British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
1) Ballet shoes
Description
Three girls adopted by an explorer are raised as sisters by his niece. As each of the girls have their own dreams, they learn that in order to realize them, they must also keep their family together.
Description
When the body of a missing schoolgirl is discovered in a lake, a post-mortem reveals disturbing details. Meanwhile, another young girl is reported missing, and unless she is found soon she will slip into a diabetic coma. With little support from Assistant Commissioner Evans, will Lynley and Havers be able to find her in time?
Description
When the body of Lynley's godson is discovered 12 years after his abduction, it seems for the parents that the past has finally been laid to rest. Lynley tries to hold himself together to support the family, but when he begins an affair with the family's now-grown daughter -- and she is then found dead -- Lynley is hauled in for questioning. Convinced that Julia's death is somehow related to her brother's abduction and death, Lynley must unravel not...
Description
Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
Description
A riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent times in English history. A story of love and lust, seduction and deception, betrayal and murder, it is uniquely told through the perspective of three different, yet equally relentless women - Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. In their quest for power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the English throne.