"Rosemary & Thyme" A Simple Plot (2003)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Tom Clegg

Writer:

Chris Fewtrell (written by)

TV Series:

"Rosemary & Thyme" (2003)

Original Air Date:

26 September 2003 (Season 1, Episode 5)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Laura and Rosemary investigate the seemingly accidental death of an old friend who ran an urban garden plot being eyed by a developer.

Plot Keywords:

Urban Garden | Corporate Merger | Wine | Whodunit | Fertilizer

Cast

Felicity Kendal	...	Rosemary Boxer
Pam Ferris	...	Laura Thyme
Michael Siberry	...	Hugo Dainty
Amelia Curtis	...	Paula Scott
Mark Lambert	...	Derek Kelly
Frederick Treves	...	Professor Mullins
Martin Troakes	...	Jangles
James Bowers	...	Stuart Burnley
Paul Bhattacharjee	...	D.S. Sharma
Kate Benedict	...	Fiona Brown

Company:

Carnival Films

Quotes:

Rosemary Boxer: [Referring to Professor Mullins] Before he retired, he was an authority on Ancient Rome.
Laura Thyme: [laughs] Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your shears!

Movie Connections:

References The Day of the Triffids (1962)

Not so simple...the usual cast of suspects...

The plot thickens when an urban garden is threatened out of existence by a land developer in A SIMPLE PLOT. In this case, the plot is really the pit into which the blind gardener falls. Since he's a man who knew his way around his garden with the help of a trained sight dog and his own skills, it becomes obvious to Laura and Rosemary that they have a murder on their hands.

Things get even scarier when it turns out that several people may have had motives for murdering the blind man. I spotted the real villain of the piece early on, which made the rest of the story a little less suspenseful until the final ten minutes when the suspense is given a boost by a clever ending.

MICHAEL SIBERRY is impressive as a man who seems to have a lot on his mind as the story takes a dangerous turn.