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North & South. by Percival, Brian,film director.; Coyle, Brendan,actor.; Denby-Ashe, Daniela,actor.; Joyner, Jo,actor.; Manville, Lesley,actor.; Armitage, Richard,actor.; Evans, Rupert,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Brendan Coyle, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Jo Joyner, Lesley Manville, Richard Armitage, Rupert EvansOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2004.Elizabeth Gaskell's tale of love across the social divide is brought to life in Sandy Welch's four-part adaptation. When Margaret Hale exchanges her rural life for a northern mill town, she witnesses first hand the poverty of the working classes. She also meets mill-owner John Thornton, who she initially despises, while he finds her willful and proud. When the workers of Milton call a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control, Margaret - to her surprise - begins to fall in love with Thornton.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Romance.; Historical films.; Television series--Great Britain.;
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Great Expectations. by Jarrold, Julian,film director.; Hill, Bernard,actor.; Rampling, Charlotte,actor.; Russell, Clive,actor.; Sumpter, Donald,actor.; Gruffudd, Ioan,actor.; Waddell, Justine,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Bernard Hill, Charlotte Rampling, Clive Russell, Donald Sumpter, Ioan Gruffudd, Justine WaddellOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 1999.Violence and Victorian gentility meet in one of Dickens' greatest creations. Pip's epic journey from boy to man has at its center his relationships with the terrifying convict Magwitch, manipulative Miss Havisham and the beautiful but heartless Estella. Tony Marchant's adaptation is dark, sometimes savagely comic and wholly unsentimental.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Motion pictures, British.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Middlemarch. by Page, Anthony,film director.; Hodge, Douglas,actor.; Wadham, Julian,actor.; Aubrey, Juliet,actor.; Hardy, Robert,actor.; Sewell, Rufus,actor.; McDowell, Trevyn,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Douglas Hodge, Julian Wadham, Juliet Aubrey, Robert Hardy, Rufus Sewell, Trevyn McDowellOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 1994.Dramatisation of George Eliot's classic novel about the lives and loves of a group of people living on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution in a small town named Middlemarch. These include young Doctor Lydgate, who arrives at Middlemarch hospital full of idealism and determined to do good works; Dorothea Brooke, who becomes attracted to the scholarly Edward Casaubon and then finds herself trapped in an ill-fated marriage; and Will Ladislaw, a young lad who awakens Dorothea's repressed passion and thereby changes the course of her life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Motion pictures, British.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Tipping the Velvet. by Sax, Geoffrey,film director.; Cumberbatch, Benedict,actor.; Bonneville, Hugh,actor.; May, Jodhi,actor.; Hawes, Keeley,actor.; Stirling, Rachael,actor.; Hawkins, Sally,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Jodhi May, Keeley Hawes, Rachael Stirling, Sally HawkinsOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2002.A vibrant and outrageously fun tale of love and life set in the hidden, decadent world of bohemian London in the 1890s. Nan, a young innocent oyster-girl from Whitstable, goes to a music hall for the first time. There she sees Kitty, a beautiful actress and singer dressed as a flirtatious young man-about-town. Nan is captivated. She befriends Kitty, and before long they run away together, as friends, to London. They are not friends for long. Soon they are lovers. Having discovered her true sexuality, lesbianism becomes the driving force of Nan's life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Motion pictures, British.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Vanity Fair. by Munden, Marc,film director.; Lesser, Anton,actor.; Grey, Frances,actor.; Margolyes, Miriam,actor.; Little, Natasha,actor.; Parker, Nathaniel,actor.; Glenister, Philip,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Anton Lesser, Frances Grey, Miriam Margolyes, Natasha Little, Nathaniel Parker, Philip GlenisterOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 1998.Thackeray's classic novel of British and European society is set around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Becky Sharp, the penniless, orphaned daughter of an artist and a dancer, and Amelia Sedley, the sheltered child of a rich city merchant are unlikely, but firm friends. Becky, is an irrepressible schemer - one of the most seductive social climbers of all time - who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. While her friend, the meek and mild Amelia, pursues the opposite course. From the drawing rooms of Regency London to the fields of Waterloo, VANITY FAIR tells their story.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Motion pictures, British.