British Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 110 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The Women's Olamal follows the events that preceded a controversial ceremony in Loita, Kenya, to bless the women and to increase their ability to have children. This film, presented in observational style with limited commentary, depicts some of the tensions between men and women in Maasai society which, in this case, erupt in a violent row between them.
2) Brazil
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Be astounded by the fifth largest country in the world, from the lost world of Amazonia, to the buzzing cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, a city of 30 million, where the super rich commute by helicopter. Meet remote tribes who pit their survival skills against gold diggers and loggers. In the entertaining company of good-natured host Michael Palin, delight in the spectacular landscape, food, music, beach life and unique cultural heritage of...
3) Dynasties II
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (348 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This BBC American wildlife show, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, is a follow-up to the acclaimed 2018 documentary. The new series will focus on the trials of six new animal families: pumas, elephants; cheetahs; hyenas; meerkats; and macaques, all led by powerful females, as they try to protect their relatives and secure their line.
5) Two women
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The beautiful Natalya is married to Arkadi, a rich but older landowner. Bored with her life, she catches the eye of the handsome Mikhail. Might this flirtation develop into something more? Not once the young, attractive Aleksei arrives as tutor to Natalya's son. Natalya falls for Aleksei, but so does her teenage step-daughter Vera. Suddenly Natalia's seemingly idyllic life has turned into a complex web of unrequited love, guilt, lust and jealousy....
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
British detective Miranda Blake and her German partner Max Winter must find a way to work together as they work to solve cases all across the Spanish island of Mallorca.
Publisher
BBC Productions
Pub. Date
♭2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In many ways, including artistic ones, Russia appears forever on the brink of revolution. This program examines Russian visual art as it progressed--or regressed, depending on one's opinion--during the 20th century. Host Andrew Graham-Dixon roots out portraits of Stalin stashed in museum storerooms, notes the transformation of the Moscow Metro into a public art gallery, and visits a stunning creation of postwar Communist rule: the Space Monument....
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The world's longest-running sitcom set in the glorious Yorkshire Dales is back and the ageing delinquents are up to their old tricks again. There's a case of mistaken identity in the village when Smiler is suspected of being a university professor in disguise. And Clegg is inspired to write his memoirs, prompting him to go in search of a childhood sweetheart but he is temporarily distracted when he manages to get stuck up a tree.
10) Serengeti
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With unique access to a pristine and unspoiled corner of the Serengeti deep in the heart of Africa, this series captures the drama of the animals' daily lives and the emotional moments they face.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Series Three of Doctor Who sees the Tenth Doctor unite with a new companion, Martha Jones, to fight against fearsome foes both old and new. From an encounter with Shakespeare in Elizabethan England to a trip to New New York in the far future to 1930s Manhattan suffering from an invasion by the evil Daleks, this set of episodes provides some of the Doctor's greatest adventures yet!
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Duggee is a lovable brown dog who runs The Squirrel Club; a place where children take part in all sorts of exciting activities and earn badges for their accomplishments! Duggee is stroking Enid, the cat. The Squirrels want to find animals they can stroke as well. Roly wants to stroke a bird, but they keep flying off. Betty finds a turtle, but he feels a bit too hard. Happy tries to stroke a goldfish, but it's a bit too wet.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Doctor is traveling through time and space in his TARDIS. New traveling companions Bill Pots and Nardole, old enemies with the return of Missy, and lots of adventures are awaiting him in his season ten journey.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (480 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Doctor Lucien Blake and his long-suffering housekeeper and confidant Jean Beazley now face a new future together, full of possibility. But life has a few more surprises in store for the both of them. Once again they'll be confronted by murder and mystery at every turn.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (555 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Now nearing the 1960s, the community enters a new time of social change, while stories of birth, life and death continue to touch your heart. Will live-wire Nurse Trixie marry her young curate? What new project calls for a heart as big as Chummy's? How will Sister Evangelina react to two new nurses? And why does Sister Julienne appear so unsettled by a mystery benefactor?
Publisher
Arthaus Musik
Pub. Date
♭2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 cm + 1 booklet (6 pages ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
Botticelli was one of the most coveted and talented artists of the Florentine Renaissance. On behalf of the powerful Medici family, he created a series of outstanding famous illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy. Free and unconventional in his imagery, Botticelli reveals the entire extent of his genius in his interpretation of the fantastic journey through hell, purgatory, and paradise. In 2000, for the first time, all 92 sheets of the cycle were...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (480 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's 1966, and it's a testing time for the midwives. But there's excitement, too, as the women's rights movement intensifies. With Trixie's help, Sister Julienne is determined to steer Nonnatus House of its financial quandary. Dr. Turner deals with an array of difficult cases including a former soldier involved in nuclear test explosion. Meanwhile, Sister Monica Joan experiences a crisis of faith, and Sister Frances realizes she needs to be a little...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 412 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Searching for the truth but never compromising, forensic pathologist Professor Sam Ryan is prepared to investigate crimes and interview witnesses herself if she is unhappy with the conclusions reached by the police. Aided by her dynamic colleagues, Dr. Leo Dalton and junior pathologist Harry Cunningham, she and her team are presented with four more mysteries to solve.