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Summary: The Nine Tailors Lord Peter Wimsey
Review: A wonderful story written by a great author, (Dorothy Sayers) done with the usual panache of the BBC. A video you will enjoy time and time again.
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Summary: The Nine Tailors Lord Peter Wimsey
Review: A wonderful story written by a great author, (Dorothy Sayers) done with the usual panache of the BBC. A video you will enjoy time and time again.
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Summary: Whimsey's Nine Tailors
Review: For lovers of British mysteries, this is as good as it gets. Lord Peter has such dash and daring and I love his usage of "aint".
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Summary: Enjoyable DVD, but transfer could be better
Review: Highly enjoyable, this DVD captures much of the atmosphere of the wonderful novel it is based on. My only complaint is picture quality. This presentation continually switches between tape and film--which is jolting, to say the least. The videotaped sections look okay for their age, but the filmed sections look horrible. I don't know what it is about British productions, but anything they broadcast that has been filmed (as opposed to videotaped) looks like it's several generations removed from the original: dull, dingy, blurry, almost no contrast, dirt and lint all over the picture, and grain you could play connect the dots with. I see no reason that videotape could not have been used throughout the production. It's a shame that an other-wise quality production was trashed by such a tacky approach.
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Summary: Enjoyable DVD, but transfer could be better
Review: Highly enjoyable, this DVD captures much of the atmosphere of the wonderful novel it is based on. My only complaint is picture quality. This presentation continually switches between tape and film--which is jolting, to say the least. The videotaped sections look okay for their age, but the filmed sections look horrible. I don't know what it is about British productions, but anything they broadcast that has been filmed (as opposed to videotaped) looks like it's several generations removed from the original: dull, dingy, blurry, almost no contrast, dirt and lint all over the picture, and grain you could play connect the dots with. I see no reason that videotape could not have been used throughout the production. It's a shame that an other-wise quality production was trashed by such a tacky approach.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I have always liked this series with Ian Carmichael as Wimsey, and THE NINE TAILORS has always been my favorite. I am glad to see it on DVD, as my old videos are fading fast.Acorn Media took great care with the transfer of this title, and you'd never know it was originally shot back in 1974! It looks better than many of the recent transfers I've run across. The story adaptation is well-paced, Carmichael is marvelous as Wimsey, and the supporting cast (especially Houston as Bunter) are great, as well. If you have to buy one of these series as a first, even though it is out of order, buy THE NINE TAILORS. The background information on how Lord Peter and Bunter met, and how the story unfolds, is somewhat crucial to understanding the entire Wimsey/Bunter relationship. Bravo!
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I have always liked this series with Ian Carmichael as Wimsey, and THE NINE TAILORS has always been my favorite. I am glad to see it on DVD, as my old videos are fading fast. Acorn Media took great care with the transfer of this title, and you'd never know it was originally shot back in 1974! It looks better than many of the recent transfers I've run across. The story adaptation is well-paced, Carmichael is marvelous as Wimsey, and the supporting cast (especially Houston as Bunter) are great, as well. If you have to buy one of these series as a first, even though it is out of order, buy THE NINE TAILORS. The background information on how Lord Peter and Bunter met, and how the story unfolds, is somewhat crucial to understanding the entire Wimsey/Bunter relationship. Bravo!
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Summary: The Bell Tolls for Lord Peter
Review: I have enjoyed listening to this story for over 12 years on cassette, before I finally found it on DVD this past winter. Of all the Dorothy Sayers stories I have listened to and read, this is the best and most well designed of the lot. Watching the story unfold on DVD brought back a lot of the memories I had from living in England for 4 years. Ian Carmichael plays the role of Lord Peter just right, as do the other characters. Having listened to the voices for so long, I felt I knew the characters so well. If you enjoy English mystery, whether it be Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Frances Durbridge, Dorothy Sayers, among so many, you will enjoy this DVD, as well as the others in this series. It is a truly special series of mysteries that add tremendously to the genre.
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Summary: The Bell Tolls for Lord Peter
Review: I have enjoyed listening to this story for over 12 years on cassette, before I finally found it on DVD this past winter. Of all the Dorothy Sayers stories I have listened to and read, this is the best and most well designed of the lot. Watching the story unfold on DVD brought back a lot of the memories I had from living in England for 4 years. Ian Carmichael plays the role of Lord Peter just right, as do the other characters. Having listened to the voices for so long, I felt I knew the characters so well. If you enjoy English mystery, whether it be Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Frances Durbridge, Dorothy Sayers, among so many, you will enjoy this DVD, as well as the others in this series. It is a truly special series of mysteries that add tremendously to the genre.
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Summary: Great British mystery but buyer beware
Review: I love this series a lot and enjoyed the first half of this particular mystery however there was a problem with the disc. This is a two disc set and while the second disc is correctly marked, it is actually a duplicate of the first disc! This is obviously a mistake in the factory but it is highly frustrating since it happened not once, but twice. It's quite frustrating to be left on a cliff hanger and then have the second half of the mystery be unavailable. By all means, buy this wonderful mystery but note that there are some defective sets floating around. I have ordered my third set and hope to finally see the ending. All I can say is, Buyer Beware, check both discs right away so you can return it promptly if you need to.
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