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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (230 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the gripping thriller from Jed Mercurio, veteran detective Tom Brannick connects a criminal's car pulled from the sea to a notorious series of disappearances, including his own wife's twenty years earlier. Brannick begins an obsessive campaign to unmask a possible assassin, code-named Goliath, in a case that evokes Northern Ireland's dark past.
Pub. Date
2006, c1974
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 650 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dramatization of the fall of the three great ruling houses of Europe in the latter half of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries, the Hapzburgs of Austria-Hungary, the Romanovs of Russia, and the Hohenzollerns of Germany.
3) Us
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 230 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three weeks, six countries and one divorce? What was supposed to be the holiday of a lifetime becomes a desperate quest for Douglas Petersen to save his marriage. From the bestselling novel by David Nicholls.
4) Chernobyl
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Description
Epic five-part miniseries dramatizing the events surrounding the 1986 nuclear accident, as told through the stories of the brave men and women who made incredible sacrifices to save Europe from unimaginable disaster
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (322 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When an executive for a global pharmaceutical company, Gumbiner-Fishcher, is found dead in Montreal, his wife Sarah's world is thrown into a tailspin. With the ensuing investigation led by garda Emer Byrne revealing more questions than answers, Sarah suddenly finds herself under suspicion, and her life under surveillance.
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Timothy Evans was hanged for the murder of his baby daughter Geraldine. The police also believed that he had killed his wife Beryl. But to his final moments Evans protested his innocence. Three years later, a gruesome discovery at Ten Rillington Place revealed that his neighbor, star prosecution witness John Reginald Christie knew much more about the sinister goings on in the house. Set in the dark confines of Christie's home, the powerful drama imagines...
9) Restless
Pub. Date
c2015.
Physical Desc
1 video disc (185 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A 2-part miniseries, based on the bestselling novel by William Boyd. Enter a cloak and dagger world where everyone and everything is under suspicion. Haunted by the death of her brother at the hands of fascist thugs, Russian émigré Eva Delectorskaya is recruited to be a British secret agent by the shadowy figure, Lucas Romer. After proving her merit in the field, she is sent on the most dangerous mission of her life. She must use any means necessary...
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 517 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dennis Potter's masterpiece mini-series follows the adventures, mishaps, and yearnings of a traveling song sheet peddler on a tight commission as he tries to make dreams fit the promises of the lyrics he carries.
11) Les miserables
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (371 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Against the backdrop of France at a time of civil unrest, this is the story of Jean Valjean, a former convict unable to escape his past life. His future is threatened by his nemesis, the chilling prison guard Javert, who is determined to bring him to justice. As revolution ignites on the streets of Paris, Jean Valjean begins an epic journey towards self-acceptance, redemption, and love.
12) To play the king
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (225 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Manipulative and corrupted English prime minister, Urquhart, has reached the pinnacle of power as the leader of his party, but the succession of a king opposed to his policies challenges Urquhart's authority.
13) Patrick Melrose
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (302 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm)
Description
Chronicling the hilarious highs and devastating lows of his tumultuous life, this blackly humorous drama follows Patrick from his childhood trauma at the hands of an abusive father and neglectful mother, to the peak of his heroin addiction, and his attempts to stay sober and support his family.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 275 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Against the stunning landscapes of Scotland's iconic Loch Ness, local detective sergeant, Annie Redford finds herself in the midst of her first murder investigation; DCI Lauren Quigley is called in to lead the investigation, joined by forensic psychologist Blake Albrighton who believes there is more to the murder than initially meets the eye. Grief, terror, and suspicion soon shatter the town's normality.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 336 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this Limited Event Series based on the award-winning novel. The story is told from the point of view of "Onion," a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's motley family of abolitionist soldiers battling slavery in Kansas, and eventually finds himself in the famous 1859 Army depot raid at Harpers Ferry, an inciting incident of the Civil War. It's a humorous and dramatic tale of Antebellum...
Description
Georgian England, where affairs of the heart are an exquisite game, and marriage the ultimate prize. But Elizabeth Bennet spirited, independent, and one of five unmarried sisters, is determined to wed for love, not money or privilege. Featuring over an hour of never-before-seen bonus features.
17) Code of a killer
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A three-part British police drama tells the true story of scientist Alec Jeffrey's discovery of DNA fingerprinting in the 1980s and its introductory use by Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker in catching a double murderer.
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Elinor, sensitive to social convention, struggles to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Will the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness...
19) John Adams
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 501 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
20) Howards End
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Howards End is the story of two independent and unconventional sisters and the men in their lives seeking love and meaning as they navigate an ever-changing world. The social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families - the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts.
