I am from *India* We are having one of the Hottest Summers here. Temperature touching 45° to 51° in the Northern States. Unbearable Heat 😥😫😧 So I end up watching This Series late night n in the Afternoon . Absolutely Superb Series n worth Watching Again n Again. Thanks to *Paul* for uploading this. ♥️
Mr Goddard, I want to tell you how much I appreciate this Wexford series. The episodes are superior in every way and such a pleasure. Thank you for putting these together.
You'd probably enjoy the Rumpole series, as well. The titular character is also probe to quoting Wordsworth, but he's a barrister (an "old bailey hack") well known for never pleading guilty, his ever-present cheroots, a love for Chateau Thames Embankment (cheap red wine), and taking mostly legal aid cases.
I love how Wexford takes a tea but doesn't even take a sip from it and leaves it :-) But it's a good episode overall. Thanks for sharing this wonderful series. I'm watching it after an awful day.
Gratitude again, Paul. I enjoy the content of your uploads as well as the content of the commentary of the audience they attract. Hope you and those you love are well.
So glad you're posting these. I truly enjoy them. I always seem to learn something, like the love of Wordsworth. And I really like the way the writers weave the family life of the 2nd inspector into his personal growth. Every episode is so well crafted. Cheers to all the creators of this series.
Thank you Paul. I think this was the pilot that aired in two parts, right? I have started watching your videos, but now I am going to watch them in the order in which they were broadcast. I have read all the books, so I am interested in how they work on screen. Hours and hours of fun! Thanks again and Happy Christmas to you.
2:18 "I'm no longer attractive to the opposite sex" Are you freakin' kidding me? He's more attractive than 98% of the men I've known! And I've dated models!
Thank you Paul for posting this. I love Rendell and her wonderful adaptation of Wexford. I must say tho, I am not enamoured with Mike. He is stiff, lacks humour and handles witness statements as if he has a suspect in his book. Nevertheless, love the series, warts and all. Again, thanks and cheers from LONDON Canada, July 31, 2020
Just thinking the same thing can't imagine wexford actually putting up with him. Not as if he's a brilliant detective either seems quite niaive and very opinionated. To be honest I dislike him even the actors sour depressed face is too much at times!!
@@avicennitegh1377 Thank you for your comment! Got to have a contrast in personalities to keep it interesting. One of the reasons I quit watching TV, characters' personalities seemed so "homogenized".
@Vicki Jones: Mike is hilariously funny without even knowing it. Actor Christopher Ravenscroft does a brilliant job portraying him. You're right of course, he (Mike) is appallingly stuffy and Victorian, but so much so that I can't help laughing my head off at him. I think you would enjoy Mike very much in the episode entitled 'Means of Evil'. Again, he is hilariously funny in it. Do watch it and see if you agree with me :-)
Those two men criticizing women for buying cosmetics and such to look as young and beautiful for as long as possible! Who do they think women do all that for? Too many men will stray or dump a woman completely when she starts to show her age. What thoughtless remarks about that woman's situation! 👎👎
it is just remotely possible that women do 'all that' for themselves. That they enjoy the skin care ritual morning and evening, and enjoy looking their best. Women make just as much effort to look good when going out with female friends for an evening. And just as many women 'stray' as men. In fact men are generally far more 'stodgy' than women in that respect.
There is one line of this episode that I find difficult to understand: they're looking at Villier's house and wonder how he spends his money. He's a teacher, and at what looks to be public (not private) elementary school for boys. He writes books about Wordsworth -- that doesn't seem a way to bring in pots of money, either. In fact, the modest house and two used cars seems to me just about right on a one-spouse income as a schoolteacher and minor author.
Michael Meo: Modest house and two used cars? It's luxury. A lot of people would give their eyeteeth to live in that house - a detached house in beautiful peaceful countryside! - and own 'even' one car. You sound like one hell of an elitist snob. About time you realised how 'the other half' lives.
@@mfjdv2020 The question, How he spends his money, assumes he has money which he hasn't spent; that is, that his establishment was extremely modest, considering his income. I then commented, that his income would not have been considerably more than that which was required for his house and cars. In response, you tell me that my sniffing at such luxury proves my snobbish inability to understand how most wage-earners are obliged to live. Now if we take the house and cars to be the lap of luxury, as you do, the question would rather be, not where he spends his money but where he gets the income to support such ostentatious style. It seems you're both misunderstanding what the conversation has been discussing and anxious to level unsubstantiated charges at random.
