BBC Worldwide Ltd.
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4 videodiscs (469 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Celebrated author GK Chesterton's beloved character, Father Brown, is brilliantly brought to life in this charming ten-part BBC series starring Mark Williams (Harry Potter, Doctor Who). With the warmth of The Vicar of Dibley, the intellect of Miss Marple, the humour of Father Ted and the intrigue of Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown is a fresh new take on a classic genre. Set in the 1950s in the heart of the English countryside, Father Brown is a kindly...
2) Elizabeth R
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4 videodiscs (540 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Dramatization of the life of Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII by Anne Boleyn. As a young woman, Elizabeth is faced with imprisonment and worse, but she prevails over vicious court intrigues and secures her claim to the throne. As Queen, she faces the continuing threat from Mary, Queen of Scots, an impending royal wedding that would unite England and France, and a palace insurrection involving a former court favorite.
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1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe and Sergeant Major Patrick Harper are traveling across India, escorting the beautiful Marie-Angelique Bonnet to meet her fiancé. While in bandit-plagued badlands, they come across the very dregs of the Crown's troops: an ill disciplined, rag-tag unit led by boy soldier Beauclare. As Sharpe and company sit down to have dinner with their hosts, the camp comes under attack by bandit Chitu. When the dust settles, it...
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3 videodiscs (547 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
With Nonnatus House scheduled for demolition, Jenny, Chummy, and Sister Julienne search for a new location nearby, while Jenny's relationship with Alec continues to blossom. But an outbreak of polio affects the nurses and nuns more than they could have imagined.
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2 videodiscs (357 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A modern take on one of the most famous stories of all time. In 1805 when we first meet Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei, they are all part of St. Petersburg's glittering elite, but are fired up with youthful ambition to find meaning in their lives. As everything they thought they knew is questioned, Pierre, Andrei and Natasha find themselves in a time when Russian society is about to change forever.
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2 videodiscs (approximately 276 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Matt Smith begins his thrilling journey as the Doctor in the first six episodes of Series Five! After a dramatic crash landing, the Doctor pulls himself out of the wreck of the TARDIS to come face to face with young Amy Pond, who is ready to take to the stars on a series of wild adventures that will change both of their lives forever.
The Doctor and his companion Amy Pond travel around the universe and through time to battle Daleks and other evil...
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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Deforestation, global warming, depletion of aquifers, rising sea levels, and mass extinctions--how much longer can Earth compensate for these damaging forces? In this timely three-part series, David Attenborough and some of the world's leading experts on environmental matters consider probably the most important issue of the 21st century: the future of life on this planet.
8) Deep blue
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1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Twenty specialized camera teams shot over 7,000 hours of footage in more than 200 locations around the world and descended as far as 5,000 meters in the most powerful submersible crafts to bring the audience this spectacle of underwater exploration into the secret lives of sea creatures.
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3 videodiscs (ca. 454 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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DI Jimmy Perez and his team investigate crimes within the close knit island community of the Shetland Islands.
Follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing.
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1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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On the planet Karn, a fanatical scientist is using the remnants of spaceship crash victims to put together a new body for the still-living brain of the executed Time Lord Morbius. He decides that the Doctor's head is just what he needs.
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3 videodiscs (555 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
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2 videodiscs (466 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"British cop Richard Poole is a fish out of water when he is sent to the tiny island of Sainte Marie to solve a mysterious murder. Awaiting Richard is a ramshackle station and a very different type of policing"--Cover.
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2 videodiscs (approximately 342 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate a single mystery--the disappearance of a young man on the overnight ferry to Shetland--that evolves into an increasingly complex case, leading the investigation from the Shetland Islands to the streets of Glasgow.
A detective and his team investigate a series of crimes in the community of Shetland.
15) Edward II
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1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Edward II is a flawed ruler, his reign marred by civil strife and rebellion, but it is his love life, and not his inept leadership, that ultimately turns the nobles against the king.
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Stories of Viking conquests are the stuff of legends. What is lesser known, however, is the indelible influence these raiders had on the British Isles. Far from conquering and leaving, genetic testing reveals that the Vikings never completely left. This 100 minute documentary follows the progress of Danish Viking King Canute, who built his North Sea Empire across Britain and Scandinavia.
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3 videodiscs (approximately 442 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The stakes are higher for Father Brown, who's joined once again by his secretary Mrs. McCarthy, socialite Lady Felicia Montague and her chauffeur Sid Carter who together must embark on another series of adventures to save the souls of the sleepy village of Kembleford. This season, Father Brown will face more sinister cases than ever before which will include exorcism, abduction, poison, and murder.
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1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A modern odyssey, a dizzying, science fiction-like journey into the heart of Africa. At the moment when the Sudan, the continent's biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old civilizing pathology re-emerges: that of colonialism, clash of empires, and yet new episodes of bloody (and holy) wars over land and resources.
Series
Doctor Who volume story 86
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1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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After an encounter with the deadly Mandragora Helix, the Doctor and Sarah Jane land in 15th Century San Martino. In the midst of danger, secrecy and intrigue, they witness the flowering of the Italian Renaissance. However, the Doctor realizes that a third visitor has arrived with him in the TARDIS. It is a force with the power to wipe out human civilization forever. The Doctor has brought it to Earth, and only the Doctor can stop it.
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1 videodisc (ca. 71 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Alice, an enigmatic young girl, wanders through a Victorian landscape populated by the most bizarre and astonishing characters. Alice gently questions each one in turn, subtly mocking their middle-class English values.
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