Hugh Bonneville
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In 1517, power was in the hands of the few, thought was controlled by the chosen, and common people lived lives without hope. On October 31 of that year, a penniless monk named Martin Luther sparked the revolution that would change everything. He had no army. In fact, he preached nonviolence so powerfully that — 400 years later — Michael King would change his name to Martin Luther King to show solidarity with the original movement. This movement,...
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.
4) To Olivia
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
1962, Roald Dahl was a upcoming children’s author, his wife, Patricia Neal, was a Hollywood movie star. Their lives are turned upside down when their daughter Olivia contracted measles and died. Her death devastated the couple, yet their shared grief became a source of redemption and strength.
Series
Publisher
Hit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Determined to prove his importance on Sodor, Thomas takes James' trucks and sets off on a big adventure to the Mainland. On the way, he makes friends with the cheerful and helpful 'Experimental Engines' but, after a wrong turn, finds himself lost in the steelworks. There, Thomas encounters two mysterious engines who instantly make him feel welcome but who aren't what they first seem.
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
St. Mary Mead is abuzz with the news that Hollywood star Marina Gregg has moved inot Gossington Hall. When Marina and her dashing young husband host a party for the village, a garrulous fan drops dead after drinking a poisoned cocktail. But was the drink meant for her or for Marina? Miss Marple ponders a cast of suspicious characters.
8) Iris
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scnario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal-- to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
With dreams of escaping her provincial upbringing, Emma Rouault marries local doctor Charles Bovary. But it is not long before she feels constrained and frustrated by married life. Ignoring her devoted husband and immersing herself in romantic fantasies, Emma begins a string of affairs. First, a young student, Lon, captures her imagination, but when the dashing aristocrat, Rodolphe, shows Emma the alternatives to married life, she enters into the...
10) The Cazalets
Publisher
WBGH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Shows the idyllic life of an upper class English family, the Cazalets, the summer of 1937 when the storm clouds of war brewed over Europe.
Publisher
Thirteen/WNET
Pub. Date
©2014
Language
English
Description
Six celebrated hosts to tell the stories behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays, revealing not just the elements in the play, but the history of the play itself. What sparked the creation of each of these works? Where did Shakespeare get his plots, and what cultural, political and religious factors influenced his writing? Why has this body of work endured so thoroughly? What, in the end, makes Shakespeare so great?
13) Notting Hill
Language
English
Formats
Description
Every man's dream comes true for William Thacker, a successless Notting Hill bookstore owner, when Anna Scott, the world's most beautiful woman and best-liked actress, enters his shop. A little later, he still can't believe it himself, William runs into her again - this time spilling orange juice over her. Anna accepts his offer to change in his nearby apartment, and thanks him with a kiss, which seems to surprise her even more than him. Eventually,...
15) Bonekickers
Publisher
Acorn Media
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dr. Gillian Magwilde leads an intrepid team of archaeologists as they come across mud, blood, and death-defying adventure when they start digging. A blend of modern forensics with historical mysteries.
Army of God: Archaeology professor Gregory 'Dolly' Parton's dig in Somerset stumbles upon mysterious early 14th century remains from both parties of the Knights Templar crusade fight against the Turkish Saracen sultan Mamluk's troops for Jerusalem....
Publisher
PBS Distribution
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
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Henry VI, Parts I and II and Richard III tell the story of an exceptionally turbulent period in British history. These exhilarating and emotionally charged films feature some of Shakespeare's most eloquent and powerful language.
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...
Language
English
Formats
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.