THE MRS. BRADLEY MYSTERIES: SERIES 1 (SPEEDY DEATH / DEATH AT THE OPERA / RISING OF THE MOON / LAURELS ARE POISON / THE WORSTED VIPER)

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• Genre: Mystery
• Plot: Emmy® Award-winner Diana Rigg (Rebecca, The Avengers) portrays the glamorous and outspoken Mrs. Adela Bradley, a well-traveled, well-appointed divorceé who dabbles in psycho-analysis, toxicology, pre-feminism, and murder investigations.; ; Assisted by her devoted chauffeur and confidant George Moody (Neil Dudgeon), Mrs. Bradley solves the most complicated crimes with a sly combination of charm, intelligence, and wit. In this set of five scintillating mysteries, she gets the lowdown on the upper crust - much to the bemusement of Police Inspector Christmas (Peter Davison).; ; Based on the novels by Gladys Mitchell, The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries take you back to high-mannered 1920s England, complete with the glittering costumes, lavish cars, and hot jazz music of the Roaring Twenties.; ; Speedy Death; When Mrs. Bradley's god-daughter's fiancé is found dead in the bath, she discovers that his death wasn't really an accident, but murder.; ; Death at the Opera; While visting her alma mater, Mrs. Bradley unravels the murder of a teacher at the finishing school.; ; Rising of the Moon; When a traveling circus comes to town, Mrs. Bradley must investigate the murder of the knife-thrower's assistant.; ; Laurels Are Posion; Mrs. Bradley visits an old friend living in a supposedly haunted house where the tragedies of war have left nearly everyone haunted by ghosts of the past.; ; The Worsted Viper; While attending the wedding of George's daughter, Mrs. Bradley looks into a series of ritualistic murders that remind her of her very first case.;
• Cast: Neil Dudgeon, Diana Rigg, Peter Davison, Lynda Baron, Tristan Gemmill, David Tennant, Susan Wooldridge, Nikki McInness, Phyllida Law, Kenneth MacDonald, Joanna Roth, Ronan Vibert, John Bowe, Charlotte Francis, Katy Lown, Eddie Marsan, Rebecca Callard, Jason O'Mara, Alex Palmer, Pooky Quesnel, Matthew Burgess, Isla Blair, Valerie Gogan, Michael Fox, Michele Dotrice, Stuart Bunce, Terry Whan, Lucy Morgan, Nicholas Woodeson, Meera Syal, Sheila Steafel, Felicity Montagu, Big Mick, Francis Magee, Pete Gallagher, Janine Duvitski, Kenneth Colley, James Baglow, Richard Baglow, Ken Oxtoby, Carli Norris, Amy Marston, Monique De Villiers, Elaine Claxton, Roy Barraclough, Annabelle Apsion, Michael Troughton, Eleanor Tremain, Russell Tovey, William Oxborrow, Carmela Marner, Alec Linstead, Roger Grainger, Andrew Hallett, Emma Fielding, Sue Devaney, Emma Davies, John Conroy, Tyler Butterworth, Tom Butcher, Simeon Andrews, John Alderton, Audrey Cooke, James Hawes
• Director: Audrey Cooke
• Runtime: 5:30
• Media Format: series