Inspector Wexford - Wolf to the Slaughter
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2018
- Taken from the VHS box: An anonymous note. A straightforward case, so Detective Chief Inspector Wexford and his grim-faced assistant, Mike Burden, assume.
The man's name is Smith, his victim, Anita Margolis. Investigations reveal that wealthy, flighty and immoral, perhaps she had invited the crime.
After all, nice girls don't bring lovers home in the afternoon. And nice girls keep their money in safe places.
But you can't have a murder without a body. Or can you? 
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This is like theater. Hot tea on a cold day. People with stories, wrinkles, fat, warts and scruff - no plastic faces and plastic dialogues. Such a relief. Thank you!!!
British shows rely more on intelligent, character-driven plots; American garbage just focuses on selling you something, usually sex and the "necessity" of gun ownership.
Too many red herrings in all the plots that have zero to do with anything.
George Gently is similar.
I know what you mean, I get sick of all the movies and shows in the US being populated with “beautiful” people. That is one reason I love British shows.
@rdlewis3616, it's that the tech generations are all sounding and looking like avatars. It's very strange and interesting to study the mass movements over the decades. The early Cary grant, Gary Cooper, Barbara stanwich movies they all had that Hollywood brit kind of affectation to their speech. It goes on and on. The California orange county girls snobby snark permeates still. The biggest change I notice in serials and movies came when Miami vice ditched orchestral scores for pop music releases and the intro of digital imagery taking over special effects and more. Too too much in your face and less to the imagination. I love the old analog and continuous tone mediums over digital for viewing and listening.
Thanks for the upload of these wonderful mystery greats.
I love these shows...British crime series at its best.Superb,with excellent storylines and filled with suspense and the dry bits of humour in the mix...lovely stuff !
Wonderful to watch detective shows without all the cursing and loud shootouts! I’m American and I love British these shows. Thanks from Florida.
Ditto. It's such a relief. I stopped watching long ago.
Swearing is far more tolerable than the pearl-clutching misogyny from the young, deeply unpleasant sanctimonious cop. Both of the junior partners actually. Wexford is the only decent one.
Jesus imagine preaching at and being nasty to a girl working in a shop with adult magazines and then trying to stop her from going home when she says so you can sleaze on to her. Hurr muh curse words though.
There's plenty of cursing/cussing. @1:22:06 for one example. Don't know you mean. ???
And from Pennsylvania as well. 👍 Most, whatever the flaws, are better than American shows overall.
Of the many things I like about this series is that no one is shirtless exposing their abs, no one is a former Green Beret with ''special skills'' and an arsenal of weapons in a secret closet. The series is based on crime detection and drama, we aren't going to see swat teams and red dot lasers on guns.
It doesn't boil down to a jiu jitsu fight with half a dozen karate experts.
Good stuff..we,sadly are out in another stupid hyped up place now and we are told it's progress..no it's just all bollocks now on the end of a selfie stick..
Thank socialized tv :)
I used to watch Inspector Wexford shows last year in 2023.
I haven't seen this before.
I love watching Murder Mystery Movies.
I was watching Agatha Christie n *Hercule Poirot* n actually
finished most of what was on
RUclips.
Thankfully I found this show again.
Now will watch all the episodes again in 2024.
Love from *India*
❤
I am thrilled to have rediscovered this superb series. Wonderful entertainment.
Nobody does Detective Shows Better than The British!!! I Love Them All. Vera is My All Time Favorite!
I love how the opening theme music can have you running from wherever you are in the house to diving on the sofa in front of the TV.
Lolling ‼️‼️‼️ So True
it's a great tune
Indeed 😊
😊😁😂
Yes,not all redone surgeries, so all the women look alike :)
These character actors and actresses…the people who surround the main character…are fantastic. The shows back then showed real people…wrinkles and scars and all. That old gal the detective talked too…wow! I though5 she actually had pink hair! lol….i love the old shows….real people. Not these plastic dolls that call themselves actors…pfttttt!!! Thank you for posting these…..♥️
This takes me back a bit to all the Ruth Rendell books I used to read. Magnificent! Thank you very much Paul Goddard.
