Monday, January 16, 2012

Telemystery: Adam-12 and Waking the Dead, New on DVD; George Gently New on Blu-ray

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 listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD or Blu-ray disc, is profiling two series seasons being released this week together with one newly available on Blu-ray disc.

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Adam-12: Season Six, a Telemystery Crime Series

Martin Milner and Kent McCord star as LAPD officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed in Adam-12, with stories based on real police cases in and around the city of Los Angeles.

This season finds the officers in helicopters, on horseback and on airport patrol in locations ranging from the foothills to Venice Beach. The boys in blue have their work cut out for them when they face teenage robbers, angry dogs, a drunken boat cook, bomb threats, armed carjackers and more.

Adam-12: Season Six is available on DVD and consists of episodes that originally aired on NBC from September 1973 through March 1974.

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George Gently: Series One, a Telemystery Crime Series

Acorn Media has recently starting delivering Blu-ray versions of previously released series on DVD, with this week's entry being the first season of George Gently.

Martin Shaw stars as Scotland Yard's most incorruptible detective, an old-time copper in a rapidly changing world. Set in rural Northumberland during the mid-1960s, the series is based on a character created by crime novelist Alan Hunter, who wrote a great number of mysteries featuring Chief Superintendent Gently from 1955 through 1999.

George Gently: Series One is available on Blu-ray and consists of episodes that originally aired on BBC during 2007 and 2008.

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Waking the Dead: Season Six, a Telemystery Crime Series

Recently concluding its ninth and final season, Waking the Dead is a police procedural centered on a cold case division of police officers.

The team is led by Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd (Trevor Eve). His partner is DI Spencer Jordan (Wil Johnson), with other members including a psychologist (Sue Johnston as Dr. Grace Foley) and forensic pathologist (Tara Fitzgerald as Dr. Eve Lockhart). This latter character will be featured in a spin-off series titled The Body Farm.

Waking the Dead: Season Six is available on DVD and consists of episodes that originally aired on BBC in early 2007.

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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.

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