| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 309 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Claire Bloom, Sylvia Syms, Charles Dance, Amanda Root, Trevor Howard, Judy Campbell, Patrick Allen and Jane Asher. |
| Credits |
Original music by Paul Lewis. |
| Note |
Originally released on television in 1985. |
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"In original screenplays specially commissioned for this series, Fay Weldon, Antonia Fraser, Gordon Honeycombe, Frances Galleymore, Michael Robson and Charles Wood deliver six devilishly clever tales"-- container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Bright smiler -- Murders at Lynch Cross -- Mister Clay, Mister Clay -- disc 2. Lightning always strikes twice -- Thirteenth day of Christmas -- Dust to dust. |
| Summary |
Each author gives the mystery genre his or her own twist, with results from humorous to the macabre. You will visit conventional English drawing rooms, a boy's prep school, a luxury health spa and a snowbound hotel. |
| Note |
Special features: cast filmographies. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Murder -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery television programs.
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Television programs -- Great Britain.
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Television adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Carson, David, 1948-
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Rogers, Pieter.
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Bloom, Claire, 1931-
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Syms, Sylvia.
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Dance, Charles.
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Root, Amanda.
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Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988.
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Campbell, Judy.
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Granada (Firm)
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Granada Television.
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ITV Productions.
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
054961807697 |
| Music No. |
AMP-8076 Acorn Media |
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