British Broadcasting Corporation
Series
Peter Davison years 1982-1984 volume story no. 134
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The TARDIS is dragged down a time corridor, forcing the Doctor, Tegan, and Turlough to materialize in a disused part of London in 1984 which links Earth to a battle cruiser from the future containing the Daleks.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Alongside the fastest, strongest, smartest animals are nature's misfits, odd, bizarre and unlikely creatures that seem ill-equipped for survival. Somehow they manage to cling to life and in some cases even thrive. Revealing some surprising details about how evolution really works, demonstrating that all animals are remarkably well-adapted to their chosen way of life.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
What do a people-smuggler, a photogenic young schoolteacher, a missing teenager, and a father/son pair have in common? Alas, their remains are the most reliable witnesses of how they died, and, if they were murdered, who killed them. Following grisly clues, Dr. Nikki Alexander and her team of forensic pathologists delve into London2s illegal immigrant community, a toxic media storm, families camped on a riverbank, a shocking car accident and international...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Baffled police turn to forensic pathologists Nikki Alexander, Jack Hodgson and Thomas Chamberlain for help. What's the missing link between a poisoned autistic boy and a football celebrity caught on a sex tape? If a framed ex-soldier didn't kill two boys, who did? How to explain the buried remains of a lap dancer in rural Scotland and the body of a recently pregnant Northern Irish teenager, found in a suitcase? Things get personal for Jack when his...
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Plants live secret, unseen lives. They are capable of forming mutually beneficial relationships with animals. But they can also be as aggressive, competitive, and dramatic as any living thing on our planet. Using specialist cameras, this spectacular series allows us to travel beyond the power of the human eye, to look closer at their interconnected world. Each episode introduces a set of plants, reveals the battles they face, and the ingenious ways...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This stylized film of Shakespeare's masterpiece from the National Theatre celebrates the theatrical imagination. In this contemporary retelling, a company of actors in a shuttered theater bring to life the tale of two young lovers who strive to transcend a world of violence and hate. Josh O'Connor and Jessie Buckley star as Shakespeare's immortal star-crossed lovers.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Still reeling from the sudden death of Dr. Thomas Chamberlain and the shock departure of colleague Clarissa Mullery, Nikki and colleague Jack Hodgson returns to the Lyell Centre. A case at a high-security prison stirs disturbing memories for Nikki. Recruit Adam causes friction with his impetuous desire to impress. Forensic ecologist Simone's unique knowledge helps solve the murder of a promising young boxer. And Nikki suspects a body donated to medical...
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Segments from a British television comedy. Includes Boxing tonight, what the stars foretell, a party political broadcast, an ideal loon exhibition, the Queen's own McKamikaze Highlanders, a new brain for Curry's, the sherry-drinking vicar and the dirty vicar.
13) The summit
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In August of 2008, eighteen mountain climbers reached the top of K2, the second-highest mountain in the world. 48 hours later, eleven people were dead, making it the deadliest day in modern mountain climbing history. While memorials paid tribute to those killed, there were also condemnations about why. Why do these athletes risk everything to reach a place humans are simply not meant to go? Why do they put their lives and the lives of others on the...
14) Poor Kids
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Profiles three young girls and their families living in poverty in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa, a part of the U.S. hard hit by the economic downturn that began in the late '00s.
15) Outbreak
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The vivid, inside story of how the Ebola outbreak began and why it wasn't stopped before it was too late. With exclusive access to key global decision-makers and health responders, and gripping accounts of victims from the slums of Monrovia to the jungles of Guinea, Outbreak exposes tragic missteps in the response to the epidemic.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Even London University2s dedicated team of forensic pathologists may not always uncover the deadly truth in time to catch sex-traffickers, serial killers, suburban murderers, rogue prison officers, and psychotic manipulators. Harry, Leo, and Nikki use every resource they have, from DNA and computer graphic imaging to criminal profiling and facial reconstruction, often putting their lives at risk as they work to identify victims and discover how they...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan and animal behaviorists join forces to explore stories of animal lives 'told' by the animals themselves. The series explores the secret side of the animal kingdom where human cameramen can't go, and camera-wearing animals film their own stories. Meerkats, penguins, a chimp, cheetahs, seals, baboons, devil rays, brown bears, and sheepdogs are the subjects of this series.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.
19) Little women
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Dramatisation of Louisa May Alcott's novel about the lives of the four March sisters during the American Civil War as they learn to navigate love, loss and the trials of growing up.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
The story of lively and rebellious Elizabeth Bennet, one of five unmarried daughters living in the countryside of nineteenth-century England, in a world where an advantageous marriage is a woman's sole occupation.