Campion - The Complete First Season
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Author: Margery AllinghamActor: Brian Glover, Peter Davison
Brand: Warner Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 428 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: E1742
Studio: BBC Worldwide
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- Behind his distinctive owlish glasses and gentle, deceptive naivete, Albert Campion conceals a passion for excitement and danger. Peter Davison (All Creatures Great and Small, Doctor Who) plays Margery Allingham's enigmatic sleuth, with Brian Glover as his loyal but slightly shady manservant in theseic mysteries set in the 1930's. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating:
Movie Reviews of Campion - The Complete First Season
Movie Review: British Mystery That's Fun and Well Done!
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the great new benefits of Amazon Prime membership is access to many of Amazon's movies free as part of the Prime membership. This is a relatively new development and I encourage you to check it out if you're not a Prime member already.
As a result of this new movie access I found the Campion series of British TV mysteries; having enjoyed Campion as played by Peter Davison we selected it for viewing and have really enjoyed Season 1 all over again. Peter Davison as Campion and Brian Glover as Lugg both do excellent jobs in their respective rolls and is fun to watch. I'll have to admit the heavy accent used by Glover in portraying Lugg makes understanding what he is saying something of a challenge from time to time.
The individual mysteries are all two parters and utilize the time honored cliff-hanger technique which leaves the viewer eager to watch the next segment of the story. Fortunately in this case one has the option of immediately viewing the second part so one doesn't have to suffer in suspense too long.
One minor shortcoming is the movie versions don't reveal the thinking processes that Campion goes through to solve the mysteries that are more fully revealed in the books. That doesn't seriously compromise the movie versions but may leave the viewer wondering how Campion came up with that conclusion.
These are an enjoyable series of British mysteries and are especially fun to watch if you have video streaming capability and are a member of Amazon Prime.
Summary of Campion - The Complete First Season
Behind his distinctive owlish glasses and gentle, deceptive naivete, Albert Campion conceals a passion for excitement and danger. Peter Davison (All Creatures Great and Small, Doctor Who) plays Margery Allingham's enigmatic sleuth, with Brian Glover as his loyal but slightly shady manservant in these classic mysteries set in the 1930's.Similar DVD Movies
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