Acorn Media (Firm)
2) The shiralee
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2008
Description
A fiercely independent man reluctantly takes his daughter on the road with him to the Australian outback while he looks for work.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Hetty is a 60-year-old housewife, a late bloomer, who sets up shop as a private eye to supplement her husband's meager pension. With moral authority, salt-of-the-earth candor, and a fully-loaded handbag, Hetty dispenses hard-boiled justice and motherly empathy in equally satisfying doses. Geoffrey, a destitute teenager, becomes Hetty's trusted and able sidekick. Her husband, Robert, also lends a hand.
Author
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
Set in the summer of 1917, the story follows the war-wounded Hastings to the Styles St. Mary estate of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed mother to a suspicious younger man. In the village, Hastings runs into his old friend Hercule Poirot and, when the estate's trouble turns deadly, the friends unite to solve a most baffling case.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Sgt. Jack Driscoll had to leave Dublin fast when his affair with a senior officer's wife was discovered. But Jack's father, Gerry, comes to his son's aid. Recently retired from his post as Garda Sergeant in a small Connemara town, Gerry manages to 'swing it' so that Jack inherits the job. Jack's now on his own, in charge of hundreds of square miles of remote, beautiful rural Ireland.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
This is the ultimate in armchair travel to Italy. It offers a unique aerial view shot from a helicopter, via a mounted camera, showcasing the country's breathtaking scenery and abundant architectural wonders. An informative narrative and soundtrack of traditional regional music further enhance the experience.
11) Injustice
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2012
Description
When successful London barrister William Travers suffers a nervous breakdown, he moves his family and practice to rural Suffolk. Called upon to defend an old friend, he is caught up in a conspiracy that stretches far beyond the courtroom. James Purefoy stars in a taut, engrossing thriller from the creator of Foyle's War.
15) Cadfael
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2000, 2001
Description
These riveting programs star Sir Derek Jacobi (I Claudius, Gladiator) as Brother Cadfael, the medieval crime-solving monk who tackles mysteries that arise in the dark world of twelfth century Shrewsbury.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
DSI Stella Gibson continues to hunt serial killer Paul Spector in the second series of this smart psychological thriller. As Gibson tries to help Spector's surviving victim remember the identity of her attacker, Spector deals with loose ends that he left behind in Belfast. When he realizes that someone from his past has been helping the police with their inquires, Spector changes his plans with terrifying consequences.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
1999
Description
Barnaby is enlisted to keep the peace when the arrival of two feuding clans of travelers disrupt the tranquility of Martyr Warren. Local magistrate and Falklands War veteran Hector Bridges gets fired up about the interlopers and unwisely marches into the fray.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Beautiful DCI Sasha Miller leads a team of detectives called out of retirement to solve cold cases in this long-running British series. Season Twelve sees the departure of the last-remaining original member of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad, Gerry Standing, who is replaced by old-school ex-copper Ted Case. This series is packed full of the mystery, drama and trademark humor the fans know and love.
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