Ive got some from the charity shop.
“Are you married?”… “Horrible business, growing old together. Horrible.” Wonderful lines.
I really liked this story. Complex and with a few great surprises at the end. Very well written and produced. Thanks for the upload.
You're welcome, I'm glad you liked it. Little did I know these uploads would get so many views. :)
Well written etc, but oh, the music is so peculiar....
Baker and Ravenscroft both sterling classical actors. British procedural always have the very best performers, and you always see promising new talent and established character actors in the supporting roles.
I agree :)
Just proves what creativity and imagination can achieve - WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED/ENCOURAGED.....
When it comes mysteries, no one can compare to the British. Some of their old comedies are really good too.
I'm glad you're enjoying this series, I hope to upload more.
Paul Goddard Very happy to hear that! I'm looking forward to them. Thanks for so many hours of enjoyment from your uploads.
@@caryulmer7063 Most of the older British comedies are superb, up to the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s. Unfortunately British comedy started deteriorating substantially at some time during the 80s, and has never really recovered since then.
that is for sure . love agatha christie the best .
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Excellent show . Thank you for posting these, I'm really enjoying them !
You're welcome, I hope to continue to upload them.
Is it just me who finds Drayton absolutely creepy? He's more like a serial killer than a cop.
Not just you
LOL! I was expecting him to go full “Florida man” at the end!
What a character, taking your girl to the woods at night seeking romance...
Bro! Get a room! That’s Dracula’s turf!
Totally agree.
He looks like a twin brother of the Spanish President LOL
Same. I think it's intentional to make you think he's the killer.
Nobody does wild hysterics, grief, and desperation better than the Brits in these shows! Look sooo natural, real.
I enjoy watching British detective programs,there are excellent.
I'm really glad you like it :)
Muchas gracias, José.
I never saw the earlier episodes. Well written and acted...three hours plus ! Loved it. Thank you for posting .
Great murder mystery....... Thanks for the good quality upload.
There is one modern detective show up to these standards. Endeavour even surpasses the oldies In terms of character development and the complex relationships.
I’ve loved Inspector Wexler for years, since I discovered him on RUclips. I’m a lover of British television shows, especially the ones made earlier- like Wexler, Midsomer Murders (mostly when Tom was DCI), Father Brown. Thank y❤️u, UK 🇬🇧!live from Chicago
❤Wexford 😊
Finally, intelligent adult programming. Thank you so much for this.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
well said!!
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Brilliant- send some more.
THANK YOU
Yup, programming created 30 years ago!
I don’t know who in the US still thinks their bloody, violent, cursing, repetitive series productions are good.
I’m out, been out of tv and cinema for over 6 years and so pleased with it!
Thank you for chronological shows!!
I suppose the TV films of the Wexford series were broadcast on British telly
in the order given into this playlist, since it's been named "chronological" ,
BUT , what ever the case may be, the novels were published in a rather different order, if I may be so bold as to dare believe Wikipedia :
Novels
1. From Doon with Death (1964)
2. A New Lease of Death (1967) (known as Sins of the fathers in the US)
3. Wolf to the Slaughter (1968)
4. The Best Man to Die (1969)
5. A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970)
6. No More Dying Then (1971)
7. Murder Being Done Once (1972) (known as Murder being once done in the US)
8. Some Lie And Some Die (1973)
9. Shake Hands Forever (1975)
10. A Sleeping Life (1978)
11. Put on By Cunning (1981) (known as Death notes in the US)
12. The Speaker of Mandarin (1983)
13. An Unkindness of Ravens (1985)
14. The Veiled One (1988)
15. Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (1992)
16. Simisola (1994)
17. Road Rage (1997)
18. Harm Done (1999)
19. The Babes in the Wood (2002)
20. End in Tears (2005)
21. Not in the Flesh (2007)
22. The Monster in the Box (2009)
23. The Vault (2011)
24. No Man's Nightingale (2013)
SOURCE = https : // en. wikipedia .org / wiki / Inspector_Wexford
I like watching Reg gain a little weight over the years ❤
I'm in USA, British shows, both old and new are the best! Love Wexford!
