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1.

Fields of Fire.  3-PK.  PBS Video.  DVD.  10 Hours.


Fleeing hard times in England, Bluey finds a new life in a wild corner of Australia as a sugar cane cutter.

He discovers that being accepted into the cutters tightly knit community is tougher than the dangerous work they face every day in the fields.

A global war and violent local prejudices rock their community and one final massive disaster threatens not just their livelihood, but their very lives.


 

PBSV

$49.95
set of 3
DVD

2.

Fingersmith.  PBS Video.  DVD.  3 Hours.


Orphan Sue Trinder was a petty thief, or "fingersmith," and up for any profitable con game.

But helping defraud wealthy heiress Maud Lilly backfired, when Sue fell in love with the victim in this engrossing Victorian thriller, based on Sarah Waters' novel.

Starring Sally Hawkins, Elaine Cassidy, and Rupert Evans. Recommended for mature audiences.



 

PBSV

$29.95
DVD

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  Postage and handling is $4.80 for the first video
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Foreign delivery is $8.50 for the first video
and $5.00 for each additional video.

3.

Five Children and It and The Return of It.  2-PK.  PBS Video.  DVD.  5 Hours.


Take a grumpy old sand fairy who needs a friend, and add five vacationing children who befriend it.

Mix slowly, and bake up an enchanted summer holiday in this delightful BBC adaptation of E. S. Nesbit's classic novel.






 

PBSV

$39.95
set of 2
DVD

4.

Flambards.  3-PK.  PBS Video.  DVD.  11 Hours & 30 Minutes.


A decaying mansion is Christina's new home: Flambards. But can she rise above demands of a crippled uncle, a class-conscious household, and a family rent by hatred and bitterness?

Will she win the trust of cousins Mark and William? Will she become an equestrian, as Uncle insists? Can she survive tragedy to rescue her new home from destruction? A gripping story of family strife and indomitable spirit in early 1900s England.



 

PBSV

$39.95
set of 3
DVD

5.

Gilles' Wife. PBS Video. DVD. 85 Minutes.


A devoted wife in a small French mining town fears her husband is having an affair with her younger sister, and struggles to save her failing marriage, in this award-winning film from director Frederic Fonteyne.

Emmanuelle Devos shimmers as the heroine in the haunting tale of love, sexual obsession, and betrayal. Gilles' Wife is an altogether extraordinary piece of work," writes critic Leonard Maltin.

PBSV

$29.95
DVD

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PBSV

$19.95
DVD

7.

Glorious Triumphs and Great Tragedies.  PBS Video.  DVD.  2 Hours.


Archival footage and vivid re-enactments bring a baker's dozen great events to life in this thrilling documentary.

From the lifeboats of the ill-fated Titanic and the riddle of the Dead Sea scrolls to the tragic end of Russia's Romanov dynasty and England's doomed Anne Boleyn, there is something of interest for any history buff.

Visit the Panama Canal, Pearl Harbor, the Taj Mahal, and more. Narrated by actor Leonard Nimoy.


 

PBSV

$19.95
DVD

8.

Great Adaptations. 4-PK. PBS Video. DVD.  6 Hours & 45 Minutes.


Four classic literary works appear in this collection of films. David Lean's Great Expectations brings life to Charles Dickens' timeless characters.

In Lord of the Files, William Golding's parable of boyhood gone wild in savage surroundings was filmed on location. The Most Dangerous Game charts Richard Connell's tale of a big-game hunter with a taste for exotic prey.



 

PBSV

$79.95
set of 4
DVD

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9.

Great Performances: Hard Times.  2-PK.  PBS Video.  DVD.  3 Hours & 23 Minutes.


Charles Dickens' classic novel chronicled the travails of the Gradgrind family, including financial scandal and a loveless marriage in the 1850s.

The magic and romance of a traveling circus provides a perfect counterpoint to life in a grim factory town in Northern England, pitting materialism against imagination.

This critically acclaimed adaptation for PBS' GREAT PERFORMANCES stars Patrick Allen and Timothy West.


 

PBSV

$39.95
set of 2
DVD

10.

 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: Complete First Season.  3-PK.  PBS Video.  DVD.          5 Hours & 30 Minutes.


Patricia Routledge (Keeping Up Appearances) turned her comedic talents to dramatic advantage in this series, first broadcast on Mystery!

A sprightly housewife from Lancashire, Hetty Wainthropp is in no mood to drop out when her husband retires.

A chance job turns into a new profession at 60 for Hetty, who teams up with a destitute teenager to create her own detective agency.


 

PBSV

$59.95
set of 3
DVD

11.

 Horatio Hornblower: Collector's Edition.  8-PK. PBS Video.  DVD.  13 Hours and 28 Minutes.


C. S. Forester's swashbuckling hero is back in this thrilling collection of eight feature-length Horatio Hornblower films.

 Ioan Gruffudd is the British Royal Navy's dashing high-seas hero, battling Napoleon's forces in this Emmy Award-winning series, adapted from Forester's novels.

Includes The Duel, The Fire Ships, The Duchess and the Devil, and The Wrong War. Plus The Mutiny, Retribution, Loyalty, and Duty.


 

PBSV

$79.95
set of 8
DVD

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12.

Horatio Hornblower.  4-PK.  PBS Video.  DVD.  6 Hours & 40 Minutes.


Chart a course for high-seas adventure with C. S. Forester's legendary hero, HORATIO HORNBLOWER, fighting from the decks of the battleship Justinian, retrieving treasures, and constantly evading capture by frustrated enemies.

