The Complete Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Grrr. Each dvd has it's own instructions via accessibility. For years, up until this set, I have always been able to turn Subtitles On and Off through the Bluray Device Remote Control. Not on this set of dvds:One disc says that yes, there are subtitles, but we have to access it through the TV remote. Well, that's a problem for a lot of us, since we no longer have the original remote that comes with the TV for a variety of reasons. Some people like to access all media equipment via a single remote, in our case, the Philips TV came with a device that is almost illegible - it's matte black, the buttons have an extremely low profile, you have to see the remote in a bright light to see what you're doing (not even glow in the dark) but that's another review. My point being, that not everyone has the original TV remote. Why NOT use the bluray device's remote as with we can with ALL OTHER DVDs I've ever bought or rented?Four dvds show up as blank (on the menu screen) not even the name - just a gold dvd icon that says "DVD VIDEO".DVD #3 shows it as another movie entirely: "Sparrow" Starring Simon Yam, Lo Hoi-Pang, Law Wing-cheung and Kelly Lin and the picture shows as Sparrow. The first two dvds show the introduction (which I love) of the PBS Mystery Series: The Edward Gorey illustrations and animations, the introductions by Diana Rigg. Not dvds 3 and 4 so far.DVD #4 shows up as blank "DVD VIDEO".DVD #5 is named "July Rhapsody" starring Jacky Cheung and Anita Mui.I've come to expect more Chinese movies in this dvd set. I'll update as I come across them. No Mystery introduction / no host introduction.DVD #6 [named DVD VIDEO] Movie #1 has Mystery introduction, but not the host (Diana Rigg) introduction.So far, the quality of the visuals are that they are stretched wiiiiiiide and there's no way to adjust that as with other dvds. It's extremely aggravating to pay so much for such an inferior product. There is very little information on the dvd jackets themselves, such as what is on which disc, the date of airing, etc. Only the first two movies have the PBS Mystery introductions. Grrrrrrr!Many of the 6 dvds I've watched so far (12 movies) have the beginnings cut off. I stopped keeping track of which dvd/movie has what attributes missing.This appears to be an illegal copy set or at least a really crappy product.

For those who want to know the chronological order of the shows before ordering the list is below. This will help those who want to see the series from it's inception to finish. Original Episode # Prod # Air Date Titles_____ ______ ___________ ___________ ___________________________________________* Season 11 1-01 12/Mar/01 A Great Deliverance (1)2 1-02 13/Mar/01 A Great Deliverance (2)3 1-03 08/Apr/02 Well-Schooled in Murder4 1-04 15/Apr/02 Payment in Blood5 1-05 22/Apr/02 For the Sake of Elena6 1-06 29/Apr/02 Missing Joseph* Season 27 2-01 10/Mar/03 Playing for the Ashes8 2-02 17/Mar/03 In the Presence of the Enemy9 2-03 24/Mar/03 A Suitable Vengeance10 2-04 31/Mar/03 Deception on His Mind* Season 311 3-01 04/Mar/04 In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner12 3-02 11/Mar/04 A Traitor of Memory13 3-03 18/Mar/04 A Cry for Justice14 3-04 22/Mar/04 If Wishes Were Horses* Season 415 4-01 49562 17/Mar/05 In Divine Proportion16 4-02 26927 24/Mar/05 In the Guise of Death17 4-03 31/Mar/05 The Seed Of Cunning18 4-04 07/Apr/05 The Word Of God* Season 519 5-01 20/Jul/06 Natural Causes20 5-02 27/Jul/06 One Guilty Deed21 5-03 03/Aug/06 Chinese Walls22 5-04 10/Aug/06 In the Blink of an Eye* Season 623 6-01 25/May/08 Limbo24 6-02 01/Jun/08 Know Thine Enemy

I am a huge fan of Elizabeth George's books. They are so thick and detailed. The BBC takes liberties with these stories, but after awhile I got used to it. The second Helen was horrible, I have no idea why Tommy stuck with her. I've seen the actress in other performances and she is equally unappealing. The third Helen is more like Elizabeth George's character. I watched most of the episodes on YouTube but ended up buying the complete set just in case they decide there's some copyright infringement or something. The DVDs aren't labelled clearly but I'm a college graduate so I figured it out. The last episode of season 5 has such a poignant ending. They were very clever in not having any dialogue there. One of the saddest scenes I've ever watched. I wish this series had continued. It ends rather abruptly after only 2 episodes in season 6. Thank heaven Ms. George continues to write about Lynley and Havers.

Very difficult to understand. May not finish it. Closed captions, but my system doesn't let me see them.

I love this series and the price at this time was great so I gifted myself for my birthday. I have previously read Elizabeth George's books - she's a great author. Unusually, she is from California but her characters are in the United Kingdom. My only regret is they stopped the series after 6 years, George has many more books to screen.

Although this is "letterboxed," it was not widescreen as I expected. The letterboxed image is small and is surrounded by a black field on all sides -- sort of floats there. If you know how to fiddle with the zoom controls on your DVD player, you can get an approximation of true anamorphic widescreen (ie, basically, fil the screen without stretching or distortuon), but the picture is VHS quality at best. I'll probably keep the set anyway because it is not otherwise available now, but unless you need it now, I would await a proper release in Blu-Ray or at the very least, true anamorphic widescreen DVD.

Yes, my husband and I have seen this before when it was running on TV. It has been years ago. Thank GOD we remember bits and pieces of the series but not enough to disappoint us from seeing them all again. So much so that my husband keeps telling me, did we ever see this one? Pop the popcorn and enjoy!

Watched one episode when this first came on TV and didn't rate it very much. However, on revisiting the series many years on I think I was too hasty in my judgement. It's not the greatest detective series that has ever been on TV, but nor is it the worst. I think it took the two principals a while to get their characters absolutely right, but certainly by Series 2 the interplay between them was engaging. The show gets a bit over-cooked at times, and more often than not it was relatively easy to identify the "culprit" quite early on in each episode. However, overall the show was engrossing and entertaining and I was rather sorry when it came to an end.

A good series and Sharon Small was the standout character throughout . Reference Lynley's wife Helen I do feel if you are going to change and replace an actor half way through that you don't at the same time give the character played a complete personality transplant from an unpleasant cold and zero personality person to a gregarious likeable one. Assumed he had found a nice new girlfriend at last for a couple of episodes! All said though worth a watch even if a bit annoying towards the end.

I caught an episode of this almost by accident (repeated on BBC3?) and recognised some of the scenery in the Peak District and especially in the village where my Parents lived for almost 40 years. Having enjoyed the one episode, so I bought the box set. While there are grounds for comparison with Morse (Lynley's classic Jensen, later replaced by a Bristol) and other "cop partnerships", Lynley is well drawn and absolutely not perfect, so is a credible character perhaps in the vain of a 21st century Peter Wimsy. Havers, similarly, is a strong character well portrayed and their professional relationship develops entirely believably. The supporting cast is also very strong: Helen, Lynley's love interest /wife is particularly superbly portrayed. So there it is. It's a good series, well made, strongly written and performed in the same category as Morse, Lewis, Vera, and others. If you like the genre, you'll love this.

I haven't watched the complete series yet. The acting of the two main characters is excellent. They contrast each other very well. The upper class and working class attitudes are very well dealt with.This is an excellent series

To my mind Daniel Parker is a little wooden, perhaps aristocratic reserve ?? (It turns our he's an earl).OTHERWISE BRILLIANT.I've now seen the final episode. The BBC decided not to continue the series after Series 6 Episode 2, so lots of threads are left unresolved. Still VERY good.