MIDSOMER MURDERS: Series 2

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

I’ve seen about twenty of the Midsomer Murders and they are uniformly excellent. They represent a nice blurring of subgenres. At first they appear to be classic English mysteries, i.e. cozies–with the shrewd detective, the loyal assistant and a collection of village types (as we move from village to village within the county). The difference is that the stories are far more realistic and far more bloody. The characters are less quaint and chummy than those in cozies and far closer to the denizens of the world of crime fiction. The settings are beautiful, of course, though there is darkness and rain echoing the violence of the stories. The result is something for everyone–the lover of cozies, the lover of crime and detection and the lover of the English countryside. The continuing characters are attractive and engaging and each supporting cast usually includes one or two mainstays of the English theatrical community. The series is very entertaining, very thoughtful and characterized by strong production values. Go for it.-Richard B. Schwartz

DVD Wholesale Main Features    

Actors: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Jason Hughes, Laura Howard
Directors: Jeremy Silberston, Moira Armstrong
Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: NR-Not Rated
Studio: Acorn Media
DVD Release Date: July 30, 2013
Run Time: 400 minutes
ASIN: B00CEBJC84