Anne Reid
Publisher
Bbc
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ed.
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
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
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.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
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?
4) Our Zoo
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Inspiring drama based on the extraordinary real story of the eccentric Mottershead family who, despite huge opposition and personal sacrifice, established Chester Zoo in the 1930s. With single-mindedness bordering on madness, George Mottershead drove himself and his family to realise his ambition to transform a ramshackle house on the outskirts of Chester into a unique institution that would change forever the way zoos house animals.
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
As Britain is shook by volatile political, economic, and technological developments, members of the Lyons family unite on one crucial night in 2019. Over the next fifteen years, the twists and turns of their lives are explored as viewers find out if this ordinary family could change the world.
7) Sanditon
Publisher
Masterpiece/PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort, enlisting the backing of local bigwig Lady Denham. Through a mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the Heywoods and invites their eldest daughter, Charlotte, for an extended stay at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Lady Denham, a widow, is playing matchmaker for her destitute nephew, Sir Edward, who is determined to seduce Lady Denham's ward, Clara.
Publisher
Pbs
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
High-spirited heroine Charlotte Heywood returns to the picturesque coastal resort of Sanditon and the companionship of her friend Georgiana Lambe. What adventures, scandals, intrigue and above all else, romance, await Miss Heywood this season?
Publisher
Hit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen format.
Language
English
Description
"Hang on for an out-of-this-world ride as Wallace's mad craving for cheese leads to a space rocket adventure in A Grand Day Out. In The Wrong Trousers, Gromit smells something fishy after a penguin moves in and plots to make off with Wallace's Techno-Trousers. Then it's time for A Close Shave as Wallace and Gromit get wrapped up in a sheep-rustling scheme. Finally, trouble rises after Wallace and Gromit start a bread-making business and are ensnared...
11) Gracious Lies
Author
Language
English
Description
Gracious Lies, is a collection of five delightfully unsettling short stories that take a lingering peep behind the net curtains of everyday life, love and marriage.
In "Hand, Foot & Finger", imperious Leonard and his pale wife Audrey head once again to Aunty Lynne's West Country guesthouse. Can Audrey endure another week of toil on the beautiful beaches of Weston-super-Mare? The New Mrs. Barefoot is en route, but for faithful family retainer, Dobbo,...
Author
Series
Our Zoo volume 4
Language
English
Description
When Adam the bear escapes, George is badly injured in the process of retrieving him. Dr. Ford treats his injuries, but June is disturbed to learn how close her father was to death. Needing money to secure the bears and with no help from the bank, George concocts a plan to organize a benefit at Selborne Hall to raise urgent funds.
Author
Series
Our Zoo volume 5
Language
English
Description
The devastating news that planning permission for the zoo has been denied threatens to tear the family apart and destroy George's dream. However, Lady Katherine's connections in Whitehall give the family a lifeline. She and George embark on a trip to London to convince the Deputy Minister of Health to grant an appeal, while the family deal with a shocking new arrival at Oakfield.
Author
Series
Our Zoo volume 2
Language
English
Description
With the initial plans for the zoo drawn up, George turns his mind to growing the stock at Oakfield, which brings him face-to-face with two Himalayan black bears hiding out in a cave in Matlock. The male is extremely protective of the malnourished female and George - along with Lizzie's brother, Billy - is in a quandary about what to do. Meanwhile, Councilor Tipping of Chester Council receives a call from Webb. Now that they know what the Mottersheads...
Author
Series
Our Zoo volume 6
Language
English
Description
The family's last chance is to convince a visiting inspector from the Ministry of Health to overturn the council ban on a zoo at Oakfield. But when the nets of the aviary are slashed, George begins to lose his grip on the case - and his self-control. Lizzie is concerned he might throw their last chance away so reaches out for legal help, which comes at a cost.
Author
Series
Our Zoo volume 1
Language
English
Description
Frustrated by living with his wife and two daughters under his parents' roof and tormented by his war trauma, George decides to change his life and put a bit of beauty back into the world. When visiting the docks he spots an unwanted squirrel monkey and a camel about to be put down, so takes them home with him. He later comes across a rundown stately home surrounded by acres of land, and he formulates the idea of buying it and building around it the...
Author
Series
Our Zoo volume 3
Language
English
Description
As the family nurse female bear, Eve, back to health, local residents' opposition to the zoo grows hostile. The zoo continues to expand beyond their means, forcing George to use all his charm to persuade a local journalist of its unique worth. But while George's proclamations fall on deaf ears, Billy brings home a surprise that could turn things around.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Salt Path by Raynor Winn, read by Anne Reid. Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years is terminally ill, the couple lose their home and their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset, via Devon and Cornwall. They have almost no money for food or...
Author
Series
Last Tango in Halifax volume 5
Language
English
Description
Alan finds it hard to choose his best man and Caroline and Kate are outed by John.
Author
Series
Last Tango in Halifax volume 1
Language
English
Description
Celia and Alan rediscover a relationship that started 60 years ago.