Rebecca Front
Description
Award-winning comedian Armando Iannucci directs this dark political satire, set in the corridors of British government. An ensemble of the best British comic actors improvise around scripts based on inside knowledge and leaked revelations of the workings of Westminster. The team at the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship find themselves in a world dominated by internal politics, power and the media, where they have no choice but to do as...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 4 hr., 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Entry wounds: Hathaway starts work on his first murder case as an inspector with the help of a new partner, DS Lizzie Maddox. but as the pair delve into the worlds of neurosurgery, blood sports, and animal rights, Hathaway's theories are challenged by alarming new developments. He realizes he needs the insight of the retired Lewis to close the case.
The lions of Nemea: Lewis, Hathaway, and Maddox's abilities as a team are severely tested when they...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 6 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Old Unhappy Far Off Things: Lewis and Hathaway investigate two murders at Oxford's last surviving all-female college. Wild Justice: Candidates in an election at Oxford's St. Gerard's Hall are being murdered one-by-one. The Mind Has Mountains: When a student dies from a new anti-depressant drug, is it murder or suicide? The Gift of Promise: Businesswoman Andrea de Ritter is bludgeoned to death in an apparent blackmail plot gone wrong.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (734 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicles the blunders of the fictitious Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship, a government department barely registering on the national radar. In this Ministry, every announcement is followed by a whirlwind of u-turns, every policy is a scramble and every mishap is met with abuse from the Prime Minister's policy enforcer.
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following the death in 2000 of his eponymous mentor in Inspector Morse, Sergeant Lewis was promoted to Inspector and took a two-year sabbatical in the British Virgin Isles. Newly widowed, he now returns to Oxford and soon finds himself in charge of his own murder case. But it is notes that Morse made on an earlier case which help Lewis solve his case.
Series
Other One volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (210 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When her husband dies at his surprise party, Tess gets a bigger shock when she learns he had a secret family. Now she and her uptight daughter, Cathy, must get to know playful Marilyn and her daughter, Cat.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 4 hr., 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DI Robert Lewis and DS James Hathaway investigate the suspicious deaths of a research fellow from Oxford's Department of Psychology and a former biochemistry professor, while during Hathaway's time off, Lewis and Constable Alex Gray look into the questionable mix-up at a crematorium.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It is about Cathy and Cat Walcott, two sisters who only realized that the other existed (and that their father had had a secret second family) as adults. Series Two complicates things further with the reveal that there₂s a third Walcott sibling too newly discovered brother Callum (unfortunately not discovered in time for one of the Catherines to know she shouldn₂t kiss him⁵)
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 255 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspector Robert Lewis, protâegâe of the legendary Inspector Morse, and his brilliant new partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, return to the streets of Cambridge and the halls of Oxford University with three brand new mysteries to unravel. In Whom the gods would destroy, Detectives Lewis and Hathaway are thrown into a delicate murder case that implicates one of Oxford University's most prominent figures--college Principal Sefton Lim--when...
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (450 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspector Robert Lewis and his partner, the enigmatic detective Sergeant James Hathaway, return to the idyllic Oxford countryside and colleges in five new thrillers, forcing the pair to revisit the past and to reconsider the future.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 630 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Oxford's Inspector Robert Lewis, protâegâe of the legendary Inspector Morse, works with his brilliant, but brooding partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway. The two try to find a link between a murder in Oxford's Bodleian Library; a burglary gone wrong leads from underground amateur boxing to the now-defunct East German Secret Police; the suicide of Hathaway's old friend test his relationship with Lewis; a case of rape and murder causes Lewis...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (465 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With the country gripped by political uncertainty and fresh elections, Ross Poldark seeks to challenge George Warleggan's stranglehold over Cornwall while also repairing his marriage to Demelza. Hugh Armitage remains in love with Demelza and is hopeful for more. Dr. Dwight Enys and Caroline plan to start a family while Elizabeth seeks another child to secure her own marriage to an ever-suspicious George. Meanwhile, Morwenna desperately tries to protect...
Author
Series
Other One volume 1
Description
Sisters Cat and Cathy reel from the news they have a secret brother, Callum-whom Cathy just snogged. Cat's mom, Marilyn, is furious to learn she wasn't Colin's only mistress and sets about tracking down his other secret lover, Angela. Meanwhile, Cathy's mom, Tess, decides to have some fun with her late husband's legacy and embarks on an ill-advised luxury spending spree.
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Series
Other One volume 5
Description
Marilyn and Cat attend Cathy's bachelorette party along with Cathy's posh school friend and energetic aunt. Despite Cathy's meticulously organized itinerary for the camping trip, things don't go to plan.
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Series
Other One volume 4
Description
Cathy boxes up her father's things in preparation for selling the house, and Cat and Marilyn go overboard taking mementos. Later, Cathy teaches Cat how to ride a bike, while Marcus visits the dump.
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Series
Other One volume 3
Description
As Valentine's Day approaches, Cathy accompanies Cat to her evening math class and is delighted to see the teacher, Eamon Hammond, is a hotty. But as she lets her heart rule her head, there's growing tension between the sisters. Angela resorts to kidnapping her own dog in an effort to win back her husband, Peter, and Tess starts a new job in the worst place possible.
Author
Series
Other One volume 3
Description
After a breakdown at work, Cathy is put on compassionate leave and asked to attend grief counseling, but she hides what happened from her mother and fiancé. Cat wants to be Cathy's maid of honor and offers to take care of the wedding dress.
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Series
Other One volume 2
Description
Born five days apart, Cat and Cathy have different ideas about how to celebrate their upcoming birthdays: Cathy wants a quiet night with her fiancé, Marcus, while Cat thinks they should party together. Tess reconnects with a friend while Nordic walking.
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Series
Other One volume 6
Description
Cathy's pre-wedding jitters reach a breaking point when Marcus accidentally scuffs a wall in the house. Tess throws a party the night before the wedding, hoping to impress Marcus's formidable father, while Marilyn hits it off with Marcus's mother.
Author
Series
Other One volume 1
Description
When family man Colin suddenly dies, his wife, Tess, and daughter, Cathy, get an even greater shock: Colin had been hiding a mistress, Marilyn, and another daughter, Cat, across town. Two weeks after the funeral, Cathy attempts to retrieve Colin's ashes from his other family, while Tess decides it's time to get back into the dating game.