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Midsomer Murders Set 11
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| Part No: | B001B43IV2 |
| Manufacturer: | Acorn Media |
| MFG Part: | ACRDAMP8106D |
| Customer Rating: | 5.0 / 5.0 |
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Studio: Acorn Media Release Date: 10/07/2008 Run time: 400 minutes
Midsomer Murders, Set 11 presents four more gruesome yet impish mysteries from this ever-dependable series. DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) is joined by his latest protégé, DC Ben Jones (Jason Hughes) as they investigate roiling emotions and rash acts in rural England. In
The House in the Woods, Nettles first meets Jones while delving into the case of a young house-hunting couple who are garroted in their car. A girl in a bee costume finds a drowned woman' body in
Dead Letters, in which a long-dead beauty queen is linked to a series of present-day deaths. The past haunts the present in
Vixen's Run, only it's sex and parentage that have been covered up--when a wealthy glutton dies of natural causes, nastiness soon spreads among his heirs, while a series of rhymed clues lead fortune-hunters on the trail of lost emeralds. And in
Down Among the Dead Men, the shooting of an obsessive neat-freak reveals a web of blackmail that many involve a policeman that Barnaby deeply respects. The scripts are consistently engaging (
Vixen's Run, with its treasure puzzle subplot, is particularly fun), the supporting casts are full of stalwart British thespians (Simon Callow, of
Four Weddings and a Funeral, chews the scenery with relish as a lecherous doctor in
Dead Letters), and there's always at least one sequence of genuine suspense or spookiness. Nettles--staunch, good-humored, and doggedly determined to catch the culprit--provides a calm axis for all the enjoyable mayhem and pettiness to wheel around. (Newcomers need not shy away, every 100-minute episode is self-contained.)
--Bret Fetzer
| Can't Get Enough of the Chief Inspector himself.... | 2008-12-27 | 5 / 5 |
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| I have purchased all of the DVD's of the Midsomer Mysteries as I got hooked watching them when A&E as well as the BIO Channels was showing them in the states. Nobody does murder mysteries better than British Television...but my heart belongs to DCI Barnaby and his DS or DC sidekicks...Due in part because he (JN)looks so much like my late father who was our local Chief of Police for 42 years and secondly..everyone in my family are police officers. This series is done magnificently...from the music to the cinemetography to the outstanding story telling. Take the time to unwind and get lost in the always gruesome yet idyllic countryside known as Midsomer. Deb Korutz (Tootallbadgesmom) |
| Midsommer murders | 2008-12-13 | 5 / 5 |
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| This was the 11th set of this series I have purchased.... O think this would tell you How much I enjoy them. I am now waiting anxiously looking forward to set number12.....R.R. |
| Time lag a concern. | 2008-12-03 | 2 / 5 |
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| I have generally found this series well presented however I am losing faith with the length of time it is taking from air date to DVD release. With the new series now 3-4 years in front of the DVD release and the show destined for termination (apparently)I am going to wait until the whole series is released as a box set (which will be cheaper and probably quicker than waiting for this DVD series to be released!) |
| Set 11 Midsomers Murders | 2008-11-29 | 5 / 5 |
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| I have all 11 sets and I love them. I am a retired Police officer of 27 years, If you like murder mysters you'll love it. |
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| I have just about all of the Midsomer Murders collections. I have yet to be disappointed. Loved It!!! |
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