Red Production Company.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia, both widowed and in their 70s, fall for each other all over again when they are reunited on the internet after nearly 60 years. Their relationship is a celebratory tale of the power of love at any age. But this is also a story about family, and with family comes baggage. Celia's respectable, head teacher daughter Caroline is juggling bringing up two boys and dealing with her husband's infidelity, while Alan's...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A body buried in Dundee eighteen years ago. A daughter left behind. A murder unsolved. Until now -- because Emma needs to find out what happened to her mum. With help from colleagues at the Scottish Institute of Forensic Science and Anatomy, she follows the trail of evidence. It leads her to new love, old friends, and plunges her into a police investigation. This is a world of danger and deceit. Will Emma have the nerve to follow the evidence no...
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"No-nonsense police sergeant Catherine Cawood is back heading up her team of dedicated police officers in the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. While on duty, she makes a gruesome discovery -- a body. The victim's injuries bear a striking similarity to a string of other murders over the previous few months, suggesting a serial killer is on the loose. But the case becomes even more shocking when it emerges that Cathering knows the victim -- something...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning comedy drama and PBS favorite returns for a second season as the two childhood sweethearts work to finally make a life together. After Alan's near fatal heart attack, he and Celia decide to marry secretly - but how will their daughters react? Uptight Caroline and rebellious Gillian discover they actually quite like each other, but will the fact Gillian spent a night with Caroline's ex-husband John jeopardize the stepsisters' fledgling...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The intricate dance of life continues in this heartwarming drama series about two long-lost childhood sweethearts and the 60 years of baggage they bring to their better-late-than-never marriage. How will newlyweds Alan and navigate a startling revelation about Alan's past? And how will their adult daughters, Gillian and Caroline, deal with happiness and tragedy in their even more complicated lives?
6) Ridley Road
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
It tells the story of Vivien Epstein, a young Jewish woman who after falling in love with a member of the '62 Group', rejects her comfortable middle-class life in Manchester and joins the fight against fascism in London. Inspired by true events, it follows Vivien as she goes undercover into the NSM, a neo-Nazi movement that is becoming increasingly prominent in London.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Shane and Mark are two 18-year-olds stationed in Iraq. The platoon struggles to maintain an uneasy peace. When their popular company captain is killed by a roadside bomb, morale hits rock bottom. Acting on orders, they round up several suspects and events spiral out of control as Shane and Mark not only participate but pose with the detainees for personal souvenir photos. Returning home, the boys' world explodes when Shane's jilted girlfriend takes...
9) Hit & miss
Publisher
BFS Entertainment & Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Chloe Sevigny portrays Mia, a coldly efficient contract killer with a secret: she is a pre-operative transgender woman.
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Though crime is nothing new in Yorkshire, police sergeant Catherine Cawood finds her world turned upside down when the man she blames for her daughter's death, Tommy Lee Royce, is released from prison. Meanwhile, a desperate father arranges a kidnapping with a local drug lord to receive his wealthy boss' ransom money. The plan spirals out of control, however, when Tommy becomes involved with the deal and takes things too far.
11) Blood
Publisher
British Film Institute
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When a shocking murder is committed in their small town, the Fairburn brothers are detectives who will do whatever it takes to catch the killer and try to live-up to the reputation of their tough-as-nails ex-police chief father. But when a suspect's interrogation spins violently out of control, the brothers must deal with the consequences.
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In a cutthroat legal world where truth and justice fight a constant battle. Jack Roper is used to relying on his wits to win cases. But when he turns down a lucrative job offer from his mentor to strike out on his own, he not only risks their friendship but also his career.
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Accused of fabricating a defense for his client, Manchester lawyer, Jack Roper throws his life and the lives of his legal team into turmoil after his single-minded pursuit of the truth puts his career in jeopardy. Tensions run high between Jack's chambers and those of the prosecution, headed by his one-time mentor, Laurence Scammel, much to the annoyance of Laurence's daughter, Laura. Relations become more complex between Charlie Darling and his wife,...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Scott & Bailey is a thrilling investigative drama series exploring the personal and professional lives of two female detectives. Despite their differences, impulsive, funny and single Rachel and reflective, married mother-of-two Janet, have a great partnership. Thrown together in the toughest of murder cases, they have become the best of friends, ready to support each other both in and away from the incident room. Each episode sees Rachel and Janet...
15) Casanova
Publisher
WGBH Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The original unedited British version, this mini series alternates between the gripping love triangle involving the young Casanova and the swan song of the world's most notorious lothario.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Second series of the investigative crime drama exploring the personal and professional lives of two female detectives. Detective Constable Rachel Bailey is 30, down-to-earth, noisy, argumentative and single. Her partner, Detective Constable Janet Scott, is 40, a diplomat and a thinker, as well as being a wife and mother. They both work for Manchester Metropolitan Police's prestigious Murder Investigation Team.
17) Conviction
Publisher
Distributed by BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The murder of a twelve-year-old girl leaves her local community shell-shocked and intent on revenge. As the public clamor for justice, the distinctions between right and wrong become all too easily blurred. The team involved in the murder investigation take ever more dangerous steps in their efforts to get a conviction, until two of them take things one step too far.
Publisher
Red Production
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Aidan Gillen stars as an unrepentant rake, wreaking havoc in Manchester's gay scene in a groundbreaking series created and written by Russell T. Davies of Doctor Who. Witty, daring, and unapologetic, Queer as Folk celebrates gay culture while tackling universal themes of friendship, love, and self-acceptance. Bonus features include deleted and extended scenes with commentary, 'What the Folk?' featurette, U.K. television show interviews, behind-the-scenes...
19) The Driver
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Vince McKee is a middle-aged nobody who accepts an offer to drive a taxi for a criminal gang in order to escape his turbulent home life. Colin is McKee's fresh-out-of-prison friend.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Battle-scarred from their conflict, Rachel and Janet decide to move forward with focus and honesty. But when they both pass the promotion board with flying colours, it falls to Gill to choose who stays on as Sergeant at Syndicate 9, and their newfound harmony is threatened. Rachel's self-doubt sees her struggle with balancing her ambition with a new relationship, which may just be the best she's ever had. Meanwhile, Janet's home life throws up some...