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Clad in tweed and puffing on a pipe, Detective Inspector Purbright pursues the evildoers of Flaxborough with a doggedness that belies his polite conversation and mild manner. Although the quiet cou...
Clad in tweed and puffing on a pipe, Detective Inspector Purbright pursues the evildoers of Flaxborough with a doggedness that belies his polite conversation and mild manner. Although the quiet country town appears all gentility, beneath the surface lies a darker world of deception, intrigue, treachery, and infidelity.
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- Creator
- BBC ; dramatized by Richard Harris ; directed by Ronald Wilson ; produced by Martin Lisemore
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- [Silver Spring, Md.] : Acorn Media, [2009]
- Physical Details
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- 3 videodiscs (344 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocn320473431
- Credits
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- Anton Rodgers, Christopher Timothy, Moray Watson, John Comer, Brenda Bruce
- Title from set and individual containers.
- Based on the Flaxborough novels by Colin Watson.
- Originally broadcast on British television in 1977.
- Contains 7 episodes of the television series.
- "A Flaxborough chronicle."
- "Due to the age of these programs and the improved resolution that DVD provides, you may notice occasional flaws in the image and audio on this DVD presentation that were beyond our ability to correct from the original materials."
- DVD, fullscreen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital.
- Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- v. 1. episode 1. Hopjoy was here (part 1) -- episode 2. Hopjoy was here (Part 2)/Lonelyheart 4122 (part 1) -- episode 3. Lonelyheart 4122 (part 1) -- v. 2. episodes 4-5. The Flaxborough crab (part 1 & 2) -- v. 3. episodes 6-7. Coffin, scarcely used (part 1 & 2)