Patrick Malahide
1) The protégé
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody, Anna is the world's most skilled contract killer. However, when Moody is brutally killed, she vows revenge for the man who taught her everything she knows.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Hundreds of years after our civilization was destroyed, a new world has emerged. A mysterious young woman named Hester Shaw leads a band of outcasts in the fight to stop London, now a giant predator city on wheels, from devouring everything in its path.
3) Luther: 4
Publisher
BBC Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Pitted against his most chilling adversary yet, Luther is haunted by past ghosts and hellbent on revenge as the Serious Crimes Unit faces its most challenging psychological duel to date. There is no question he will come close to the edge, but will he finally go over?
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Inspector Alleyn has the upper crust contacts and manners, but like more modern detectives, he's a bona fide cop. Offers elegant country house settings, complex cases, and a detective who works for Scotland Yard. Agatha Troy is the Inspector's independent and insightful lady friend.
5) Elizabeth I
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I in the latter half of her reign, offering a personal look at her allies, her enemies, and her suitors as she struggles to survive in a male-dominated world."--Container.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"It's spring 1948 and Inspector Alleyn joins a weekend party at Frantock Hall. The host, Sir Hubert Handesley, tries to liven up the scene with a game of murder-- but one guest really does end up dead. Alleyn has to solve more than one mystery when he finds that, in addition to the murder, an enormously valuable silver chalice has gone missing"--Container.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Troy has a commission to paint a birthday portrait of the famous actor Sir Henry Ancred at his country estate, Ancreton Manor. She finds the volatile Sir Henry agitated and ill, surrounded by his eccentric and equally dramatic family. A sudden, suspicious death at the manor leads Troy to call in Alleyn to investigate. He finds a tale of anonymous letters and bitter arguments over the dead man's will, lending credence to Troy's suspicions.
10) Into the storm
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
This sequel to the award-winning film The Gathering Storm offers an intimate look at the making of a nation's hero, when Churchill was at his most commanding and effective. It shows how his prowess as a great wartime leader ultimately undermined his political career and threatened his marriage.
11) Luther: 5
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When the moonless shadows of London give birth to a new nightmare, John Luther (Idris Elba) once again confronts the depths of human depravity. As a series of monstrous killings becomes more audacious, Luther and new recruit DS Catherine Halliday (Wunmi Mosaku) are confounded by a tangle of misdirection that seems to protect an unspeakable horror. But as the case brings him closer than ever to the nature of true evil, a reluctant Luther faces the...
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
World War I hero Sir Henry Lanklander entrust his friend, Colonel cartarete, with one fineal request: that his memoirs be published at any cost. Soon after, the Colonel's bloudgeoned body is found near a river and Alleyn and Fox are called in to investigate.
15) 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....
17) Five days
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Leanne vanishes into thin air. Her children, abandoned in her car, also end up missing. As police search for clues over the next three months, Leanne's husband and family soon learn that nobody is what they seem. Everyone is a suspect. In the end, five days prove critical in solving the case.
18) Middlemarch
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Based on George Elliot's novel, Middlemarch is set in early nineteenth century England and charts the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the town as it divides its population into two opposing factions: the conservatives and the liberals.
19) Murderous intent
Publisher
Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A police psychologist is assigned to interview a student suspected of murdering his classmate. As she probes his troubled psyche, she unravels a bizarre, disturbing relationship between the two boys and a series of gruesome murders. Dark secrets and dangerous mind games weave a shocking tale of deception, betrayal and murder.