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Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, this epic drama tells the rich and explosive story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience.
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The American Gilded Age was a period of significant economic change, conflict between old and new systems, and fortunes made and lost. Season two of THE Gilded Age begins on Easter 1883, with Bertha Russell's bid for a box at the Academy of Music rejected. Over eight episodes, Bertha challenges Mrs. Astor and the old system to gain a foothold in Society. George Russell battles a growing union at his Pittsburgh steel plant. Marian secretly teaches...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
James Garner is Nichols, the reluctant sheriff of a small Western town, in this quirky, offbeat series. It's 1914 and a violence-weary Nichols has returned to his Arizona home after eighteen years in the army. Forced into becoming its new lawman by the tough and powerful rancher whose family runs the town, Nichols refuses to carry a gun as he takes on bank robbers, Apaches, con artists, banditos and more, armed with only his wits and his charm. Contains...
9) Sanditon
Publisher
PBS Distribution
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.
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
It is 1935. Three years have passed, and as the seasons turn, so too do the machinations of a rising revolution. As a new summer falls upon the foothills of India's Little England, Simla, political tensions reach fever point. With help from the scheming Cynthia, Ralph faces the most pivotal year of his career. Alice's husband has followed her to India, and Aafrin's ascending career may be in jeopardy.
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
A trip back home to Glasgow presents James with a dilemma that will mean choosing between the people he loves. As Helen and James navigate their feelings for one another, Siegfried, Tristan, and Mrs. Hall are also forced to consider their places in the world, while James must decide between supporting his family or following his heart.
13) Mercy Street
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Alexandria, Virginia, 1862. Mary Phinney, a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, a native Confederate belle, collide at Mansion House, the Green family's luxury hotel that has been transformed into a Union Army hospital. Ruled under martial law, the border town in Alexandria is now the melting pot of the region, filled with soldiers, civilians, female volunteers, doctors, wounded men from both sides, runaway slaves, prostitutes, speculators,...
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes. This gripping 5-part HBO miniseries tells the powerful and visceral story of this event and its aftermath.
Publisher
Carnival Film & Television Limited, [2019]
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Season two picks up directly from the dramatic events and the end of the season one finale, continuing to explore the growing chaos within Alexandria, the complicated interpersonal dynamics of Dr. Foster, Nurse Mary and the Mansion House staff, the increasingly precarious position of the Green family and the changing predicament of the burgeoning black population.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Bella is preparing for her father and sister's arrival but is thrown when Cecil appears requesting divorce. Over the weeks, Bella must decide her future as well as avoiding fascist leader Danioni. But with the Wall Street Crash, things get worse as Bella and Cecil lose everything.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Life in Hope Valley is not always easy, but the challenges will always be met with the support of the close-knit community. Bonds will be put to the test when Jack has to leave Hope Valley and Elizabeth must wait to hear word from him. Meanwhile, Abigail grows ever closer to the two young children she is caring for. Life is always full of adventure in the wild frontier!
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