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Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
The beloved characters of Downton Abbey take to the big screen, and it turns out that they've got a major event to prepare for. After all, it's not every day that royalty makes an appearance. Of course, it's not long before tensions are running high. The property isn't even close to ready when it becomes clear that Carson the butler will need to come out of retirement to help run this sinking ship before it's too late.
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.
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
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The Defoes are back at newly merged law firm Noble Hale Defoe. An Hannah's latest case--the divorce of the UK's most powerful celebrity couple--is set to put NHD on the map. As Hannah fights one of the most public cases of her career, she's also fighting a private battle to save her own marriage. Following the devastating revelation of Nathan's betrayal, her formerly rock-solid marriage is beginning to crack. As she finds herself in a passionate affair...
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.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Soon after England declared war on Germany in 1939, Lancashire housewife Nella Last began writing a diary as part of a public project. She was 49 and fearful that she wouldn't be able to cope with her son's enlistment and life alone with her domineering husband. Recounts her experience of wartime privations, but also her dawning sense of independence. Amid the hardships of food rations and air raids, Nella's volunteer work for the war effort fills...
8) Walter's war
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Meet Walter Tull, the Jackie Robinson of professional English football before World War I, and survivor of the worst racial slurs his opponents can hurl at him. When the game turns to war in 1914 and the playing field to the Battle of Somme, Tull makes history again as the first mixed-race officer in the British Army.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Stunning locations at home and abroad provide the backdrop for this hit British mystery series. From their former careers as a university plant biologist and a police officer, Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme bring unique investigative talents to their horticultural and human mysteries. Their unobtrusive presence in the garden gives them unique access to secrets other detectives might miss--and that murderers would rather not reveal.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The year is 1925. Momentous changes threaten the great house, its owners, and its servants, while past scandals continue to loom. Return to the sumptuous setting of Downton Abbey for the sixth and final season to discover what will finally become of the Crawley family, and the servants who work for them, as they face new challenges and begin forging different paths in a rapidly changing world. Secrets and rifts threaten the unity of the family, while...
13) Small island
Author
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The lives of a Jamaican couple and an English couple are interlocked in post-World War II Britain.
14) Lost empires
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A young man joins his uncle in a magic show and is introduced to the world of the British music hall.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
After the tragic murder of King Simon by an unknown assailant, Cyrus, Simon's arrogant brother, has taken the throne with the help of Queen Helena. Prince Liam seeks vengeance for the death of the king while Princess Eleanor struggles to live her seemingly fairytale life. While allies are formed and enemies are made in the royal palace, nothing is what it seems and everyone has their own agenda. Not since Marie Antoinette has there been so much anarchy...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life and times of Queen Victoria from her childhood to her early rise to power and the first turbulent years of her rule. Her romantic relationship and eventual marriage to Prince Albert culminates in a royal power struggle which ultimately is the key to her happiness when she comes to the realization that he is someone she can fully trust and believe in.
18) Spy : series 1
Publisher
BFS
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In this award-winning British sitcom, bumbling single father Tim Elliott is accidentally recruited as a trainee spy for MI5 when applying for a civil service position.
19) MI-5 : volume 4
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The group was left reeling after the shocking death of Danny at the hands of hostage-takers as the last season concluded. Now Adam, Harry, Ruth, Fiona and rising star Zafar set out to become even stronger in their battle to safeguard the nation.
Publisher
Electric Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
In the final days of the First World War, during Malta's revolution for independence, two British officers are tasked with quelling the riots and covering up the bloody encounter, while innocent protesters are jailed and killed.
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