Acorn Media (Firm)
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The ultimate in armchair travel to Italy, offering a unique aerial view shot from a helicopter, via a mounted camera, to showcase the country's breathtaking scenery and abundant architectural wonders, with informative narrative and a soundtrack of traditional regional music.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 296 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"After 25 years in the force, Detective Inspector Henry Crabbe has lost his appetite for the job. He plans to take early retirement and open his dream restaurant, Pie in the Sky. But his accountant wife, Margaret, doesn't think the numbers add up. And his boss, ACC Fisher needs him around to handle those delicate cases at which he excels. Although craving retirement, Crabbe discovers that crime solving can be just as hard to resist as his signature...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (approximately 776 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide (13 pages)
Language
English
Description
Over more than a millennium, the British monarchy has survived brutality, betrayal, and bloodshed to emerge as the oldest functioning political institution in Europe. Historian David Starkey probes the persionalities of the men and women who wore the crown from the Saxons to Queen Victoria.
Publisher
ITV Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (507 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Agatha Christie's marvelously mustachioed Belgian detective returns in the second series of the hit PBS mystery. Hercule Poirot uses his formidable 'little grey cells' to outwit criminals and fellow sleuths alike.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
7 DVDs (approximately 16 1/2 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Leading New Scotland Yard's Murder Review Team has Commander Clare Blake feeling trapped in her office. Eager to get back to investigative work, Blake welcomes a transfer to the Homicide and Serious Crime division, where she's assigned to a slate of difficult cases. Ambitious, imperious, and dedicated, Blake keeps her private life separate from her work, until two deeply personal crimes threaten everything she has worked for.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (approximately 792 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the shocking cliffhanger last season, Station House Number Four attempts to clear Murdoch's name after he is arrested for murder. Along the way, they encounter the greatest minds of the time, including Helen Keller, Alexander Graham Bell and Theodore Roosevelt.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 206 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Tennison has proven herself and won her colleagues' grudging respect. When she is assigned to head a murder inquiry in the African Caribbean community, it seems further evidence that her star is on the rise."--Container.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (367 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a seemingly quiet country town in New Zealand, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd finds that murder can happen anywhere. Working alongside Detective Constable Kristin Sims, Shepherd solves grisly murders in this gripping and well-written series.
70) Vera: Set 2
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
4 DVD (approximately 6 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows a solitary, obsessed, cantankerous investigator-- who happens to be pure genius at her job.
71) Ripping yarns
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 274 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
Contains nine half-hour comedies that spoof the stirring adventure stories written to stiffen the characters of Edwardian British boys.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (580 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the quaint but killer town of Brokenwood, Detectives Shepherd, Sims, and Chalmers set out to solve an onstage electrocution, the murder of a nun whose sisters have taken a vow of silence, and more.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (372 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The English village mystery gets a contemporary spin in this hit British television series that has earned a worldwide following. Bucolic settings harbor macabre crimes and eccentric characters that are no match for DCI John Barnaby and his assistant, DS Jamie Winter.
74) Lillie
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (672 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dramatizes the life of Lillie Langtry, a woman trapped in a loveless marriage who goes on to become one of the most sought after actresses in Britain and the United States, famous for her beauty and infamous for her scandals.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (676 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In episode 1, while imprisoned in Nottingham Castle, Robins meets the men who will follow him into Sherwood. Epsisode 2, continues the adventure with Robin's escape and his rescue of the Lady Marion. In episode 3, Jennet of Elsdon, accused of witchcraft and sentenced to die, is offered a reprieve by the Sheriff if she will use her powers against Robin. Episode 4: Robin faces the wrath of the Knights Templars who believe he has stolen their sacred...
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (286 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ashley Jensen stars in these three feature-length mysteries based on M.C. Beaton's novels. Formerly a high-flying PR executive in London, Agatha Raisin has now settled into small-town life in the Cotswolds, but her early retirement is far from quiet. Along with her friends Roy and Gemma, Agatha solves the village's bizarre murders with panache, but her love life may be a puzzle beyond even her skills to decipher.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 206 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Tennison has been transferred to a new station and a new assignment: getting prostitutes off the streets of Soho. But when a 17-year-old rent boy is burned to death, her superiors aren't keen on her investigating the murder."--Container.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 201 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tennison relocates to the Greater Manchester Police for a stint as a community relations officer at local schools. Later she is assigned the shooting case of a young drug dealer, and she pegs a corrupt local drug lord as the killer. Somehow he stays one step ahead of her investigation. Is he getting inside information?
80) Vera: [Set 1]
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
4 DVD (approximately 6 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows a solitary, obsessed, cantankerous investigator-- who happens to be pure genius at her job.