Wow. Never knew that about Wordsworth, or forgot about it. What disgusts you!? I wonder whether there is a legal precedent reducing malice murder to manslaughter? Good one.
Back in them days a bath was the normal way to keep your body clean then showers came into operation and hygene improved as people never bathed everyday back then
I have seen so many of the actors from here in the old Midsomer Murders series when John Nettles Chief Inspector Barnaby. I see that a lot in the English TV series a lot of the same actors over and over again you can actually see them age through the years
Yes, but in fact Americans use and recycle a lot of their actors too. If you watch carefully you’ll see .Hollywood actors showing up again and again in various parts across many different productions over many years.
They are all RSC and the National. John Nettle's wife Joyce is a casting director for the National Theater, she worked on Midsomer with him and knows absolutely everyone. So they get one great classical thespian in every episode, from Bernard Hepton to Simon McBurney to Judy Parfitt.
@@steerpike66 I often wondered how the British films were so adapt at casting believe actors in nearly every role! 😮It’s what sets them apart from American tv where it is such a stretch to believe these plots are happening to these people. I applaud Mrs. Nettles for having such exquisite taste in places actors. Thanks for explaining this
Watching this again. Great series; many thanks for these quality uploads. They never get old. I could watch them over and over if I had time to. Crazy times, but kicking back with wonderful movies gives a sense of normalcy we all need. Blessings.👵😊💖🎶👍
You mean "down pat", and I would agree that Rendell was very astute in picking out human foibles with her characterisations. I wish American schools would teach and reinforce actual English, not this street slang that seems to be ubiquitous in the 21st century. It makes communication between classes and cultures increasingly difficult. 😞
(I just meant that I find it difficult to converse with anyone these days without being misunderstood or not being able to understand, no disrespect intended)
@@msmltvcktl sometimes I use the modern patois, especially when it doesn’t upset the rules of grammar. The urban dictionary is often a referential friend. ;) My favorite character in pulp fiction (the movie) is honey bunny (Amanda Plummer). The description of her in the screenplay: it is impossible to define, just by observation, her wealth, status or class.
I can't understand it, regardless. I am aware of the urban "dictionary", but it holds no value to me, either as a person or as a writer. Most likely, that's due to the fact that I'm presumed to be half literate and fluent in ebonics because of an unfortunate genetic shortcoming. 😞
To be fair, "ebonics" is neutral in comparison to the more racially charged term "AAVE" for one very important reason: the word 'vernacular'. Rooted as it is in the Latin 'vernaculus', meaning "related to household slaves", one would be correct in considering the term "African American vernacular English" to be the long form of "black slave English". 😳 And that, my friend, is terribly racist terminology embraced by people ignorant of linguistic origins and meanings.
Thank you for this. Always loved the Wexford series and this is one of the best, also I'm a huge fan of Nigel Terry so that was a great bonus. Again, thank you:))
I appreciate the humour :-) But it's stage make-up. Reg and Mike wear it too. Haven't you noticed their eyeshadow? Actors have to be made up, otherwise they look like they've been kept in a cupboard for 300 years.
Id like to THANK the ppl who posted comments here; I like reading them.👍😁🥰 I like how the writers are interesting BUT they don’t give away the story.🧐 And I like watching for the specific moments that peaked the certain interest of a viewer. 😎
Thank YOU for your nice comment! Most posters don't give the show away, but unfortunately, I have come across some who do, without announcing first that a spoiler is imminent.
have been watching this very enjoyable series but cannot recall another one so visually dark. what is wrong w/ the color spectrum? this isn't in black and white but it comes awfully close... or i should say: black and gray.
They all have a certain darkness; certainly, the transition from day to night is very marked in most of them! I suspect it is because they are transferred from ageing videotape.
Thank you sooo much for this upload. I’m a mad fan of Ruth Rendell, particularly the Wexford chronicles. There’s rarely a quiet moment in the books of ‘Barbara Vine’ Of course, I love these too, but I think Wexford will always be a favourite detective of mine. It’s amazing to see locations that fit quite well into the books. We can picture Mike and Reg in the little cafe, see the traffic passing buildings hundreds and hundreds of years old....I’m Australian and I doubt I’ll get to England 🏴 unless I win lotto, so the scenery is amazing. Also, there’s a real attention to detail, and a faithful adherence to to quite mundane items mentioned in the books....Mikes widowed, the kids are fighting etc. But homage is allowed when you see that coat. It immediately reminded us of all the times we read what a snappy dresser he was.
