Review, buy Mystery & Detectives: Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Murder In Mesopotamia [1989], Midsomer Murders - Death Of A Hollow Man [1997], Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot [1989], Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express [1974], Maigret - Maigret On The Defensive / Maigret's Boyhood Friend, Maigret - Maigret On Home Ground / Maigret Sets A Trap [1991], Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon [1942], Taggart - Vol. 40 - Football Crazy, Cadfael - The Virgin In The Ice, The Mirror Crack'd [1980], Taggart - Vol. 26 - Black Orchid [1994], Taggart - Vol. 25 - Hellfire, Cadfael - The Holy Thief, Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Tragedy At Marsden Manor / The Double Clue [1989], Cracker- The Big Crunch / Men Should Weep [1993], Cadfael - A Morbid Taste For Bones, Cracker - True Romance [1995], Midsomer Murders - Country Matters, Taggart - Vol. 21 - Gingerbread [1993], Father Brown - The Hammer Of God And Other Stories [1974]

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Review 2 Entertain Video / Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Murder In Mesopotamia [1989]

Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Murder In Mesopotamia [1989] (2 Entertain Video)

Actors & Directors

Hugh Fraser
Tom Clegg
David Suchet

Release date: 2003-06-17
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: ~~£10.99~~
Price: £7.00

Review Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Murder In Mesopotamia [1989] / 2 Entertain Video:

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Review Acorn Media / Midsomer Murders - Death Of A Hollow Man [1997]

Midsomer Murders - Death Of A Hollow Man [1997] (Acorn Media)

Actors & Directors

Ed Waters
Nick Woodeson
John Nettles
Jeremy Silberston
Sarah Badel
Daniel Casey

Release date: 2000-03-06
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £1.89

Review Midsomer Murders - Death Of A Hollow Man [1997] / Acorn Media:

Based on Caroline Graham's novels and featuring the stolid crime-solving skills of Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby, Midsomer Murders made their television debut in 1997 and continue to keep viewers happy with that potent whodunnit ingredient: spectacularly bloody murders in the most tranquil rural settings the Shires have to offer. Midsomer is a vaguely defined area of villages and hamlets with charming names like Badger's Drift and Goodman's Land. It also has the highest number of violent deaths per capita outside the average war zone. Serial killings abound to test the nerve of Barnaby (John Nettles) and his sidekick Sergeant Troy (Daniel Casey), a dullard easily perplexed by a world which refuses to stick to his black and white view of things. Nettles is excellent; there's a hint of Bergerac still, now heavier of jowl and broader of beam, though the chasing is necessarily limited and the DCI enjoys the home comforts of an understanding wife and a spirited daughter. "Every time I go into any Midsomer village, it's always the same thing", he huffs. "Blackmail, sexual deviancy, suicide and murder. " Ain't it the truth? The murders are astonishing. Family feuds, jealousy, incest, industrial espionage, all erupt at regular intervals leaving a trail of bodies with throats slashed, limbs dismembered and blood absolutely everywhere. Rivers of sheer nastiness run deep beneath the superficially pastoral perfection of Midsomer. [+]

Thank goodness there are still men like dependable Barnaby to get to the bottom of things. Eventually. Sure of Barnaby's eventual success, Midsomer Murders make for a cosy, even comforting, couple of hours curled up in front of the television. And they make a great showcase for star turns from the great stable of British character actors, too, from Celia Imrie and Elizabeth Spriggs to Imelda Staunton and Duncan Preston, who invariably turn this whimsical stuff into the tastiest possible ham. -Piers Ford.

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Review Cinema Club / Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot [1989]

Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot [1989] (Cinema Club)

Actors & Directors

Hugh Fraser
David Suchet
Penny Rye
Edward Bennett

Release date: 2002-08-19
Run time: 408 min.
Price: £19.99

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Review Warner Home Video / Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express [1974]

Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express [1974] (Warner Home Video)

Actors & Directors

Lauren Bacall
Albert Finney
Sidney Lumet
Martin Balsam
Ingrid Bergman
Jacqueline Bisset

Release date: 2000-08-21
Run time: 122 min.
RRP: ~~£5.99~~
Price: £4.99

Review Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express [1974] / Warner Home Video:

Just the name "Orient Express" conjures up images of a bygone era. Add an all-star cast (including Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset and Lauren Bacall, to name a few) and Agatha Christie's delicious plot and how can you go wrong? Particularly if you add in Albert Finney as Christie's delightfully pernickety sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Someone has knocked off nasty Richard Widmark on this train trip and, to Poirot's puzzlement, everyone seems to have a motive-just the set-up for a terrific whodunit. Though it seems like an ensemble film, director Sidney Lumet gives each of his stars their own solo and each makes the most of it. Bergman went so far as to win an Oscar for her role. But the real scene-stealer is the ever-reliable Finney as the eccentric detective who never misses a trick. -Marshall Fine.

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