DM N We are all from somewhere (like you, I am from but not presently living in the US) & like you, many of us find the British detective series tip top. I think it was shown in many countries with subtitles when necessary.
you need to watch taggart
KS 451 Absolutely! I’ve been really enjoying Wexford, but Taggart is even better, IMO. :)
@@KS-qr1ry I did.
@@KS-qr1ry Yes- indeed- great series.
Only 1 problem.
Both myself and my wife were Lincolnshire born English- she was a school teacher.
I spent most of the episodes explaining what was spoken.
The actor playing the artist was brilliant.
Always loved British mysteries & Could only find on PBS my favorite station since I didn't have cable. I found that US mysteries more violent. I'm thoroughly enjoying these different series since I found on Utube. Thanks for providing these enjoyable shows.
On Amazon Prime you can find goods shows. And if you subscribe to Acorn or Britbox... so many great British shows.
@@luvsupreme Acorn is awesome. next, Britbox
I agree. Not since Colombo has there been a detective show at relays on brains more than fire power. ❤️🇨🇦
You can also watch the Poirot series here on YT. He’s awesome.
Wonderful complex plots. Like Rumpole of the Bailey, the actor who plays Wexford IS Wexford.
Thank you from Colorado Springs, Colorado! I love this series and it's just the thing to watch during quarantine!
Glad to hear you're enjoying this series, Cheryl.
same here from albuquerque😎
The most steamy episode of Inspector Wexford to date!
Just now reading the novel & having seen this video before l was struck by Rendell’s description of the glass sculpture (p.18) on Inspector Wexford’s desk as “indigo blue.” My recall was the glass in this film was green. And so it is. Memory may wobble at my age - so l was pleased to find it hadn’t in the instance. A very small point. But it’s fun to chart the faithfulness of book to film. Also Rendell describes Wexford as “corpulent,” an adjective l would NEVER apply to the late George Baker!
Would you rather have a fat man, or a good actor? And the color of that object doesn't effect the story.
Nitpicking.
Half way thru & realise the acting is sheer genius. The aspergers type guy is just brilliant, along with rest of cast. Ripper entertainment!
@UNITED NATION You mean the artist?
@Argile: Please don't stick labels on people. If you mean Rupert, he's an artist. Even if you're a qualified psychologist who is actually in practice (which I very much doubt), you still don't know enough about the character even to make any kind of diagnosis, let alone label him. To me he seems a fairly typical, dedicated artist out of touch with anything outside his art. Let's leave it at that without any amateur psychology.
@@mfjdv2020 calme-toi. He's a character not a person. Aspergers is kind of fashionable and I'd say this character is written to that prescription. I totally agree with you about real life however, I used to be a psychiatrist and such labels drive me batty too.
This isn't from the 21st century, where "Aspergers is fashionable"; this series is from the early 90s, i believe, when autism was represented as the 'idiot savant' archetype (see also: Rain Man).
HFA is always misrepresented in popular culture, regardless.
@@msmltvcktl It is from 1987. Also, the character of the artist is definitely portrayed as wacky and "out there".... The viewer doesn't have to be a psychiatrist to see that his behavior is similar to many people who are autistic or have an obsessive/compulsive diagnosis. Just because the guy is an artist doesn't mean he has to behave so erratically.
Thank you so very much for sharing. I like this series and can enjoy them over and over again. 🙏🇲🇽
Thank you, You're very welcome xx
Thank you Paul for putting the Wexfords in order!
If you're old enough to have had a VCR, I bet at the end, you were praying hard too - "Please don't break! Please don't break! I promise from now on, I'll be kind & rewind."
The juxtaposition between the three male cop psyches, Wexford is sensible, Burton is puritanical, Drayton is sensual
Thank you. Fast-moving, amusing. The best of British mysteries
yes agreed... ur very much right...
