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1) Shadowplay
Author
Description
"Henry Irving is Victorian London's most celebrated actor and theater impresario. He has introduced groundbreaking ideas to the theater, bringing to the stage performances that are spectacular, shocking, and always entertaining. When Irving decides to open his own London theater with the goal of making it the greatest playhouse on earth, he hires a young Dublin clerk harboring literary ambitions by the name of Bram Stoker to manage it. As Irving's...
2) Come Away
Publisher
Relativity Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
In this imaginative origin story of two of the most beloved characters in literature, Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland, eight-year-old Alice, her mischievous brother Peter, and their brilliant older sibling David let their imaginations run wild one blissful summer in the English countryside, encouraged by their parents Jack and Rose.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
The Happy Prince tells the untold story of the last days of Oscar Wilde. Though his last days were tragic, Wilde reflects on his life with humor at a distance. As he lies on his deathbed in Paris, memories of his life come to him in flashes. He recounts his fame in London and how he fell from grace in the same city. He looks back at his past lovers including his wife, his affair with a lord, and the love of someone who tried saving him in the end....
7) The hour
Publisher
Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas
Pub. Date
©2011
Description
"London, 1956. At Lime Grove Studios, the BBC has just launched 'The Hour,' a topical news program. At the heart of the show are three contrasting journalists: enigmatic producer Bel Rowley, a spirited woman in a man's world; her best friend, Freddie Lyon, a brilliant and passionate reporter; and charming, well-connected front man Hector Madden. As Freddie moves to cover a significant but controversial story, the trio becomes entangled in an intense...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Appears on list
Description
Independent Elizabeth Bennet is determined that she will wed only for love. Her parents have five unmarried daughters for whom the mother is determined to find advantageous marriages. The wealthy Mr. Bingley, his friend, the mysterious and proud Mr. Darcy, and Mr. Wickham, a charming, but "scandalous cad," come to visit the countryside and become interested in three of the Bennet daughters.
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
POP-UP & LIFT-THE-FLAP BOOKS. In Lift-the-Flap Fairy Tales: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, the traditional fairy tale is retold in irreverent, playful rhyme that's perfect for reading aloud, and brilliantly accompanied by Nick Sharratt's bright and vibrant illustrations. There are flaps to lift and pop-up surprises on every page: take a peek under the bridge to see who's hiding there, see the troll jump out at the goats, and watch him go tumbling down...
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
In Lift-the-Flap Fairy Tales: Little Red Riding Hood, the traditional fairy tale is retold in Stephen Tucker's irreverent, playful rhyme that's perfect for reading aloud, and brilliantly accompanied by Nick Sharratt's bright and vibrant illustrations. There are flaps to lift and pop-up surprises on every page: see the Big Bad Wolf jump out from behind a tree, watch him run away from the brave woodcutter and then open the wardrobe to set poor Granny...
11) Cinderella
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
PICTURE STORYBOOKS. In Lift-the-Flap Fairy Tales: Cinderella, the traditional fairy tale is retold in irreverent, playful rhyme that's perfect for reading aloud, and brilliantly accompanied by Nick Sharratt's bright and vibrant illustrations. There are flaps to lift and pop-up surprises on every page: open the invitation to the Royal Ball, see the Fairy Godmother appear in a puff of smoke, and watch Cinderella's pumpkin magically turn into a magnificent...
13) Fortysomething
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Appears on list
Description
Paul Slippery is an anxiety-ridden British doctor suffering from all those symptoms and more. His wife has embarked on a new career and perhaps an extramarital affair or two. His three oversexed sons mock him without mercy. And at work he's tangled in red tape and tormented by a flaky colleague.
14) MI-5: Volume 5
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2008
Description
With chronic fuel shortages and a series of terror strikes, the country is in crisis. As the Prime Minister fights to hold onto power, the public mood turns rebellious. Harry and Adam begin to face the horrifying fact that the country is under attack.
15) Benjamin
Publisher
Artsploitation
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
A charmingly offbeat gay romantic comedy about a mess-of-a-filmmaker juggling the anxieties and excitement of his upcoming film premiere with the fear and awkwardness of a burgeoning romance. Written and directed by British comedian Simon Amstell who peppers this charming, laugh-out-loud funny tale with hilariously deadpan one-liners and a scene-stealing cast of supporting characters.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Teenage secret agent Cody Banks must track down a former instructor who's gone rogue and left the States with a mind-control microchip. Cody masquerades as a musical prodigy to get close to a snobby, egocentric scientist who lives in London and is the only person who can make the microchip work. Along the way, Cody hooks up with a demoted agent and a teenage Scotland Yard operative.
Publisher
Distributed by MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
A hard-hitting police drama set in the vice unit of the Metropolitan Police, based in the heart of London's West End. Prostitution, pornography and murder are all part of the workload for the vice team as they investigate the capital's darker secrets.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
©2007
Description
Ah, suburbia. The smell of newly mown grass, the colorful blooms in flowerbeds, the clatter of automatic gunfire-- at least, that's how it goes in Little Stempington, a posh London 'burb where the ladies care more about turf wars than topsoil. They stash Glocks in Tupperware, extort protection money from the Wicker Barn, and peddle black-market estrogen patches at the local pub. When mild-mannered Joyce Hazledine moves to town, she finds herself caught...
19) Crush
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Description
Kate and her two best friends, all forty-something, get together weekly for ritual gin drinking, cigarette smoking, chocolate eating and discussing their intimate adventures with the opposite sex. When Kate reconnects with a 25-year-old former student, they begin a steamy love affair. But when Kate's friends conspire to save her from her obsession, their sisterhood is put to the ultimate test.
