The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries - Series 1 (Speedy Death / The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries)
starring: Diana Rigg; Neil Dudgeon; John Alderton; Lynda Baron; Emma Fielding; Simeon Andrews; Tom Butcher; Tyler Butterworth; John Conroy (II); Emma Davies; Sue Devaney; Tristan Gemmill; Andrew Hallett; Roger Grainger; Alec Linstead; Carmela Marner; William Oxborrow; Russell Tovey; Eleanor Tremain; Michael Troughton
directed by: Audrey Cooke
directed by: Audrey Cooke
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781593752200
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1593752202
Label: WGBH BOSTON
Manufacturer: WGBH BOSTON
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: WGBH BOSTON
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Running Time: 330 minutes
Sales Rank: 29512
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Theatrical Release Date: March 07, 1999
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Emmy® Award-winner Diana Rigg (Rebecca, The Avengers) stars as stylish and outspoken sleuth Mrs. Adela Bradley in these sophisticated 1920s whodunit filled with blackmail, a shooting and plenty of devious twists and turns. Mrs. Bradley is a well-traveled, well-appointed divorcée who dabbles in psychoanalysis and murder investigations. Assisted by her devoted chauffeur and confidant George Moody (Neil Dudgeon), Mrs. Bradley solves the most complicated crimes with a sly combination of charm, intelligence, and wit. In this set of five scintillating mysteries based on the novels by Gladys Mitchell, she gets the lowdown on the upper crust. Includes: Speedy Death, Death at the Opera; The Rising of the Moon; Laurels Are Poison; and The Worsted Viper.
Special DVD features include: virtual tour of the Mystery! studio; selected filmographies; selected cast list; biography for Diana Rigg, star of Mrs. Bradley and host of Mystery!; link to the Mystery! Web site; scene selections; closed captions; and described video for the visually impaired.
On three DVD5 discs. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: Letterboxed.
Amazon.com:
This free adaptation of Gladys Mitchell's classic crime novel Speedy Death as a vehicle for a full-blooded performance by Diana Rigg as the louche 1920s analyst Mrs. Bradley is a splendid piece of period drama with an intriguing puzzle at its heart. Mrs. Bradley attends the engagement party of her crippled goddaughter Eleanor, only to find the home of her old beau, Eleanor's father Bing (John Alderson), a hotbed of intrigue and sudden death. Eleanor's unsatisfactory fiancé Everard is found drowned in the bath after quarrelling with the former suitor whose bad driving crippled Eleanor; someone tries to shoot the fiancée of Eleanor's brother Gorde. Full of memorable characters like the sinister housekeeper Mrs. McNamara (Lynda Baron), Speedy Death is an impressive feature-length curtain-raiser to a popular series. For once, a detective has to investigate a crime where she has something seriously at stake--her sense of her own past and her own friends. --Roz Kaveney
Diana Riggs glides through The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries like a true grand dame. Set in 1920s England, this mystery series wallows in swank cars, jaunty tunes, well-cut clothes, and extravagant hats--and every so often, Riggs turns to the camera and delivers sardonic observations with a wicked purr. Aided by her chauffer George Moody (Neil Dudgeon), scandalous divorcie Mrs. Bradley (Riggs) solves murders with her keen observations and psychological insight (along with a little pickpocketing and genteel extortion). Saucy storylines abound: Death at the Opera mixes lesbianism at a girls' school with a bread-slicing machine; The Rising of the Moon features knife-throwers, dwarves, and a hall of mirrors; in Laurels Are Poison, ghosts kill with poison-tipped arrows; and in The Worsted Viper, the revival of an ancient virgin-sacrificing cult threatens Moody's own daughter. The mysteries are more stylish than fair in their presentation of clues; anyone looking for a puzzle to solve will be frustrated as crucial information is withheld until after Mrs. Bradley has brought the villain to justice. But the heart of the show is the delightful rapport between Rigg and Dudgeon, which will win over any fan of British mysteries. --Bret Fetzer
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- What a wild rideThis series is a wild ride through the roaring 20's mystery and murder, while always looking stylish ... Read More
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- The Mrs. Bradley MysteriesThis is for a Mom that has everything; she has many series and loves them.
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- "Scary biscuits!" says a character after a murder in a bath tub. Thank goodness we have Diana Rigg handy"The countryside? A place where the birds and animals wander about uncooked." That's Mrs. Adela Bradley ... Read More
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- ExcellentDiana Rigg is superb as Mrs. Bradley, the 1920's liberated society woman who solves crimes with the assistance ... Read More
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