Acorn Media (Firm)
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (368 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Martin Clunes is back as the surly, self-centered Dr. Martin Ellingham. In the fifth series, the doctor plots his escape from the idyllic town of Portwenn and its idiosyncratic residents. Includes eight episodes.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen months ago, mother-of-three Faith had her cozy life thrown into chaos after the disappearance of her husband, Evan. Still striving to keep her family together, Faith must fulfill Evan's debt to a vicious crime family even as she fights her attraction to a former client. Then a local farmer is found dead, and his wife, Madlen, is arrested for his murder.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (254 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On her first day on the job, rookie detective Anna Travis throws up at a crime scene and faints at a postmortem. Does she have what it takes to succeed in what's still mostly a man's world? Above Suspicion: For eight years, someone has been murdering women, following the same brutal ritual each time. The Red Dahlia: A young woman's body is found by the Thames, horribly mutilated and drained of blood.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (16 1/2 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Leading New Scotland Yard's Murder Review Team has Commander Clare Blake feeling trapped in her office. Eager to get back to investigative work, Blake welcomes a transfer to the Homicide and Serious Crime division, where she's assigned to a slate of difficult cases. Ambitious, imperious, and dedicated, Blake keeps her private life separate from her work, until two deeply personal crimes threaten everything she has worked for.
5) Foyle's war
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
UK broadcast ed. ; Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (400 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
English Detective Christopher Foyle solves crimes on the home front while he reluctantly sits out on World War II.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (463 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Janet is seconded from a case of psychological abuse in the armed services to head up a Royal Commission into gun crime. Conscripting solicitors Richard and Lina, and the ambitious Owen Ramsey, Janet trades the rarefied atmosphere of mahogany courtrooms, wigs, and gowns for plain clothes and a community hall. There, she and her team focus on the murder of 25-year-old Hani Akvan.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (326 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tara Rafferty is a high-flying solicitor living an apparently charmed existence with her good-looking law-partner fiancé Eric. But when she discovers Eric is cheating on her with a colleague, she decides to go it alone and start her own law firm.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (369 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
London's richest borough hides a dark side that Chelsea local DI Max Arnold knows all too well. Killers lurk among the art galleries and luxury homes, and it₂s up to Max and new partner Layla Walsh to expose them.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen and full screen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 582 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In these twelve episodes, the Time Team set to work on sites from the era of the Roman occupation in the first centuries CE. From a mysterious cluster of stones in London's Greenwich Park to a vast ancient complex beneath a Cotswold field, the crew digs deep to solve some of Roman Britain's enduring mysteries.
Publisher
[Acorn]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (540 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The English village mystery gets a contemporary spin in this hit British television series that has earned a worldwide following. Bucolic settings harbor macabre crimes and eccentric characters that are no match for DCI John Barnaby and his assistant, DS Jamie Winter. Delightful in a murderously charming way.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (706 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920's Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (367 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a seemingly quiet country town in New Zealand, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd finds that murder can happen anywhere. Working alongside Detective Constable Kristin Sims, Shepherd solves grisly murders in this gripping and well-written series.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (304 min.): sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Transferred from Dublin to his hometown on Ireland's windswept coast, Sergeant Jack faces challenges he never expected: winning the villagers' respect, escaping the shadow of his father and predecessor, solving baffl ing crimes, and exposing dirty secrets.
Publisher
[Publisher not identifed]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (727 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Armed with a razor-sharp wit, Miss. Fisher investigates crimes in opulent 1920s Australia. Sharply written and gorgeously costumed, these episodes are sure to charm fans of costume dramas and mysteries alike.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (8 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hugh Knight is a renowned heart surgeon in Sydney, who believes he can live outside the rules. But after an incident involving drugs and alcohol, he is banned from surgery. Forced to work as a local doctor, Hugh retreats to rural Wyhope, his rarely visited hometown, which, he assumes, will be distraction-free. He couldn't be more wrong.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (474 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Janet King, a senior crown prosecutor, returns to work after maternity leave to find her workplace even more demanding than when she left. She quickly becomes involved in a high-profile and controversial case, and makes several enemies in her search for the truth.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After 25 years in the force, Detective Inspector Henry Crabbe has lost his appetite for the job. He plans to take early retirement and open his dream restaurant, Pie in the Sky. But his accountant wife, Margaret, doesn't think the numbers add up. And his boss, ACC Fisher needs him around to handle those delicate cases at which he excels. Although craving retirement, Crabbe discovers that crime solving can be just as hard to resist as his signature...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (591 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in rural Australia in the years following World War II, this beautifully acted, sharply written series follows the fortunes of a woman returning home after spending two decades abroad.