Stephen Smallwood
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Professor Ian Hood is recruited by the British government as its on-call scientist/detective. Along with his female bodyguard, they take on such menaces as rogue cloners, ruthless polluters, and resurgent viruses. Includes four episodes.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Cadfael suspects the motives of the young man wanting to join Shrewsbury Abbey as a novice to be not entirely selfless. A senior cleric sent to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a colleague forms the same impression. Suspicions increase when the half-burnt body of the cleric is found and a wild man from the woods is falsely accused.
Series
Publisher
ITV Studios Global Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
This spectacular drama reimagines one of literature's most enduring heroes, the great warrior Beowulf. Featuring an ensemble cast of fascinating and fantastical characters, this epic drama follows Beowulf as he strives to be a man as well as hero, challenging the notions of good and evil, heroes and villains, and the rule of law against one's moral code.
8) Cadfael
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
p2000, p2001
Description
These riveting programs star Sir Derek Jacobi (I Claudius, Gladiator) as Brother Cadfael, the medieval crime-solving monk who tackles mysteries that arise in the dark world of twelfth century Shrewsbury.
12) Colditz
Publisher
Distributed by Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
This films tells a remarkable story of the prisoners in the German POW camp called Colditz.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
"Behind the shutters of a Victorian family's home lies a lethal potion of lust, corruption and greed... The Blackheath Poisonings, based on the best-selling mystery novel by Julian Symons, and adapted by Simon Raven (Edward and Mrs. Simpson), boldly and brilliantly redefines the Victorian era."--Container.
Series
Publisher
ITV Studios
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
This spectacular drama reimagines one of literature's most enduring heroes, the great warrior Beowulf. Featuring an ensemble cast of fascinating and fantastical characters, this epic drama follows Beowulf as he strives to be a man as well as hero, challenging the notions of good and evil, heroes and villains, and the rule of law against one's moral code.
Publisher
Distributed by MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
A hard-hitting police drama set in the vice unit of the Metropolitan Police, based in the heart of London's West End. Prostitution, pornography and murder are all part of the workload for the vice team as they investigate the capital's darker secrets.
16) Cadfael: Set 4
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Acorn Media US
Pub. Date
[2010], ©2010
Description
In The pilgrim of hate a body turns up in a sack during the annual "Cripples' Day" pilgrimage. In The potter's field, a woman's skeleton is unearthed in a field that has recently been donated to the abbey. In The holy thief, two visiting monks are implicated when holy relics of Saint Winifred disappear.
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.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
A morbid taste for bones: When a young monk claims to see visions of St. Winifred, Cadfael and a party from Shrewsbury Abbey trek to Wales to excavate her holy relics and are met with much hostility.
The raven in the forgate: Father Ailnoth, the new parish priest earns the scorn of all his parishioners. After refusing to baptise the illegitimate baby of a local woman, the priest is found dead in the river.
The rose rent: A beautiful and wealthy...
Author
Series
Beowulf volume 13
Description
The battle of all battles falls upon the peoples of Herot. Weapons forged, loyal and armed, men, women and children brace themselves to wage a brutal attack with Beowulf helming their defence. Having bought some time holding the Wulfing Raiders and Abrecan's army back at the Draca Bridge, Slean awaits the troops from the Alliance to arrive, but when only a few, bedraggled Banning warriors arrive in Herot for the epic fight, it becomes clear that Slean's...
Author
Series
Beowulf volume 7
Description
With Slean and his uncle Abrecan failing to warn Herot about the Wulfing Raider attack, the marauders arrive at the peripheries of an unsuspecting Herot and set their Barghest wolves free to terrorise the town. As Herot's townspeople flea in all directions, Beowulf rushes to action, but whilst he's saving lives in the smelting pits, one of our characters is abducted from the bosom of Herot and, later, Rheda agrees to meet old enemy Jogan to negotiate...