11 best british dvd

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Follow 12 amateur bakers as they don aprons and head for the tent in the British countryside, hoping to be named Britain's best. Judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood create challenges to test their baking prowess, creativity, and skill. Joined by hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, they search for the best all-around baker among the contestants.

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PBS Season 3 (UK Season 6). Follow 12 amateur bakers as they don aprons and head for the tent in the British countryside for this third season, hoping to be named Britain's best. Judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood have created new challenges to test their baking prowess, creativity, and skill.

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PBS Season 1 (UK Season 5). Follow the trials and tribulations of passionate amateur bakers whose goal is to be named the U.K.'s best. Each week, the bakers tackle a different skill, the difficulty of which increases as the competition unfolds, judged by Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.

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12 amateur bakers head for the competition tent in the British countryside, hoping to be named the best by judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, alongside hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. Each episode has a Signature Bake, to test creativity and baking ability; a Technical Challenge, to make basic recipes with minimal instruction; and the Showstopper Bake, to display depth of skill and talent.

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This comprehensive documentary series chronicles the exhilarating musical journey affectionately known as The British Invasion.

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Spies of Warsaw (2012)(DVD)

David Tennant (Doctor Who) and Janet Montgomery (Entourage) star in this adaptation of Alan Furst's celebrated spy novel set in Poland, Paris and Berlin in the years leading up to the Second World War. At the french embassy in Warsaw, the new military attache, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier (Tennant), is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of the city. At the same time, the handsome aristocrat is involved in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage (Montgomery), a lawyer for the League of Nations. Risking his life, Mercier works in the shadows amid a remarkable cast of characters, some known to him as spies, some never to be revealed. It is a city where people drink and fight and spy and love, because no one knows what tomorrow will bring.

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Mysteries grow around them

Stunning gardens provide the backdrop for this hit British mystery series starring Felicity Kendal (Good Neighbors, The Camomile Lawn) as Rosemary Boxer and Pam Ferris (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Matilda) as Laura Thyme, professional gardeners and amateur sleuths. From their former careers as a university plant biologist and a police officer, Rosemary and Laura bring unique investigative talents to their horticultural and human mysteries.

Locations featured in the series include manor houses in the English countryside; London’s Kew Gardens and Regent’s Park; the French Riviera; Italy’s Ligurian coast; a Surrey vineyard; and the hills of Málaga, Spain. Guest stars include Anthony Andrews, Oliver Ford Davies, Phyllida Law, Juilan Wadham, Margaret Tyzack, and Michael Maloney. Great fun for mystery fans and green thumbs alike! As seen on public television.

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Ian Carmichael stars in the original British adaptations



“Realized superbly” —The New York Times



As seen on Masterpiece Theatre



“Eternally appealing” —NPR’s Fresh Air

“The cast is splendid” —The Washington Post



Ian Carmichael stars in the original BBC adaptations of the Dorothy L. Sayers crime thrillers. Hailed by critics as one of the finest mystery series ever filmed, its success on PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre inspired the spin-off Mystery! Running at least three hours each, these dramas do full justice to Sayers’s vivid characters, trenchant wit, and lavish 1920s settings.



THE MYSTERIES

Clouds of Witness—Death hits close to home when Lord Peter’s future brother-in-law is murdered. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club—Two siblings die on the same day, leaving Wimsey to untangle who will inherit their fortune.

Murder Must Advertise—Lord Peter goes undercover at Pym’s Publicity to investigate the death of a copywriter.

Five Red Herrings—With six potential suspects, Wimsey must determine who murdered an unpopular artist.

The Nine Tailors—The detective stumbles upon a decades-old case involving stolen emeralds and unidentifiable corpses.

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Now in original U.K. broadcast order



“Superbly acted and filmed” —British Heritage magazine



Welcome to England’s most murderous county. . .



The English village mystery gets a contemporary spin in this hit British television series that has earned a worldwide following. Bucolic settings harbor macabre crimes and eccentric characters that are no match for nice-guy detective Tom Barnaby (John Nettles, Bergerac) and his eager assistant, Sergeant Troy (Daniel Casey, The Wingless Bird). “Delightful in a murderously charming way” (Leonard Maltin’s Movie Crazy). Guest stars include Samantha Bond, Anthony Bate, Sarah Alexander, Victoria Hamilton, Kenneth Colley, Gillian Kearney, and Celia Imrie.



THE MYSTERIES (original U.K. broadcast order)

Garden of Death—One of the most beautiful spots in the county becomes a source of contention.

Destroying Angel—When a hotel owner dies, the manager misses the reading of the will that names him part-owner.

The Electric Vendetta—A mutilated body found in a crop circle leads some to suspect aliens have invaded.

Who Killed Cock Robin?—A murder mars plans for the upcoming wedding of the village squire’s daughter.

Dark Autumn—A postman is brutally murdered, and it turns out he was delivering more than the mail to village women.



Now with SDH subtitles



Mysteries previously released in Set 3

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Cranford: The Collection (Repackage/DVD)

Cranford: 1842. Cranford, a market town in the North West of England, is a place governed by etiquette, custom and above all, an intricate network of ladies. Despite the most vigilant eyes and ears, however, the town still has its secrets. And while it seems that Cranford life is conducted according to strict social rules, Cranford is on the cusp of change...Return to Cranford:Cranford is modernizing quickly despite the best efforts of its aging spinsters. The shadow of the railway still looms, although the line is currently halted five miles out of town - a disasteras far as Captain Brown is concerned. Meanwhile, Miss Marr (Dench) is trying to get some of the town's young people together, but when tragedy strikes, she fears she has opened a Pandora's Box from which Cranford will never recover.

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The legendary Diana Rigg stars in this classic whodunnit set in the 1920s about the infamous, intuitive crime-solver Mrs Adela Bradley and her resourceful chauffeur, George. The irrepressible Adela Bradley solves complex cases of blackmail, murder, sacrifice and mistaken identity with characteristic style and grace.