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Review Mosaic Movies / Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings Of Sherlock Holmes [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Dolly Wells
  • Robin Laing (II)
  • Sean Wightman
  • Ian Richardson
  • Paul Seed
  • Charles Dance
Release date: 2000-06-12
Run time: 103 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.98

Review Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings Of Sherlock Holmes [2000] / Mosaic Movies:


Review Acorn Media / Midsomer Murders - Painted In Blood [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Daniel Casey
  • Sarah Hellings
  • Dinah Stabb
  • Jane Wymark
  • Andrew Lancel
  • John Nettles
Release date: 2003-07-14
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £12.99

Review Midsomer Murders - Painted In Blood [1997] / Acorn Media:


Review Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd / Inspector Morse - The Secret Of Bay 5B / Masonic Mysteries [1987]
Actors & Directors
  • Danny Boyle
  • Amanda Hillwood
  • John Thaw
  • Richard Kane
  • Jim Goddard
  • Kevin Whately
Release date: 2000-01-26
Run time: 208 min.
Price: £19.99

Review Inspector Morse - The Secret Of Bay 5B / Masonic Mysteries [1987] / Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd:

When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world-and with his colleagues in the police force-most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to the next. And he is scarred-more deeply than he would ever admit-by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. [+]
It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! - Piers Ford.

Review Cinema Club / Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Adventures Of Johnnie Waverly / Four And Twenty Blackbirds [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • David Suchet
  • Edward Bennett
  • Penny Rye
  • Hugh Fraser
Release date: 2002-07-08
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.48

Review Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Adventures Of Johnnie Waverly / Four And Twenty Blackbirds [1989] / Cinema Club:


Review Imc Vision / Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Achilles Heel [1991]
Actors & Directors
  • George Baker
  • Christopher Ravenscroft
Release date: 1998-08-03
Run time: 103 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £13.31

Review Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Achilles Heel [1991] / Imc Vision:


Review Granada Media / Sherlock Holmes - The Hound Of The Baskervilles [1988]
Actors & Directors
  • Raymond Adamson
  • Brian Mills
  • Edward Hardwicke
  • Fiona Gillies
  • Jeremy Brett
  • William Ilkley
Release date: 1998-09-07
Run time: 101 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.69

Review Sherlock Holmes - The Hound Of The Baskervilles [1988] / Granada Media:

This nearly two-hour-long Granada Television production of the most popular Sherlock Holmes tale-adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel-stars series regular Jeremy Brett as the Baker Street detective and Edward Hardwicke as his close ally, Dr. John Watson. A thrilling blend of detective yarn and Gothic horror, The Hound concerns the apparent return of an old curse upon the Baskerville family in the terrifying form of a gigantic killer hound. Fans of Hardwicke get an opportunity to see his Watson on a solo mission for part of this story, though Brett-easily the best of all screen actors to play the sleuth-is never far from the narrative. The supporting cast is very good and the beast itself, revealed in a famously terrifying finale, is indeed a spooky revelation. -Tom Keogh.

Review Granada Media / Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Peril At End House - Parts 1 And 2 [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Pauline Moran
  • David Suchet
  • Hugh Fraser
  • Penny Rye
  • Philip Jackson
Release date: 2001-01-22
Run time: 99 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £2.95

Review Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Peril At End House - Parts 1 And 2 [1989] / Granada Media:


Review Clear Vision Ltd / Taggart - Vol. 36 - Fearful Lightning
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Brayshaw
  • James MacPherson
  • Blythe Duff
Release date: 2003-06-02
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £10.99

Review Taggart - Vol. 36 - Fearful Lightning / Clear Vision Ltd:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Agatha Christie's Partners In Crime - The Secret Adversary [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • Tony Wharmby
  • John A. Davis (II)
Release date: 2001-03-05
Run time: 114 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £10.00

Review Agatha Christie's Partners In Crime - The Secret Adversary [1983] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Imc Vision / Ruth Rendell Mysteries - The Speaker Of Mandarin [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • George Baker
  • Christopher Ravenscroft
Release date: 1997-05-12
Run time: 142 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £17.58

Review Ruth Rendell Mysteries - The Speaker Of Mandarin [1992] / Imc Vision:


Review ITV DVD / Inspector Morse - The Settling Of The Sun [1987]
Actors & Directors
  • John Thaw
  • Kevin Whately
Release date: 1998-07-13
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.35

Review Inspector Morse - The Settling Of The Sun [1987] / ITV DVD:


Review ITV DVD / Inspector Morse - Cherubim And Seraphim - Series 6 - Episode 5 [1987]
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin Whately
  • John Thaw
  • Jason Isaacs
  • Sorcha Cusack
  • Danny Boyle
  • Isla Blair
Release date: 1999-08-09
Run time: 104 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.13

Review Inspector Morse - Cherubim And Seraphim - Series 6 - Episode 5 [1987] / ITV DVD:

When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world-and with his colleagues in the police force-most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to the next. And he is scarred-more deeply than he would ever admit-by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. [+]
It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! - Piers Ford.

