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2) Doc Martin
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When the brilliant but socially awkward and neurotic Doc Martin develops an aversion to blood, he abandons his career as a celebrated London surgeon and becomes the only doctor in a sleepy small town where his tactless manner soon has everybody in an uproar. Watch Martin get to know the town's hysterical mix of quirky residents as he finds new ways to put his foot in his mouth.
4) Hee haw
Publisher
Time Life Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A weekly comedy and country music series.
10) Nobody's fool
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
In this affectionate story of small town life in upstate New York, Sully, a fitfully employed 60-year-old construction worker, is a cheerful curmudgeon who has made a lifetime of bad decisions. He unexpectedly has a chance to make right some of them when his estranged son and grandson drop back into his life.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The heartwarming 'tail' of a young girl whose life is changed by a scruffy, fun-loving pooch she names Winn-Dixie. The special bond between them works magic on her reserved dad and the eccentric townspeople they meet during one unforgettable summer.
12) Our town
Publisher
PBS Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Stage production of Wilder's play; a study of life, love, and death in a New England town at the turn of the 20th century.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Dr. Martin Ellingham is brilliant, dedicated, and highly efficient. He's also brusque, abrasive, and terrified of blood. Once a successful London surgeon, he's now a GP in the idyllic Cornish fishing village of Portwenn, where he's every bit as eccentric as the villagers he serves.
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby? Why doesn't he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty-and fun-in their routine and the world around them.
16) Olive Kitteridge
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The four-part drama that tells the story of a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationships with her husband, Henry, the good-hearted and kindly town pharmacist; their son, Christopher, who resents his mother's...
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
What good can a splash of color do in a community of gray? As Mira and her neighbors discover, more than one might ever imagine! Based on a true story of the Urban Art Trail in San Diego, California, Maybe something beautiful reveals how art can inspire transformation--and how even the smallest artists can accomplish something big. Pick up a paintbrush and join the celebration!
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
As a hard-charging London surgeon, Martin Ellingham didn't need a bedside manner. His patients were unconscious, so he could be as rude and arrogant as he pleased. All that changes when he develops a crippling fear of blood and is forced to give up surgery. Now a GP in a sleepy, picturesque Cornish fishing village, Doc Martin offends everyone in town, including the one person he wants to impress, beautiful teacher Louisa Glasson. Getting her attention...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
p2011
Language
English
Description
Based on the character of Dr. Martin Bamford from the film Saving Grace, this Doc Martin has a different name, different medical specialty, and different personality from the later TV series, but he's still selfish, short-tempered and dislikes dogs. The doctor flees to the coastal village of Port Isaac (later called Portwenn in the TV series) to reassess his marriage and his career.
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