Granada Productions.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 900 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As the most opulent hotel in Manchester, England, during the decadent Roaring '20s, The Grand is more than a building. It's a nexus for schemes, scandals, romance and intrigue. For owner John Bannerman, The Grand symbolizes a tradition of luxury and elegance begun by his father. For Marcus Bannerman, it becomes a risky investment and a way to entice his brother's wife into bed. And for the maids and porters employed there, it represents a possible...
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.
4) The Queen
Pub. Date
c2005, [2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Queen begins with a familiar epigraph "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" - Henry IV, Part II. The action of the film takes place during the week following the death, on August 31, 1997 of Diana, Princess of Wales. One of its accomplishments, courtesy of adroit use of newsreel and other contemporary footage, is to remind viewers of the deep sadness that surrounded that event. It is also about the divergent and potentially ruinous ways...