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Alleyn Mysteries

  • TV Series
  • 1990–19941990–1994
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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Alleyn Mysteries (1990)
Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Death At The Bar
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Drawing on her love of theatre and art, New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh created elegant crime-puzzlers full of quirky characters with hidden agendas, all brought meticulously to life in this ... Read allDrawing on her love of theatre and art, New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh created elegant crime-puzzlers full of quirky characters with hidden agendas, all brought meticulously to life in this BBC series.Drawing on her love of theatre and art, New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh created elegant crime-puzzlers full of quirky characters with hidden agendas, all brought meticulously to life in this BBC series.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
504
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
5,230
121
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    • Stars
      • William Simons
      • Patrick Malahide
      • Belinda Lang
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    • Stars
      • William Simons
      • Patrick Malahide
      • Belinda Lang
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    • 18User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews

    Episodes9

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    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Death At The Bar
    Trailer 1:09
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Death At The Bar
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Set 2-Dead Water
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    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Set 2-Dead Water
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Set 2-Hand In Glove
    Trailer 1:07
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Set 2-Hand In Glove
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: The Nursing Home Murder
    Trailer 1:03
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: The Nursing Home Murder
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: A Man Lay Dead
    Trailer 1:03
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: A Man Lay Dead
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Final Curtain
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    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Final Curtain
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Set 2-Scales Of Justice
    Trailer 1:22
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Set 2-Scales Of Justice
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Set 2
    Trailer 1:22
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Set 2
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Set 2-Death In A White Tie
    Trailer 1:07
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Set 2-Death In A White Tie
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Season 1
    Trailer 1:08
    Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Season 1

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    Death at the Bar (1993)
    Alleyn Mysteries (1990)
    Alleyn Mysteries (1990)
    Alleyn Mysteries (1990)
    Emma Amos in Alleyn Mysteries (1990)
    Alleyn Mysteries (1990)
    Alleyn Mysteries (1990)
    Jayne Ashbourne and Matthew Morgan in Alleyn Mysteries (1990)
    Alleyn Mysteries (1990)
    Alleyn Mysteries (1990)

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    William Simons
    William Simons
    • Inspector Fox
    9 episodes9 eps • 1990–1994
    Patrick Malahide
    Patrick Malahide
    • Chief Inspector Alleyn
    8 episodes8 eps • 1993–1994
    Belinda Lang
    • Agatha Troy
    6 episodes6 eps • 1990–1994
    Tim Dutton
    Tim Dutton
    • D.S. Bailey…
    5 episodes5 eps • 1990–1994
    Sandy Welch
    • D.C. Robinson…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1993–1994
    Leslie Schofield
    Leslie Schofield
    • Assistant Commissioner Connors
    3 episodes3 eps • 1993–1994
    Mark Penfold
    • Doctor Curtis…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1993–1994
    Andrew Robertson
    Andrew Robertson
    • Police Doctor
    2 episodes2 eps • 1990–1993
    Simon Williams
    Simon Williams
    • Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn
    1 episode1 ep • 1990
    David Sibley
    • Harold Sage
    1 episode1 ep • 1993
    Alan Gilchrist
    • PC Oates
    1 episode1 ep • 1993
    Martin Carroll
    Martin Carroll
    • Corporal Billings
    1 episode1 ep • 1993
    Ewen Bremner
    Ewen Bremner
    • Walter McNabb
    1 episode1 ep • 1994
    Christopher Northey
    Christopher Northey
    • Barker
    1 episode1 ep • 1994
    Michael Feast
    Michael Feast
    • Dieter Kranz
    1 episode1 ep • 1993
    Paul Brooke
    Paul Brooke
    • Abel Pomeroy
    1 episode1 ep • 1993
    John Bennett
    John Bennett
    • Aaron Blautwicz
    1 episode1 ep • 1993
    Harold Innocent
    Harold Innocent
    • Lord Robert Gospell
    1 episode1 ep • 1993
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    How unfair!
    Having read the two previous comments, both of which read as though they had been written by two citizens of Superman's Bizarro World (where everything is exactly the opposite of how it is in real life), I felt I had to come to this fine series' defense. Taking the accusations one by one:

    Ngaio Marsh was indeed a brilliant writer; her detective stories have in fact made a great TV series, and this is it. Patrick Malahide is a gifted actor, it's true, and he was perfectly cast as Roderick Alleyn, precisely because he makes of him so much more than "a stereotype toff." I agree that Marsh's Alleyn remains elusive as a personality throughout the series of novels; and Malahide, sensing this essential quality of Marsh's hero, allows a cloud of reticence to hover around his Alleyn to exquisitely ambiguous and subtle effect. Troy, played with equal finesse and discretion by Belinda Lang, is, in fact, portrayed as "an individualist with her own career as a painter" -- in fact, one episode (Final Curtain) features her prominently, on her own, noting many crucial clues while fulfilling a portrait commission! (Needless to say, she never says "You never have time for me!" or anything of the sort.) The adaptations are extremely clever and elegant, managing to retain much of the loveliness of Marsh's unparalleled drawing-room conversation while keeping within the time limits set by a 98- minute format. Period detail is not "ladled on," at all. On the contrary, the art direction, cinematography (a nearly subliminal sepia filter tints the series) and set decoration are, as we've come to expect of these British productions, impeccable and always convincing. The comparison of Marsh's stories -- and this production of them -- with those of P. D. James is useless: Marsh's readership and tone were entirely unlike those of James, and their books are apples and oranges. It's childish to rank one over the other. The pace is leisurely -- not "slow and badly done." The "interplay of characters" is extraordinarily full and complex throughout the series -- but it is subtle, discreet and low-key, all evidently the sort of virtues which threaten to put some critics and their wives to sleep.

    In short, if you enjoy civilized old-school British mystery of the very best sort, you can't do much better than Malahide and Lang in The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries. I for one can't wait for the second DVD set.
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    • Mar 26, 2005

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    • Release date
      • December 23, 1990 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ngaio Marsh's Alleyn Mysteries
    • Filming locations
      • Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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