Atkins) comes an addictive drama series set in the lively opulence of high-society London during the Roaring Twenties. Louise Lombard (Hidalgo, CSI) and Stella Gonet (Nicholas NIckleby) star as Evangeline and Beatrice Eliott, sisters born into weath and privilege who are left destitute when their spendthrif father dies suddenly....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CALCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Call 2020Summary: Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London in the late-1950s to mid-1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CALLCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Call 2019Summary: A drama about the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London during the 1950s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2018
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CALCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ca 7Summary: After nearly 20 years of setting trends and pushing traditions, Selfridge's is still going strong as the triumph of London₂s Oxford Street. But Harry's potentially dangerous appetite for entertainment and women, while always a problem, has reached its peak. Now, he struggles to keep the reins of the store he loves, in the face of old troubles, new opportunities, and unsettled scores.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MR.Copies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Mr Selfridge 2016Summary: Through hard work, talent, and ambition, a servant girl rises from scullery maid to become the finest chef in London and Edwardian society's premier hostess. Along the way her beauty and spirit attract the attention of high-placed admirers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DUCSummary: A dry-witted, sexual, angry, grief-riddled woman hurls herself at modern living in London. She often escapes into momentary fantasy asides -- letting an imaginary audience hear her unspoken gibes -- as she navigates her father's emotional distance, her godmother-turned-stepmother, her perfect sister and horrible brother-in-law as well as her seemingly-doomed love life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD FLECopies Available at East Bay
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FEASummary: A hard-hitting police drama set in the vice unit of the Metropolitan Police, based in the heart of London's West End. Prostitution, pornography and murder are all part of the workload for the vice team as they investigate the capital's darker secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by MPI Home Video 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV VICSummary: When Sal's husband dies suddenly of a heart attack, Sal and her best friend, Tip try to find some fun among the knitting and cake-baking of The Ladies' Guild in the small West Country town of Clatterford St. Mary. The Guild members are certainly an eccentric bunch: leader Eileen, who takes her position--and chains--very seriously; cheese-mad Rose (or Margaret, depending on whether she's taken...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CLASummary: Crafty cockney market trader Derek Trotter dreams of making a fortune, but each dodgy deal and shady scheme always seems to end in disaster. In the meantime, there's his family to look after.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas 2006
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ONLSummary: Neurotic Donna, boozy slag Karen, and sex-starved Louise deal with day-to-day lives of creepy exes, bad birthdays, disastrous dates, stolen kebabs, binge drinking, shoplifting, unplanned pregnancy, and more selfish acts of sisterly love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Media Group 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PULSummary: The Defoes are back at the newly merged law firm Noble Hale Defoe. And Hannah's latest case, the divorce of the UK's most powerful celebrity couple, is set to put NHD on the map. As Hannah fights one of the most public cases of her career, she's also fighting a private battle to save her marriage. Following the devastating revelation of Nathan's betrayal, her formerly rock-solid marriage is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SPLSummary: The final series focuses on the split between Hannah and Nathan. The two divorce lawyers are facing their own divorce amicably, until shock revelations prompt a painful showdown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SPLSummary: The final season finds its end during the cold winter of 1901, taking the heroes to a place where a dark secret they all share emerges to destroy the lives they've built.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV RIPSummary: Tenth Doctor is reunited with former companion Donna Noble in this first set of adventrues 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: "In Jane Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction, romance novel addict Catherine Morland is invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies. She forms a close friendship with the younger son on the estate, Henry Tilney, but their budding romance is mysteriously cut short"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV NORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NOR NOT RATEDSummary: Friendless, orphaned Jane Eyre takes a job as governess to a lively French girl. In time, she finds herself in love with the child's guardian. When she saves him from a fire, she finds that there are many secrets to learn ... secrets that could destroy her happiness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JANSummary: Series follows anti-corruption unit 12 (AC-12) as they investigate fellow police officers accused of corruption. In series five, Stephen Graham stars as John Corbett, the ruthless leader of an organized crime group who hijacks a seized drugs transport. AC-12 investigators suspect corrupt police officers of leaking information. As the body count rises, AC-12 realize they₂re facing their most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LINSummary: The final episodes follow the indomitable heroine through the turmoil and terror of World War I to the 1920s. Based on a true story of Rosa Lewis, a culinary genius and the owner of London's Cavendish Hotel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DUCSummary: Detective Chief Inspector Tony Gates is an exemplary cop. He's got the best crime stats on the force and a loyal team working under him. But the head of the police anticorruption unit, Superintendent Ted Hastings, has his doubts about Gates. Is he really that good? And more importantly, is he really that clean? Hastings decides to find out and all on a new arrival to his department, Detective...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LINSummary: In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROMSummary: "Set in a small West Country town, Jennifer Saunders' enchanting comedy follows the continuing exploits of ex-practice nurse Sal Vine and the memorable, and not a little eccentric, members of the local Guild"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009