BBC Video (Firm)
321) Wild China
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Journey across China from the peaks of the Himalayas to the barren steppe, the sub-Arctic to the tropical islands, through deserts both searingly hot and mind-numbingly cold, and see a dazzling array of mysterious, beautiful, wild, and rare creatures.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
He lived fast, died young and left a good-looking corpse. The life story of Big Al, the most complete Allosaurus skeleton ever found, from his hatching 145 million years ago, to his death as a 15-year-old adolescent. Includes companion program, "Big Al uncovered", that explains how scientists discovered the skeleton in 1991 in Wyoming, and how they were able to trace his life story from his remains.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A bureaucrat becomes a suburban guru who marries a follower with a son who's a punk rocker named Charlie Hero. Consequently, the guru's son is propelled from his bland life into a series of erotic experiences in London. Set to a backdrop of politics, fashion, music, drugs, morality and race, Karim must netgotiate adolescence, a dysfunctional family and his own sexuality, as he seeks enlightenment on his own terms.
324) Red Dwarf: VI
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"The mining ship Red Dwarf is lost in deep space and Lister can't remember where he parked it! Chasing their mother ship leads them through simulant hunting zones, hostile GELF space, and even a Wild West reality."--
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In this season, the team loses Mickey Bricks to an overseas sabbatical, so it's time for someone else to lead the gang. Danny steps up to the plate, but can the others convince him that the team needs another member-- especially when it comes in the form of street kid Billy Bond? There are, as always, plenty of marks who are greedy, rude, or simply nasty enough to be parted from their cash. Targets include a porn baron, a ruthless nursing home owner,...
326) Hotel Babylon
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Television series centering around the five-star Hotel Babylon, a place where money not only talks, it buys you just about anything you desire. Delve deep into the frenetic, non-stop hidden culture of the hotel staff. From the discreet concierge to the flamboyant bar managers, everyone has a story.
327) Red Dwarf: VIII
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"The nanobots have populated the ship with its original crew. This is especially good news for Rimmer, who is now a lot less dead, but is extremely bad news for everyone else."--
330) Skins: Volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Follows a group of raucous teenagers who get high, get drunk, get laid and then, get up for school. Tony is the best looking boy in town. Sid is his sidekick who is less successful with the ladies, that is until bonkers anorexic case Cassie turns up. Sid's in love with Michelle, the school hottie, who goes out with Tony. Jal is a sassy musician who likes to party with Chris, Maxxie and Anwar." --
332) Silk: Season three
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Maxine Peake returns as QC Martha Costello who, one year into being a member of the Queen's Counsel, is busier than ever. Sparks continue to fly between Martha and fellow QC Clive Reader. Can they keep their relationship professional? Will an Exciting job opening tear the team of barristers apart? Rivalries sizzle and passions flare in the gripping third season of Silk"--Container.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
René, a French café owner during World War II, wants only to run his café and enjoy the occassional transgression with his waitresses. Now the Germans and the Resistance want him executed, his mother-in-law is missing, and he is smuggling food to a downed British airmen in a storm drain.
334) The shooting party
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1913, a group of aristocratic men and women gather for a shooting party at an estate in the English countryside. They go through the elaborate rituals of an Edwardian country house party. Times are changing, though, and their values are about to change.
Series
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The American: American Christopher Newman is smart, educated and rich. He is a Civil War veteran and a self made tycoon who goes to Europe to see the 'treasures and entertain' himself. He meets Claire and after the fifth meeting he asks her to marry him.
The portrait of a lady: Isabel Archer is a beautiful, spirited American who is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touchett. It is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel is resolved to determine...
337) The devil's disciple
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In New Hampshire in 1777, Dick Dudgeon's father dies. Called back home to the unhappy family he revolted against years ago, Dick finds he's been named heir, much to the horror of his religious mother. To complicate matters, the British have arrived.
338) The Edwardians
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The Edwardian period, beginning with Edward VII's ascent to the throne in 1901 and ending with World War I, was an era of rapid industrialization, pioneering artistic and literary achievements, and great social and political upheaval. It is filled with captivating characters who left their mark upon British society and the world at large. This 8-part BBC series profiles the movers and the shakers who exemplify the era's progressive spirit as well...
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Cranford: For spinsters Deborah Jenkyns, the arbiter of correctness in Cranford, and Matty, her demurring sister, the town is a hub of intrigue. A handsome new doctor, Frank Harrison, has arrived from London, a retired Army captain and his daughters have moved into a house opposite the sisters, and the preparations for Lady Ludlow's garden party are under way. Everyone -- from charming rogue Dr. Marshland to mean Mrs. Jamieson and her lap dog -- talks,...
340) Bleak House
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Two innocent young orphans are the potential heirs to a fortune. Their fates are snarled in a monumental legal battle known as Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Another orphan, Esther Summerson, whose mysterious parentage proves to be intertwined with the fate of the Jarndyce wards and the aloof Lady Dedlock. Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. The icily beautiful Esther's background also comes to light...