I don't think Mike is widowed in this episode. The kids are very young; the wife is blond-haired. This is Gina, Mike's first wife. His second wife is Jenny; her hair is dark and long; kids are in college.
Lord Byron Poetry Excerpt from the first canto of Hunter "So much he soar'd beyond, or sunk beneath, The men with whom he felt condemn'd to breathe, And long'd by good or ill to separate Himself from all who shared his mortal state. His mind abhorring this had fix'd her throne Far from the world, in regions of her own:"
@@mfjdv2020 He died at the age of 36. Wiki bio says: The figure of the Byronic hero pervades much of his work, and Byron himself is considered to epitomize many of the characteristics of this literary figure. His philosophy was more durably influential in continental Europe than in England; Friedrich Nietzsche admired him, and the Byronic hero was echoed in Nietzsche's superman. The Byronic hero presents an idealized, but flawed character whose attributes include: great talent; great passion; a distaste for society and social institutions; a lack of respect for rank and privilege (although possessing both); being thwarted in love by social constraint or death; rebellion; exile; an unsavory secret past; arrogance; overconfidence or lack of foresight; and, ultimately, a self-destructive manner. These types of characters have since become ubiquitous in literature and politics. He desperately tried to hide his bisexuality. Do you, by chance, know "The Lady of Shalott By Alfred, Lord Tennyson. What I really mean is did you hear Anne Shirley recite it in the best of Anne of Green Gables? (LOL) I wish I could remember the name of my favorite Anne.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"
I am quite pleased to have found this series. I was not aware of its existence. I recognized the Detective Wexford from an episode of Midsomer Murders, apparently filmed many years after this series. Thank you for providing these episodes. From a new subscriber from Central Florida, USA.
Knowing Wordsworth's life, I have to say that when the childhood separation of this brother and sister was revealed, I did rather think I knew what had happened. Still a very good episode, however, very well acted by all involved.
I think Wexford is very attractive ( his wife not so much) I was a little in love with Morse and Lewis to!!! Both excellent Shows keep them coming thank you Mary from Canada 🇨🇦
1:44:00 to 1.44.10: a nice chance reaction occurred, which they both realized was appropriate, so cleverly incorporated it into their interaction. So it seems to me, anyway.
I thought that his greeting the passing girl was an ad lib, sort of as a reaction to his line just before. Referring to the, "party of teenage nymphomaniacs".
While you can effectively tell a murder mystery in a crisp 60 minutes, I do enjoy the immersion in a well-told story that takes its time and takes a little meander, like Wexford, Dalgliesh, or Lord Whimsey.
As long as Humans used their brains and skills according to their best abilities we were successful, then came feminism and western civilization has disintegrated. No family, no kids, no wife’s, no husbands, death.
@@Patricia-zt8ub In Britain, people used to eat 3 cooked meals a day! (I don't know if they still do; I haven't lived in the UK for many decades). Bacon, sausages & eggs for breakfast, meat & two veg for lunch, and probably the same again for the evening meal. People sometimes used to call lunch "dinner" and schoolchildren had "school dinners" (a cooked meal) at midday.
I've just discovered this great old British series. But I know about Nigel Terry. Apparently, he has a bad habit of sleeping with his sisters! He did the same thing as King Arthur in the great movie, Excalibur. But he was fooled into it with magic. Yes, he had excuses in both instances. Poor Nigel.
Great show - really enjoyed it - thanks for uploading it, Funny though how the front headrests in the car are removed during the interior scenes but miraculously appear during the external shots...
I am from *India*
We are having one of the Hottest Summers here.
Temperature touching 45° to 51° in the Northern States.
Unbearable Heat 😥😫😧
So I end up watching This Series late night n in the Afternoon .
Absolutely Superb Series n worth Watching Again n Again.
Thanks to *Paul* for uploading this. ♥️
Mr Goddard, I want to tell you how much I appreciate this Wexford series. The episodes are superior in every way and such a pleasure. Thank you for putting these together.
Thank you 😊
@@paulgoddard I agree !
Mike’s coat at 1:04:10 is epic. 😂 Thank you for making these available. English detective shows are my favorite.
I like how Reg spouts poetry. Thank you for posting Paul!
Yes, it makes for a nice dimension to his character, that he’s a thinking, reflective man with a sensitive poetic side.
