David Bamber
Author
Description
A group of urbanites are seduced by a brochure offering change personal growth and a break from overcrowded and polluted London. They will be ensconced in yurts and tipis on a farm far away from the city. The weekend is facilitated by a husband and wife combo who immediately confiscate all mobile phones. While their female host genuinely seeks to help unpack the group's emotional baggage her husband is less amenable confidently quoting from the poet...
3) Collision
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
After a major road accident, Detective Inspector Tolin uncovers the events that led the victims to be on this road at the same time and he finds himself drawn into government cover-ups, smuggling, torn relationships and murder.
4) Episode 5
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
The secret of Sidney’s computer is unlocked and at last we find out what made him swerve. Jane prepares to run away with Richard, and Tolin finds closure with Ann. The truth about the collision is revealed.
6) Episode 3
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
DI Tolin already knows that there’s more to the collision than meets the eye. But as the mysteries pile up, he has to deal with his own tangled relationships and secret past.
7) Episode 4
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
The release of prisoner Harry Canwell horrifies Tolin and reveals the tragedy in his own life. Christine struggles to come to terms with her mother’s death. The search for Daniel Rampton comes to an unexpected conclusion.
8) Episode 1
Publisher
PBS
Description
El Shazly and Rashad speak to leading scholars at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo, which houses Tutankhamun’s treasures, enjoy exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, and visit several active dig sites across Egypt, including Saqqara and Luxor. Featuring insight from Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Mostafa Waziry and more.
9) Episode 2
Publisher
PBS
Description
El Shazly and Rashad continue their investigation into the boy king's life, looking closely at his advisors as he sought to reverse his infamous father’s religious and cultural revolution, and the factors surrounding his untimely death. Featuring commentary from leading Egyptologists Dr. Zahi Hawass, Fayza Haikal, Salima Ikram and more.
11) MISS POTTER
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2007
Description
In an effort to give their younger brother, Norman a project to keep him busy now that he has joined the family publishing house, the older Warne brothers agree to publish Miss Beatrix Potter's first children's book. They don't expect the book to sell well, but they need to keep Norman busy. As a single woman living in Edwardian London, Beatrix suspects this endeavor may provide her with a small measure of freedom. But she also has very specific ideas...
13) Mad To Be Normal
Author
Description
David Tennant of Doctor Who fame stars as 1960's celebrity psychiatrist R.D.Laing who revolutionised the treatment of people diagnosed as 'mad'. Mad To Be Normal reveals the story of R.D. Laing, the famous psychiatrist and one of Scotland's greatest ever minds. Working out of Kingsley Hall in East London throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Laing performed various daring experiments on people who were diagnosed as mentally disturbed. His revolutionary...
14) Valkyrie
Author
Description
At the height of WWII, a group of German officers hatched a plot to assassinate Hitler and seize control of the military command in order to end the war. The operation was code-named "Valkyrie," for the emergency plan that was meant to be used in case of a revolt against the Nazi government. This plan had been modified by the conspirators to ensure their success, but for various reasons the plot failed when finally carried out on 20 July 1944. The...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
It's 1957, and it's as if the world of Grantchester has returned to an idyllic state, a metaphorical Garden of Eden. Will believes that everyone can get close to their own Eden through good works and a proactive attitude. But as Geordie knows, every Eden has its snakes. Will's faith will be tested as he and Geordie are reminded that there's darkness lurking in their corner of Cambridgeshire.