Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Follow the Honorable Phryne (fry-nee) Fisher through the back alleys, shady markets, and jazz clubs of late 1920s Melbourne. A glamorous lady detective in a mostly male world, she goes about her work with a pear-handled pistol and dagger-sharp wit, leaving a trail of male admirers in her wake. Includes 8 episodes.
Eight all-new episodes of the glamorous, gun-toting lady detective Phryne Fisher. Along with her ever-faithful companion, Dot Williams,...
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In 1959, Dr. Lucian Blake returns to his Australian hometown to continue his late father's medical practice, but it is his additional responsibility as the town's chief medical officer that leads him to investigating cases of suspicious death." --
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
[1983 special] James returns from service in the R.A.F. where he and his partner Siegfried try to start up the veterinary practice where they left off. [1985 special] Siegfried discusses the accelerating rate of scientific progress, while James sticks to the tried and trusted remedies.
Publisher
Hit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Two mischievous Gremlins have singled out the Wiggles and the "Network Wiggles" television studio for some serious mischief. When the Big Red Car breaks down on the way to the studio, Jeff, Murray, Greg, and Anthony have to get out and push. Meanwhile, Captain Feathersword finds leading the preparations for broadcast at the television studio unduly difficult, and most perplexing. After a truly wacky day, the Gremlins are discovered and the Wiggles'...
Publisher
BFS Entertainment and Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Fergus Hume, this is a human story of jealousy, blackmail, self-made men, frustrated ambitions and secrecy. It takes place in Melbourne, Australia, and involves an investigation into a homicide where the deceased was discovered on the inside of a hansom cab. The influential and secretive Frettlby family is at the center of the mystery, and the name of the killer himself is not as much significance in the story, as is the role...
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
HMS Pinafore: Ralph Rackstraw, a humble sailor, is smitten with the captain's daughter, Josephine, a woman far above his social rank. When Josephine declares her love for Ralph, the couple decide to elope. Their plans are thwarted, but the lovers are reunited when Ralph's true social position is revealed. Trial by jury: Jurors and reporters gather in a courtroom for a much-publicized case wherein Angelina, the plaintiff, is suing Edwin for breech...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
David Powlett-Jones, a young Welshman, returns from the trenches of World War I disillusioned and suffering from shellshock. Accepted as a teacher at an elite boys boarding school, David fears he won't last. Luckily, the faith of the headmaster who hired him proves well-founded. Over the course of his 20-year rise through the ranks of the school, he finds and loses love with several women.
9) Ferrets
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Ohio's annual Ferret Buckeye Bash is the largest and most popular ferret show in the country. The competition is intense, tension is high, but the tiny competitors don't understand all the fuss, they're too busy creating mayhem.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Doctor Lucien Blake returns to Ballarat after an attempt to reunite with his long lost daughter. But it's no longer the safe haven he left behind: Danny has been transferred to Melbourne, replaced by a new Senior Constable who seems hell bent on making Blake's job as police surgeon as difficult as possible. Blake's old nemesis Patrick Tyneman has called in the help of some powerful men to keep an eye on Blake. And of course there are the strange and...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Jack Irish, is a brooding antihero of Australia. Reeling in the wake of his wife's murder, the former lawyer has reinvented himself as a part-time private investigator and full-time alcoholic, intent on drowning his demons. When an old client dies after leaving Jack several frantic voicemails, the PI realizes he can't outrun or out-drink his past. Jack returns to the world that took everything away from him: a seedy place of lowlifes, corruption,...
Series
Criterion collection ; 301
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, literary fame.
14) The magic flute
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"The tale of Prince Tamino's quest for love, truth and beauty is set in a mysterious forest and features wild, exotic beasts".
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Back for season five, Doctor Blake is ready to solve a series of strange and shocking crimes. Blake once again investigates the seemingly unsolvable murders that take place in the fascinating sub-cultures of 1960s Ballarat." --
16) Rudie nudie
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Emma Quay captures all the joy and energy of childhood in this irresistible rhyming tale.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A stylish and sexy period mystery stars Essie Davis as Phryne Fisher, a glamorous lady detective in 1920s Melbourne. In 'Murder under the Mistletoe," Phryne's Christmas in July turns deadly when trapped inhabitants at a snowed-in mountain lodge find themselves being killed off according to the song The Twelve Days of Christmas. --
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When an angry client firebombs her offices, consulting solicitor Josephine Newton is forced to take a new job as a barrister at Knox, a high-powered legal firm where her old flame Lewis works. Worried about leaving behind her former clients turned colleagues, Josephine sets up a new legal office in the building's basement for Johnny, a reformed car thief, and Helena, a brilliant legal mind with a crippling fear of courtrooms. --