Pauline Collins
1) Quartet
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
The rumor circling the halls is that Beecham House (the home for retired musicians) is soon to play host to a new resident. Word is, it's a star. Reginald, Wilfred and Cecily are in for a special shock when the new arrival turns out to be none other than their former singing partner, Jean. Her subsequent career as a star soloist, and the ego that accompanied it, split up their long friendship and ended her marriage to Reggie, who takes the news of...
Formats
Description
In the role that won her Broadway’s acclaimed Tony Award, Pauline Collins is the hilariously endearing SHIRLEY VALENTINE, a wisecracking, completely unpredictable English housewife who proves it’s never too late to recapture your dreams. Bored with her suburban life, Shirley takes a chance on adventure when a friend invites her on a vacation to Greece. Within no time she’s back to her rebellious teenage roots, saying yes to a wild fling with...
3) Albert Nobbs
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
A woman passes as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making.
5) City of joy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Description
An American doctor, a British nurse and an illiterate Indian farmer join together to transform a Calcutta ghetto when it is threatened by the brutal local "godfather."
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Thomas & Sarah reunites fans with the wily chauffeur and the sassy cockney parlor maid from Upstairs, Downstairs. In these thirteen episodes, the scheming pair embarks on adventures of smuggling, swindling, matchmaking, and magic.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
©2005
Description
Upstairs downstairs: The saga of the aristocratic Bellamy family and their loyal and lively servants. Real-life events from 1903-1930 are incorporated into the stories of the Bellamy household.
Thomas & Sarah: After giving notice at 165 Eaton Place, the enterprising Thomas Watkins and Sarah Moffat make a go of it on their own.
11) The pale horse
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Agatha Christie's much-loved heroine is back on the case in a sparkling version of her 1961 novel. Miss Marple takes on a spooky murder case at an inn run by three modern-day witches.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Sparkling cyanide: An elderly husband and wife are unlikely looking secret agents brought in to investigate the murder of a powerful soccer club manager's beautiful trophy wife at a glitzy champagne event. Why didn't they ask Evans?: A local vicar finds a man lying fatally injured and unconscious on the rocks at the foot of a cliff. His last words before passing were spoken clearly to the vicar "Why didn't they ask Evans?".The Seven Dials mystery:...
14) Thomas & Sarah
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Follow the up-and-down adventures of the former chauffeur and parlor maid, a couple often as at odds with each other as they are with their efforts to strike it rich. Each episode finds our duo tackling new endeavors.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
As Britain's ambassador to Ireland, Harriet Smith uses both diplomatic skill and common sense to face important issues such as territorial disputes, kidnapping, sabotage and murder, while striving to prevent her personal life from clashing with her professional career and her duty to Britain.
17) Bleak house
Description
Two innocent young orphans are the potential heirs to a fortune. Their fates are snarled in a monumental legal battle known as Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Another orphan, Esther Summerson, whose mysterious parentage proves to be intertwined with the fate of the Jarndyce wards and the aloof Lady Dedlock. Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. The icily beautiful Esther's background also comes to light...
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2011
Description
The story is about England's Ambassador to Ireland, one of the country's most coveted and dangerous Embassy posts. Supported by her Commercial Attach ǎnd MI-6 operative John Stone, Harriet uses both diplomatic skill and common sense to bravely face issues ranging from territorial disputes, kidnapping and cults to sabotage and murder.