At first I didn’t get the Midsomer Murder series but the more I watched, I was hooked and to have the first 18 feature length episodes of the series that fleshes out the main characters and the extraordinary villains of each show makes you want to keep watching! This collection is also in original UK broadcast order. The series is still in production with more than 60 episodes! This set also includes a text essay by actor John Nettles, A midsomer map, production notes, a behind the scenes featurette with a Caroline Graham text biography and Cast Filmographies. There is also a 19th disc with a 47-minute documentary called Super Sleuths.
VIDEO
The video quality is very good! All episodes are shot on film. Each episode runs approx 101 mins
Audio
Was originally recorded in Mono. It is also Mono on this set.
Disc 1- 1- “The Killing at Badger’s Drift”-with Julian Glover
Disc 2- 2- “Written In Blood”-with Una Stubbs and David Troughton
Disc 3- 3- “Death of a Hollow Man”-with Angela Pleasance
Disc 4- 4- “Faithful Unto Death”
Disc 5- 5- “Death In Disguise”-with Geoffrey Beevers
Disc 6- 6- “Death’s Shadow”-with Richard Briers
Disc 7- 7- “Strangler’s Wood”-with Frank Windsor and Phyllis Logan
Disc 8- 8-“Dead Man’s Eleven”-with Robert Hardy
Disc 9- 9- “Blood Will Out”-with Phyllida Law
Disc 10- 10-“ Death of a Stranger”-with Richard Johnson
Disc 11- 11- “Blue Herrings”-with Geoffrey Bayldon, Cyril Shaps and Caroline John
Disc 12- 12- “Judgment Day”-with Hannah Gordon, Orlando Bloom and Timothy West
Disc 13- 13- “Beyond the Grave”-with Prunella Scales
Disc 14- 14- “Garden of Death”
Disc 15 15- “Destroying Angel”-with Samantha Bond and Robert Lang
Disc 16 16- “The Electric Vendetta”-with John Woodvine
Disc 17-17- “Who Killed Cock Robin?-with Ian McNeice and George Innes
Disc 18-18- “Dark Autumn”
Disc 19-Bonus Disc-Super Sleuths-Documentary-(47 Mins)
Extras
Disc 1- Production Notes-Text Only
Map of Midsomer Country
Caroline Graham Biography and Book List
Cast Filmographies
Disc 2- Map of Midsomer Country
Cast Filmographies
Disc 3- Map of Midsomer Country
Cast Filmographies
Disc 4- Map of Midsomer Country
Cast Filmographies
Disc 5- Map of Midsomer Country
Cast Filmographies
Disc 6- Map of Midsomer Country
Caroline Graham Biography and Book List
Cast Filmographies
Disc 7- Map of Midsomer Country
Caroline Graham Biography and Book List
Cast Filmographies
Disc 8- Map of Midsomer Country
Caroline Graham Biography and Book List
Cast Filmographies
Production Notes-Text Only
Disc 9- Map of Midsomer Country
Caroline Graham Biography and Book List
Cast Filmographies
Disc 10- Map of Midsomer Country
Caroline Graham Biography and Book List
Cast Filmographies
Production Notes-Text Only
Disc 11- Map of Midsomer Country
Caroline Graham Biography and Book List
Cast Filmographies
Disc 12- Map of Midsomer Country
Caroline Graham Biography and Book List
Cast Filmographies
Disc 13- Map of Midsomer Country
Caroline Graham Biography
Cast Biographies
Disc 14- “The Inside Story-Midsomer Murders”-(8:23)
Map of Midsomer Country
Caroline Graham Biography
Cast Filmographies
Production Notes-Text Only
Disc 15- Map of Midsomer Country
Cast Filmographies
Disc 16- Map of Midsomer Country
Cast Filmographies
Disc 17- Map of Midsomer Country
Cast Filmographies
Disc 18- Map of Midsomer Country
Cast Filmographies
Verdict
I greatly enjoyed this set! My only disappointment with the set is the packaging. With most big sets, the DVD holders make it almost impossible to remove the discs easily.
1 comment:
These DVD's of Midsomer Murder are the best thing since sliced bread.
If you have not seen any of them then you are sadly missing a great treat.
Not only do you have some of the greatest mystery plots they are laced with wit, English humor at it's best and a stunning look into beautiful Britain.
I have them all and I am just about to buy set 11 now out!! Yippee. I live for the new releases. Really though, they are bloody marvelous and as for Mr. Barnaby, well he can leave his slippers under my bed any day.
Jasmine
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