Mrs Bradley revisits her alma mater and during a school performance of the Mikado, one of the lead singers is murdered.Mrs Bradley revisits her alma mater and during a school performance of the Mikado, one of the lead singers is murdered.Mrs Bradley revisits her alma mater and during a school performance of the Mikado, one of the lead singers is murdered.
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- TriviaPeter Davison (Inspector Henry Christmas) and David Tennant (Max Valentine) are both well known for playing the Doctor in "Doctor Who". Davison played the Fifth Doctor in Doctor Who (1963) from March 1981 to March 1984 while Tennant played the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who (2005) from June 2005 to January 2010. Tennant married Davison's daughter Georgia Tennant on 30 December 2011, making him his son-in-law.
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Mr. Simms: [smiling] I hope you like Gilbert and Sullivan.
Mrs. Adela Bradley: Frankly, Doctor, I wish they'd never met.
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Wonderful!
Diana Rigg proves she's still got it in these wonderful and atmospheric mysteries. Her Adela Bradley is an eccentric woman of strength and character, an accomplished author and expert on psychoanalysis and criminology during a time when women of her class were content to sit around and look pretty. After divorcing her "boring" husband, she travels about with her trusty driver and indulges her interests and curiosities, prying into the darker side of human nature. Rigg is wonderful in the role; few women could pull off that severe bob and yet still look so inviting. It's hard to imagine a better actress for the part.
In this episode, she investigates a murder at the posh finishing school she herself attended decades before. Someone, it seems, has killed the art teacher during a performance of a Gilbert and Sullivan play. Adela sets out to solve the case, but more murders follow and there's a subplot involving jewel theft and illicit love. A cast of colourful characters (look for David Tennant) and absolutely beautiful 30's-era set design and automobiles makes this a treat on every level. It's too bad this series didn't last. It fits right in there with the much more successful Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries.
In this episode, she investigates a murder at the posh finishing school she herself attended decades before. Someone, it seems, has killed the art teacher during a performance of a Gilbert and Sullivan play. Adela sets out to solve the case, but more murders follow and there's a subplot involving jewel theft and illicit love. A cast of colourful characters (look for David Tennant) and absolutely beautiful 30's-era set design and automobiles makes this a treat on every level. It's too bad this series didn't last. It fits right in there with the much more successful Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries.
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