I think Reg is a bit of a poseur, at times...
You'd probably enjoy the Rumpole series, as well. The titular character is also probe to quoting Wordsworth, but he's a barrister (an "old bailey hack") well known for never pleading guilty, his ever-present cheroots, a love for Chateau Thames Embankment (cheap red wine), and taking mostly legal aid cases.
I love how Wexford takes a tea but doesn't even take a sip from it and leaves it :-) But it's a good episode overall. Thanks for sharing this wonderful series. I'm watching it after an awful day.
He might have thought it poisoned.
I do hope you're better now.
Gratitude again, Paul. I enjoy the content of your uploads as well as the content of the commentary of the audience they attract. Hope you and those you love are well.
Yes a mysterious lot who like mystery haha
Paul I think I've told you but it won't hurt to tell you again thank you for posting the Wexford shows. I really enjoy them
So glad you're posting these. I truly enjoy them. I always seem to learn something, like the love of Wordsworth. And I really like the way the writers weave the family life of the 2nd inspector into his personal growth. Every episode is so well crafted. Cheers to all the creators of this series.
AS always, thank you for this very enjoyable series.
More of the same ilk please.
Great, thankyou!
Thank you 🙂
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Excellent production, Ruth Rendel always a twist in the tail.
Thank you Jack they do don't they 🙂
Thank you Paul. I think this was the pilot that aired in two parts, right? I have started watching your videos, but now I am going to watch them in the order in which they were broadcast. I have read all the books, so I am interested in how they work on screen. Hours and hours of fun! Thanks again and Happy Christmas to you.
I like that it is long. The characters can fully develop.
Very enjoyable. It’s past midnight but I couldn’t go to sleep without knowing whodunnit! Thank you.
Same here, lol! 12.30 when I finished watching it.😊👵👍
This is so funny because as soon as I identify the murderer the suspect is dead! I love my British mysteries. Keep you on your mental toes!
Didn't mean to keep you awake Queen Bee and Melody. This was some time ago so hopefully you have both recovered from the late night by now 😁
When you hear crows in the background of a British drama, you know something sinister's afoot.
Thank you. Such a god sent when you are in a lock down.
Just amazing! Thank You so much Paul!
2:18 "I'm no longer attractive to the opposite sex" Are you freakin' kidding me? He's more attractive than 98% of the men I've known! And I've dated models!
I kept thinking he was a match for Brad Pitt.
Mr. Terry is so beautiful his presence justifies any cruel plot. And "opposite sex" resonated very kinky here:-).
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@@dogrudiyosun he is, in a sense of his image immortalized by the movies.
@@Phoebus_Apollo Nigel Terry is the one and only King Arthur for me!
Thank you Paul for posting this. I love Rendell and her wonderful adaptation of Wexford. I must say tho, I am not enamoured with Mike. He is stiff, lacks humour and handles witness statements as if he has a suspect in his book. Nevertheless, love the series, warts and all. Again, thanks and cheers from LONDON Canada, July 31, 2020
Just thinking the same thing can't imagine wexford actually putting up with him. Not as if he's a brilliant detective either seems quite niaive and very opinionated. To be honest I dislike him even the actors sour depressed face is too much at times!!
Mike's a good foil for the certainty, charm and assurance of his superior officer.
@@avicennitegh1377 Thank you for your comment! Got to have a contrast in personalities to keep it interesting. One of the reasons I quit watching TV, characters' personalities seemed so "homogenized".
@@nancyhowell4505 that's for sure. The range of personalities, warts and all, keeps me wrapt. I think the Wexford team worked hard at this 😊
@Vicki Jones: Mike is hilariously funny without even knowing it. Actor Christopher Ravenscroft does a brilliant job portraying him. You're right of course, he (Mike) is appallingly stuffy and Victorian, but so much so that I can't help laughing my head off at him. I think you would enjoy Mike very much in the episode entitled 'Means of Evil'. Again, he is hilariously funny in it. Do watch it and see if you agree with me :-)
Wow what a great story loved this one the Brits are the best at murder mysteries t.y for posting fantastic ❤❤❤❤
I'm so glad Burden isn't Chief Inspector . Everyone in town would be jailed on felonious charges 😂
He is sort of a very grim Barney Fife!
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Thanks for this video. Lol Mr Burden was a royal pain even when his wife was around.
For the Americans watching:
amanuensis (noun):
One who is employed to take dictation or to copy manuscript.
