Monday, October 18, 2010

Jonathan Creek, A Mind To Kill, and Wallander, New This Week on DVD

Telemystery, the most complete selection of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series now available or coming soon to DVD

Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive selections of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available or coming soon to DVD or Blu-ray disc, is profiling three series being released this week.

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Jonathan Creek: The Specials, a Mystery TV Series
Information on Jonathan Creek: The Specials

Alan Davies stars as Jonathan Creek, whose day job is to create illusions for magician Adam Klaus but who also gets drawn into strange cases involving "impossible" crimes.

During its television run, four special episodes aired, which have not been included on any of the four season DVDs released to date. Indeed, two of these special episodes have never even aired in the US.

The Jonathan Creek: The Specials DVD set of 2 discs contain these four episodes: "Black Canary" (Christmas 1998 special), "Satan's Chimney" (Christmas 2001 special), "The Grinning Man" (New Year's 2009 special), and "The Judas Tree" (Easter 2010 special).

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A Mind to Kill: Series Two, a Mystery TV Series
Information on A Mind to Kill: Series Two

Philip Madoc stars as Detective Chief Inspector Noel Bain in A Mind to Kill, a Welsh crime drama that aired on an irregular schedule over five seasons. (It is titled Yr Heliwr, "The Hunter", in Welsh.)

Set in Wales, DCI Bain and his team of police officers often operate out of a mobile laboratory that relocates to the scene of a crime to facilitate their investigation.

The A Mind to Kill: Series Two DVD set of 4 discs contain the 7 episodes that originally aired during the fall of 1997.

Mr. E. Review Available Read our review of this season at Mr. E. Reviews A Mind To Kill Series 2.

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Wallander: Series Two, a Mystery TV Series
Information on Wallander: Series Two

Kenneth Branagh stars as the Swedish homicide detective Kurt Wallander in Wallander, based on the character created by crime novelist Henning Mankell. Indeed, all episodes of this new series have to date been adapted from Mankell's novels.

All of Mankell's novels were previously adapted in Swedish for both theatrical release and as made-for-television movies. This BBC series is the first English-language adaptation.

The Wallander: Series Two DVD set of 2 discs contain the three episodes that originally aired in the US on Masterpiece Mystery! earlier this month. Also available: Wallander: Series Two (Blu-ray disc)

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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on DVD and Blu-ray disc.

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