I have watched these over and over. So British in every way. Anton Rogers and the core line-up of players are fabulous and each episode is great...and I pick up more subtleties with each viewing. The stories of Colin Watson are terrific. Seriously clever and so wacky at times...great stuff. The guest actors like Caroline Blakiston...Peter Sallis...John Normington, etc. are very good choices in their roles as well. Also the on location filming adds to the ambiance that I love...the feeling of the cold damp English weather that jumps off the screen and envelops the villagers and the secrets they keep. Clever writing and great storytelling for an adult viewer who doesn't want the usual blood and gore. Too bad more of the Flaxborough Chronicles weren't made. I really enjoy these...
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (TV Series)
Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 1 (1977)
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An absorbing mystery.
Sleepin_Dragon11 June 2023
Wealthy Jack of all trades Harold Carobleat dies, but at the reading of the will, his wife Helen learns that her husband had left his fortune to his next door neighbour Marcus Gwill, not her, soon after the reading, he is found dead.
I think this is perhaps the most serious of The Flaxborough stories, this one doesn't have any of the humour of lighter moments, this is quite a serious, straight up mystery.
If you simply enjoy a good whodunnit, no action, no unfathomable complexity, there is a lot here to enjoy.
There's definitely something deep and sinister going on, but at this stage I don't quite know what, is there some sort of underhand swindle going on amongst The legal and funeral teams?
There is a real richness to every single character, every one of them has a purpose, nobody feels like a bit player, they all have a reason for being there.
Caroline Blakiston plays the raven haired widow wonderfully, she somehow comes across as 'new money,' Peter Sallis is also great as the mild mannered, but quietly sinister Rodney Gloss, he'd have been very busy with Summer Wine, which in 77 was arguably at the height of its popularity.
8/10.
I think this is perhaps the most serious of The Flaxborough stories, this one doesn't have any of the humour of lighter moments, this is quite a serious, straight up mystery.
If you simply enjoy a good whodunnit, no action, no unfathomable complexity, there is a lot here to enjoy.
There's definitely something deep and sinister going on, but at this stage I don't quite know what, is there some sort of underhand swindle going on amongst The legal and funeral teams?
There is a real richness to every single character, every one of them has a purpose, nobody feels like a bit player, they all have a reason for being there.
Caroline Blakiston plays the raven haired widow wonderfully, she somehow comes across as 'new money,' Peter Sallis is also great as the mild mannered, but quietly sinister Rodney Gloss, he'd have been very busy with Summer Wine, which in 77 was arguably at the height of its popularity.
8/10.
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