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Miss Marple Box set (Joan Hickson)

Advantages: Has the best portrail of Miss Marple ever
Disadvantages: No special features

...Joan Hickson will always be the best 'Miss Marple'. Possibly as she was the first one I saw playing the part. I'm surprised that it took the BBC so long to releace them on DVD From the acting to the setting to the pacing... everything seems just right. Every part of Joan Hicksons performance (which earned her two BAFTA nominations) was perfect. She plays Miss Marple as the 'rather nosey busy body' who the criminal always seems to dismiss as past ...
...brain she can always solve the crimes faster than the inspector. Marple lives in her small village and knows everything that goes on there. Through this she knows the world. She is always saying 's/he reminded me of...' Unlike Poirot who always had a good relatioship with the Inspector, the relationship between Marple and the inspector in these storys is a little more strained. He thinks she's an interfering old busy body, which she is, but she always ...

mjc121 30.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Miss Marple Collection - Starring Joan Hickson (Box Set) (DVD)

Great Sunday Afternoon Fun

Advantages: Plot is great
Disadvantages: Does drag in parts

Midsomer Murders has some great who done it plot lines which will keep you glued to the screen. The murderer is always the person you least expected and so is the motive. Barnaby does not sound or look like a copper and I suppose that's what makes him a good one. He kind of creeps up on the unsuspecting murderer. It's like they knew they were going to get caught but they had not been expecting it to be that soon. When he identifies the murderer, ...
...less time investigating and more time attending, fairs and having tea with his wife. If you love who done its then this is the box set for you. The plot lines are got and the story lines okay. It will not keep you at the edge of your seat but you will feel fairly suspended. Good fun. ...

flamesk 11.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Midsomer Murders Vol.2 (Box Set) (DVD)

Midsomer Murders (Box Set) You're not always safer in the country

Advantages: Easy to watch and very entertaining
Disadvantages: Could become repetitive?

...dedicated DI working for the Midsomer Constabulary in Causton. I love this character so much for so many reasons: My Dad was a DI, he looks like my Dad, his mannerisms are like my Dad and he has the same relationship with his daughter Cully, as I do with my Dad! Infact I think someone wrote this about my Dad! Anyway enough of all that, I digress. He is a very calm character, who years of experience in the force shine through as he goes about his ...
...they died! Where is Midsomer Supposed to be? Midsomer County is set in the heart of the English country side and is a very picturesque county to live, but this wouldn't compensate for the number of dead bodies that turn up there for me! Episodes & Brief Synopsis of Box Set One The Killings at Badger's Drift Badgers Drift was the pilot and what a way to start. An old lady is found dead in her cottage. No-one can understand why as she was ...

jinxyjo 16.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Midsomer Murders (Box Set) (DVD)

An intellectual police drama

Advantages: Great acting
Disadvantages: none

Inspector Morse was a British crime drama starring John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Detective Sergeant Lewis. It was based on the novels by Colin Dexter. It was set in Oxford and featured the pair investigating murders for Thames Valley CID. Morse was different from the normal sleuth because, although he was intelligent and mild mannered. He had many failings, such drinking, was sometimes abrupt with people and found relationships ...
...the police, who he had annoyed. This made him a believable character that the general public could associate with. Lewis was a bit wet behind the ears and found Morse’s cynical nature quite trying at times. The two juxtaposing men were a perfect partnership and meant that they saw murder cases from different subjective views. I remember watching this and finding it difficult to watch at times, but once I got into it, it was immensely enjoyable. ...

mozzie76 05.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Inspector Morse - Complete (Digi Stack) (Box Set) (DVD)

A must for Christie fans!

Advantages: Owning the entire collection
Disadvantages: None

What can I say - David Suchet was born to play Hercules Poirot. Never has an actor brought the character so to life and I should know as I own all the books as well. There is a mixture of short one hour episodes and feature length films so you can pick what you want to watch when. Unfortunately, the last few do not include the characters of the likeable Inspector Japp, Poirot's bungling sidekick, Hastings and his secretary, Miss Lemon. I feel that ...
...my living room and the stories were acted out just as Christie would have wanted, unlike the ITV more recent interpretation of Miss Marple. You will see many familiar faces in these shows either before their careers took off or when they were household names. The DVD's are supplied in a neat and compact case and are easy to store or have them out on show as I have.The indexing is very clear for even the initiated. If you know any Christie fan and ...

rosie-moses 20.09.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Complete Collection (Slip Case) (DVD)