I'm so glad that you enjoyed this Lesley :)
Thanks for the up load Paul
Better than any movie I've seen in a very long time. Thank you
I'm so pleased you liked it, I'm enjoying uploading these Wexfords.
I an Anglophile and American lover of English//British who done its? Please keep on uploading!!!🤪🇺🇸👍🙏🤓🗽🌎
Interesting twist to the story. Thinking back after 3 hours of watching it occurred to me what a great actor George Baker was, also his assistant Christopher Ravenscroft, both totally professional.
You have to follow his career life, though the series.
He loses, slowly, his prude and always correct mentality.
🙄
I would go so far as to say,
Mr. Burden has the best character development in the whole series!
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Always see Emperor Tiberius taking on a detective role when I watch Inspector Wexford.
Did George Baker play Tiberius?!? I'm amazed. I've seen the ruins of his palace on Capri and heard all the stories about him from my friends in Campania. I just can't square George Baker as the genial and human Inspector Wexford with the idea of George Baker as the sadistic Tiberius. I suppose he didn't speak with a Wiltshire accent in that role ...
@@mfjdv2020 I Claudius. from the book by Robert Graves a BBC serial.
I, claudias one of the ultimate mini series
A must see!!!
He is much better cast as Wexford than as Tiberius!
Thank you for this, am an enormous fan of this late, great writer and these are great 🤹♀️
So glad you are enjoying them Carmel :)
After watching the Wexford/Miss Marple Documentary today, I have started on my fourth time watching Inspector Wexford. After our Thanksgiving on the 25th, I will start watching Miss Marple as I have her set on DVD. This really is great! Thank you Paul!
I also love Miss Marple and Poirot. I can't even count how many times I have watched Poirot because they are very funny. I wonder which Miss Marple set you have. I have the one with Joan Hickson which are my favorites:)
@@MissWitchiepoo I have the Joan Hickson set. For me, she is the best Miss Marple. It's funny after watching the documentary then watching Miss Marple, I think of the scenes shot that were talked about in the documentary. I plan to watch Wexford again soon.
The dishes in that dirty water, is making me have anxiety attack... 🤯🤢🤢
Thank you for sharing this , just brilliant Thankyou 😊👍😊
You're welcome Michelle :)
Thanks for this great inspector Wexford , I really enjoy....
Thank you for this video. This Wexford mystery is considerably different to later ones, especially with the gripping music! The slice of life sub-plots typical of the series were also more deeper. Great 1980s cars too! If only early Wexford had done a crossover with early Taggart. That would have been awesome.
I agree with one of the comments,of it is so refreshing to watch a detective show without all that cussing and shouting. This is why I like these ruth rendell wexford mysteries and the midsomer murder mysteries too.
Angelamagruder. Please it’s cursing not cussing. Just sounds so dumb😅😅
Thank you for this series. Just found your channel, and am enjoying the shows. My daughter and I prefer the British crime shows and thank you again, for your hard work in putting these together.
That true was wonderful! Thank you so much for share this great episode, help so much for those who have to stay in home due to Coronavirus. Cheers from California!🙏🌁😷
Well done - a bit of a change from Inspector Morse, Midsomer Murders & Inspector Lewis
I'm really glad you like this series
Variety is the spice of life, according to the Bard.
Thank you. I’ve thiroughly enjoyed watching these! I think I’ve only got one more to watch!
This is such a fun episode! The artist is a parody of me, my art, introversion and confused housekeeping. Then there're the retro customs, the banter ("You ought to leave your lungs to science"), and Russell Hunter's preciously clever sparring exchange during the interview, even chiding the detective... Russell Hunter, King of the Oppressed Character. All had me laughing out loud and understanding other people's view of artists. So convincing, so natural. What a hoot. Thanks, Paul
Most artists are slightly eccentric (and delightfully so). Also they can be very vague. Rupert is no exception. But if this description also applies to you, please don't worry or be offended. Artists live on a different plane to other mortals. I for one wouldn't change that state of affairs for the world. Artists are unique and must be cherished, while their work delights the eye of the beholder.
