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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 ... Read review

Advantages: The first 4 (and arguably best out of the 6) seasons in one place.
Disadvantages: Check sub-title availability. Could have done with more interviews.

Monk is a popular, funny and moving US detective series starring Tony Shalhoub (Wings, Paulie, Galaxy Quest, Men in Black) as character Adrian Monk, set in San Francisco and currently filming it's seventh season. It is based on a former detective who was released on discharge from the police force due to mental upset and is now a private investigator but hopes one day to be reinstated. Even though Adrian has always been plagued by phobias and compulsions, ...
...well worth the money. Monk is a character focused Detective series rather than a Mystery series where the focus is more on the crime and it's unravelling whereby the detective(s) is a guide for the reader/watcher rather than a super sleuth with clues and parts of the story you could never guess. Monk is a super sleuth but unlike some stories and series there is no needless twisting and further twisting of the plot so that you couldn't guess or estimate ... Read review

Advantages: Original and exciting
Disadvantages: series two: Kim

...I say, we were amazed. 24 has all the makings of a superb series and the first season is full of twists and revelations that had me surprised until the very end. Ok, I will get to the point now, 24 is a real time epic which focuses on the life of CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit) agent Jack Bauer in Los Angeles. Each episode focuses on one hour in his very eventful day. We meet characters that we don't know if we can trust them or not, we meet terrorists ...
...Los Angeles within the next 24 hours. Jack finds himself reluctantly being dragged back into the life of a CTU agent. The President of the United States has been informed of the nuclear threat and it is the first time in his term of office he has had to deal with terrorists. Will he survive the day? Will he help Jack in his time of need? Will he do what's necessary to save the city of Angels? In this series we are greeted with old and new characters, ... Read review

Advantages: Exciting, gripping, unconventional
Disadvantages: Can get a little samey sometimes, Kim Bauer is very annoying!

24 is a series which takes place over 24 hours and each episode covers one hour. There have been five seasons to date and it has been a very successful show both in America and worldwide. Jack Bauer is a federal agent who works for the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU). He is willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Each series of 24 covers a different threat faced by the USA. Jack Bauer and his Counter Terrorist Unit are asked to help handle ...
...Bauer is its supporting cast. The CTU staff all have their own individual characters and quirks and the President of the USA is a very powerful and charasmatic figure. The villains are well drawn in shades of grey and are never charactures. It is a drama that takes itself seriously and doesn't dumb down to its audience. ... Read review

Advantages: Truly Addictive!! Amazing entertainment without leaving the house :) !!!
Disadvantages: Not good if you have other things needing to be done!

...action packed and adrenaline pumping 24 hour ride through a TV drama series ever! Most of which i watched whilst trying to eat - the food usually got left though! (good for anyone on a diet!) Each episode, lasting one hour in real time, focuses on one hour of (Counter Terroist Unit) Agent, Jack Bauers (Kiefer Sutherland) day in which there is a terrorist attack on America. Each season makes up a whole 24 hours in which there are several unexpected ...
...over the most action packed 24 in the history of life and has to be my favourite overall!! SEASON 2: This season takes place 18 months after the first, after Senetor David Palmer has been elected. It begins with Jack, crumbling with emotion being told he is needed to return to CTU, he is the only person trusted by the Senetor who, in the middle of spending a day in the country with his family, has been informed of a potential threat to national ... Read review