Charles Sturridge
1) Lassie
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The Carraclough family is forced to sell Lassie when they fall on hard times. On her journey of 500 miles, Lassie faces dangers, natural and human, and finds help in unexpected places as she returns to her home and the boy she loves.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"High-spirited heroine Charlotte Heywood returns to the picturesque coastal resort of Sanditon and the companionship of her friend Georgiana Lambe. What adventures, scandals, intrigue and above all else, romance, await Miss Heywood this season?" --
Publisher
Masterpiece , PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort, enlisting the backing of local bigwig Lady Denham. Through a mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the Heywoods and invites their eldest daughter, Charlotte, for an extended stay at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Lady Denham, a widow, is playing matchmaker for her destitute nephew, Sir Edward, who is determined to seduce Lady Denham's ward, Clara. --...
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the difficult loves of insular Englishman Charles Ryder and his peculiarly intense relationship with the wealthy but dysfunctional family that inhabited Brideshead. While at Oxford, Charles Ryder meets boyish, flamboyant Sebastian Flyte, who introduces Charles to a charmed and glamorous way of life that continues until Sebastian's health deteriorates.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It is the summer of 1953 and Nurse Appleyard is rushed to a secret location where she discovers her patient is Winston Churchill, the elderly Prime Minister. Churchill has suffered a stroke and may not last the weekend. As Churchill's wife and family gather at his bedside, long-buried tensions rise to the surface.
Series
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Tony and Brenda Last and their son, John Andrew, live an idyllic life in the huge Victorian house that is the symbol of Tony's family pride. The chance arrival of a penniless scrounger irrevocably shatters the gentle balance of their lives.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Interweaves two stories: John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, know today as the chronometer; and Naval officer Rupert Gould who, two hundred years later, stumbles across Harrison's long-neglected mechanical masterpieces.
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charles is from a family with little money. Sebastian's family is wealthy. The two become friends at Oxford. When Sebastian invites his friend to dinner, Charles becomes involved with Sebastian's family. After Charles becomes an officer in the British Army he and his company are moved to an English country house that he realizes is Sebastian's family home. Here he discovers memories of his youth and young manhood, his loves, life, and a journey of...
10) Shackleton
Language
English
Description
Ernest Shackleton put out an ad requesting: Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success. The 27 men who joined his expedition found that Shackleton was true to his word. This is the true story of their extraordinary ordeal, and the death-defying, 800-mile journey in an open boat across the world₂s worst seas that made...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Season two of the story of an emotionally damaged ex-police detective who goes back on the job to investigate a serial killer after her seemingly happy marriage falls apart. When a body is found inside a wall, Marcella is horrified to discover that she knew the victim: a young boy who went missing years ago while walking home with her son. --
12) Strike
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Cormoran Strike is a war veteran turned private detective operating out of a tiny office in London's Denmark Street. Though he's wounded both physically and psychologically, Strike's unique insight and his background as an SIB Investigator prove crucial in solving complex cases that elude the police." --
13) Aria
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Ten of the world's best-known film makers were given a free hand to make real any vision.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Young Frances and Elsie say they've encountered the supernatural, they've met fairies. The photos the girls take of the winged beings put them at the center of a real-life controversy that sweeps England during World War I. Everyone is caught up in the excitement, including two of the era's most renowned men: Sherlock Holmes' author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and master illusionist Harry Houdini. Are the girls' photos real or a clever hoax?
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Young Frances and Elsie believe in fairies. The photographs the girls take of the winged beings put them at the center of a real-life controvery that sweeps through a recovering World War I England during 1917. Everyone is caught up in the excitement, including two of the era's most renowned men: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and master illusionist Harry Houdini. Are the photographs real or just a cleaver hoax?
19) Motherfatherson
Publisher
Warner Bros Ent. Canada Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Max owns an influential media empire where information is his trade: he has secrets on everyone and uses his power ruthlessly. His son Caden is the editor of Max's newspaper, but Caden is crumbling under the pressure. He is left like a helpless child after suffering a massive stroke. For Kathryn, Max's estranged wife, this is a chance to reconnect with the sensitive boy Max ripped away from her. Caden knows secrets that could bring Max's empire crashing...
20) Beckett on film
Publisher
[Clarence Pictures]
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"The comprehensive cinematic interpretation of Beckett's plays."--Container.
