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Post by Oyster24 on Jun 16, 2016 6:26:17 GMT
The Golden Oldie Awards  1 Endeavour 2 Lewis 3 Happy Valley 4 Line of Duty 5 Foyle's War In no particular order! |
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Post by aubrey on Jul 11, 2016 16:13:16 GMT
The two Lord Peter Wimsey series, with Ian Carmichael and Edward Petherbridge (nearly 20 years apart), are probably my favourites; I love the titles of the later series, with its beautiful and probably completely unreal depiction of London by the river (from the South Bank) always give me a little nostalgic kick (in which I forget Orwell's description of how it really was along that stretch). Sayers, despite being a conservative writing admiringly (sometimes gushingly so) about a member of the aristocracy, does not give a blinkered picture of the times at all; her London streets are as bleak as those of Patrick Hamilton.  In a way, Sayers' books can be seen as war stories, with crippled (in various ways - Lord Peter himself suffers from shell shock) ex-soldiers - who all hate Remembrance Day, even while observing the ceremonies - lodging houses full of middle-aged women living in genteel poverty, who had all been looking forward to a different life and resent the one they ended up with - the whole series shows a nation still trying to recover, and not that successfully, from an overwhelmingly terrible experience. Anyway, the TV series capture all this pretty well. Otherwise: Foyle, Maigrait (Gambon is good, though not as good as Jean Gabin), Wexford - and some more that I can't remember at the moment.  |
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Post by aubrey on Jul 11, 2016 16:32:32 GMT
Oh, and I saw some episodes of Miss Fisher a couple of weeks ago, and they were really good.
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Post by althea on Jul 18, 2016 13:51:11 GMT
I really like Essie Davies in the Miss Fisher series.
I love the costumes of that era.
The stories are not too bad either.
Although,I have read everything Agatha Christie wrote,I solved the formula she used quite early on.
So then,the little grey cells didn't have much exercise ,working out who dun it.
I have watched them all on TV because the production values,the sets and the costumes are so good.
In my mind ,David Suchet IS Poirot.He was so brilliant in his perfect portrayal of the fussy little Belgian.
I love murder mysteries and watch many of them.
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Post by ARENA on Jul 18, 2016 15:22:33 GMT
I really like Essie Davies in the Miss Fisher series. I love the costumes of that era. The stories are not too bad either. Although,I have read everything Agatha Christie wrote,I solved the formula she used quite early on. So then,the little grey cells didn't have much exercise ,working out who dun it. I have watched them all on TV because the production values,the sets and the costumes are so good. In my mind ,David Suchet IS Poirot.He was so brilliant in his perfect portrayal of the fussy little Belgian. I love murder mysteries and watch many of them. I am an addict. I MAINLY watch Brit though, as I find most US telly extremely shallow and badly made. I |
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Post by aubrey on Jul 18, 2016 17:07:29 GMT
Miss Fisher is a fox as well (*sigh*). Most TV detectives are weird-looking at best.
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Post by norty on Jul 19, 2016 15:53:33 GMT
I really enjoyed (if that's the right word) Happy Valley, I also like The Bridge and The Killing. I don't know whether you guys down south get our programmes, but 'Shetland' with Douglas Henshall is worth watching. It's a BBC Scotland show.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2016 16:39:45 GMT
I really like Essie Davies in the Miss Fisher series. I love the costumes of that era. The stories are not too bad either. Although,I have read everything Agatha Christie wrote,I solved the formula she used quite early on. So then,the little grey cells didn't have much exercise ,working out who dun it. I have watched them all on TV because the production values,the sets and the costumes are so good. In my mind ,David Suchet IS Poirot.He was so brilliant in his perfect portrayal of the fussy little Belgian. I love murder mysteries and watch many of them. Do you know how David Suchet perfected his camp Poirot walk? He tucks a penny between his buttocks, and walks to keep it there
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Post by althea on Jul 19, 2016 19:15:55 GMT
I did see him in interview,admitting that,gus.He is a wonderful actor and obviously prepared to do whatever it takes to get it right.
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Post by aubrey on Jul 19, 2016 21:33:42 GMT
I'm not going to accept any tips from him, then (I mean, if I happen to be a waiter in the olden days, or a shoeshine boy, and he turns up. Which I grant is unlikely.)
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Post by althea on Jul 20, 2016 9:49:44 GMT
I really enjoyed the The Inspector Alleyn series,based on the books of Ngaio Marsh.
They had a true period feel to them.
I liked the leisurely pace and the respectful attitudes the police had.
Such a different time.
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Post by aubrey on Jul 20, 2016 20:07:29 GMT
^^^
Foyle's good at that - really respectful, even encouraging - so the bloke confesses without realising what he's doing.
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Post by ARENA on Jul 21, 2016 7:32:42 GMT
Anyone remember Sgt Cork?
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Post by aubrey on Jul 22, 2016 10:33:16 GMT
^^^
No - I've just looked it up, and it looks good.
I used to enjoy Cribb, though.
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