Sophie Thompson
2) Mary Poppins
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A blast of wind, a house-rattling bang, and Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane. Quicker than she can close her umbrella, she takes charge of the Banks children--Jane, Michael, and the twins--and she changes their lives forever.
Author
Series
Mary Poppins volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mary Poppins, the unflappable nanny of the Banks children, is back again! It is a day like any other for Mary Poppins and the Banks family in Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane--until a telegram arrives with the momentous news that Miss Andrews, the Holy Terror, is coming to live in the house next door. The house has always been empty and so has become the treasure of Cherry Tree Lane--each neighbor has filled it with personal dreams. But now peace...
Author
Series
Mary Poppins volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mary Poppins takes her charges to the Herb Garden in a park in London for a night of magic on Midsummer's Eve.
5) Gosford Park
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Drama set at the country estate of Sir William McCordle in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a hunting party weekend when one of the group is murdered.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's five years later and little has changed for metal-detecting enthusiasts Lance and Andy. Although he's a qualified archeologist, Andy has grown disillusioned with the profession and instead continues to scour the English countryside for treasure with Lance. But now the future of the Danebury Metal Detecting Club is in peril, as they need funds to save their Scout hall from demolition. Things start looking up when Lance gets permission to search...
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 favored the younger son, James. Clara is highly perceptive, quickly realizing there is trauma at the heart...
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
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Featuring all three series along with the Christmas Special, Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones are Andy and Lance, two friends who find common ground as part of the Danebury Metal Detecting Club. Their dream is to find a buried treasure that will change their lives. But while they search for the past, they must also deal with the present. Series One finds Andy trying to keep his head above water with his partner Becky, while Lance tries to win back his...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The house in the woods: According to local legend, Winyard is haunted, and it lives up to its reputation when a young couple dies on the property in a grisly fashion. Dead letters: As Midsomer Barton celebrates Oak Apple Week, the mother of a former festival queen drowns herself. But is it really suicide? Vixen's run: At a family...
14) Relative values
Publisher
First Look Pictures
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A high-society matron is not pleased that her son intends to marry a Hollywood starlet.
15) The cat mummy
Author
Publisher
Bolinda Audio
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Berity's old tabby cat Mabel might not be quite as lively as she used to be and yes, she smells a bit and doesn't always make it to the litter tray on time, but she really loves her. More importantly, Mabel once belonged to Verity's mum--not that Verity actually ever knew her mum because she died. She really doesn't mind too much about not having a mum, apart from when she goes to visit her grave, which makes her think about being in the ground with...