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1) Home fires
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Bitter rivals fight for control of the Women's Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. Separated from husbands, fathers, sons and brothers for years at a time, some permanently, they find themselves under extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world.
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Great Paxford's inspirational band of women return for more incredible stories from the home front as they deal with imminent threat during the Battle of Britain. As the nation finds itself increasingly beleaguered, relationships, friendships, and loyalties within the community will be tested as never before. The women find they must heighten their efforts to boost morale amidst the chaos and uncertainty enveloping the village.
3) Copenhagen
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Drama based on a pivotal meeting in 1941 between physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
From the mind of mystery maven Agatha Christie comes what is considered to be the original crime-solving couple, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Redefining the conventions of the mystery genre, providing a prototype for many male/female detective teams that followed.
5) Cleopatra
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp
Pub. Date
©2005
Description
The epic saga of legendary Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and her attempt to stabilize her power and gain control of the Roman Empire. When Caesar visits Egypt, Cleopatra gains control by ousting her brother with his help. She marries Caesar, and bears him the son fate had previously denied him. Joining him in Rome--to ensure that the boy takes his rightful place after his father--her plans are thwarted when Caesar is assassinated and she must flee....
6) Krull
Formats
Description
Prince Colwyn sets out on a daring journey to rescue his young bride who is held captive by the Beast. But slayers and alien beings under the command of the Beast oppose him at every turn. Colwyn must first reach a faraway cavern to recover the legendary Glaive, a key to phenomenal powers, then continue his search, witnessing sights and events beyond his wildest imagination. Facing the Beast, Colwyn must use the magic of the Glaive to save his fantastic...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Helen, Jake and Natalie are thrown into disarray when their recently widowed mother announces her love for a new man. Their suspicion of the newcomer triggers events in the siblings' own love lives, which begin to spiral out of control. Can the family pull together, or will old rifts and new conflicts push them apart, even to the point of violence?
9) Home fires
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Bitter rivals fight for control of the Women's Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. Separated from husbands, fathers, sons and brothers for years at a time, some permanently, they find themselves under extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[©2004]
Description
Prince plays Christopher Tracy, an American musician living on the French Riviera and on the bank accounts of bored divorcees. The money is good but not good enough, so Christopher sets out to woo and marry a lovely young heiress. But he didn't count on confronting the heiress' enraged father, or falling in love.
11) Lillie
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2008
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.
Series
Tommy and Tuppence volume Set 1
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
©2002
Description
Dame Agatha's tales of crime-solving couple Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, a fun-loving and flirtatious pair who thrive on matching wits with criminals and with each other. This set chronicles their partnership from its beginnings and as proprietors of a detective agency.
13) Macbeth
Series
Criterion collection volume 726
Description
A classic tragedy about the lust for power and its ultimate bloody consequences. Macbeth is a Scottish war hero whose insane ambition unleashes a cycle of violence. Prompted by the supernatural prophecy of three witches, Macbeth is then goaded by his lady into slaying King Duncan in order to assume the throne. He plunges further into murder and moral decay to keep the unsteady crown on his head.
14) Cranford
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Cranford [DVDC 4011 pt. 1]: Adapted from Elizabeth Gaskell's novels, the five-episode miniseries Cranford focuses on female characters in the 19th-century British town to thematically contemplate encroaching modernity in rural England. With the camera roving house to house, each drama within the grander story is constructed of scenes featuring dialogue between several gossipy ladies obsessed with moral code, romantic ideas about courtship, and social...
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Great Expectations: "Nothing is quite as it seems for young orphan Pip in this superb retelling of Dickens' classic coming-of-age novel..." -cover.
Jane Eyre: "When a lonely young governess falls in love with the father of her new student at Thornfield Hall, things finally appear to be going well for Jane Eyre. However, Jane and Mr. Rochester are haunted by the mysteries of their past lives..." -cover.
Wuthering Heights: "The fiery romance of Heathcliff...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Mrs. Wilson: It's 1963, and Alison Wilson returns home to find husband Alexander dead. Soon afterward, a woman arrives at the door, claiming to be Alec's 'real wife.' Alison embarks on a mission of discovery to try and find out who her husband was, but from their wartime romance to a mysterious period in India, it soon becomes clear that Alec died holding his secrets close to his chest.
Flesh and blood: Helen, Jake and Natalie are thrown into disarray...
