British Broadcasting Corporation.
Author
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
"When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim the hoard of gold stolen from them by the evil dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests an unlikely accomplice: Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming Hobbit dwelling in peaceful Hobbiton. Along the way, the company faces trolls, goblins, giant spiders, and worse. But as they journey from the wonders of Rivendell to the terrors of Mirkwood and beyond, Bilbo will find...
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (394 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Startling wildlife photography reveals the sea and its communities at their most fearsome and alluring in this landmark BBC mini-series on the ocean, a world we know less about than the moon.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 437 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious new clone appears this season, linking the current season to the past. Felix is having feelings of separation and loss because of the big revelation that Sarah is actually related to S, while Felix isn't.
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 555 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The beloved nurses and nuns of Nonnatus House return to warm your heart as they care for the poorest women in London's East End. Life never stands still as the midwives face surprise pregnancy, disease, blossoming romance and missing friends.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (480 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 336 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia, both widowed and in their 70s, fall for each other all over again when they are reunited on the internet after nearly 60 years. Their relationship is a celebratory tale of the power of love at any age. But this is also a story about family, and with family comes baggage. Celia's respectable, head teacher daughter Caroline is juggling bringing up two boys and dealing with her husband's infidelity, while Alan's...
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (585 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After his explosive regeneration, the Eleventh Doctor awakes to discover his TARDIS is about to crash. After falling from the sky, he pulls himself out of the wreckage to come face-to-face with young Amy Pond. The Doctor promises to take Amy to the stars. But first they must divert an alien plot that could destroy the Earth. The Doctor makes good his promise, and Amy boards the regenerated TARDIS, ready to take to the stars on a series of wild adventures...
13) Little Dorrit
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 452 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Arthur Clennam returns to London after several years abroad, he wants to learn more about his mother's new seamstress, young Amy Dorrit. His search brings him to the Marshalsea Debtors Prison, where he learns the truth about struggle and hardship in 1820s England.
14) The planets
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Reveals a story of personal achievement and technological triumph, seen through the eyes of dozens of leading authorities on the leading edge of planetary exploration and on both sides of the high-stakes Cold War race into space. From our first glimpse of the dark side of the moon to the first high-risk dash through the rings of Saturn; from the search for extraterrestrial life to humanity's possible future on alien worlds, it's an epic journey of...
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the life of Isabella Beeton, author of Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management and the most famous cookbook author in British history. Isabella was an accomplished business woman who died when she was only 28. Traces Isabella's transformation from young wife, to magazine journalist, to publishing phenomenon. Find out how a woman who couldn't cook ended up producing the world's most famous recipe book. Discover the dark secret that led...
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (555 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 182 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of a lovable and inexhaustible six-year-old Blue Heeler puppy who lives with her dad, mum and four-year-old little sister, Bingo.
18) Man on wire
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at the high-wire walk made by Philippe Petit in 1974 between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City, and how it is still considered one of history's most artistic crimes.
19) The Crucible
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft - and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village.
About this author: Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright...
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Now that the Doctor and Clara have established a dynamic as a partnership of equals, they're relishing the fun and thrills that all of space and time has to offer. Tangling with ghosts, Vikings and the ultimate evil of the Daleks, they embark on their biggest adventures yet.