Starring Ioan Gruffudd, these thrilling dramas follow the young recruit through the ranks during the Napoleonic wars, the bloodiest time in British naval history.

Weigh anchor with both video sets and take $10 in savings.


 

PBSV

$59.95
set of 4
DVD

13.

Horatio Hornblower: The Adventure Continues. 2-PK. PBS Video. DVD.  3 Hours & 15  Minutes.



Ioan Gruffudd returns as C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower, whose bravery and derring-do make him a high-seas hero.

 With the bloody 18th-century Anglo-French wars as their backdrop, the set's two films, shot on location around the globe, dramatically re-create momentous naval battles using a full-scale replica of a 24-gun frigate, state-of-the-art special effects, and a world-class stunt team.



 

PBSV

$39.95
set of 2
DVD

14.

Horatio Hornblower: The New Adventures. 2PK.  PBS Video.  DVD.  3 Hours & 30 Minutes.


C.S. Forester's swashbuckling hero of the high seas returns to the screen in two new films.

Marooned in peacetime Portsmouth, Horatio Hornblower (Ioan Gruffudd) whiles away the time playing cards before gaining a sudden new command in Loyalty as war looms on the horizon.

In Duty, bachelor Hornblower makes the ultimate jump--to wedded bliss--before returning to command his ship, as invaders near England.


 

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$29.95
set of 2
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15.

Horatio Hornblower: The New Adventures.  2-PK.  PBS Video.  VHS.  3 Hours & 30 Minutes.


C.S. Forester's swashbuckling hero of the high seas returns to the screen in two new films.

Marooned in peacetime Portsmouth, Horatio Hornblower (Ioan Gruffudd) whiles away the time playing cards before gaining a sudden new command in Loyalty as war looms on the horizon.

In Duty, bachelor Hornblower makes the ultimate jump--to wedded bliss--before returning to command his ship, as invaders near England.


 

PBSV

$29.95
set of 2
VHS

16.

James Stewart Signature Collection.  5-PK.  PBS Video.  DVD.  11 Hours & 15 Minutes.


Five of his popular films capture the breadth and unique talents of Jimmy Stewart's long career. From The Stratton Story (1949) to The Cheyenne Social Club (1970), the rangy actor never missed a beat, from Westerns to dramas to comedies and sophisticated satires.

The collection also includes The Naked Spur (1953), The Spirit of St. Louis (1957), and The FBI Story (1959).

Each disc contains trailers and short films, some with cartoons.


 

PBSV

$49.95
set of 5
DVD

17.

Jane Austen: Emma.  PBS Video.  DVD.  4 Hours & 30 Minutes.


Incorrigible matchmaker Emma Woodhouse presides with enthusiasm over the small provincial world of Highbury.

 Having engineered the marriage of one friend, she turns her attention toward making a match between the local vicar and her new protege.

But Emma's deeds blur the line between good intentions and self-gratification, in a tale brilliantly reflecting Jane Austen's mastery of wit, irony and wisdom.


 

PBSV

$19.95
DVD

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18.

Jane Austen: Emma.  PBS Video. VHS.  4 Hours & 30 Minutes.


Incorrigible matchmaker Emma Woodhouse presides with enthusiasm over the small provincial world of Highbury.

Having engineered the marriage of one friend, she turns her attention toward making a match between the local vicar and her new protege.

But Emma's deeds blur the line between good intentions and self-gratification, in a tale brilliantly reflecting Jane Austen's mastery of wit, irony and wisdom.


 

PBSV

$24.95
VHS

19.

Jane Austen: Jane Austen in Manhattan.  PBS Video.  DVD.  1 Hour & 45 Minutes.


Anne Baxter is the very traditional Lilianna Zorska, whose troupe seeks to outwit an avant-garde company led by rival Pierre (Robert Powell), as both seek to create competing versions of Jane Austen's Sir Charles Grandison.

But is life beginning to imitate art, instead of the opposite? Sean Young and Michael Wager offer well-crafted supporting roles in this Merchant Ivory production, written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.



 

PBSV

$19.95
DVD

20.

Jane Austen: Persuasion.  PBS Video.  DVD.  3 Hours & 45 Minutes.


When Anne Elliot turned down Captain Wentworth's marriage proposal, she allowed herself to be "persuaded" by her snobbish family of his unworthiness.

Eight years later, Anne's family has fallen upon hard times, while Captain Wentworth has prospered.

He's still eligible, but now seems infatuated by the youth and beauty of impetuous Louisa Musgrove.



 

PBSV

$19.95
DVD

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  Postage and handling is $4.80 for the first video
and $3.00 for each additional video.
~~~~~~~~~~
Foreign delivery is $8.50 for the first video
and $5.00 for each additional video.

21.

Jane Austen: Pride & Predjudice.  2-PK.  PBS Video.  DVD.  5 Hours.


In a society where an unmarried woman should be devoted to securing an advantageous marriage, bright and witty Elizabeth Bennet has a mind of her own.

Yet she is smitten by the mysterious Mr. Darcy. Their romance unfolds as tragedy threatens the Bennet household, revealing Jane Austen's insights into human behavior.

Simon Langton directs a cast of Britain's top-rated performers in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, filmed on location in Derbyshire.


 

PBSV

$34.95
set of 2
DVD

22.

Jane Austen: Sense & Sensibility.  PBS Video.  DVD.  2 Hours & 45 Minutes.


Hailed as "wonderfully 18th century" and offering equal measures of humor and drama, this magnificent BBC product tells the story of two sisters attempting to find happiness in the tightly structured society of 18th century England.








 

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$19.95
DVD

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