Summary: It's 1916 and British Captain Fred Roberts and his detachment of Sherwood Foresters discover an abandoned printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium. Roberts has an idea: he will produce a newspaper to raise the spirits of his soldiers, taking their minds off 'the attentions of Messrs Hun and Co.' They call it The Wipers Times, after the army slang for Ypres, and fill it with spoofs, jokes,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WIPSummary: This series revolves around "a wealthy couple who would do anything to have a baby. When Emily accidentally hits Kaya, a down-on-her-luck 18-year-old, with her car, the two make an instant connection. After learning about her desperate situation, Kaya offers to carry Emily's last embryo as a surrogate. Although Emily's husband, successful businessman Dan, warns about the legal and moral...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2020
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV NESSummary: Four women who worked as codebreakers at Bletchley Park have taken up civilian lives. Susan has collated data about a series of murders. She tries to convince the police she knows where another body is, but they are unable to locate it and dismiss her. She turns to her three friends and they work out where the next victim will be taken, find the body, and then decide they are the only ones who...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BLE RATED NRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BLECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Bletchley 2013Summary: The mining ship Red Dwarf is lost in deep space and Lister can't remember where he parked it! Chasing their mother ship leads them through simulant hunting zones, hostile GELF space, and even a Wild West reality.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2005
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV REDSummary: When Pop sells the crumbling mansion next door to waspish newcomers for more than it's worth, he celebrates with plans to build a swimming pool but his neighbors soon plot their revenge. Can the Larkin clan keep him out of prison?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LARSummary: This new, 1950s-set adaptation of the classic novel 'The Darling Buds of May' captures the warmth, optimism, and escapism of the Larkin family for a modern generation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LARSummary: Follows the adventures of three Catholic priests stuck on a little island off the coast of Ireland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A four children on holiday with their parents in Cornwall, England meet a magical creature with the power to grant wishes. They find out the hard way that the sand fairy's wishes only last until sundown, and they aren't the only family member who would like to be using the magic.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020