This four part series, five if you include the pilot, features Diana Rigg as Mrs Adela Bradley; a detective with a penchant for addressing the audience directly; and Neil Dudgeon as her chauffeur George. She is stylish and clearly not short of a bob or two as she is driven around in a Rolls Royce. The cases she investigates are the standards of the genre; shortly after she arrives somewhere a murder will be committed and there will be a good variety of suspects who will either be cleared or murdered themselves before the real killer is exposed. While it is officially Mrs Bradley who does the investigating George inevitably helps and if there is an awkward situation to be got into he will! Their cases often involve Inspector Henry Christmas of Scotland Yard and his role grows throughout the series.
I really enjoyed this; Diana Rigg is great as the eponymous Mrs Bradley and Neil Dudgeon puts in a fine performance as George it is rather fun seeing him being put upon considering how his character in 'Midsomer Murders' treats his sergeant in just the same way! Talking of Midsomer; I'm sure fans of that series will enjoy this too as they are very similar despite the 1920s setting for this series. Peter Davidson did a decent job as Inspector Christmas; it is a shame the role wasn't a little bigger. This was a lot of fun and I recommend it to any fan of traditional English murder mysteries, of course if you dislike that genre this probably isn't the thing for you.
I really enjoyed this; Diana Rigg is great as the eponymous Mrs Bradley and Neil Dudgeon puts in a fine performance as George it is rather fun seeing him being put upon considering how his character in 'Midsomer Murders' treats his sergeant in just the same way! Talking of Midsomer; I'm sure fans of that series will enjoy this too as they are very similar despite the 1920s setting for this series. Peter Davidson did a decent job as Inspector Christmas; it is a shame the role wasn't a little bigger. This was a lot of fun and I recommend it to any fan of traditional English murder mysteries, of course if you dislike that genre this probably isn't the thing for you.