Hugh Bonneville
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
The story of an itinerant Jewish healer and preacher, who went from hero to victim in a single week, 2000 years ago, and ended up dead on a cross. Hugh Bonneville sets out to discover why that one execution had such seismic, lasting and global impact, for better and for worse.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Yearning for the romance in the books by her favorite author, Jane Austen, Amanda Price suddenly finds herself thrown into the nineteenth-century world of "Pride and prejudice," while Elizabeth Bennet is transported to Amanda's modern-day London.
5) Paddington 2
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy's hundredth birthday, Paddington sees a unique pop-up book in Mr. Gruber's antique shop, and embarks upon a series of odd jobs to buy it. But when the book is stolen, it's up to Paddington and the Browns to unmask the thief.
6) Notting Hill
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
The world's most famous movie star falls in love with a small-time bookstore owner.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Season two returns as the Great War rages across Europe, and not even the serene Yorkshire countryside is free from its effects. The men and women of Downton are doing their part both on the front lines and the home front, but the intensity of war only serves to inflame the more familiar passions of love, loss, blackmail, and betrayal.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ex-con Liam McDonagh wants nothing more than to live a peaceful life and to re-connect with his young son. After being released from prison, he learns his brother is caught up in a dark and dangerous web of corruption with property developer Clifford Cullen. In a drive for redemption, Liam must risk everything to save his brother and win back the trust of his family in this action-packed crime thriller.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect...
10) Daniel Deronda
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Daniel Deronda is sensitive and charming, the illegitimate son of an aristocrat, haunted by the secrets that shroud his birth. Beautiful, vivacious Gwendolen Harleth is a gambler and short on cash. When they meet at the roulette table, sparks fly. But above all, Gwendolen needs money, and the icy aristrocrat Henleigh Grandcourt is more than happy to provide. As her situation becomes more and more oppressive, she turns to Daniel for help-- only to...
11) Paddington
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The story of the comic misadventures of a young Peruvian bear that travels to the city in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined; until he meets the kindly Brown family who read the label around his neck that says 'Please look after this bear. Thank you,'" and offer him a temporary haven.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Set in an Edwardian country house in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them. In the drawing rooms, library, and beautiful bedrooms, with their tall windows looking across the park, lives the family, but below stairs are other residents, the servants, as fiercely possessive of their ranks as anyone above.
14) Bank of Dave
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true-life experiences of Dave Fishwick, Bank of Dave tells the story of how a working class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community bank. When Hugh is assigned to evaluate Dave's business plan, he all but expects it to be a joke. As Hugh see the good that Dave does in the community of Burnley though, Hugh starts to believe that Dave's bank could benefit the community. With the help of Dave's niece Alexandra,...
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
The film vividly portrays key moments in Martin Luther's story. The massive lightning storm that nearly killed him, the bleak self-punishment of his time in the monastery, the corruption that unleashed his anger, the theological breakthrough that reset Christian thought, his trial before the most powerful man in Europe, the staged kidnapping that helped him escape the death penalty, and his ongoing drive to reform the church.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Distressed young heiress Norma Restarick comes to see Hercule Poirot about 'a murder she might have committed.' The detective consults an old acquaintance, crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, who lives in the same building as the young woman and her two roommates. When Norma's childhood nanny is found dead, apparently by suicide, Poirot believes he has identified the victim. Next he must deduce the killer, while Norma's family fears for her sanity"--Container....
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
It is 1944 and thirteen year-old Tolly Oldknow is sent to spend Christmas with his grandmother, whilst his mother searches for news of his father in wartime London. In the old house, he becomes a witness to events during the Napoleonic wars and finds himself slowly drawn into participating in the drama. Invisible to most people in the past, he begins to unravel the mystery which has bewildered his family for two centuries. The solution to the puzzle...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The Dowager Countess reveals she has a villa in the south of France, and many of the family follow her there for a rest while some of the family stay behind to keep an eye on the cast and crew of a film which is shooting at the grand estate.