British Broadcasting Corporation
Language
English
Description
Basil Fawlty is an inept and manic English hotel owner and manager who isn't cut out for his job. He's intolerant, rude and paranoid. Chaos frequently breaks loose as Basil tries to run the hotel. He is constantly under verbal (and sometime physical) attack from his unhelpful wife Sybil, and hindered by the incompetent, but easy target, Manuel, the Spanish waiter. Fortunately he has an intelligent and attractive maid to help him out of the various...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Led by Captain Jack Harkness, the Torchwood team delves into the unknown and fights the impossible. From an underground base built on a rift in time and space, the team responds to any alien threat-- a meteorite crash landing, sightings of extra-terrestrial technology, an unusual autopsy report, the spread of a deadly alien virus. Everyone who works for Torchwood is under 35. Some day that's because it's a new science-- others say it's because they...
Language
English
Description
A compelling and comprehensive series that charts the birth and growth of the Scottish nation. Each of the ten thought-provoking episodes brings a fresh perspective to Scotland's past and challenges many of the perceived notions of Scottish history. With stunning, award-winning cinematography and mesmerizing narrative, the series tells of battles and allegiances, political intrigue, and religious conflict. Includes a booklet.
4) The hunt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A stunning new series that explores the dramatic contests between predators and their prey. Take an intimate look at the remarkable strategies of hunters and in some cases, the hunted, exploring the challenges animals face and the tactics they employ both on land and in the water. It is a celebration of nature's most determined, specialized and cunning predators and their equally cunning and elusive prey.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Series of dramatizations of some of P.G. Wodehouse's comic short stories - in which P.G. Wodehouse, himself, introduced some of the early episodes - that feature an assortment of Wodehouse's Drones Clubbers, golfers, and Mulliner clan in a collection of 1920s high society farces. Husband-and-wife team Alderton and Collins shared top billing in the first two series, supported by excellent guest casts, with Alderton and guests soldiering on alone for...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
If the living told the truth, forensic pathologist Dr. Samantha Ryan wouldn't have to spend so much time examining the dead. The living want us to believe that an Asian boxer died of a fatal blow in an exhibition fight, an AIDS sufferer died of AIDS, a young woman was stabbed by her jealous husband, and an old woman was beaten to death by a violent alcoholic. But the dead tell different stories with their grim clues.
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Pagford is a seemingly idyllic English village with a cobbled market square and ancient abbey. Behind the pretty facade, however, is a town at war: rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils. Pagford is not what it first seems.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The regenerated Doctor (David Tennant) travels through time and space with his companion Rose Tyler encountering strange lifeforms and protecting the Earth from alien invaders. This season is filled with more thrills, more laughs, more heartbreak and some terrifying new aliens and old acquaintances.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the Congo lives a little-studied group of apes called the bonobos. Like the more-familiar chimpanzees, bonobos are among the humans' closest relatives, but unlike the chimps, known for their violent behavior, bonobos are far more peaceful."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Chief Inspector Boyd and the rest of the Cold Case Unit reopen the files on more unsolved crimes. But working closely together, under pressure to get results, the team starts to crack. Now, Mel, Frankie, Spencer and Grace will have to find confidence in their intense, moody Chief.