John Howard Davies
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
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Return to post-war England for mystery and a cup of tea. The consummate prim and proper crime-fighting spinster, Miss Jane Marple sets down her knitting needles to unwind the most ingenious crimes. As she travels from city to countryside and even the Bahamas, murders, missing bodies and haunted dreams have a habit of falling accross Miss Marple's path.
Series
Language
English
Description
Three of Agatha Christie's most popular mysteries featuring Miss Marple, including the BBC series premiere.
The body in the library: When the body of a young woman is found in the library of the very respectable Colonel Arthur Bantry and his wife, Dolly, Dolly Bantry calls on her friend Miss Marple for help.
A murder is announced: Life in the village of Chipping Cleghorn is disrupted when a murder announced in the local paper turns out not to be,...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The definitive presentation of a genuinely iconic series, we present Monty Python's Flying Circus, starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, in all its HD glory! This ground-up restoration has been produced from the best available materials, painstakingly restored and includes just the right amount of lovely spam, wonderful spam..." -- cover.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The sleepy English village of Dibley is plunged into an uproar when its new vicar turns out to be a woman. And not just any woman, but the unconventional Geraldine Granger (Dawn French, "French & Saunders") who brings her own earthy spirit and humor to the pulpit.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Reginald Perrin has a completely respectable career at Sunshine Desserts, a happy marriage and two less than satisfactory children. But the pressures of the rat race are beginning to push Reggie over the edge. The mere mention of his mother-in-law conjures the image of a hippopotamus, the word 'earwig' keeps creeping into his conversations, and his thoughts are repeatedly interrupted by outrageous fantasies involving his secretary and Reggie has to...
11) War & Peace
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Leo Tolstoy's timeless masterpiece of love and loss is universally recognized as one of the greatest novels ever written. Focusing on the consequences faced by three Russian families during the Napoleanic Wars, this classic work is retold in twenty parts in this epic BBC production.
12) Cover her face
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Scotland Yard's Adam Dalgliesh investigates the murder of a drug dealer found dead in the basement of a book club. His key witness is a single mother named Sally Jupp who had brought her eight-week-old son with her to the club to visit her former co-workers. The investigation leads Dalgliesh to the country home of the Maxie family, where the young woman is now employed. Mysterious deaths occur, and the detective must deal with a multitude of suspects,...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Includes several episodes of the Mr. Bean television program. Shows Mr. Bean attempting the impossible: passing an exam without a clue, changing on the beach without removing his trousers, and staying awake in church. He also creates mayhem in his mini-van and attempts to get a date with the Queen.
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Sleeping murder: When Giles and Gwenda Reed move into their dream house in a seaside resort Gwenda is haunted by the vision of a body in the hall. Miss Marple uses her keen intuition to solve the murder of Gwenda's stepmother that took place in the house while Gwenda was living there during her childhood.
4:50 from Paddington: On her way to visit Miss Marple, Elspeth McGillicuddy glimpses a man strangling a woman on a passing train. Police fail to...
16) Unnatural causes
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh investigates the bizarre murder of a man with his hands cut off found floating in a dinghy out at sea.
18) Oliver Twist
Series
Criterion collection volume 32
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
After escaping from the dreary workhouse where he has spent his childhood, Oliver runs away to London, only to fall in with Artful Dodger, Fagin, and their gang of young thieves. It is only with the revelation of Oliver's true identity that his troubles finally end.
20) The Edwardians
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...