Acorn Media (Firm)
1) Humans 3.0
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (391 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the hit sci-fi drama returns, one year has passed since the synths began to gain consciousness. Fighting to survive in a world that hates and fears them, the synth community starts to fracture, risking all hope for peace and stability with humans.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (282 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set Three includes three all new feature-length mysteries. Cross - When a man is found crucified, Jack's investigations reveal that the dead man's brother was responsible for the death of Norma Mitchell. Headstone - Jack is on a race against time to locate a former nemesis, Ronan Meyers, who has been kidnapped and held for ransom. Purgatory - Jack is hired by the head of a large software company to investigate the theft of valuable data.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the sleepy town of Brokenwood, New Zealand, the affable residents may seem harmless, but killers, blackmailers, and thieves lurk in every picturesque corner. To quell the community's alarming murder rate, Detective Mike Shepherd uses an unconventional style that contrasts with the methodical approach of his partner, Detective Kristin Sims, and the eager assistance of DC Sam Breen.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (591 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This drama follows Sarah Adams, a nurse returning to 1950s Australia after twenty years in Europe. A convert to Judaism, Sarah emerged from the horrors of World War II strong, principled, and defiant--a modern woman still bearing the weight of her past.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (276 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
When two women find themselves overlooked and underappreciated as they face their older years, they resort to drastic measures to get payback. Jenny is a teacher struggling to stay afloat during a messy divorce, while her best friend, gastroenterologist Cecilia, has financial problems from a failed stock investment. After Cecilia learns of a bank robbery plan from a dying patient, she convinces Jenny that a crime spree is just what they need to take...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tom and his wife, Kate, have a seemingly perfect life in their small Scottish community. Until one night, when a fire ravages Tom and Kate's home, and the police make a disturbing discovery that rocks the town.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this dark crime drama with a supernatural edge, a small town in New Zealand is upended when a local man's body is found at the bottom of a one-lane bridge that's long been a locus of unexplained events. While investigating the murder, an ambitious Māori detective inadvertently reawakens his second sight, a gift that endangers his life but may help solve the mystery of the sinister landmark.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the brutal murder of a famous young actress brings DI Anna Travis face-to-face with her old boss, DCS James Langton, the two must find a killer and deal with their own sexually charged relationship. She's determined to get ahead; he's angry about being passed over for promotion and obsessed with finding the person on his team who betrayed him. Meanwhile, there are too many suspects, and the body count is rising.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the world teeters on the brink of war, ten strangers are persuaded to retreat from their troubled lives to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast. When a storm cuts them off from the mainland, the true reason for their presence on the island becomes horribly clear: they are to be executed, one by one.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (317 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A routine raid led by Emer Berry, a detective in the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau, reveals that a small time drug dealer has been receiving substantial funding from a seemingly untraceable source not in cash, but in rough diamonds. When these diamonds are linked to a series of bombings in Belgium, Emer is forced to work with Police Commissioner Christian De Jong. Eventually, reluctantly banding together, they unravel a political conspiracy fueling...
Publisher
[Acorn Media]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 372 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Danish
Description
"Contains violence, strong language, and sexual situations"--
"In the seaside Danish town of Elsinore, the personal and professional converge for DCI Dan Sommerdahl ... ; his estranged wife, criminal technician Marianne ... ; and his best pal and partner, Detective Flemming Torp ... . Separated after 25 years of marriage, Dan now asks for a divorce despite still being in love with Marianne. She, meanwhile, wants to rediscover herself--which gets...
13) Help
Publisher
Acorn Media International
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 98 mins) : sound, colour ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
When Sarah starts a job in a nursing home, to her surprise she is really good at it. She's a natural with the residents, and begins to form a special bond with Tony, a younger resident who has early onset dementia. The home is chronically underfunded and when the Covid pandemic hits, it suffers from understaffing, sickness and heart-breaking losses.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 918 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Season 8 of this delightful detective show, joy and heartbreak await Detective William Murdoch and his friends in turn-of-the-century Toronto. After his brutal beating by the dockyard gang, Inspector Brackenreid's future remains uncertain. Constable Crabtree faces life-altering changes, including a new romance, while Dr. Emily Grace and Dr. Julia Ogden join the women's suffrage movement. And in the show's 100th episode, wedding bells ring as Murdoch...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Faith attempts to navigate the disillusion of her marriage, while taking on an emotionally wrenching legal medical case involving a gravely ill young boy. Into this mix, Faith is confronted by a terrible and long buried figure from her past: her mother.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
c2015.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A 2-part miniseries, based on the bestselling novel by William Boyd. Enter a cloak and dagger world where everyone and everything is under suspicion. Haunted by the death of her brother at the hands of fascist thugs, Russian m̌igr Ěva Delectorskaya is recruited to be a British secret agent by the shadowy figure, Lucas Romer. After proving her merit in the field, she is sent on the most dangerous mission of her life. She must use any means necessary...
Series
Publisher
Acorn TV
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 433 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Devastated by his friend's death, Parisian forensic pathologist Rapha�el Balthazar has vowed never to touch a corpse again. But his resolve wavers when he discovers a dead body while sailing, and soon he's working once more with Chief Inspector H�el�ene Bach, who's closing in on their most elusive suspect: his wife's killer.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (389 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Series follows anti-corruption unit 12 (AC-12) as they investigate fellow police officers accused of corruption. In series five, Stephen Graham stars as John Corbett, the ruthless leader of an organized crime group who hijacks a seized drugs transport. AC-12 investigators suspect corrupt police officers of leaking information. As the body count rises, AC-12 realize they2re facing their most vicious adversary yet.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 458 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When determined detective Alexa Crowe brings her unique brand of investigation to an unsuspecting New Zealand, she quickly finds herself entangled in compelling new murder mysteries centered on fascinating and dangerous characters who will challenge, flirt with and frustrate her, and sometimes threaten everything she cares about. Being back in her hometown brings its own brand of difficulties as she has to confront the family she's avoided for decades....
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (279 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Season One, Pearl juggled her commitments to the restaurant the eponymous Whitstable Pearl with her side hustle as a PI. In Season Two, Pearl prioritizes her detective work and transition from being a chef who solves crimes to a full-time investigator who just happens to own a restaurant. Pearl's cases overlap with DCI Mike McGuire's police investigations. Their relationship is charged by a determination to outdo each other, and a fiery mutual...