Bryn Higgins
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (343 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Romance, surgery and history combine in this vivid, atmospheric drama based on the lives and case notes of doctors, nurses and patients at the Royal London Hospital a century ago. In this series, the London opens its doors to an East End in turmoil after a bomb explosion - the latest in a series of attacks that have happened all over Europe. Nurse Ada Russell struggles to cope with the difficult but brilliant surgeon Percy Dean. And will Nurse Ethel...
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (229 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Romance, surgery and history combine in this vivid, atmospheric drama based on the lives and case notes of doctors, nurses and patients at the Royal London Hospital a century ago. Set in the heart of the East End amid horrific danger and poverty, when illnesses such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, measles, syphilis, diphtheria are rife, Whitechapel life tumbles through the emergency room doors daily in victims of violence, suicide, drink and drugs. Themes...
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (229 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Romance, surgery and history combine in this vivid, atmospheric drama based on the lives and case notes of doctors, nurses and patients at the Royal London Hospital a century ago. Set in the heart of the East End amid horrific danger and poverty, when illnesses such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, measles, syphilis, diphtheria are rife, Whitechapel life tumbles through the emergency room doors daily in victims of violence, suicide, drink and drugs. Themes...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (186 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The eight season moves into the 1970s, with DCI George Gently facing retirement. In the opening episode Gently discovers the victim's wife was convicted of the murder eight years ago, he decides to re-open the case; a controversial move. But DI Bacchus opposes Gently's decision, not least because he worked as a DS on the original investigation and putting mentor and protâegâe at complete odds.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1967 and picking up from the dramatic second series finale that saw Endeavour Morse placed in police custody, framed for a murder he didn't commit and DI Fred Thursday's life hanging in the balance after being shot.
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Last seen languishing in a prison cell and framed for a crime he didn't commit, Endeavour is compelled to return to duty when a young woman's baffling murder requires his singularly cerebral mind to solve.
Author
Series
George Gently volume 2
Description
When Gently is asked to look into a young woman's unsolved murder, he hopes to expose one last cover-up before retiring from the force. Still at odds with his superior, Bacchus asks for Rachel's help investigating the murder of a worker killed during a picket riot. Both cases seem to be linked to a charismatic and ambitious politician.
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.
Author
Series
Garrow's Law volume 2
Description
Garrow defends two Spitalfield silk weavers accused of destroying looms, an act of industrial sabotage. When on testifies against the other, the case becomes more complicated. Lady Sarah confronts Sir Arthur, and Southouse takes ill.
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Series
Silent Witness volume 4
Description
A paranoid schizophrenic goes on a violent frenzy in a busy high street and two people are left dead. Then when a young man from the same care home commits suicide, Nikki becomes convinced that there is a connection. Meanwhile Harry tries to find the truth about a teenage suicide's death for her devastated mother, and Leo investigates the murder of a bank manager.
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 2
Description
A submachine gun attack on a group of teenagers outside a London nightclub brings the team into the unfamiliar urban world of street gangs on the decaying inner-city estates. Meanwhile Nikki uncovers the decomposed body of a drug addict and finds herself in conflict with a detective who believes that such deaths are so common they are hardly worth investigating.
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 5
Description
Harry is called to investigate the death of Dawn Pivcevic, who seemingly drowned in a paddling pool containing three inches of water.
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 1
Description
When his wife and teenaged daughter are involved in a hit and run car crash, Leo begins a painful journey back to his native Sheffield. Leo struggles to accept the facts and soon finds himself at odds with the Sheffield team investigating the incident. Back in London Nikki investigates the murders of two unidentified women and she too finds the police unco-operative.
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 3
Description
When her grandmother passes away, Nikki begins to have doubts about her profession. Meanwhile, the team investigates a series of brutal and apparently entirely motiveless murders - and a killer who seemingly needs to look his victims in the face as they die. Harry investigates the death of a woman who appears to have drowned in three inches of water - with no obvious suspect to apportion blame.
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 6
Description
Harry discovers that the woman who drowned was pregnant, and the team gradually begins to collate evidence from the kidnap case. As Nikki struggles to deal with her own feelings about faith and death, her search brings her face to face with the darkest of killers.
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Series
Silent Witness volume 8
Description
Nikki's investigation takes an unexpected turn when she reaches January House Care Centre and finds that Morrie has tried to commit suicide.
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 7
Description
When members of a syndicate owning a prize racehorse are killed in a helicopter crash, Leo and Harry investigate a complex betting scam.