I also subscribed to Acorn and can nowwatch all my favorite British mysteries on demand
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I don't know how I got along without it.  I also subscribed to Acorn and can now watch all my favorite British mysteries on demand.  Hardly ever watch my cable now except for the news.
2217999
From someone not really fond of British anything, this turned out to be the best entertainment ever. I couldn't wait for the next episode.  The viewer is treated with excellence from every aspect. (Best writing, directing, acting, character development, costumes, sets, cinematography and more).  Life lessons from this show will be shared wth my children for as long as I am a parent.
32844
I really like this light-hearted British crime show and am glad to be able to look at it whenever I want, especially since it is not shown regularly at this time.
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Of which I am very glad. I have Acorn, so I binge-watch all 3 seasons. What a kick of a series. Kooky characters, well written stories and beautiful country-side all combine to make this one great mystery series. I have grown so tired of the American TV stuff, that I go out of my way to watch shows from other countries (France, Italy, Spain)... .even if I have to turn on closed caption to watch...and with my Roku that I got from Amazon, I get to watch a lot of different shows. I had been hearing about Brokenwood for a long time, and I am glad I watched it. I am not a fan of country-western music, but I must say, it is used very, very well throughout the series. Hoping Acorn gets season 4 soon....I wonder how many wives he has had!!!??? We get to meet one of them..and you will have to watch the series to find out who...and when....and if his grapes ever make it......
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My wife and I watched this excellent series on BBC 2 when we were living in London for a couple of years recently.  It's absolutely superb.  Essential viewing for anyone with an even passing interest in the British Isles (lots of Irish stuff too).  Makes you want to get up and drive, or now fly - over there and check out the amazing ports, cliffs and islands.  We will be buying this set as soon as it is available.
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This second set of stories about Cordelia Grey was developed for the TV viewer -- as screen plays, not books -- so they may lack some of the deft twists and turns of the typical P.D. James plot, but the writers have done a very credible job. If you like British Mystery, these stories are entertaining.
Why can't a pregnant woman solve a crime--her brain doesn't stop working. Besides, Cordelia's pregnancy works to her advantage in the story on the illegal traffic in babies.  Also, I am interested in Cordelia's doings because she is an complex character in her own right.  If the public had been more accepting of female detectives in the 1960s, would Phylis James have paid more attention to this character and less attention to Dalglish?  Cordelia Grey IS a mystery.
The two British women who play Cordelia Grey and her sidekick Edith are fine actors.  Helen Baxtendale (Cordelia) is intriging.  She isn't the prettiest woman in the world, she has a very prominant nose. But, she has an incredible stage presence and is beautiful.  Apparently she has appeared on American TV -- according to my younger friends, who tell me she had a small role on the TV sitcom "Friends" for a bit.  Edith, whose "real" name will come to me shortly, played the 6th wife of Henry VIII (the one who out-lived him) in the series with Keith Richardson the BBC dramatized a few years back. She also played the housekeeper in a serial about three doctors set in Scotland just after WWII (starred the late Ian Banning).  She was also the long-suffering spouse in "One Foot in the Grave" as fans of "BritWit" know (the storyline Cosby uses for his current series).
Well, I love these stories, but I won't buy anymore tapes because they fade and break and they're almost as expensive as the DVDs.  When someone puts it out on DVD I'll get it.
3406663
I enjoy BBC programming and period settings, so this was a winner with me.
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I saw the first 10 minutes of the first episode at a friend's house when I stopped in for a visit. I was hooked instantly. As soon as I got home, I looked it up and watched the the rest of the episode. With every episode that followed, I only loved it more. I had already seen Cumberbatch as Khan and Freeman as Bilbo. I was amazed at how well the actors portrayed these characters. From the slightest detail of Sherlock's observations to the emotions of Watson's interactions to the drama and action they mix in perfect quantities, this series has to be one the best I have ever seen. I recommend this show to anyone that appreciates a good mystery, a good detective, or just a dramatic, amusing look into a high-functioning sociopath. Actually, I'm forcibly convincing every one of my friends to see it, and they're getting just as much into it as I am. I thought House was a convincing mystery-solver and Robert Downey Jr was a great genius/maniac. Then I saw this "modern" Sherlock and I'll never find someone that can compare again.
As for the hard-product itself, the combination of both seasons onto a single blu-ray set wasn't difficult considering it's little more than two trilogies of movie-length episodes. I was also pleased that they included the special features on the discs. I've found that "double-features" often lack the bonuses of a "single-feature". The problem is that European products (and therefore BBC) are generally formatted in PAL, whereas the typical United States products are NTSC. I believe this is the "region-lock". When I tried to play the disc, my TV showed an error message claiming that there was a resolution issue. There was none; my Magnavox NTSC blu-ray player simply couldn't read the PAL format. I have heard a rumor that Sony is either making their products region-free, or that their players can support either format. Once I get my next paycheck, I'm going to get a Sony blu-ray player to test the theory. In the meantime, I'm keeping the blu-ray, even though I can't play it just yet. I'm still enjoying Sherlock online.
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I just finished viewing the last of series 5 and I want MORE of them.  These mysteries are addictive, well written, characters are real, and the characters are interwoven from the past episodes to the future stories. PLEASE MORE MURDOCH MYSTERIES
3154677
Loved this program since I first saw it when living in the north of England in the mid-seventies.  So excited now available on DVD with multi-region player....You can also catch James Bolam and Susan Jameson in the series, New Tricks.
3968996
Once you start at the beginning of this series you will want all of the collections.  You will find yourself viewing at least one episode a night and want more.  It took me almost two months to view all the episodes through series 23.  I could not wait to see the next episode.  My favorite English mysteries.
3573766
I enjoy British mysteries so much and Vera is just one more that I discovered recently.  Brenda Blethyn is so good as this character  and I hope to see much more of her in the future.
1708594
I'm happy - there is plenty to watch here, and some of it is my old favorites you can't get on broadcast tv (Vintage Dr. Who, etc). This was a plug-and-play, which worked on my computer monitor (my own cables) or my big old analog tv in the living room (which is what I got it for).  Had a minimal amount of trouble setting up the account, and a phone call to tech support got that straightened right up.

