Summary: Inspired by the Jesuit saying, "Give me a child until he is 7 years old, and I will give you the man," in 1964 Granada Television commissioned a short documentary wherein producers profiled 14 7-year-old children, and loosely speculated on what sort of lives they might lead. It was meant and received as an indictment of the British class system, which seemed most inflexible in 1964. Almost as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Granada Television Ltd. 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FORSummary: Tale of a neurotic, class-conscious doctor saddled with a nagging wife and the scheme he devises to do away with her. Gossip about his wife's death is rife and it seems to the Dr. that the only way to make the gossip stop is to dispose of the gossipers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MALSummary: 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: Uncertain of her future but unwilling to sacrifice her freedom, Bathsheba rejects the proposal of Gabriel Oak only to become his employer. Still in love, Gabriel can only watch as Bathsheba flirts with her neighbor, Mr. Boldwood unleashing a passionate obsession within the reserved Boldwood. Both men forsake their hearts, however, upon the arrival of the dashing soldier Frank Troy. Despite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FARSummary: Based on the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this set features six tales of mystery, deduction, and suspense. Join the famous sleuth and the good doctor on yet another round of adventures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2004
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CASSummary: Fitz is an addicted gambler, a heavy drinker, and a brilliant, if deeply flawed criminal psychologist. Follow Fitz as he investigates an accused commuter train killer with amnesia, a couple who share love and murder, and the killing of a young boy that shakes a community to its core.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2003
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CRASummary: The criminal psychologist returns in three more episodes: To Be A Somebody, The Big Crunch, and Men Should Weep. 'Fitz' combats personal crisis and professional challenges when racism, religion, and murder get in his way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2004
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CRASummary: "The three gables": A woman calls for an investigation after she is offered a lot of money to sell her estate. "The dying detective": A woman is convinced that her cousin is putting her family in jeopardy. "The golden pince-nez": Scotland Yard is troubled with a murder investigation and no promising leads. "The red circle": Holmes and Watson are called upon by the landlady of a rooming house...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2004
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MEMSummary: Each author gives the mystery genre his or her own twist, with results from humorous to the macabre. You will visit conventional English drawing rooms, a boy's prep school, a luxury health spa and a snowbound hotel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Granada Television Ltd. 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV TIMSummary: Relates the story of the Channel Island inhabitants who suffered pain and frustration during the German occupation during WWII. An uneasy relationship is maintained by the islanders and the Nazi's, whose constrictive regulations dampen morale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Goldhil Video 2002
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ENESummary: "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: Intent on escaping the clutches of his indomitable Aunt Agatha and the perpetual threat of wedlock, Bertie once again flees his native England for New York accompanied, as ever, by the unflappable Jeeves. Yet even the waters of the Atlantic cannot keep the witless Wooster safe, and he is soon up to his ears in a frightful tangle of wayward cousins, stolen babies, unwanted engagements and even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Je 4Summary: Three girls adopted by an explorer are raised as sisters by his niece. As each of the girls have their own dreams, they learn that in order to realize them, they must also keep their family together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Koch Entertainment 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Czarist Russia, 1897 - war and revolution bring poet and physician Yury Zhivago together with the beautiful Lara, his muse and all-consuming passion. But, both Yury and Lara are haunted - he by guilt over his betrayal of Tonya, his beloved wife, and Lara by fear of Komarovsky, the powerful man who means to have her any way he can.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOCCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE DOCSummary: Oceans cover more than 70 percent of our planet and contain 90 percent of life on earth, yet they remain the most treacherous and alien part of our environment. Through unparalleled underwater footage, up-to-date science and harrowing first-person accounts, Savage Seas probes the watery phenomena that hold both terror and allure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SAVSummary: Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, in the utilitarian fashion, stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion. Under his influence, Louisa grows cold while Tom turns to a secret life of drinking and gambling. To be nearer her brother, Louisa accepts an offer of marriage from his boss, the self-made, self-important banker Josiah...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HARSummary: In 1788, Mary Bryant, a starving young Cornwall girl, is convicted of a petty crime and sentenced to seven years in the Australian penal colony of Botany Bay. When Mary initiates an escape, she embarks on an arduous four thousand-mile journey toward freedom in a tragic and triumphant story that would make her one of history's most fascinating and courageous unsung heroines.--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Timeless Media Group 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INCSummary: Beset by the political tension of an unsettled year, Gandhi calls for British removal from India. Police Superintendent Ronald Merrick arrests an Indian news reporter. Daphne Manner arrives from London. Merrick vents his frustrations on Kumar in a vicious jailhouse beating. Daphne gives birth. Mildred Layton prepares for her daughter's wedding. The Governor finds out about Merrick's abuse....
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Holmes and Dr. Watson must use all their cunning and detective skills in some risky operations to foil the criminal element in each of these 5 mysteries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2003
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHESummary: Professor Ian Hood is recruited by the British government as its on-call scientist/detective. Along with his female bodyguard, they take on such menaces as rogue cloners, ruthless polluters, and resurgent viruses. Includes four episodes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Granada International 2006
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ELESummary: Based on George Simenon's classic detective novels and starring Michael Gambon, is equipped with rigorous logic, uncanny judgment of character, and, of course, his signature pipe and fedora. Inspector Maigret relishes the challenge of solving any mystery. Filled with dangerous crimes and elusive characters from the villages of rural France to the alleyways of Montmarte. Brings the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2013
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MAISummary: When a young woman is found brutally murdered, and the DCI in charge is unable to take up the case, the role is passed on to Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, the first female DCI to handle such a responsibility. Between a slippery suspect and resistance from her team of detectives, Tennison has her hands full.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2003
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PRISummary: Delves into the world of the supernatural with six bizarre, inexplicable, and frightening ghost stories as told by some of the greatest mystery authors of all time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Vision 2006