Anton Lesser
1) The courier
Publisher
Lionsgate
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of a British businessman unwittingly recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Forming an unlikely partnership with a Soviet officer hoping to prevent a nuclear confrontation, the two men work together to provide the crucial intelligence used to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 608 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season two follows Queen Elizabeth through the late 1950s and early '60s as she struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her. She must face the challenges of a new era, from the Suez Canal crisis to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.
3) Disobedience
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 115 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A woman returns to the community that shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.
Publisher
PBS
Publication Date
2022.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 265 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
1971 has barely just begun and CID is still reeling from the events of the past year. Any hope of remaining on light duties has vanished and the team find themselves right back in the thick of it.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's 1969, and things have taken a darker turn for the old Cowley team. With the gang now scattered across Oxfordshire, it takes a series of brutal crimes to reunite them. Now joined by former adversary DCI Ronnie Box and his sidekick DS Alan Jago, the gang must battle crime and corruption to finally solve their greatest challenge, which is to find the truth behind George Fancy's death.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Publication Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Last seen languishing in a prison cell and framed for a crime he didn't commit, Endeavour is compelled to return to duty when a young woman's baffling murder requires his singularly cerebral mind to solve.
Publisher
PBS
Publication Date
[2025]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (11 hr., 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This is the spellbinding story of royal 'fixer' Thomas Cromwell during the brutally capricious reign of Henry VIII. Based on Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning trio of novels, Academy Award winner Mark Rylance, stars as Thomas Cromwell and Emmy Award winner Damian Lewis, as King Henry VIII. The first installment 'Wolf hall' focuses on Cromwell's rise to power in the king's court and his role in the downfall of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn....
Publisher
Mammoth Screen Limited
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (280 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Spring 1972 brings with it a new start for Morse, having taken time out to deal with the drink. His return to CID coincides with a gruesome discovery in a college garden. The investigation leads him and Thursday to a celebrated orchestra and when a second tragedy hits, they uncover a web of secrets at the company's core.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 444 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Having escaped to hide in Elizabethan London, Matthew and Diana must find a powerful witch teacher to help Diana control her magic and search for the elusive Book of Life. Enemies are everywhere, the threat to witches is growing, and Diana and Matthew's romance faces a barrage of new threats, from within as much as without.
Publisher
PBS
Publication Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 265 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Endeavour and his colleagues are entering a new decade and era of change. Opening on New Year's Eve 1969, normal order has been resumed and the team reunited at Castle Gate CID, with Chief Superintendent Bright back in charge. However, the events of the past year have left their mark. Old friendships will be challenged, and new relationships will blossom.
Publisher
Mammoth Screen Limited
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the finale of Season three, Oxford's finest are picking up the pieces of their personal and professional lives. DC Endeavour Morse awaits the result of his Sergeant's Exam, while DI Fred Thursday and his wife Win struggle to cope with their children flying the nest. With sam gone to the Army and the traumatized Joan gone off to who knows where, there are even greater challenges still to face.
Publisher
BBC
Publication Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Meet Hans Litten, the brilliant young lawyer who dares to cross-examine Adolf Hitler in a Berlin courtroom in 1931. Litten's goal: to expose Hitler's true character and murderous plans, and halt the rapid rise of the Nazi Party. His reward: the red-hot hatred and fatal revenge of a hostile witness. It sweeps you into this little-known, true story of collision between the future Fuhrer's blatant contempt for the law, and Litten's brave but futile attempt...
13) Wolf Hall
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Publication Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 360 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thomas Cromwell is a brutal blacksmith's son who rises from the ashes of personal disaster and deftly picks his way through a court where 'man is wolf to man.' King Henry VIII is obsessed with protecting the Tudor dynasty by securing his succession with a male heir to the throne. Told from Cromwell's perspective, "Wolf Hall" follows the complex machinations and back room dealings of this pragmatic and accomplished power broker who must serve king...
14) The exception
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
15) Miss Potter
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Publication Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In an effort to give their younger brother, Norman a project to keep him busy now that he has joined the family publishing house, the older Warne brothers agree to publish Miss Beatrix Potter's first children's book. They don't expect the book to sell well, but they need to keep Norman busy. As a single woman living in Edwardian London, Beatrix suspects this endeavor may provide her with a small measure of freedom. But she also has very specific ideas...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Publication Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 540 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As 1968 dawns, a year of change promises to disrupt the private and professional lives of Endeavour Morse and his colleagues. Endeavour's recent promotion leads him to reluctantly mentor new recruit Fancy, while Thursday is beginning to think about life after the police. But in Oxford, crime never sleeps, and the team continues to be challenged by mysterious and intriguing cases of murder, greed, and deception. Meanwhile, the rise of organized crime...
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Publication Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 558 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the shocking developments at the end of season 5 -- including Jon Snow's bloody fate at the hands of Castle Black mutineers, Daenerys' near-demise at the fighting pits of Meereen, and Cersei's public humiliation in the streets of King's Landing -- survivors from all parts of Westeros and Essos regroup to press forward, inexorably, towards their uncertain individual fates. Familiar faces will forge new alliances to bolster their strategic chances...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Publication Date
2013
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (8 hr. 48 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Hollow crown: New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard; II King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2 and King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption,...