This is really good.
Irish looking whatever that means, well let me tell you it means gorgeous looking! tehe
Haha, absolutely agree :-)))
Miriam Spillane the most beautiful women in the world come from Ireland..
Sophie larenio and rechkel Welch!!!!!!!!!!
@@wiamloop3794 Huh?
@@mjrussell414 Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch :-)
Excellent!
Thank you‼️👍👍👍
Thnk u....very enjoyable
There is a theme in every show. This one gives a nod and a great deal of sympathy to incest.
Those two men criticizing women for buying cosmetics and such to look as young and beautiful for as long as possible! Who do they think women do all that for? Too many men will stray or dump a woman completely when she starts to show her age. What thoughtless remarks about that woman's situation! 👎👎
exactly, so common to criticise women for trying to keep themselves looking good for men -- classic
it is just remotely possible that women do 'all that' for themselves. That they enjoy the skin care ritual morning and evening, and enjoy looking their best. Women make just as much effort to look good when going out with female friends for an evening. And just as many women 'stray' as men. In fact men are generally far more 'stodgy' than women in that respect.
michael jayston also starred in only fools and horses and in Dr Who!
And voice of many 1970s and 1980 adverts!
There is one line of this episode that I find difficult to understand: they're looking at Villier's house and wonder how he spends his money. He's a teacher, and at what looks to be public (not private) elementary school for boys. He writes books about Wordsworth -- that doesn't seem a way to bring in pots of money, either. In fact, the modest house and two used cars seems to me just about right on a one-spouse income as a schoolteacher and minor author.
Michael Meo I thought the same..
You mean a state primary school?
Michael Meo: Modest house and two used cars? It's luxury. A lot of people would give their eyeteeth to live in that house - a detached house in beautiful peaceful countryside! - and own 'even' one car. You sound like one hell of an elitist snob. About time you realised how 'the other half' lives.
@@mfjdv2020 The question, How he spends his money, assumes he has money which he hasn't spent; that is, that his establishment was extremely modest, considering his income. I then commented, that his income would not have been considerably more than that which was required for his house and cars. In response, you tell me that my sniffing at such luxury proves my snobbish inability to understand how most wage-earners are obliged to live.
Now if we take the house and cars to be the lap of luxury, as you do, the question would rather be, not where he spends his money but where he gets the income to support such ostentatious style.
It seems you're both misunderstanding what the conversation has been discussing and anxious to level unsubstantiated charges at random.
Wow. Never knew that about Wordsworth, or forgot about it. What disgusts you!? I wonder whether there is a legal precedent reducing malice murder to manslaughter? Good one.
I knew about Lord Byron, but not about Wordsworth.
THANKS.......I DID WATCH THIS A FEW YEARS AGO.....I REMEMBER A MORE INTRICATE, EMOTIONAL ENDING.........HMMMM/EDITS??
Pity I can't watch this. No subtitles.
Back in them days a bath was the normal way to keep your body clean then showers came into operation and hygene improved as people never bathed everyday back then
What a deep awareness Wexford has of human behaviour. And Burden, so moralistic. Great characters.
I have seen so many of the actors from here in the old Midsomer Murders series when John Nettles Chief Inspector Barnaby. I see that a lot in the English TV series a lot of the same actors over and over again you can actually see them age through the years
Yes, but in fact Americans use and recycle a lot of their actors too. If you watch carefully you’ll see .Hollywood actors showing up again and again in various parts across many different productions over many years.
They are all RSC and the National. John Nettle's wife Joyce is a casting director for the National Theater, she worked on Midsomer with him and knows absolutely everyone. So they get one great classical thespian in every episode, from Bernard Hepton to Simon McBurney to Judy Parfitt.
I have seem Pascoe as a humble P.C. in Frost.
How lucky you are, so!
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@@steerpike66 I often wondered how the British films were so adapt at casting believe actors in nearly every role! 😮It’s what sets them apart from American tv where it is such a stretch to believe these plots are happening to these people. I applaud Mrs. Nettles for having such exquisite taste in places actors. Thanks for explaining this
Watching this again. Great series; many thanks for these quality uploads. They never get old. I could watch them over and over if I had time to. Crazy times, but kicking back with wonderful movies gives a sense of normalcy we all need. Blessings.👵😊💖🎶👍
Ian really enjoying the entire Inspector Wexford series. Thank you so much for posting Mr. Goddard!
