The crimson field
Record details
- ISBN: 9781627893336 :
- ISBN: 1627893334
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Physical Description:
videodisc
2 videodiscs (351 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Edition: Full UK-length edition.
- Distributor: [Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Saving lives on the front lines of WWI"--Container. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Oona Chaplin, Kevin Doyle, Kerry Fox, Jack Gordon, Suranne Jones, Hermione Norris, Marianne Oldham, Richard Rankin, Alice St. Clair, Jeremy Swift, Alex Wyndham. |
Target Audience Note: | Rating: TV-14. |
Original Version Note: | Originally produced for television in 2014. |
System Details Note: | DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen version. |
Language Note: | English (stereo) dialogue; optional English subtitles (for the hearing impaired). |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama |
Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Creston Public Library | DVD FIC CRI (Text)
Acquisition Type: New |
35140001094831 | Fiction Videos | Volume hold | Available | - |
Castlegar Public Library | DVD FIC CRI (Text) | 35146001928555 | DVD Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Invermere Public Library | ADULT DVD (Text) | IPL051325 | Videos / DVD | Volume hold | Available | - |
Nakusp Public Library | DVD MOVIE C (Text) | 35160000715988 | DVD Movie | Volume hold | Available | - |
Lillooet Branch | AV-DVD AF CRI (Text) | 35180000323674 | AV Section | Volume hold | Available | - |
Quesnel Branch | CRI (Text) | 33923005633114 | Digital Video Disc | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Video Librarian Reviews : Video Librarian Reviews
This soapy melodrama about nurses in a military hospital premiered on the BBC in 2014 as part of its grand WWI centenary programming initiative before later arriving in the U.S. on PBS. Plans for additional episodes were scrapped, but The Crimson Field still offers plenty of costume drama for fans of Downton Abbey and Call the Midwife. Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses Kitty (Oona Chaplin), Flora (Alice St. Clair), and Rosalie (Marianne Oldham) are fresh-faced and eager when they arrive at a British field hospital on the coast of France soon after the start of the war. The women are joined by the more experienced Sister Joan (Suranne Jones), who carries the most wrenching backstory, although each of them work through personal issues while growing emotionally. The episodes mostly center on the interactions with the parade of young soldiers whose broken bodies and battered minds provide gritty life lessons for the inexperienced nurses. But there's also plenty of theatrics involving handsome doctors, officers, and nurse matrons with whom they butt heads or make woo. As a mid-budget ensemble period drama, The Crimson Field is a worthy effort. Recommended. (T. Fry) Copyright Video Librarian Reviews 2015.