Simon Callow
1) Casanova
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The original unedited British version, this mini series alternates between the gripping love triangle involving the young Casanova and the swan song of the world's most notorious lothario.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 376 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
These four lavish productions are all-new adaptations of Christie classics and feature Geraldine McEwan starring in: The Murder at the Vicarage, The Body in the Library, A Murder is Announced, and 4:50 From Paddington.
3) Maurice
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
E.M. Forster's story of two Edwardian-era Cambridge graduates that fall in love, but must abide by British society's strict norms regarding homosexuality.
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rob Haley, an up-and-coming chef and restaurateur in London, is grief-stricken when he loses his wife. With encouragement from his infamous friend and real-life TV chef Gordon Ramsay, Rob decides to spice up his life by turning a run-down country pub into a gourmet restaurant. His food catches the eye, and taste buds, of beautiful American food critic Kate Templeton, and they soon both write a recipe for love that leaves their hearts, and their stomachs,...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 186 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The idyllic villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in this British detective series. First, a woman is stabbed in the neck with a quill near a Georgian re-creation event celebrating Jane Austen. Then, the winner of a prestigious music award is found strangled with a violin string moments before a performance.
6) Amadeus
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Mozart arrives at the court of Emperor Joseph II, court composer Antonio Salieri is horrified to discover that the godlike musical gifts he desires himself have been bestowed on a bawdy joker. Mad with envy, he plots to destroy Mozart by any means.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria's remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim, a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen's Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (558 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The English village mystery gets a contemporary spin in this hit British television series that has earned a worldwide following. Bucolic settings harbor macabre crimes and eccentric characters that are no match for DCI John Barnaby; his assistant, DS Jamie Winter; and new pathologist, Dr. Fleur Perkins.
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (226 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four weddings and a funeral: Handsome Londoner just can't get himself to commit. The more he sees his mates tie the knot, the less he wants to be roped in himself. But all of that changes when he meets a free-spirited American names Carrie. Charles begins to pursue her, only to find that she, too, is ready to take the plunge -- with someone else!
Impromptu: Bohemian author and provocateur George Sand is setting Pariz ablaze by wearing men's clothing...
14) Othello
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (93, 91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (10 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Description
Dramatization of William Shakespeare's play in which the evil Iago plants the seeds of doubt in Othello's mind about Desdemona's fidelity.