My unending thanks for these series. I love them so. They are some of the best of British mysteries.
Yes.
Excellent performances by Karen Meagher, Nigel Terry and as Christopher Ravenscroft; good script and very well directed too.
I knew Karen Meagher back in the day..the 70s 😀
Rendell, she had observation of curious human (sometimes downright weird) behaviors clocked. A gift to readers and viewers.
You mean "down pat", and I would agree that Rendell was very astute in picking out human foibles with her characterisations.
I wish American schools would teach and reinforce actual English, not this street slang that seems to be ubiquitous in the 21st century. It makes communication between classes and cultures increasingly difficult. 😞
(I just meant that I find it difficult to converse with anyone these days without being misunderstood or not being able to understand, no disrespect intended)
@@msmltvcktl sometimes I use the modern patois, especially when it doesn’t upset the rules of grammar. The urban dictionary is often a referential friend. ;) My favorite character in pulp fiction (the movie) is honey bunny (Amanda Plummer). The description of her in the screenplay: it is impossible to define, just by observation, her wealth, status or class.
I can't understand it, regardless. I am aware of the urban "dictionary", but it holds no value to me, either as a person or as a writer. Most likely, that's due to the fact that I'm presumed to be half literate and fluent in ebonics because of an unfortunate genetic shortcoming. 😞
To be fair, "ebonics" is neutral in comparison to the more racially charged term "AAVE" for one very important reason: the word 'vernacular'.
Rooted as it is in the Latin 'vernaculus', meaning "related to household slaves", one would be correct in considering the term "African American vernacular English" to be the long form of "black slave English". 😳
And that, my friend, is terribly racist terminology embraced by people ignorant of linguistic origins and meanings.
I will watch every one of these because they are in chronological order. Thank you.
Thank you for this. Always loved the Wexford series and this is one of the best, also I'm a huge fan of Nigel Terry so that was a great bonus. Again, thank you:))
Opening: we all wake up and have our bath in full make-up!
Surely. I usually spend an hour doing the full one, glueing the false eyelashes properly, I straighten my hair down then hop I dive in 👁👃👁
Oh, that’s why I don’t look like that when I wake up.
I appreciate the humour :-) But it's stage make-up. Reg and Mike wear it too. Haven't you noticed their eyeshadow? Actors have to be made up, otherwise they look like they've been kept in a cupboard for 300 years.
@@mfjdv2020 like we all do, everyday:-)
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This is a truly wonderful episode, really enjoy it! Thank you from California 🙏🌁😷Stay safe and healthy !😷🏡
Thank you Renata, stay safe too 😊🙂
Paul, thank you for uploading these waxford murder mysteries, they're well done well acted and the endings are always a complete surprise!
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Id like to THANK the ppl who posted comments here; I like reading them.👍😁🥰
I like how the writers are interesting BUT they don’t give away the story.🧐
And I like watching for the specific moments that peaked the certain interest of a viewer. 😎
Thank YOU for your nice comment! Most posters don't give the show away, but unfortunately, I have come across some who do, without announcing first that a spoiler is imminent.
Piqued * the interest 😁
Have to say that was my favourite one so far in the series. Thanks so much for your posting. 😊
Really enjoyed this one. You are so right Paul, different characters would never be the same. 😊
have been watching this very enjoyable series but cannot recall another one so visually dark. what is wrong w/ the color spectrum? this isn't in black and white but it comes awfully close... or i should say: black and gray.
They all have a certain darkness; certainly, the transition from day to night is very marked in most of them! I suspect it is because they are transferred from ageing videotape.
I just watched A Sleeping Life - and incredibly dark...spent most of my time squinting.
Another brilliant episode so many suspects keeps you hanging on until the end 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Stephen
Enjoyed this episode of Insp. Wexford, thank you .. looking forward to watching more .. have subscribed!
@31:49, you will see the boom mic drop from the top for a couple seconds. It will be to the middle-left.
spotted!
@@avicennitegh1377 I'll be watching!!! Oh, saw it!!!!
As the owner of what's been badged as a Merkur Scorpio, I love it every time the inspector's car is in the shot. Small pleasures.
Hold on......ANOTHER ONE I HAVEN'T SEEN.
Yaaaaaay
Fanks and bright blessings ❤💛💚🌼🕉
There’s always a surprise twist to the ending. Such an amazing writer.
