Jenny Agutter
Author
Series
Call the Midwife ; 3
Language
English
Description
Jenny is placed on the district nursing roster for a few weeks, to extend her experience of community practice. During her rounds, she attends to Joe, a gentle old soldier, and a friendship forms. At the antenatal clinic Trixie and Cynthia enroll Winnie L
Author
Series
Call the Midwife ; 2
Language
English
Description
As Jenny Lee settles into her role, there is a new arrival at Nonnatus House, Chummy (Miranda Hart). A welcome pair of extra hands Chummy sets about showing her worth, but an overwhelming keenness to please and her inability to ride a bike prove obstacles
Author
Series
Call the Midwife ; 9
Language
English
Description
Chummy and PC Noakes meet with new challenges as they settle back down to life in Poplar. Fred is in high spirits when his pregnant daughter, Dolly, and her young son Anthony arrive to stay with him. Jenny's own jubilation comes in the form of potential love interest Alec, a friend and colleague of Jimmy's.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife ; 1
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1957 newly qualified midwife, Jenny Lee arrives in the East End of London to begin her career. After overcoming the initial shock that her new home, Nonnatus House, is a convent rather than a private hospital, she quickly becomes immersed
Author
Series
Call the Midwife ; 3
Language
English
Description
The Nonnatus community is rocked when the Kelly family's newborn son dies tragically in unexplained circumstances. Cynthia, who had attended the birth, comes under intense scrutiny from the police, and the pregnant women of Poplar.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife ; 5
Language
English
Description
Returning from her stint at The London Hospital, Jenny needs all her skill as a midwife when she and Sister Evangelina assist at the birth of the Roberts' baby, who is born with spina bifida. The parents, Doug and Ruby, struggle to understand and accept their son's life-limiting condition.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife ; 1
Language
English
Description
Christmas is coming, and in Poplar the midwives of Nonnatus House are busier than ever. When an abandoned baby is discovered on the steps of the convent, the whole community rallies to provide food and clothing, and to try and find his mother.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife ; 5
Language
English
Description
Jenny finds herself for once not involved in the beginning of life, but at its end. When Frank, the brother of Peggy the cleaner at Nonnatus House, is diagnosed with cancer, Jenny and the nuns are called upon to provide him with care. In doing so, Jenny c
Author
Series
Call the Midwife ; 7
Language
English
Description
Crowded living conditions have always meant that Tuberculosis has been rife in Poplar. However, with the advent of the mass-Xray program to diagnose the disease early, Dr Turner is determined that the community will no longer live under the threat of TB.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife ; 6
Language
English
Description
The whole Poplar community pulls together to prepare for the annual Summer Fete. This year with the introduction of a Baby Show, the Nonnatus House midwives will be more involved than ever; especially Trixie who assumes responsibility for securing a celebrity judge.
Author
Series
Buccaneers ; 6
Language
English
Description
Julius insists that Nan continue with their façade of a marriage, but Nan is unable to deny her love for Guy.
Author
Series
Buccaneers ; 5
Language
English
Description
Lizzy marries rising MP Hector Robinson and Conchita asks for Nan's help with her unwanted pregnancy.
Author
Series
Buccaneers ; 3
Language
English
Description
Virginia makes an unpleasant discovery about her new husband and gives birth to a son.
Author
Series
Buccaneers ; 2
Language
English
Description
The St. Georges set about finding an English governess for their youngest daughter and, having arrived in London, the Buccaneers proceed to take English society by storm.
Author
Series
Buccaneers ; 4
Language
English
Description
Conchita is disillusioned by her marriage, and Nan meets Julius Folyat - who is immediately attracted to her.
Author
Series
Buccaneers ; 1
Language
English
Description
The holiday atmosphere of Newport, Rhode Island, is shattered when Conchita Closson, a New York debutante, announces her engagement to a British aristocrat.
Series
Plays ; 6
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Part of a series of Shakespeare's plays relying predominantly on North American actors and intended primarily for classroom viewing, this filmed stage performance presents the drama of Othello, a Moorish general in the service of the Venetian state, disdained for his race but valued for his military skills, who secretly weds Desdemona in a mixed-race marriage that offends her father. Jealous of Othello's triumphs and high-standing, and suspicious...
Author
Language
English
Description
Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He's spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael - so he can finally move on and reunite his family.
Author
Publisher
BBC Audio
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels Jane Austen is one of the finest writers in the English language, and this volume includes all six of her classic novels.
Mansfield Park: On a quest to find a position in society, Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle.
Northanger Abbey: Young, naïve Catherine Morland receives an invitation to stay at the isolated Gothic mansion Northanger