Monday, September 01, 2008

Mysteries on TV: Honey West, Inspector Lewis, and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Mysteries on TV

, your source for the most complete selection of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series now available or coming soon to DVD, is profiling three series that have season DVDs being released this week.

As television's first female PI, (played in perform form by Anne Francis) would take on any tough case. After the death of her father, the sexy private investigator took over his high-tech firm. Being assisted by the rugged Sam Bolt (John Ericson) and her pet ocelot Bruce, she could handle herself mingling with millionaires just as well as scaling a thirty foot wall. Honey West originally appeared as a character on an April 1965 episode of Burke's Law. The series itself was based in part on the Honey West novels by G. G. Fickling (the husband and wife writing team of Skip and Gloria Fickling).

Honey West ran for just one season on ABC. The Honey West Complete Series DVD set of 4 discs contains all 30 episodes that aired from September 1965 through April 1966.

Following the 2002 death of John Thaw who starred as the initimable Inspector Morse in the long-running series of the same name, and the decision not to replace his character with another actor, ITV aired in 2006 a special made-for-television movie featuring Morse's partner, Detective Inspector Robert "Robbie" Lewis. It was a runaway success and ITV immediately put into production a series based on this character, simply titled . As with the series, Inspector Lewis (played by Kevin Whately) takes place in and is set chronologically five years after the death of Morse.

The Inspector Lewis Set One DVD set of 4 discs contains the four episodes that originally aired during the spring of 2007 plus the pilot that aired in 2006.

As reported by , the abrupt cancellation of by the BBC means the 7th season of the series that is currently wrapping up production in England will be its last. Starring Nathaniel Parker as Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Sharon Small as Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, the series was based on characters created by , and early episodes in the series were adapted from her books.

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Set Six DVD set of 2 discs contains the 2 episodes of the sixth season that aired in early summer 2008.

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