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George Baker makes me think of my great grandfather he was a Kent inspector who became a private detective. Wore a hat like wexford.
My Dad wore a hat like Wexford as well-always makes me think of of my Dad with love and a smile.
Wooooow!!!!! I did not see that ending coming at all!! What a twist!
I had an inkling when they mention the vacations, but not who the killer was
is it true , you can go to prison if you make love? .... great book
, lovely movie.
Thank you sooo much for this upload. I’m a mad fan of Ruth Rendell, particularly the Wexford chronicles. There’s rarely a quiet moment in the books of ‘Barbara Vine’ Of course, I love these too, but I think Wexford will always be a favourite detective of mine.
It’s amazing to see locations that fit quite well into the books. We can picture Mike and Reg in the little cafe, see the traffic passing buildings hundreds and hundreds of years old....I’m Australian and I doubt I’ll get to England 🏴 unless I win lotto, so the scenery is amazing. Also, there’s a real attention to detail, and a faithful adherence to to quite mundane items mentioned in the books....Mikes widowed, the kids are fighting etc. But homage is allowed when you see that coat. It immediately reminded us of all the times we read what a snappy dresser he was.
You've well expressed what I love about this series and other British series I've been bingeing on! 👏👍
I don't think Mike is widowed in this episode. The kids are very young; the wife is blond-haired. This is Gina, Mike's first wife. His second wife is Jenny; her hair is dark and long; kids are in college.
Well-read man of the people. Wexford.: “blame it on British rail”. Good one, Rege. G’night, George baker. You were rendell’s North Star.
Very good! Didn’t know who the murderer was until the end! Thanks for posting 👏👍😊
Me neither!!✌
...nothing wrong with having dreams and ambitions though.
Many thanks for your wonderful channel bringing us these unbeatable old classics.
Always love the melancholic/heartfelt sound of the Wexford theme also.
Absolutely, I'm already completely hooked on it - authentic, real and beautifully melancholy.
Lord Byron Poetry Excerpt from the first canto of Hunter
"So much he soar'd beyond, or sunk beneath, The men with whom he felt condemn'd to breathe, And long'd by good or ill to separate Himself from all who shared his mortal state. His mind abhorring this had fix'd her throne Far from the world, in regions of her own:"
It's beautiful. Incomprehensible that the poetry of George Gordon Byron is so little known and read.
@@mfjdv2020 He died at the age of 36. Wiki bio says: The figure of the Byronic hero pervades much of his work, and Byron himself is considered to epitomize many of the characteristics of this literary figure. His philosophy was more durably influential in continental Europe than in England; Friedrich Nietzsche admired him, and the Byronic hero was echoed in Nietzsche's superman.
The Byronic hero presents an idealized, but flawed character whose attributes include: great talent; great passion; a distaste for society and social institutions; a lack of respect for rank and privilege (although possessing both); being thwarted in love by social constraint or death; rebellion; exile; an unsavory secret past; arrogance; overconfidence or lack of foresight; and, ultimately, a self-destructive manner. These types of characters have since become ubiquitous in literature and politics. He desperately tried to hide his bisexuality.
Do you, by chance, know "The Lady of Shalott By Alfred, Lord Tennyson. What I really mean is did you hear Anne Shirley recite it in the best of Anne of Green Gables? (LOL) I wish I could remember the name of my favorite Anne.
@@jjroseknows777 Megan Follows?
@@judylloyd7901 Yes, that's right! Thank you so much.
I wish every episode had closed captions. It helps me follow along better.
Great shows. Thank you.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"
I am quite pleased to have found this series. I was not aware of its existence. I recognized the Detective Wexford from an episode of Midsomer Murders, apparently filmed many years after this series. Thank you for providing these episodes. From a new subscriber from Central Florida, USA.
Hi Mary Kay you can't be any happier than I am don't remember wexford in Midsomer tell me more I'm enthralled with these series also Wycliffe
@Mary Kay: can you tell me which episode of Midsomer Murders George Baker (actor playing Reg Wexford) appears in?
@@marquitaarmstrong399 Midsomer Murders. Season 9, Episode 1. The House in the Woods.
@@mfjdv2020 Midsomer Murders. Season 9, Episode 1. The House in the Woods.
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He played twins in that episode. One the best episodes of MSMs.
Why do I suspect the victim of sleeping with her own brother? That's disgusting.
OMG, what an ingenious plot! Thank you for posting!
I want the books so I can read them over and over like I watch these over too brilliant exploration of human psyches!