@@mfjdv2020 Thank goodness someone understands us. You are exceptional
mfjdv2019 😍
" I should have the boys at the lab take a look at this." (or something similar) regarding the plate of food at the cafe. lol
Good quality, thanks for uploading.
This is a hoot - the actor playing Margolies enjoying every minute of his dotty character. Does it well, too.
Wonderful!! I needed the Wexford crew today. Thank you Paul.
Amazing that most of these police men don't show credentials. They could be anyone saying they are the police. Thanks for the great series!!
Excellent episode with numerous but subtle underlying themes.
Yes, themes make for powerful storytelling.
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I'm enjoying all the quirky characters, and undermining of stereotypes, and atmosphere of village / town life.
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Would like to hear more about the themes ....
According to the episode guide, this is episode 1. Thanks for posting this!
This is a great episode, and I remember watching it when it came out in 1987. Raymond Francis (Chief Superintendent Lockhart), Russell Hunter (Lonely from Callan), and Kim Thomson with that beautiful hair: this is a real treat!
Raymond Francis isn’t in this. Are you confusing him with Donald Hewlett (was an English actor, born in Northenden, Manchester, Lancashire, and best known for his sitcom roles as Colonel Charles Reynolds in It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Lord Meldrum in You Rang, M'Lord? )
Paul,
Thanks very much for providing this Wexford mystery! Best wishes to you!
Thank you for uploading
Seen this one before but, I forgot the twist in the end. Excellent! The sign of a good whodunnit....
After 33 years l am delighted finding this episode serie. It was so wonderful. All l could remember was about Kim Thompson.
I wish these were uploaded LOUDER....I watch on laptop w/ speakers and its still too low to hear well? Might just be me😔
It's not just you, I struggle with it too
I love this show.. Thanks for the upload
Two members of the supporting cast in this episode are particularly brilliant -. the painter Margolis, criminally minded Ruby and also Ann. Leisurely paced who-done-it, rich in characterization.
That was three.
The artist was a bit overdrawn with his vague "artistic temperament.
Didn't like Ann, felt she wasn't believable as a femme fatale! Really liked Ruby, very believable 👍
This reminded me the old joke:
"The four apostles are the following three: Peter and Paul" 😎
Good to see and hear the jazz background music. Well developed characters.
Well, that was self-defense. I hope she was found innocent.
I was wondering about the same: it's not quite clear why she just didn't go to the police - scared they wouldn't believe her it was self defense or what!?! Kind of a weak and nebulous point as a culminating one in the whole long story...
Somehow inspector Wexford and his family seem to be the predecessor of Mr. Barnaby & family. The ressmblance is striking.
Isn’t that true for most shows in the US? Most of them are rip offs of good British writing.
Just Barnaby #1 ... the "real" one ... not the one with the BORING career wife, which doesnt add anything to the series through her career and subtracts all the little "personal hobbies" which Joyce (and daughter Cully) had to hook up some stories in the episodes.
Loved Wexford and years later, still do!!!!
Me too :)
Thanks for sharing!
thank you so muchly for sharing :)
So glad the ornament broke in the end. It was ugly and a safety hazard.
Russell Hunter - a massively underrated actor. Chris Ellison does a good turn too. I personally love to see Carmel in things. I also like how TV especially drama used to have room to breathe. Maybe says more about viewers though. Thank you for the uploads.
Excellent story, great series. Thanks for uploading.
Very enjoyable, interesting and entertaining 👍. Thank you 🙏
Excellent thoroughly enjoyable series, thank you
At 1:09:10 Wexford says Monkey Matthews might be lonely. I don't know whether it was intentional (probably it was) but that actor was famously Lonely (the snitch) in the gritty Callan TV series starring Edward Woodward as David Callan, an agent of a state secret service dealing with internal security threats to the United Kingdom. Lonely (Monkey Matthews) was his snitch.
Thank you so much for this.
