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Rating:  - Almost want to read the books.
My wife is a big fan of mystery books. So she turned me on to these British mysteries. I really enjoy them a lot. We do not like most of the new stuff coming out TV these days so these give us the TV entertainment we like.
Rating:  - Disappointingly bland performances.
Ngaio Marsh's main cahracter of Inspector Alleyn was, in print, a fascinatingly complex personality in the mould of Dorothy L Sayers'Lord Peter Wimsey, if not quite as contrary. By contrast, Patrick Malahide manages to make Alleyn a bland, colourless person. Belinda Lang, whilst personifying Marsh's Agatha Troy to the extent that she was not beautiful, thus scoring at least one plus in the world of normally not very accurate translation from book to screen, also fails to make her the deep and principled character of literature.
Rating:  - Pass On This
This series is flat-out horrible. Some of the actors appear to be very good but there is absolutely no chemistry between them. Most of the rest are terrible. The screenplays are weak and don't compel one to read the books.
All in all, the series teeters on the edge of genuine melodrama. If you are looking into this series and haven't seen Foyles War, I'd suggest skipping this and buying Foyle.
After watching this first set, I won't be buying the second.
Rating:  - Vintage PBS Mystery
We watched these when they originally ran on PBS's Mystery series. Finding them on DVD to enjoy again was quite a delight. Inspector Alleyn was one of our favorites. The combination of Patrick Malahide's aristocratic Inspector and William Simon's plodding but dependable Det. Insp. "Breir" Fox with a touch of Belinda Lang's eccentric artist Agatha Troy gave viewers a wonderfully relaxing and enjoyable set of mysteries!
The only criticism I can offer of set 1 is that only two of the episodes include Miss Troy, and it is her interactions with Alleyn that produce some of the most entertaining moments.
Rating: - english mysteries
Having watched the Foyle's War and Inspector Lynley series this just does not stack up. It is just terrible!! Don't spend your money on it!
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