Elaine Cassidy
1) The others
Series
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Grace, a devoutly religious mother, has moved with her family to a mansion on the English coast, awaiting her husband's return from the war. Her two children both suffer from a rare photosensitivity disease that renders them extremely vulnerable to sunlight, prompting the rule of having only one door open in the house at a time. When one of the children claims to see ghosts, Grace at first believes her newly-arrived family of eccentric servants to...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The great warrior Uhtred of Bebbanburg must ride once more across a fractured kingdom with several of the series' much-loved returning characters in this feature-length final installment as they battle alongside, and against, new allies and enemies. Following the death of King Edward, a battle for the crown ensues, as rival heirs and invaders compete for power. And when an alliance comes seeking Uhtred's help in their plans, Uhtred faces a choice...
4) Fingersmith
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A rousing adaptation of Sarah Waters' most acclaimed novel. Orphan Sue Trinder, raised in a den of petty thieves or 'fingersmiths,' agrees to help a young con man defraud a wealthy heiress. But Sue's plans didn't include falling in love with the heiress.
Publisher
CBS Paramount Network Television
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A group of friends and family meet on an island just outside of Seattle to celebrate a wedding. On the island, which is famous for a streak of unsolved murders that occurred seven years ago, suspense ensues when one by one they end up dead. Has the killer returned or is someone else to blame? Includes 13 episodes, commentaries, deleted scenes, and featurettes.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Joseph Hilditch, an eccentric chef, befriends a young woman, Felicia, who has come to town searching for her boyfriend. She is attracted to the seemingly harmless and extremely helpful Hilditch, trusting him and entering his life, only to discover too late that she is not the first woman that he has taken in.
7) The Paradise
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Set amidst the Victorian splendor of Britain's first department store, The Paradise is a rags-to-riches story of a young girl who falls in love with the intoxicating charms of the modern world. As Denise finds her feet as a lowly shop girl, she must navigate her way through power struggles, intrigues, and affairs. When the shop's dashing and reckless owner, John Moray, spots her talents, she knows she can use this opportunity to rise to great things....
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
DI Vivienne Deering returns to work from bereavement leave after her husband's death, but only Viv's impulsive subordinate, DC Dinah Kowalska, knows the brutal truth of what really happened to him. Then in her first week back, a bomb blast at a funeral plunges Deering and her team headfirst into a gang war inflamed by a crime family matriarch who is just as ferocious as Deering herself.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Charismatic DI Vivienne Deering leads an ace but unorthodox squad that tackles Manchester's most gruesome and off-the-wall crimes, including drug dealers, neo-Nazis, and black-market organ sellers. When strong-willed DC Dinah Kowalska connects a body at the morgue to a group of murdered girls with Down's syndrome, Viv and her team begin the hunt for a serial killer. What they uncover could leave even the most seasoned officers reeling"--Container....
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The series begins a year after the dramatic events that saw Moray declare his love for Denise and lose The Paradise after breaking off his engagement to Katherine. The spurned Katherine has since married Tom Weston with a troubled history. Although she seems to be starting her life anew, her passion for Moray threatens to draw her back into a love triangle, competing with Denise. Moray and Denise are still at the forefront of fashion and innovation,...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Belgravia, 1871. The eligible Lord Frederick Trenchard meets the bewitching Clara Dunn, and they fall deeply in love. A romantic courtship and proposal follow, and Clara is swept off her feet. But there are hidden depths to Frederick; he carries trauma from his childhood, following years of emotional neglect and resentment from his father, who favoured the younger son, James. Clara is highly perceptive, quickly realising there is trauma at the heart...
12) Acceptable risk
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When an executive for a global pharmaceutical company, Gumbiner-Fishcher, is found dead in Montreal, his wife Sarah's world is thrown into a tailspin. With the ensuing investigation led by garda Emer Byrne revealing more questions than answers, Sarah suddenly finds herself under suspicion, and her life under surveillance.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Florence, Italy, 1912. Lucy Honeychurch is eager for adventure, but finds herself in a safe haven of English tourists, spinsters and clergymen. More dangerously, she makes the acquaintance of the socialist Mr. Emerson and his son George. Sparks fly between Lucy and George, but Lucy does her best to ignore them. After an astute observer purposefully mistranslates her request for 'the good men' (clergymen) and sends her into the arms of 'a good man,'...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"DI Vivienne Deering and her team provide security at a contentious election debate, but tragedy strikes when a shooter attempts to assassinate one of the candidates. Deering and her right-hand woman, DC Dinah Kowalska, vow to apprehend the culprit, despite warnings from their superiors that the investigation could jeopardize an undercover officer who has infiltrated an extreme right-wing group. Will Deering get justice for her team, or will her unconventional...
15) Acres & acres
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Based on the best-selling novel by St. John Greene, the film is a heartwarming story of a woman with cancer who makes a list of memories to help her husband raise their sons after she is gone.
16) The lost world
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
At the turn of the century, an expedition led by a brilliant but combative professor sets out from London, bound for the Amazon, where dinosaurs are rumored to have survived on a forgotten plateau deep in the jungle.
17) Just Henry
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A period drama set in England amid the turmoil and loss following World War II. Based on the bestselling, award winning novel by Michelle Magorian.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Adapted from Deborah Harkness' best-selling trilogy of novels, A discovery of witches is a bold and romantic thriller that uncovers a secret underworld of vampires, witches and daemons hiding in plain sight for fear of persecution by humans. Brilliant historian Diana Bishop is a witch denying her own heritage. But when she unexpectedly calls up an ancient and bewitched manuscript, Ashmole 782, she finds herself thrown into the heart of a dangerous...