British Broadcasting Corporation
1) London spy
Language
English
Description
What begins as a chance romance between two people from opposite walks of life - one an antisocial investment banker, the other a slacker romantic - quickly unravels when the reclusive banker disappears under suspicious circumstances, exposing his real identity as a spy and forcing his lover down a dark path to reveal the truth.
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Elizabeth George's crime-cracking duo from opposite sides of the tracks are back in four intriguing new mysteries. The fifth series begins with Lynley suspended from duty for alleged police brutality, and Havers with a new boss. Can they still function as a team, now that they're apart?" --Container.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The blunt-talking Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel does not suffer fools gladly, but he has even more trouble with what he calls the 'smart arses' of the world. So when the inexperienced Peter Pascoe joins his team at Mid-Yorkshire CID, the omens don't look good. Pascoe is one of the new breed of career police officers, armed with a degree, a caring attitude, and a sharp brain.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A young woman is unconscious, bleeding from a head wound. Hiding in the cellar is her husband, ready to wield a knife at anyone who tries to enter, desperate to protect his secret. What happens next leaves one of the officers dead, the other fighting for her career and Inspector Banks with a chilling murder investigation that will test him to the limit. The beauty and tranquility of England's Yorkshire Dales provides a striking and contrasting backdrop...
5) Luther 3
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In this new mini-series, a twisted fetishist is targeting young women in London. As Luther is called to another case, will the killer escape his grips? Luther faces an even bigger threat as members of his own team will stop at nothing to bring him down. And as a vigilante killer takes justice into his own hands, Luther questions his own sense of morality. Can he continue to walk the thin line between right and wrong, or has he finally met his match?...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007
Language
English
Description
Suave, sophisticated Detective Inspector Lynley and his prickly, plebian sidekick Detective Sergeant Havers are back with two new gripping mysteries in this sixth and final series. But with Lynley struggling to cope with his wife's death -- and Havers struggling with her partner's heavy drinking -- will they be able to focus on solving crime?
Publisher
2 Entertain Video Ltd
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The crime-busting odd couple of British law enforcement are back to solve more gripping murder mysteries. This series is as action-packed as ever, although two investigations affect the pair a bit too personally. Pascoe's wife, Ellie, puts her life and her marriage at risk when she gets perilously involved in a murder inquiry. Meanwhile, Dalziel becomes involved in a psychological game with a dangerous killer.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
In World War II London, a cocky and obnoxious journalist is desperate to learn about the woman with whom he is wildly enamored. He discovers her mysterious diary, but then finds himself a fugitive in a murder hunt at the hands of opponents he can neither outwit nor understand.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Miss Marple goes to Stonygates, a rambling country mansion, to see if she can figure out why someone is systematically poisoning her friend Carrie-Louise Serrocold. There, she gets sucked in to a killing at the local reformatory for young criminals.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Murder at the vicarage: Miss Marple has a hard time discerning suspects from innocents when Colonel Protheroe--a man whom the entire village hated--turns up dead. Nemesis: Miss Marple is drawn into strange and sinister circumstances when a recently deceased friend leaves a cryptic note for her asking her to right an injustice, but leaves no clues as to what it is or who is involved.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The moving finger: Miss Marple investigates a series of deaths related to a chain letter. At Bertram's Hotel: London's Bertram's Hotel is renowned for its high-class clientele and well-polished atmosphere of elegence--but Miss Marple uncover's the hotels sinister side when the doorman turns up dead.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Sleeping murder: Miss Marple investigates when a woman begins seeing visions of a dead body in her hallway, and real dead bodies begin showing up. 4:50 from Paddington: On her way to visit, Miss Marple's friend witnesses a strangulation on a passing train; Miss Marple launches her own investigation when the police dismiss the murderous claims after no body turns up, and the clues lead her to a stately family with a dark past.
17) Miss Marple
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2001, c1987-1992
Language
English
Description
Jane Marple is vacationing in Barbados when a string of dead bodies forces the detective back to work. An American movie star comes to Miss Marple's village to shoot a picture. Murders among the cast and crew bring Miss Marple into a web of jealousies. A young couple buys a house. Soon after they move in, they are haunted by visions of a body. Jane Marple comes and unravels the past of the house to stop any more murders. A friend of Miss Marple's...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Detective Andy Dalziel is an idiosyncratic copper with a penetrating wit and questionable personal habits. Inspector Peter Pascoe is his cultured sidekick, a thoughtful 'New Man' with a degree in Social Sciences, a caring attitude and a sharp brain. When they threw together these contrasting characters, few thought their talents would gel and that, sharing a commitment to justice, they would forge an impressive crime-solving partnership, and a tentative...
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
DCI Sasha Miller leads a team of detectives called out of retirement to solve cold cases. Season Twelve sees the departure of the last-remaining original member of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad, Gerry Standing, who is replaced by old-school ex-copper Ted Case.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
John Jasper is haunted and restless. Unhappily settled as choirmaster in the provincial cathedral town of Cloisterham, Jasper finds himself striving for the divine in his music even as he struggles against madness brought on by ennui and opiates. Aware of his unraveling, Jasper believes his salvation may be found in the arms of Rosa, his prized pupil. His only obstacle is her fiance, Edwin Drood - Jasper's nephew.