18:31 'Old Mr Farmer here ...' The man's at least 15 years younger than Wexford!
Knowing Wordsworth's life, I have to say that when the childhood separation of this brother and sister was revealed, I did rather think I knew what had happened. Still a very good episode, however, very well acted by all involved.
I think Wexford is very attractive ( his wife not so much)
I was a little in love with Morse and Lewis to!!! Both excellent
Shows keep them coming thank you Mary from Canada 🇨🇦
The actress that played his wife was also George Baker’s real life wife. They both died within months of each other.
I thought his wife was attractive 😊
Sad ending and much too tedious to get there. It blazed along at a creeping snail 🐌 crawl.🐌🐌🙄🙄
1:44:00 to 1.44.10: a nice chance reaction occurred, which they both realized was appropriate, so cleverly incorporated it into their interaction. So it seems to me, anyway.
I caught that. Good moment!
@@FirstLast-su3ke I was left with the impression that both of them fell out of character momentarily.
I kept my eye on the time so as not to miss it but thought I must have done or I’m not picking it up.. Then I saw it. It was a nice moment
I thought that his greeting the passing girl was an ad lib, sort of as a reaction to his line just before. Referring to the, "party of teenage nymphomaniacs".
Got it too! Beautifully done, a sort of personal exchange not included in the script :-)
I'll share that steak and kidney pie!!! yum
Me too!
This draaaaaged too long in the beginning 😮
Almost 2:30 hours, you had to really like whodunnits to keep up with it...
you're right. but i was in for a nice, long evening, watching british landscapes, food and interior shots.
While you can effectively tell a murder mystery in a crisp 60 minutes, I do enjoy the immersion in a well-told story that takes its time and takes a little meander, like Wexford, Dalgliesh, or Lord Whimsey.
@Andrés: The longer it lasts, the more enjoyment you have. No??
I kinda like this show..Wexford is tough like Morse.
Thanks so much, Paul. These are simply wonderful and very much appreciated!
Me gusta mucho esta serie x favor pongan subtítulos en español
Really like the Wexford videos on this channel - and Paul Goddard is such a handsome channel owner too! 😉
'Hypatia'; now there's a name you don't hear of in the States....
Where are their GLOVES while inspecting.???
One of my favorite Rendell mysteries ever, I just knew her writing had been televised and so happy to find this.
I don't like this one. Too much accusation and too little investigation.
Excellent episode...but I must say that final plot twist did seem to come suddenly out of left field...
Isn't that the whole point? 🤪
Why is it that wives make lunch ( big steak and kidney pie) and then get upset when the detective husband has to run off to work on an investigation.
Different customs in different countries. Their lunch may be our dinner
As long as Humans used their brains and skills according to their best abilities we were successful, then came feminism and western civilization has disintegrated. No family, no kids, no wife’s, no husbands, death.
@@Patricia-zt8ub In Britain, people used to eat 3 cooked meals a day! (I don't know if they still do; I haven't lived in the UK for many decades). Bacon, sausages & eggs for breakfast, meat & two veg for lunch, and probably the same again for the evening meal. People sometimes used to call lunch "dinner" and schoolchildren had "school dinners" (a cooked meal) at midday.
@@firstlast1357 go back to 8Chan and to your fellow INCEL buddies. Fuckwit.
It was a saturday and inspector burton was supposed to be off, which is why he was cleaning his house gutters...
What a sad tale it is! But so well told. TY.
takes the French to come up with an appropriate expression: crime passionnel. They even acknowledge it in their crime laws if I'm not mistaken.
Awesome series, but I wish the episodes were numbered so I could watch them in order. Thanks for posting them!
If you want to watch them in order, just google Inspector Wexford Mysteries and go to Wikipedia. They have listed the episodes in chronological order.
WOW!!! DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING!
English roads sure are narrow. How do two cars pass each other?
Well that was a twist ending! Very, very good film. Thank you Paul. Kathi 😎🇺🇸
I've just discovered this great old British series. But I know about Nigel Terry. Apparently, he has a bad habit of sleeping with his sisters! He did the same thing as King Arthur in the great movie, Excalibur. But he was fooled into it with magic. Yes, he had excuses in both instances. Poor Nigel.
Great show - really enjoyed it - thanks for uploading it, Funny though how the front headrests in the car are removed during the interior scenes but miraculously appear during the external shots...
Nigel Terry!!!