Chris Ellison playing Fitzpatrick in this- played Frank Burnside ( a cop)in The Bill
Thanks for uploading these! Totally enjoyed this one! Honestly I thought Drayton was the killer, but I was wrong. Made it all the more interesting.
Holy crap. After watching several Inspector Wexford mysteries, I am getting the message this show is about yummy men for the ladies, from Det. Drayton, Sgt. Martin, straight-laced Det. Burden, to the old suave silver fox himself, Chief Inspector Wexford. Even some of the villains are quite attractive. My oh my, there's something there for everyone of us, a smorgasbord of men.
I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Sgt. Martin isn't really yummy, but he's got SUCH a great sense of humour which makes him fun and attractive. My choice of all these yummy gents would definitely be Reg Wexford :-))
@@mfjdv2020 I have had some delightful daydreams about several of them because they are real men. Sorry to say, many of the young "men" of today look to be girly, with their skinny jeans barely covering their hips, their toothpick legs and their man-buns...
@@sagrammyfour I suppose it all depends on one's definition of an attractive man, eh? And I daresay all these skinny young men nowadays will eventually put on weight and fill out in middle age ... The boys of my generation all had long hair, which looks very attractive providing one has nice thick hair, and that it gets washed and brushed. Each generation has its own idiosyncrasies.
@@mfjdv2020 As far as many of the young men today, I'm afraid it's gone past just looks. Not only do they not look like a man with real testicles, they don't act like they have any. Now I said "many," not all. There is hope for the human race.
Best quality I've seen - thanks. Love a bit of Wexford...
I love wexford and ruth Rendell thanks please upload more ive been binge watching all week
Nicholas Gecks plays a compelling supporting role as Ruben Margolis.. bravo! (Good Movies -group/fb)
Only 20 videos made?
Thank you for sharing these.
God bless
I've seen all of these at least once if not more and I'm planning to see them in order again now! I'm in my70's , but don't mind dramas with all the cursing and gunfights , but I never got into a lot of the most popular and long running American detective /police shows! I've loved everything from NYPD Blue, Hill St. Blues , the old and new Hawaii 5-0 and Blue Bloods just to name a very few and the Law & Order franchise is one of my all-time favorites each seen too many times to count over the years,so I enjoy a wide variety having just watched "The Mayor of Kingstown" which I have to admit was ALMOST a little too much for me at times!
I get Brit Box and Acorn and love a lot of the British detective shows, but I think I've watched "Vera" the most and I don't think I've seen many guns pulled out around her! It's Sat. night and I'll get back to another episode of" Det Wexford ".
Fantastic. Great fun. Terrific acting.
I like the music of this show.
I thought for the entire 3 hours that the cop that had to resign was the murderer because he drove away and her car at the beginning. Sniffing her jacket and making them seem very suspicious. Then they never explain that. why did he go and take the car?
Drayton is a good character,
With flaw....
I love all the turnings...
More actors playing too.
Music sounds very 70s or early 80s
😝
Cracking drama. Much better than America tosh.
Jolly good, what?
I'm glad you're enjoying them Laura :)
I love seeing the characters from the books come to life. They did a great job. The funk music in this one was a cheeky touch too, hehe!
It's 2:00 am I can't sleep, thanks Paul I again thank you for this Waxford, I just noticed that Michael has solved this one, sweet as they say in Philly..or they used too...when you'd discover something that is unique and unusual.
We would say "sweet" the same as "cool."
Thank you Joe 😊
👍👍👍👍😀😀thank you for sharing!!!
He drank that nasty coffee 🍵 lmao 😂
Remembered when this was shown on ITV in August 1987 kicking off the whole Wexford series
Gary Bryant Yes, and this is a much better copy!
Gary: 1st episode in 1987 and the final one (no. 23 I think) in 2000. They are all absolutely brilliant, but some are more brilliant than others :-)
Fabulous. Thank you xx
Thanks from Japan❣️
Wexford familyとBurden familyに映像の世界で再び出会えて、この上なく嬉しいです😂❤️