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Oliver Twist. by Giedroyc, Coky,film director.; Rhind-Tutt, Julian,actor.; Gomez, Michelle,actor.; Okonedo, Sophie,actor.; Spall, Timothy,actor.; Hardy, Tom,actor.; Miller, William,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Julian Rhind-Tutt, Michelle Gomez, Sophie Okonedo, Timothy Spall, Tom Hardy, William MillerOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2007.This gripping and emotionally powerful adaptation from one of British television's most exciting new writers breathes new life into the popular Dickens story. On a dark and stormy winter's night in a miserable, dank room, lit only by a few candles, Oliver is born into a life of poverty and misfortune. Growing up in a workhouse, watching the suffering and cruelty endured by the boys at the hands of his masters, Oliver decides he wants more and sets out for London. There he meets the Artful Dodger, Nancy, Fagin and the boys and gets the first warm welcome of his life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Motion pictures, British.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Gosford Park [videorecording (DVD)] by Gambon, Michael; Grant, Richard E.,1957; Owen, Cliv; Phillippe, Ryan,1974; Smith, Maggie,1934; Scott-Thomas, Kristin,1960; Watson, Emily,1966; Altman, Robert,1925; Atkins, Eileen,1934; Jacobi, Derek,1938; Mirren, Hele; Balaban, Bo; Fellowes, Julian; Bates, Alan,1934; Fry, Stephen,1957; Dance, Charle;
Feature commentary with director Robert Altman -- Screenwriter's commentary with Julian Fellowes -- Deleted scenes with optional commentary -- The making of Gosford Park -- The authencity of Gosford Park -- Q&A session with cast and filmmakers.Casting by Mary Selway ; costume designer, Jenny Beavan ; music by Patrick Doyle ; edited by Tim Squyres ; production designer, Stephen Altman ; director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; written by Julian Fellowes ; based on an idea by Robert Altman and Bob Balaban.Elieen Atkins, Derek Jacobi, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Kelly MacDonald, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emily Watson.A hunting party gathering at the estate is unaware that someone will be murdered twice before the weekend is over.14A.DVD.
Subjects: Feature films; Historical films; Detective and mystery films; Video recordings for the hearing impaire;
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A Bridge Too Far. by Attenborough, Richard,film director.; Caine, Michael,actor.; O'Neal, Ryan,actor.; Connery, Sean,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Michael Caine, Ryan O'Neal, Sean ConneryOriginally produced by MGM in 1977.In September 1944, flush with success after the Normandy Invasion, the Allies confidently launched Operation Market Garden, a wild scheme intended to put an early end to the second World War by invading Germany and smashing the Reich’s war plants. However, a combination of battlefield politics, faulty intelligence, bad luck and worse weather led to disaster beyond the Allies' darkest fears. The all-star cast includes Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman and Robert Redford.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Historical drama.; Drama.; War films.; Motion pictures.;
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The Chaperone. by Engler, Michael,film director.; Danner, Blythe,actor.; Scott, Campbell,actor.; McGovern, Elizabeth,actor.; Lu Richardson, Haley,actor.; Otto, Miranda,actor.; Hill, Victoria,actor.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Blythe Danner, Campbell Scott, Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Miranda Otto, Victoria HillOriginally produced by PBS in 2018.Society matron Norma Carlisle (Elizabeth McGovern) volunteers to accompany future Jazz Age star and free spirit Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson) for a summer in New York. But why does she want to go? It’s a story full of surprises--about who these women really are, and who they eventually become. Written by Julian Fellowes and based on the beloved novel by Laura Moriarty.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures, British.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Nineteen twenties.; Actors.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Northmen [videorecording] : a Viking saga / by Duken, Ken,actor.; Faeh, Claudio,1975-film director.; Hopper, Tom,actor.; Kwanten, Ryan,1976-actor.; Murphy, Charlie,1988-actor.; Norton, James,1985-actor.; Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.,film distributor.; Elite Films (Firm),production company.;
Music, Marcus Trumpp ; writers, Matthias Bauer and Bastian Zach ; director, Claudio Fäh.Tom Hopper, Ryan Kwanten, Ken Duken, Charlie Murphy, Leo Gregory, James Norton, Darrell D'Silva, Richard Lothian, Mark Strepan, Danny Keogh.A band of Vikings are stranded behind enemy lines on the coast of Alba as their longboat goes down in a dreadful storm. Their only chance of survival is to find a path to the Viking settlement, Danelagh, traversing an unfamiliar and hostile land they have never known. The journey becomes a race for their lives when the King of Alba sends his most feared mercenaries after them. But when the Vikings meet a kind Christian Monk who preaches with his sword, the hunters become the hunted as the Vikings set deadly traps, mercilessly decimating their pursuers one by one, culminating in a final and deadly encounter.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A. DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Viking ships; Vikings; Vikings; War films.;
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