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Publisher
Pbs Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Set in an Edwardian country house in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of Lord Grantham and the rest of the Crawley family, as well as the servants who work for them. In the drawing rooms, library, and beautiful bedrooms, with their tall windows looking across the park, lives the family, but below stairs are other residents, the servants, as fiercely possessive of their ranks as anyone above.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. Inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham, modern master of the English village mystery, the series stars Neil Dudgeon as the capable Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby, with Jason Hughes as his earnest, efficient partner, Detective Sergeant Ben Jones. Guest stars include Warren Clarke, Joanna David, Genevieve O'Reilly, and...
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When the first season of Stranger Things debuted on Netflix in the summer of 2016, the show struck a nerve with millions of viewers worldwide and received broad critical acclaim. The series has gone on to win six Emmy Awards, but its success was driven more than anything by word of mouth, resonating across generations. Viewers feel personal connections to the characters. Now fans can immerse themselves in the world--or worlds--of Hawkins, Indiana,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From her creation of the first 'Approval Matrix' in New York magazine in 2004 to her Pulitzer Prize-winning columns for The New Yorker, Emily Nussbaum has known all along that what we watch is who we are. In this collection, including several substantive, never-before-published essays, Nussbaum writes about her passion for television beginning with Buffy--as she writes, a show that was so much more than its critical assessment--the evolution of female...
Publisher
Back Door Productions
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Includes all 8 half-hour Rick Steves' Europe TV shows on Spain, airing from 2000 to 2012. The shows included are: Barcelona and Catalunya; Basque Country; Northern Spain and the Camino de Santiago; The Majesty of Madrid; Highlights of Castille: Toledo and Salamanca; Sevilla; Granada, Cordoba and Spain's Costa del Sol; and Andalu̕ca, Gibraltar and Tangier.
Author
Publisher
Dey St. [an imprint of William Morrow Publishers]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This is the hit series of Sherlock as you've never seen it before, from story development to casting, sets, costumes, props, music, and more. With unprecedented access to the production team's archives, as well as all-new interviews, unseen script pages, more than 500 illustrations, including color photographs, pieces of concept art, and storyboards, Sherlock: Chronicles unlocks the secrets of each unforgettable case in the words of the show's creators,...
Publisher
Discovery
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Mysterious flying objects, unexplained disappearances, species invasions: a swirl of suspicion has circled our planet for decades, but few definitive answers have been offered. This collection combs through three and a half hours of evidence, interviews, and theories that attempt to explain the unexplained. From astronauts to abductees, a variety of sources submit film footage and firsthand testimonies to be examined in search for the truth.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Explore nature, discover amazing animals, and meet wild animal babies with the Wild Kratts! Join Martin Kratt and Chris Kratt as they learn about the unique ways young animals are raised and protected by their parents. In select adventures on this DVD, the crew helps an adorable (and majorly destructive) baby elephant stay out of trouble, wrangles some playful lion cubs, and more! It's adventure at its most adorable!
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
One by one, defendants are led into court to face their fate. Willy and Frankie, Helen and Liam, family man Kenny and seventeen-year-old Stephen are ordinary people, or so it seems. Are they innocent or guilty? Will the jury make the right decision? From the writer of Cracker and The Street, winner of two international Emmys, the British anthology series pulls viewers in as the tension builds.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Wealth, power, deception, and double-dealing... what does it take to build a dynasty? A modern re-imagining of the iconic primetime soap, centering on the powerful Carrington family as they defend their throne against the Colbys, new rivals and threats, and even each other.
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Prepare to enter phase nine of television's perpetual laughter experiment as the show successfully fuses the elements of science and sitcom. Our two genius roommates, Leonard and Sheldon, and their friends are back once again (smarter, but no wiser). Last season, Sheldon went soul-searching (on a train, of course) and was prepared to make some substantial revisions on his Relationship Agreement with Amy, when everything changed.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Delivers more hard-hitting drama in these final episodes from the hit series. Follows each case from the scene of the crime to the jury's verdict, portraying with uncompromising realism the professional and personal pressures that detectives endure.
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