Heat of the Sun Boxed Set (Private Lives / Hide in Plain Sight / The Sport of Kings)
by Paul Seed; Adrian Shergold; Diarmuid Lawrence
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Actor: Trevor Eve; Susannah Harker; Akbar Kurtha; Lawrence Simbarashe; Jimmi Harkishin; Peter Joyce; Sophie Dix; Quinton Gasa; Kate McKenzie; Memory Santos; Peter Sullivan (III); Hugh Simon; Barry McNicholl; Ewan Stewart; Sean Gallagher; Michael Byrne; Theo Landey; Flora Montgomery; Margaret Ngugu; Sharah ForgetteDirector: Paul Seed; Adrian Shergold; Diarmuid Lawrence
Brand: WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 360 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Movie Reviews of Heat of the Sun Boxed Set (Private Lives / Hide in Plain Sight / The Sport of Kings)
Movie Review: Good historical mystery
Summary: 5 Stars
The Heat of the Sun videos are an entertaining combination of historical period piece and engrossing mystery, with just a touch of romance in the mix. The setting, British colonial Africa between the wars, is fully developed by set and costume. The "Happy Valley Set" as the colonists there were known, are shown decadently cavorting in appropriate period costume in locations as varied as a luxury resort and a missionary village of huts. The viewer can almost taste the dust and longs for a cocktail.
The mysteries themselves are well crafted and engaging. Our group of viewers all favored different characters as guilty, and yet were satisfied when the real villans were revealed. The hero, Detective Tyburn, was tough enough for the job, but complex and mulitfaceted. His slowly developed romance with a Beryl Markham-like aviatrix seemed natural and uncontrived.
For someone who was searching for mysteries with an historical backdrop, the Heat of the Sun would be a good buy.
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Summary of Heat of the Sun Boxed Set (Private Lives / Hide in Plain Sight / The Sport of Kings)
A tangled web of blackmail, murder, passion, and more awaits former Scotland Yard detective Albert Tyburn (Trevor Eve from The Politician's Wife) when he arrives in Nairobi. He has been sent to head up a new criminal investigation unit under the command of pompous local police commissioner Ronald Burkitt (Michael Byrne). In these three mysteries: Private Lives, Hide in Plain Sight and The Sport of Kings, Tyburn uses his cunning, courage and headstrong policing style to battle arson, drug-dealing, murder and the creeping colonialism of Kenya's hedonistic expatriate community.Special DVD features include: link to the Mystery! Web site; scene selections; and closed captions.
On three DVD5 discs. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: Letterboxed.
Former Scotland Yard detective Albert Tyburn (Trevor Eve) finds himself in colonial Nairobi, the setting of Out of Africa, as head of a new criminal investigation unit. Imagine an athletic Hercule Poirot in the heat of the Kenyan sun. Superintendent Tyburn's unrelentingly independent policing style is remarkably effective against the murder, arson, blackmail, slave-trading, and other crimes that await him. The most serious impediments to Tyburn's investigations come from pompous Police Commissioner Ronald Burkitt (Michael Byrne) and the elitist, expatriate community's secret passions and vices. The outstanding cast includes Tyburn's talented crime-solving assistants, Constable Jonah Karinde (Freddie Annobil-Dodoo) and Assistant Superintendent James Valentine (Julian Rhind-Tutt), and his romantic interest, Emma Fitzgerald (Susannah Harker). The attractive, strong-willed biplane pilot Fitzgerald bears remarkable similarity to the real-life Beryl Markham, who recounted her experiences in West with the Night. The three episodes, "Private Lives," "Hide in Plain Sight," and "The Sport of Kings," are well written and action-packed. Mobil Masterpiece Theatre's Heat of the Sun will delight fans of fine detective work. --Tara Chace
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