Episodes cast for
"The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries" (2000) More at IMDbPro »

Season: 1
Year: 1998 | 2000

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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 0: Speedy Death

31 August 1998
The unconventional, outspoken Mrs Bradley and loyal chauffeur George attend the engagement party of her god-daughter little realising that, by the end of the evening, her detective skills will be required to solve a brutal murder.

	John Alderton	...	Alastair Bing
	Simeon Andrews	...	Family Doctor
	Lynda Baron	...	Mrs MacNamara
	Tom Butcher	...	Bertie Philipson
	Tyler Butterworth	...	Ferdinand Bradley
	John Conroy	...	Henry Baxter
	Emma Davies	...	Hermione Bradley
	Sue Devaney	...	Mabel Jones
	Neil Dudgeon	...	George Moody
	Emma Fielding	...	Eleanor Bing
	Tristan Gemmill	...	Garde Bing
	Andrew Hallett	...	Counstable
	Roger Grainger	...	Vicar
	Alec Linstead	...	Wedding Vicar
	Carmela Marner	...	Pamela Storbin
	William Oxborrow	...	Everard Mountjoy
	Diana Rigg	...	Mrs. Adela Bradley
	Russell Tovey	...	Stable Boy
	Eleanor Tremain	...	Dorothy Manners
	Michael Troughton	...	Inspector Starkey

Season 1, Episode 1: Death at the Opera

16 January 2000
Visiting her alma mater, Hadleigh Heights, to give an address, Mrs. Bradley finds herself investigating the death of Miss Ferris, who is found in her dressing room just prior to her appearance in the student production of the Mikado. Mrs. Bradley and her chauffeur George suspect that the dead woman may have had a secret lover, in the form of another member of staff, likely female. They also learn that a member of staff has changed their identity. When a second member of staff dies, supposedly by suicide, Mrs. Bradley looks to the students for a solution.

	Annabelle Apsion	...	Mona Bunting
	Roy Barraclough	...	Mr. Simms
	Elaine Claxton	...	Miss Ferris
	Peter Davison	...	Inspector Henry Christmas
	Monique De Villiers	...	Clementine Dingwall Main
	Neil Dudgeon	...	George Moody
	Amy Marston	...	Agnes Delamere
	Carli Norris	...	Prunella 'Plum' Fisher
	Ken Oxtoby	...	Mr. Jenner
	Diana Rigg	...	Mrs. Adela Bradley
	David Tennant	...	Max Valentine
	Susan Wooldridge	...	Mrs. Simms
	James Hurn	...	Alfie (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 2: The Rising of the Moon

23 January 2000
Mrs. Bradley is asked by Insp. Henry Christmas to help investigate the murder of a member of a traveling circus. The woman, who appeared as the human target in the knife throwing act, was stabbed to death and stumbled onto the stage. The police soon arrest the knife thrower but Mrs. Bradley isn't convinced they've got the right man. There is a good deal of animosity towards the travelers from amongst the villagers and she believes that is where the killer will be found. Two additional murders point her and chauffeur George in the right direction.

	Richard Baglow	...	Peter Forrester
	James Baglow	...	Francis Forrester
	Kenneth Colley	...	Archie Burlington
	Peter Davison	...	Inspector Henry Christmas
	Neil Dudgeon	...	George Moody
	Janine Duvitski	...	Mrs. Cockerton
	Pete Gallagher	...	Little Bernard the Tall Man (as Peter Gallagher)
	Francis Magee	...	Castries
	Nikki McInness	...	Lily (as Nicky McInnes)
	Big Mick	...	Tom
	Felicity Montagu	...	Ruby Larkin
	Diana Rigg	...	Mrs. Adela Bradley
	Sheila Steafel	...	Celestine Venus
	Meera Syal	...	Madam Marlene
	Nicholas Woodeson	...	John Forrester
	Lucy Morgan	...	Acrobat
	Terry Whan	...	Acrobat

Season 1, Episode 3: Laurels Are Poison

30 January 2000
Mrs. Bradley decides to visit her old friend Isobel Marchmont, but soon after her arrival realizes that not all is well. Her friend's daughter Lacey Prideux is pregnant again having given birth only in the last year and the servants are familiar. When the cook is poisoned, Mrs. Bradley and George must first determine the secrets of the house but are unable to do so until before two more of the occupants are killed. George realizes that Douglas Prideux commanded his late brother who died in World War I and has a number of questions he wants answered. .

	Stuart Bunce	...	Seth Billings
	Michele Dotrice	...	Amy Parkin
	Neil Dudgeon	...	George Moody
	Michael Fox	...	Ronnie Midwinter
	Valerie Gogan	...	Jessie Midwinter
	Phyllida Law	...	Isobel Marchant
	Kenneth MacDonald	...	Alf Wolstenholm
	Diana Rigg	...	Mrs. Adela Bradley
	Joanna Roth	...	Lacey Prideux
	Ronan Vibert	...	Douglas Prideux

Season 1, Episode 4: The Worsted Viper

6 February 2000
Mrs. Bradley and chauffeur George visit a seaside village to wish Inspector Christmas a happy retirement and find themselves investigating the murder of Chastity Baines, the daughter of Reverend Baines. Wrapped around the dead girl's neck is a worsted viper with her ring stuffed in its mouth. The circumstances remind Mrs. Bradley of her first case involving a cult led by Black Jack Briggs that killed virgins. George's daughter lives in the villages and he is shocked to learn that his daughter is engaged to be married. Things become serious when she is kidnapped and may be the cult's next victim.

	Isla Blair	...	Myrtle Quincy
	John Bowe	...	Reverend Baines
	Matthew Burgess	...	Constable Sharp
	Rebecca Callard	...	Cecily Moody
	Peter Davison	...	Inspector Henry Christmas
	Neil Dudgeon	...	George Moody
	Charlotte Francis	...	Temperance Baines
	Katy Lown	...	Polly
	Eddie Marsan	...	Ronald Quincy
	Jason O'Mara	...	Jasper Hicks
	Alex Palmer	...	Lester Hicks
	Pooky Quesnel	...	Delilah Hicks
	Diana Rigg	...	Mrs. Adela Bradley