Emilia Fox
1) Agnes Grey
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Anne Bronte's first novel, Agnes Grey, combines an astute dissection of middle-class social behavior and class attitudes with a wonderful study of Victorian responses to young children which has parallels with debates about education that continue to this day. In writing the novel, Bronte drew on her own experiences, and one can trace in the work many of the trials of the Victorian governess, often stranded far from home, and treated with little respect...
3) Cashback
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ben develops insomnia after a painful breakup. To kill time, he takes a night shift at the local supermarket. Dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour shift, Ben imagines freezing time, which allows him to see the beauty of the everyday world. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival** and **SXSW Film Festival**.
Publisher
Smithsonian Channel
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Description: Over 800 paintings of flora from around the world decorate the walls of the Marianne North Gallery of London's Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, each one a testament to the extraordinary life of the woman who painted them.
6) Rebecca
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
A timid young girl marries a troubled widower only to find her new home is haunted by the memory of Rebecca, the first wife.
7) The pianist
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
The pianist is the true story of Polish Jew Wladyslaw Szpilman, a celebrated composer and brilliant pianist, who witnessed the brutal Nazi occupation of his beloved city, the creation of the Warsaw Ghetto and the deportation of his entire family to the labour camps. Surrounded by the madness and horror of war-torn Europe, Szpilman finds safety in the generosity and kindness of strangers in a story of the true power of humanity.
8) Ballet shoes
Publisher
Koch Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Three orphans raised by the niece of an eccentric explorer in 1930s London aspire to careers on the stage and in the theater.
9) Keeping mum
Publisher
Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
An absent-minded vicar of a rural parish is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wife's dalliance with her brash golf instructor, his daughter's parade of new boyfriends, and his young son's regular trouncing by the school's bullies. Enter their new housekeeper, Grace, the answer to the family's prayers. Grace is a sweet old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house, with an unusual way of solving...
10) Rebecca
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Daphne du Maurier’s tale of romance, suspense, and jealousy is brought to life in this lavish Masterpiece Theatre production.
12) Henry VIII
Publisher
Granada International
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
This tale of Henry VIII depicts the sexual intrigue, betrayal and rivalry that existed within his Court, in a reign hallmarked by political and religious upheaval, violence and corruption.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
A London mansion housing a huge library of rare old photos gets a new owner who is bent on chucking the pictures and remaking the house as a business college. The library's manager is determined to save the collection at all costs.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
When Jerry Burton moves to Lymstock to convalesce after a motorcycle crash, he meets villagers who traffic in gossip and double-entendres. But the accusations in several anonymous poison-pen letters go beyond the usual prattle. In fact, scandalous hate mail leads two citizens to commit suicide. Or were they murdered? With her keen powers of observation and quiet common-sense analysis, Miss Marple uncovers the shameful secrets that sent a quaint village...
15) Fallen angel
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A psychopathic woman reflects on the events that turned her into a murderer.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Now a well established household in the heart of London, life in Eaton Place has moved on; Lady Agnes and Sir Hallam's family is complete with the addition of two small children and London has settled into an uneasy peace with the apparent aversion of war. Yet below the surface of a well-run household, both upstairs and downstairs are harboring life-changing secrets. As romance, heartbreak and revelation engulf the household; its inhabitants discover...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Promoted on both sides of the Atlantic as Agatha Christie's 50th book and published in 1950 by William Collins, "A Murder is Announced" is a staple of crime fiction and is often considered the best of all the Miss Marple novels. The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple who is staying nearby, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October...