Review Acorn Media / Midsomer Murders - Things That Go Bump In The Night
Actors & Directors
  • John Hopkins
  • Peter Smith
  • John Nettles
Release date: 2005-01-10
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.99

Review Midsomer Murders - Things That Go Bump In The Night / Acorn Media:


Review Acorn Media / Campion - Look To The Lady / Police At The Funeral [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Andrew Burt
  • Peter Davison
  • Brian Glover
  • Ronald Wilson
  • Martyn Friend
Release date: 2002-08-05
Run time: 212 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.99

Review Campion - Look To The Lady / Police At The Funeral [1989] / Acorn Media:


Review Clear Vision Ltd / Taggart - Vol. 35 - A Fistful Of Chips
Actors & Directors
  • Blythe Duff
  • Alan Macmillan
  • James MacPherson
Release date: 2003-06-02
Run time: 99 min.
Price: £10.99

Review Taggart - Vol. 35 - A Fistful Of Chips / Clear Vision Ltd:


Review Imc Vision / Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Shake Hands Forever [1990]
Actors & Directors
  • George Baker
  • Christopher Ravenscroft
Release date: 1996-09-09
Run time: 146 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £13.05

Review Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Shake Hands Forever [1990] / Imc Vision:


Review Imc Vision / Ruth Rendell Mysteries - An Unkindness Of Ravens
Actors & Directors
  • Christopher Ravenscroft
  • George Baker
  • Diane Keen
Release date: 1996-06-24
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.77

Review Ruth Rendell Mysteries - An Unkindness Of Ravens / Imc Vision:


Review ITV DVD / Inspector Morse - Dead On Time - Series 6 - Episode 1 [1987]
Actors & Directors
  • Joanna David
  • Samantha Bond
  • John Thaw
  • John Madden
  • David Haig
  • Kevin Whately
Release date: 1999-08-09
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.85

Review Inspector Morse - Dead On Time - Series 6 - Episode 1 [1987] / ITV DVD:

When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world-and with his colleagues in the police force-most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to the next. And he is scarred-more deeply than he would ever admit-by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. [+]
It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! - Piers Ford.

Review Granada Media / Maigret - The Complete Second Series [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • John Strickland
  • Michael Gambon
  • Geoffrey Hutchings
  • Nicholas Renton
  • Jack Galloway
  • Barbara Flynn
  • James Larkin
  • Stuart Burge
Release date: 2000-09-11
Run time: 305 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.50

Review Maigret - The Complete Second Series [1992] / Granada Media:


Review ITV DVD / Inspector Morse - Infernal Serpent - Series 4 - Episode 1 [1987]
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin Whately
  • Geoffrey Palmer
  • Cheryl Campbell
  • Barbara Leigh Hunt
  • John Thaw
Release date: 1999-02-08
Run time: 104 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.74

Review Inspector Morse - Infernal Serpent - Series 4 - Episode 1 [1987] / ITV DVD:

When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world-and with his colleagues in the police force-most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to the next. And he is scarred-more deeply than he would ever admit-by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. [+]
It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! - Piers Ford.

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Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings Of Sherlock Holmes [2000], Midsomer Murders - Painted In Blood [1997], Inspector Morse - The Secret Of Bay 5B / Masonic Mysteries [1987], Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Adventures Of Johnnie Waverly / Four And Twenty Blackbirds [1989], Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Achilles Heel [1991], Sherlock Holmes - The Hound Of The Baskervilles [1988], Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Peril At End House - Parts 1 And 2 [1989], Taggart - Vol. 36 - Fearful Lightning, Agatha Christie's Partners In Crime - The Secret Adversary [1983], Ruth Rendell Mysteries - The Speaker Of Mandarin [1992], Inspector Morse - The Settling Of The Sun [1987], Inspector Morse - Cherubim And Seraphim - Series 6 - Episode 5 [1987], Midsomer Murders - Things That Go Bump In The Night, Campion - Look To The Lady / Police At The Funeral [1989], Taggart - Vol. 35 - A Fistful Of Chips, Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Shake Hands Forever [1990], Ruth Rendell Mysteries - An Unkindness Of Ravens, Inspector Morse - Dead On Time - Series 6 - Episode 1 [1987], Maigret - The Complete Second Series [1992], Inspector Morse - Infernal Serpent - Series 4 - Episode 1 [1987]

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