Alun Armstrong
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Julie Walters and Robert Lindsay star in a story of lust, loot and a show to set pulses racing. Maureen Hardcastle is furious when husband Jimmy brings in strippers to boost their pub takings, but on the opening night, she is reunited with a long lost school friend, who turns out to be the star act, and her boyfriend manager, Billy Bowmans. When Maureen unexpectedly inherits a fortune she decides to turn the tables on the men but Billy has no intention...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (590 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The old dogs of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad are about to welcome a few new faces, but first, Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman and her loyal team, Gerry Standing, Brian Lane, and Steve McAndrew, will solve their final cases together, bringing justice to decades-old murders that stumped London's Metropolitan Police.
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (589 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The hit British crime series returns with new mysteries. Aging cops and traditional sleuthing trump high-tech gadgets and modern criminology. As one of the most-watched shows on British television, New Tricks features strong writing, wry humor, and a splendid cast.
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 467 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With old-school detective work and a little state-of-the-art forensics, the veterans unearth a range of baffling crimes, including the murder of a lawyer, a racially motivated attack on an Asian bride, and a mysterious unidentified human torso. Includes the complete 8-episode second season.
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (467 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
New Tricks follows a team of semi-retired and somewhat curmudgeonly detectives as they reinvestigate cold cases. The fifth season returns with more sharp writing, dry humor, and engrossing mysteries. Guest stars include Claire Bloom, James Fox, David Troughton, and Ronald Pickup. Includes bonus behind-the-scenes featurette.
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Continuing to fight for prisoners' rights, Garrow defends a man who fired a pistol at King George III, weavers accused of industrial sabotage, and a man falsely charged with murder. Meanwhile, Garrow's own circumstances are dire. Now living with Lady Sarah, he is impoverished and ostracized by his peers, and his mentor, Southouse, is seriously ill. 4 episodes, 4 hrs, 2 DVDs.
10) Golden years
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After five decades of law-abiding, tax-paying citizenship, retired couple Martha and Arthur are forced into an unexpected life of crime in this star-studded comedy heist caper.
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (590 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For eight years, the old dogs of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad--veteran detectives Jack Halford (James Bolam, The Beiderbecke Affair), Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong, Garrow's Law), and Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman, The Sweeney)--have been a close-knit team. Led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman, Sexy Beast)their beautiful, younger boss, they have solved cold cases with classic policing skills and easy camaraderie....
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 463 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Superintendent Sandra Pullman leads the unsolved crimes unit of the Metropolitan Police. Her team includes three aging former detectives lured out of retirement. Can a curmudgeonly trio of crime busters learn new tricks to crack tough crimes? Or are old-fashioned hunches and footwork still best?
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 437 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As punishment for messing up a kidnap rescue and shooting a dog in the process, Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman is re-assigned to the newly created unsolved murder squad. Due to a manpower shortage her team is made up of veteran detectives brought back onto the police force, bringing a 1970's mentality to modern policing. The team's first case is to re-investigate a twenty year old murder conviction which has suddenly come into question due...
15) Eragon
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eragon is an orphaned farm boy whose destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper. This is no ordinary stone, this is the last surviving egg of the dragon race. Eragon is now the new Dragon Rider, the boy who will be a savior to the repressed peoples of the Kingdom. The Kingdom is ruled by the wicked King Galbatorix and his evil wizard Durza. Eragon, together with his mentor, Brom, the gracious dragon Saphira and the beautiful...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (8 hr. 48 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Hollow crown: New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard; II King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2 and King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption,...
Author
Description
The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Now reissued in a new cover style. One winter night, seven men and a woman are parachuted onto a mountainside in wartime Germany. Their objective: an apparently inaccessible castle, headquarters of the Gestapo. Their mission: to rescue a crashed American general before the Nazi interrogators can force him to reveal secret D-Day plans.
Author
Series
Garrow's Law volume 4
Description
Garrow is alone and grieving. Lady Sarah has left him, and he can no longer turn to Southouse for counsel. Persuaded by Southouse's nephew George to defend a man falsely accused of murder, Garrow discovers a cover-up and puts himself in grave danger.
Author
Series
Garrow's Law volume 3
Description
When the governor of Trinidad is accused of a brutal crime, Garrow sees a chance to expose the whole colonial system. But his nemesis, Lord Melville, has a proposition: if Garrow will limit his case, Melville will help Lady Sarah gain custody of her son.
Author
Series
Garrow's Law volume 1
Description
Garrow is perplexed by his latest client, a man who shot at King George III and missed. Is he a madman or an assassin? Garrow's defense threatens both the state and the king, who has his own mental health problems. Meanwhile, Lady Sarah pines for her son.