BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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...
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (353 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Journey across China from the peaks of the Himalayas to the barren steppe, the sub-Arctic to the tropical islands, through deserts both searingly hot and mind-numbingly cold and see a dazzling array of mysterious, beautiful, wild and rare creatures.
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1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
4) Elizabeth R
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4 videodiscs (540 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
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.
5) Edward II
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1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
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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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.
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
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.
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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.
11) Finding Phil
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What will become of Phil, the baby elephant seal, after a storm pushes him out to sea? Far from his mother and friends for the first time, he's lost. A heart-warming and absolutely true underwater rescue adventure.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the Church's use of filming techniques, and aided by ex-members of the organization Theroux uses actors to replay some incidents people claim they experienced as members in an attempt to better understand the way it operates. In a bizarre twist, it becomes clear that the Church is also making a film about Louis Theroux.
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
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.
Series
Doctor Blake volume 4
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2 videodiscs (approximately 472 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The continuing story of Dr. Lucien Blake as he practices medicine and investigates murder in 1950s rural Australia.
15) Deep blue
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
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.
Series
Doctor Who volume story 86
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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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2 videodiscs (442 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Return to the sleepy Cotswold village of Kembleford where the lovably quirky Father Brown is facing another round of seemingly unsolvable murders. Assisted by parish secretary Mrs. McCarthy, the glamorous Lady Felicia Montague and her chauffeur Sid Carter, Father Brown will face some of his most challenging cases yet. Unexpected death on a film set, a poisoned executioner, a kidnapping, voodoo and murder abound as Father Brown tries to maintain some...
18) The hunt
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2 videodiscs (approximately 350 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Looks at the relationship between predator and prey across a broad spectrum of both land and sea species and the challenges faced by each side of the hunter/hunted equation.
19) Ocean odyssey
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1 videodisc (approximately 116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Blending state-of-the-art digital graphics with real footage, Ocean Odyssey is a breathtaking underwater adventure that fully immerses you in the beauty and dangers of the deep.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (495 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Haunted by the failure to catch London's most evil killer, Jack the Ripper, Inspector Edmund Reid now heads up the notorious H Division, the toughest police district in the East End. Reid and his men find themselves fighting to uphold justice and the rule of law, always fearing the Ripper is coming back for another reign of terror.