British Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were a major part of the comedy era of the '60s and '70s. Half of the charm of the show is the pair's ad-libs and the laughter they tried to hold back. Six episodes have been compiled from what remains in the BBC Archive.
22) Henry V
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
"Henry V unites with his people, invades France, deals with traitors, and cements the peace."--Container insert.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Series 2: In the second season of seven episodes, Lionel and Jean's romance deepens. Lionel struggles with decisions surrounding his book while his relationship with Jean continues to grow. Lional drives Jean nuts by fretting over encroaching old age and lost opportunities while Jean begins to feel uncomforable about friends knowing about their youthful romance.
25) Wild Amazon
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Climb with monkeys. Swim with dolphins. Take a ride through the incredible Amazon!"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, Sherlock is a thrilling, funny, fast-paced adventure series set in present-day London. The iconic details from Conan Doyle's original books remain: they live at the same address, have the same names, and, somewhere out there, Moriarty is waiting for them. And so across three thrilling, scary, action-packed, and highly modern adventures, Sherlock and John navigate a maze of cryptic clues...
27) Little Dorrit
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When Arthur Clennam returns to London after several years abroad, he wants to learn more about his mother's new seamstress, young Amy Dorrit. His search brings him to the Marshalsea Debtors Prison, where he learns the truth about struggle and hardship in 1820s England.
29) The Forsyte saga
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy's work, chronicling nearly 50 turbulent years of a wealthy English family.
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2001]
Language
English
Description
A satire directed against intellectual pride and pedantry. The King of Navarre and three of his lords vow to spend three years in study and not to see any women. But when the Princess of France arrives with her three ladies, the men break their vow and fall in love with them.
31) Planet Earth
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures. From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers, [the program] takes you to places you've never been to experience sights and sounds never before captured on film. Prepare to be overwhelmed by the beauty and majesty of 'Planet Earth'"--Container.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Americas
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
When Daniel attends a family reunion with his parents, he discovers a world he hardly knew existed. Seduced by the allure of his new world, Daniel adopts the role of go-between for his glamorous Aunt Alice and his cousins Rebecca and Charles.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The TARDIS arrives some ten million years in the future on a giant spaceship carrying all the Earth's surviving plant, animal and human life (much of it miniaturized and in suspended animation) on a 700 year voyage to a new home on the planet Refusis II. Dodo is suffering from a cold, an unknown affliction in this era, and as the human Guardians of the ship and their servant race the Monoids have no resistance, a plague breaks out.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The Story Of Ireland is a five-part landmark history of Ireland presented by Fergal Keane (Wild Africa, Great Railway Journeys). Ireland is living through a significant period in its cycle of history, since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the island has been at peace. This is unprecedented in the history of modern Ireland and so seems like a perfect time to reflect on the Irish as a people and as a modern European nation.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It's 1966, and it's a testing time for the midwives. But there's excitement, too, as the women's rights movement intensifies. With Trixie's help, Sister Julienne is determined to steer Nonnatus House of its financial quandary. Dr. Turner deals with an array of difficult cases including a former soldier involved in nuclear test explosion. Meanwhile, Sister Monica Joan experiences a crisis of faith, and Sister Frances realizes she needs to be a little...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Lord of the Rings is J.R.R. Tolkien's great three-volume epic set in the imaginary world of the Third Age of Middle-earth--a world inhabited by many strange beings, including hobbits, an ancient people smaller than dwarves, cheerful, peace-loving and shy. Since its original publication, this work has caught the imagination of readers of all ages and walks of life. It is an adventure story, an adult fairy tale, a classic myth, which Michael Straight...
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Emmy-winning series is the definitive natural history of the world's oceans exploring everything from the popular shores and teeming shallows to the mysterious ocean depths. It's a journey that gets stranger and more awe-inspiring as it goes along. Over three hours of bonus content.
