The murder of a maintenance worker at the Bodleian Library and the death of a popular Art student seem to be linked.The murder of a maintenance worker at the Bodleian Library and the death of a popular Art student seem to be linked.The murder of a maintenance worker at the Bodleian Library and the death of a popular Art student seem to be linked.
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Caroline O'Neill
- Susan Chapman
- (as Caroline O'Neil)
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- TriviaThe title is a quote from a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Love's Philosophy": The fountains mingle with the river, / And the rivers with the ocean; / The winds of heaven mix forever / With a sweet emotion; / Nothing in the world is single; / All things by a law divine / In another's being mingle-- / Why not I with thine? // See, the mountains kiss high heaven, / And the waves clasp one another; / No sister flower could be forgiven / If it disdained its brother; / And the sunlight clasps the earth, / And the moonbeams kiss the sea;-- / What are all these kissings worth, / If thou kiss not me?
- GoofsHathaway states that Shelley was thrown out of Oxford for having an affair with a married woman. He was in fact sent down from University College for refusing to retract his publication the "Necessity of Atheism".
- Quotes
[Lewis and Hathaway have been called to a murdered heating engineer in the basement of the Bodleian Library]
DS James Hathaway: You realise what we've got, Sir?
DI Robert Lewis: What?
DS James Hathaway: The Body in the Library.
DI Robert Lewis: Now that is *definitely* facetious.
- Crazy creditsEnd-credits statement: "The verified carbon footprint of Lewis is 830 tonnes"
- ConnectionsSpoofs Horse Feathers (1932)
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Lewis and Hathaway make a good team
The "Inspector Lewis" series is an excellent "spin off" of the Inspector Morse episode. Based upon the characters created by Colin Dexter, the producers of this series, taking up after the inimitable Morse died, literarily and literally, this is a welcomed "next step" in British police procedural filmed mysteries (no one does it better).
The Morse episodes were always filled with a certain amount of class, certainly of the intellectual variety, and the Lewis series keeps the same motif. In "And the Moonbeams Kissed the Sea," the mystery (murder) involves, once again, the Oxford University academics, this time concerning some long lost letters by the Romantic Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley ("and the other members of the band" as Hathaway quips). What better (more academic) setting could one ask for than Oxford U, with scenes from the Bodelian Library. The plot line is complicated, but not impossible, and viewers are quickly caught up in the story. Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox are excellent as the detectives from the Thames Valley Police in the entire series and cameo performances by some of the top British actors (who seem to vie for a role!)add to the excitement, the entertainment, and the overall excellence. The periodic quips (comic relief) are well paced and well done. "Lewis" continues to work hard to stay up with the Morse episodes and so far, they get an A for their work.
The Morse episodes were always filled with a certain amount of class, certainly of the intellectual variety, and the Lewis series keeps the same motif. In "And the Moonbeams Kissed the Sea," the mystery (murder) involves, once again, the Oxford University academics, this time concerning some long lost letters by the Romantic Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley ("and the other members of the band" as Hathaway quips). What better (more academic) setting could one ask for than Oxford U, with scenes from the Bodelian Library. The plot line is complicated, but not impossible, and viewers are quickly caught up in the story. Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox are excellent as the detectives from the Thames Valley Police in the entire series and cameo performances by some of the top British actors (who seem to vie for a role!)add to the excitement, the entertainment, and the overall excellence. The periodic quips (comic relief) are well paced and well done. "Lewis" continues to work hard to stay up with the Morse episodes and so far, they get an A for their work.
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- Jul 17, 2010
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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