The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001– )

British crime investigation series based around aristocratic, Oxford-educated Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working-class assistant Sergeant Barbara Havers.

Stars:

Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small, Lesley Vickerage

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Nathaniel Parker	...	Thomas Lynley (23 episodes, 2001-2007)
Sharon Small	...	Barbara Havers (23 episodes, 2001-2007)
Lesley Vickerage	...	Helen Clyde (10 episodes, 2002-2004)

Storyline

British crime investigation series based around aristocratic, Oxford-educated Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working-class assistant Sergeant Barbara Havers.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

BBC [United Kingdom]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 March 2001 (UK)

Also Known As:

Inspector Lynley

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Ideal: The Temptation (2009)

User Reviews

Yo-Yo Series writing-wise - mild spoilers

I've just finished watching the whole series over a period of a month or so. This series is hard to rate, due to inconsistency -- not the actors' fault - the writing for these series is distinctly weird. It starts off as a pretty good series, then sometime around the middle or end of S2 it becomes distinctly bad, then for s3 and maybe early s4, almost too bad to watch, then it gets tolerably good again.

I didn't mind the replacement of Helen, in fact I thought the last Helen was the best of the lot. If she had been Helen all along, the series would have been better IMHO.

I haven't read the books and, given the horrible clichéd writing of many of the episodes that were based on the books, I am disinclined to.