London Weekend Television (Firm)
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three episodes of the impeccably turned-out diminutive Belgian sleuth. With his razor sharp mind and the aid of Captain Hastings, Poirot unravels the thorniest cases without mussing a hair of his famously sculpted mustache. Set in elegant 1930's England, the series also includes Chief Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs in 4 separate volumes (DVD) (approximately 405 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide (16 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
English
Description
Melvyn Bragg and other experts explore the 1,500-year history of the English language and answer questions such as: How did it grow from a relatively insignificant Germanic dialect to become the premier language of culture, commerce, and diplomacy around the globe? Includes guide for group discussions, avenues for further learning, biographies, web extras, and much more.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 405 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide (16 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
English
Description
Melvyn Bragg and other experts explore the 1,500-year history of the English language and answer questions such as: How did it grow from a relatively insignificant Germanic dialect to become the premier language of culture, commerce, and diplomacy around the globe? Includes guide for group discussions, avenues for further learning, biographies, web extras, and much more.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 405 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide (16 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
English
Description
Melvyn Bragg and other experts explore the 1,500-year history of the English language and answer questions such as: How did it grow from a relatively insignificant Germanic dialect to become the premier language of culture, commerce, and diplomacy around the globe? Includes guide for group discussions, avenues for further learning, biographies, web extras, and much more.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 405 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide (16 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
English
Description
Melvyn Bragg and other experts explore the 1,500-year history of the English language and answer questions such as: How did it grow from a relatively insignificant Germanic dialect to become the premier language of culture, commerce, and diplomacy around the globe? Includes guide for group discussions, avenues for further learning, biographies, web extras, and much more.
7) Lillie
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (672 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dramatizes the life of Lillie Langtry, a woman trapped in a loveless marriage who goes on to become one of the most sought after actresses in Britain and the United States, famous for her beauty and infamous for her scandals.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (456 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (16 pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
English
Description
Nine intensive acting workshops conducted by John Barton of the Royal Shakespeare Company demonstrate how the Company makes Shakespeare's classic plays accessible to modern audiences without compromising the text's integrity.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (260 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
British humor at its finest! The tale of two formidable ladies as they vie for social supremacy in their provincial 1920s town, which overflows with snootiness, low cunning schemes, and a rivalry that won't end.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 653 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thomas & Sarah reunites fans with the wily chauffeur and the sassy cockney parlor maid from Upstairs, Downstairs. In these thirteen episodes, the scheming pair embarks on adventures of smuggling, swindling, matchmaking, and magic.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (260 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
British humor at its finest! The tale of two formidable ladies as they vie for social supremacy in their provincial 1920s town, which overflows with snootiness, low cunning schemes, and a rivalry that won't end.
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(188 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During a round of golf on a cliff-top course in Wales, Bobby Jones discovers a man lying gravely injured on the rocks below. His last words, "Why didn't they ask Evans?," leads Bobby and his friend on a quest to find out what happened to the man.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs in 2 separate volumes (DVD) (approximately 302 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Peer into the drawing rooms of Victorian high society in these vintage adaptations of the writings of Henry James. This enchanting collection plays out the tensions and travails of late 19th-century romance, in which English accents encounter American attitudes to powerful effect. Follow the drama as it unfolds in six scintillating episodes.
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (588 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The adventures continue with Dr. Gordon, his two children and the extraordinary ebony horse they rescued. Among the highlights, Dr. Gordon takes a young street urchin name Ned under his wing, but Ned is having trouble changing his thieving ways.
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The tyrannical patriarch of a dysfunctional but wealthy family summons his adult children for a Christmas reunion, but prior to the holiday his throat is slashed apparently by one of them.
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) : sound, color. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in the summer of 1917, the story follows the war-wounded Captain Arthur Hastings to the Styles St. Mary estate of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed mother to a suspicious younger man. Hastings runs into his old friend Hercule Poirot In the village. When the estate's trouble turns deadly, the friends unite to solve a most baffling case.