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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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During the period between 1964 and 1977: the royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill; the United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson whom Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth hear might be a Soviet spy; survives the Aberfan disaster; observes the Apollo 11 moon landing; and plans for the Investiture of Prince Charles. While Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visit the USA, the queen, at the bidding of...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Edith and Phil are retired and in love. When she finally agrees to marry him, they're all set to move to a place in the sun. But then Edith's son Roger crashes back into their lives. Fifty going on twelve, Roger has had a mid-life breakdown and left his wife, children and job. As Roger and a host of other unwanted visitors cause havoc around their house, Edith and Phil's lives explode into farce.
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Language
English
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"These rediscovered tales were written by Terry Pratchett under a pseudonym for British newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. The stories have never been attributed to him until now, and might never have been found-- were it not for the efforts of a few dedicated fans. As Neil Gaiman writes in his introduction, "through all of these stories we watch Terry Pratchett becoming Terry Pratchett." Though none of the short works are set in the Discworld,...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Toby is a disillusioned director, currently heading commericals, who becomes pulled into a world of fantasy and memory when he's reunited with a Spanish cobbler he cast as Don Quixote in a student film years earlier. The old man now believes himself to be the legendary character, and Toby to be Sancho Panza, who must play along with the delusion as he also attempts to fulfill his professional duties and rescue a young woman who believed his seductive...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
London, 1872. Phileas Fogg lives a comfortable but utterly unfulfilling life in London, spending every day at his club with his friends Fortescue and Bellamy. But when he receives a hand-delivered postcard, with only the word 'COWARD' written on the back, it turns his world upside down.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London ruling with wisdom and kindness over ethically complicated cases of family law. Fiona is tasked with ruling on the case of Adam, an exceptional boy who is refusing a life-saving blood transfusion. He is three months from his eighteenth birthday and legally still a child. Fiona visits Adam in the hospital and it has an extreme emotional impact on them both.
7) Des
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The story is about one of the most infamous serial killers in UK history: Dennis Nilsen. Known as the "kindly killer", Nilsen was an unassuming civil servant who became Britain's most prolific serial killer of the time. The chilling true-crime series delves into Nilsen's emotionally elusive psyche after his arrest in 1983.
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Transferred to Bath from London and looking to make good, ambitious DCI Lauren McDonald (Tala Gouveia) found the first task handed her was to see if she couldn't gently nudge her new assistant--aging, colorless desk jockey DS Dodds (Jason Watkins)--into retirement. The mismatched pair would prove surprisingly able in cracking the hardest cases, in this clever ITV offering; James Murray, Jack Riddiford, Pearl Chanda also starred.
9) Dirk Gently
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Dirk Gently uses his unique perception of the interconnectedness of all things to solve baffling mysteries--while at the same time accumulating exorbitant expenses, from a new refrigerator to a trip to Bermuda, which he assures his clients are also interconnected with their problems.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After leaving the police force, former officer Tom Brook lives an idyllic existence with his wife in the ruggedly beautiful northern coast of Wales. However, when a shocking crime breaks, Tom's life is turned upside down. This murder bears a shocking resemblance to a series of crimes he investigated years ago perpetrated by a serial killer called The Crow. Tom is drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse as he fights to track down the murderer...
11) Nativity!
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
This Christmas, elementary school teacher Paul Maddens decides to take on the biggest challenge of his life - staging his school's musical production of the Nativity. Competing against his arch rival at the local private school for the coveted best-reviewed show in town, the stakes are raised when a potential visit from Paul's ex-girlfriend Jennifer, a Hollywood producer, sends everyone involved into a festive frenzy.
12) Confetti
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Follows three couples as they compete in a magazine competition to find the most unique and originally themed wedding.
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