British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approxiamately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alongside the fastest, strongest, smartest animals are nature's misfits, odd, bizarre and unlikely creatures that seem ill-equipped for survival. Somehow they manage to cling to life and in some cases even thrive. Revealing some surprising details about how evolution really works, demonstrating that all animals are remarkably well-adapted to their chosen way of life.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A visit with the planet's greatest animal hustlers. Meet the shape shifters, mimics, masters of disguise and illusion, cheats and sneaks in the animal world. This series reveals the modus operandi of remarkable animals going to elaborate lengths to claw their way to the top.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 186 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide (12 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Description
Award-winning author and historian Amanda Vickery hosts this engrossing look into an often-overlooked subject: the life and work of female artists. The series offers a comprehensive examination of women artists, beginning with the Renaissance and ending with the early twentieth century.
7) Life story
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 312 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The makers of the Emmy Award(r)-winning series Life take viewers deeper than ever into the perilous and exhilarating drama humans share with every other animal on the planet, from the circumstances of birth and the struggle to reach adulthood, secure a home and find a mate, to the unpredictable challenges thrust on all creatures by the environment, enemies and even families.
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Suave, sophisticated Detective Inspector Lynley and his prickly, plebian sidekick Detective Sergeant Havers are back with two new gripping mysteries in this sixth and final series. But with Lynley struggling to cope with his wife's death -- and Havers struggling with her partner's heavy drinking -- will they be able to focus on solving crime?
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Living in the depths of the New Guinean Rainforest are birds of unimaginable color and beauty. When Europeans first saw the plumes of these fabulous creatures in the sixteenth century, they believed they must be from heaven and called them Birds of Paradise. The people of New Guinea make even greater claims. They say the birds possess supernatural powers and magic. But to find these birds in New Guinea and to witness their extraordinary mating displays...
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
4 or 5 videodiscs (approximately 645 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures. From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers, [the program] takes you to places you've never been to experience sights and sounds never before captured on film. Prepare to be overwhelmed by the beauty and majesty of 'Planet Earth'"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (591 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Architectural historian Dan Cruickshank embarks on a five-month, 34-country world tour visiting his selection of the 80 greatest buildings, artworks, and other man-made treasures that define human civilization.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (500 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Basil Fawlty is the sharp-tongued, short-fused owner of Fawlty Towers, a hotel plagued by crisis, chaos and bizarre characters. This set collects all 12 episodes of the British comedy, and also includes interviews with the writer and star, John Cleese.
Pub. Date
p1986, c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Work 1. When Colonel Lucius Protheroe; the most hated man in the village of St. Mary Mead, is found dead there is no shortage of suspects. Work 2. Miss Marple is asked to solve a crime and right an injustice; there's just one problem, first she must discover what crime was committed.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Gently evil: Called to a crime scene at a working-class boarding house, Gently and Bacchus find a woman horribly beaten to death, her eyes covered discreetly with a handkerchief. The victim also carried her daughter's birth certificate, with the name of the child's father crossed out and "satan" penciled in. Following this lead, Gently and Bacchus probe the twisted secrets of a family that seems to harbor pure evil. Peace & love: When nuclear submarines...
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (356 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Never afraid to question the establishment, despite threats to his future and to his loved ones that faced him in the last series, Judge John Deed has more than enough to contend with before he even arrives at court. His daughter, willful Charlie, has decided to follow in her father's footsteps and embark on a legal career of her own; while close confidante Jo Mills is struggling to balance her home and work responsibilities with caring for a foster...
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (225 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in rural England during the Second World War, the highly popular, award-winning drama returns for a third five-part series and continues to follow the lives and loves of the Land Girls who are working the fields in the Women's Land Army.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Can Judge John Deed's unrelenting idealism lead to ultimate justice? Or is his rebellious nature doing more harm than good? In two nail-biting double episodes, the eponymous judge is sent to the Hague as the British representative at the International Criminal Court, where he must try a young soldier for war crimes in Iraq. Instead he uncovers nefarious reasons for bringing him to trial.