Claudie Blakley
Publisher
Acorn TV
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When the battered body of a French student is found on Twickenham Green in London, hardworking and humble DCI Colin Sutton is appointed the lead detective on his first big case. Despite objections from his superiors, Sutton believes the young woman's murder may be connected to a previous attack and embarks on a quest to catch a serial killer. Realistically portraying the ins and outs of police investigations, it tells the story of one detective's...
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Fresh off his success catching a headline grabbing killer, DCI Colin Sutton is on the brink of retirement when he's asked to review the long running inquiry into another infamous predator. Known as "The Night Stalker" to the press and "Minstead Man" to the police, this serial rapist has stalked the elderly of Southeast London for nearly two decades.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Helen, Jake and Natalie are thrown into disarray when their recently widowed mother announces her love for a new man. Their suspicion of the newcomer triggers events in the siblings' own love lives, which begin to spiral out of control. Can the family pull together, or will old rifts and new conflicts push them apart, even to the point of violence?
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Newcomer Gabriel Cochrane arrive in Candleford with a vendetta against the evil banker Steerforth, who he feels has tricked him into losing his business. Elsewhere, Dorcas makes an ill-judged intervention, Minnie becomes worried that Alfie might fall out of love with her, and Emma is left in a precarious financial position.
5) Severance
Author
Language
English
Description
A weapons defense company sends their sales division on a weekend trip to the mountains of Europe. What starts out as a team-building workshop ends in horror as a group of war-crazed killers show up, bent on revenge.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Follows the relationship of two contrasting communities: Lark Rise, a small hamlet gently holding onto the past, and Candleford, a neighboring market town bustling into the future. When young Laura Timmins leaves Lark Rise for a job at the Candleford post office, she discovers an eye-opening, exciting new world. In the face of scandals and feuds, she must leave her childhood behind.
Author
Series
Manhunt volume 1
Language
English
Description
DCI Colin Sutton is tasked with reviewing Operation Minstead, an 11-year inquiry to catch the "Night Stalker," a notorious serial rapist active in Southeast London. Colin questions the team's focus on DNA but also realizes how inadequate their resources are for an investigation of this scale. When an attack that fits a lot of the criteria is screened out, Colin's instincts yield a new lead.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
©2010.
Language
English
Description
Sees the arrival of a dashing and elegant stranger in Candleford. Rich, enterprising, worldly and without a wife, James Dowland is a successful businessman with a string of London hotels and has come to transform Candleford and bring it new prosperity. But not everyone welcomes his entrepreneurial efforts and it isn't long before he is sparring with the spirited yet suddenly flustered Dorcas.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A journalist named Daniel arrives to deliver the news that Emma has been left some money. There's a substantial sum to be claimed if Emma can prove her right to the money and there's a rags to riches story in it for Daniel's newspaper. As Robert and Emma contemplate their change in fortunes, Laura, who is fascinated to meet a real writer, shows Daniel around Lark Rise.
Author
Series
Manhunt volume 2
Language
English
Description
Although disappointed the CCTV has not given a clearer image of their suspect, Colin plows on. He presents his review findings to DCS Hamish Campbell and suggests a strategy called "Minstead Lite," to utilize their scarce resources to best effect. But Hamish wants Colin to stay on to see this new approach through. Will Colin be able to deliver on his promises?
Author
Series
Manhunt volume 3
Language
English
Description
Colin sets about convincing the Force Tasking Group to fund his high-stakes gamble. Not only is it expensive, but there's absolutely no guarantee it will work. As the surveillance operation begins, several frustrating near misses point to new clues but might also prompt Minstead Man to go to ground again.
Author
Series
Manhunt volume 4
Language
English
Description
The surveillance continues, but the team are losing morale: it's unlikely Minstead Man will appear again after such a close call. With time running out and no sign of the Night Stalker, will they lose their chance to catch him, or will their perseverance pay off at last?
Author
Series
Driver volume 3
Language
English
Description
As the police tighten their noose on Vince, the gang prepares a major heist. Betrayed by a coworker and caught between the criminals and the cops, Vince hits the gas to save his family.
Author
Series
Driver volume 2
Language
English
Description
Vince attempts to rectify a horrific act of violence and discovers his newfound wealth won't mend the damage to his marriage. The Horse viciously doles out punishment to a bumbling gang member, while the cops catch wind of Vince's criminal activities.
Author
Series
Driver volume 1
Language
English
Description
An ex-con buddy introduces Vince to the Horse, a high-living gangster in need of a driver. The new job comes with perks and peril, as Vince evades cops on a breakneck chase and later becomes party to a brutal beating.
Author
Series
Driver volume 4
Language
English
Description
With everything starting to fall apart around him, Vince tries to find a way out of his situation.
17) The Night Watch
Author
Language
English
Description
Set against the turbulent backdrop of London in the 1940s, this adaptation of Sarah Waters' bestselling novel, The Night Watch, follows four young Londoners inextricably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexual morality and social convention have been broken down, Kay, Helen, Viv and Duncan enjoy a freedom never experienced before.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Miss Marple solves mysteries set against a rich background of grand English estates, gorgeous scenery, and post-WWII period detail. The mirror crack'd from side to side: Hollywood star Marina Gregg has moved into Gossington Hall. When Marina and her dashing young husband host a party for the village, a garrulous fan drops dead after drinking a poisoned cocktail. The secrets of Chimneys: Miss Marple accompanies Lady Virginia Revel to her family home...