Yorkshire Television

The darling buds of May( Visual )

7 editions published between 1991 and 2011 in English and held by 344 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

It's the 1950's and Sidney "Pop" Larkin has managed to avoid paying taxes for practically his entire working life. He embarks on a number of ill-fated entrepreneurial ventures and his daughter causes more than one head to turn with her flirtatious ways. But the flamboyant Larkins are thoroughly devoted to each other in good times and bad

Dickens of London( Visual )

5 editions published between 1998 and 2012 in English and held by 342 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

While on tour in America, Charles Dickens recalls the moments that shaped his life. From his penniless childhood in Chatham and London during the 1820s to the unprecedented success he later enjoyed on both sides of the Atlantic, he traces his extraordinary experiences which influenced many of his greatest works

The Beiderbecke affair( Visual )

3 editions published between 1999 and 2009 in English and held by 254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

It never occurs to Trevor that dishy blondes don't usually sell jazz records door-to-door. He orders a set of Bix Beiderbecke LPs but receives the wrong items. While trying to locate the missing music, he and his girlfriend, Jill, stumble upon black market goods in a church basement, secret meetings in a parking lot. They find corruption at the highest levels. Helping them out are a couple of friends, an overzealous police officer, an elderly snoop, and a town planner with a drawer full of incriminating files

China rising( Visual )

10 editions published between 1991 and 2016 in English and held by 245 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chronicles the history of China with archival footage and interviews. Part 1 traces history from the 1920s onwards. Part 2 looks at the conflict between the Communist Party and the Nationalist Party, and the founding of the People's Republic of China. Part 3 describes the Cultural Revolution and modern China under the open-door policy

Children of Chernobyl by Clive Gordon( Visual )

7 editions published between 1992 and 2007 in English and held by 224 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

(Producer) This film reveals for the first time the true depth of the tragedy at Chernobyl through exclusive archival film, eyewitnesses, and families now living in the aftermath. It is a story of deception and cover-up on a grand scale. The true legacy of the disaster can be seen on the children's wards of hospitals. Total hair loss is one of the more visible signs. Sadly for children, the number of diagnoses of cancer is growing at an alarming rate. In some areas more than half the population has fallen ill. We learn that thousands of men from all over the Soviet Union were dragged from the streets and drafted to help the clean-up operation. It is believed that half of these men have died. Ordinary people were misled and their lives placed in danger through lack of information, while officials in high positions quickly evacuated their own families

Die Faelschung by Dennis Waterman( Visual )

2 editions published between 1994 and 2011 in English and held by 195 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

John Neil is an ex-SAS operative freelancing for the British government. Includes four full-length shows

The attic : the hiding of Anne Frank by Miep Gies( Visual )

9 editions published between 1988 and 2003 in English and held by 186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

During the World War II Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, Miep Gies hides 2 Jewish families in the attic over the office where she works. Soon after the Allies land in France, Nazi officials discover the hiding place and remove its occupants to concentration camps. Among the ransacked remains, Miep finds Anne Frank's diary; after the war, she presents it to Otto Frank

Penn & Teller's magic and mystery tour( Visual )

3 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 181 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Penn and Teller tour China, Egypt, and India witnessing astounding feats of magic, and searching for the history and origins of magic and the profession of magician

Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen( Visual )

10 editions published between 1976 and 2005 in English and held by 178 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

For years, Mrs. Alving has, for appearance's sake, endured a loveless marriage to a dissolute and drunken man. She even sent her only son away from home so that he would not be corrupted by his father. But despite (or, ironically, perhaps because of) her efforts, the ghosts of the past and resurrected as her son reappears, the obvious heir to his father's sins and excesses

A touch of Frost( Visual )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Set in the dreary town of Denton, Frost approaches each case with his characteristic dry wit and a sense of moral justice. Contains Seasons 11 and 12