Better than TV, really.
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My wife and I found the first DVD's of this series at our local public library and we thoroughly enjoyed them to the point, for the first time in our life, we began collecting the entire series as they became available.

We now have all 13 Sets of "Midsomer Murders" and they are the best of any of the British Murder Mystery series.

This not dark and moody like the majority of British Mysteries, the characters are excellent. The actors bring the characters to life in an enjoyable and realistic way, that makes them appear real.

The plots have many twists and turns with very unusual and surprising outcomes.

The locations chosen as the settings of each episode allows the viewer the chance to see the extremely beautiful countryside, homes, and villages of rural England.

We have view each DVD at least twice and some more than twice.

My wife and I are now awaiting the release of set #14.
2456240
I can't believe I missed these on PBS but I thoroughly enjoyed them NOW. I'm looking forward to a new season. A Fast paced modern day Holmes
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The Brit show, "Doc Martin," with Martin Clunes, Carolyn Catz and a cast of other wonderful players, is the best, laugh-out-loud, most addictive show I have ever watched. I purchased both the DVDs and the streaming video from Amazon. I totally recommend you watch all 5 series now so that you will be ready for Series 6 when it comes to the United States in 2014.
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First a confession: I've loved Christie since my high school days, but always stuck with Poirot. So I am a recent "discoverer" of the charms of Miss Marple. I watched with great interest and was more than pleasantly surprised by these new adaptations of four of the St. Mary Meade sleuth's cases. I thought they were produced with a great deal of care, presented in a very cohesive style and were very engaging. I very much like McEwan's Marple, and I also love the cast of fine talent that give her support in the roles of the victims, suspects and the police. Definitely not as stuffy as some of the older British-mysteries that have come along.

 But, there is no crime here, however. IMHO, the new videos can serve a new generation of fans who like me are new to Miss Marple. I'm sure the devotees of Joan Hickson as Marple will continue to watch their collection with the same affection. But for those of us who like their British mysteries a bit more quirky and their spinster sleuths freshly baked, then I'll take Geraldine McEwan's new Marple.

 And finally, if the new series will spur new readers to the book shop, bookshelves and libraries to rediscover or find for the first time ANY of Agatha Christie's great detectives and carefully crafted whodunnits, then cheers to the new series!