Rosemary & Thyme - Series Two
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Actor: Felicity Kendal, Pam FerrisBrand: Acorn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 422 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: ACORN MEDIA
Movie Reviews of Rosemary & Thyme - Series Two
Movie Review: Murder and mayhem in the mulch.....
Summary: 5 Stars
Watch Rosemary and Thyme for a while and it's hard to refrain from garden metaphors about murder. Public television did a wise thing when they arranged for the viewing of these gals (in our area on Saturday evening). At long last, I feel for the first time in a while, that I am getting my money's worth by donating to my local stations when they have their pledge drive. As a retiree, I watch the Afternoon Tea series on Maryland Public television (British humor) while I clean bird cages, but in the evenings, at least once or twice a week, I like to watch British murder mysteries, (and not the gross products showing up on the BBC channel) which I can get on my local WETA and MPT stations.
Series Two of the DVD episodes includes the recent crop of R&T shows, so if you live out in the hinterland where your local public television or cable doesn't connect you with public television, you can now own your own set of films on DVD. Rosemary Boxer is played by Felicity Kendal, she of `Good Neighbors' fame, and Mrs Laura Thyme is played by Pam Ferris from the Darling Buds of May. Rosemary and Laura formed a gardening partnership after Rosemary lost her job teaching botany in a local university and Laura's DCI husband ran off with a younger woman. The two "gardeners" fell into sleuthing when bodies began appearing at the various sites they were contracted to work.
Series II includes three volumes (each DVD total time = 141 minutes) with several episodes on each for a grand total of eight episodes (one is a two part story). The stories are relatively new, having been shot in 2004 and go as follows:
1/ The Memory of Water (two part episode) - Rosemary and Laura are hired by barrister Martin Frazer to restore a walled garden of his father's museum. Frazer has access to cheap labor from a nearby prison but after the workers arrive, events take a deadly turn when a man is seen jumping into a nearby river.
2/ Orpheus underground - Laura hopes to heal a rift with her grown daughter Helena when she is invited to construct a memorial garden near Helena's home in London's Notting Hill. Soon a body is found in the garden.
3/ They Understand Me in Paris - Rosemary's old friend has invited the gardeners to her house in southern France to restore the 150-year old garden. Some one appears anxious to stop the project and soon bodies appear (Mel Martin plays the old friend).
4/ The Invisible Worm - When R&T go to Stagford Lodge Prep School to investigate dying roses they soon find themselves involved in a strange school ritual involving a stag.
5/ The Gongoozlers - R&T get a taste of the cutthroat world of reality tv when they agree to act as consultants to the host of a garden show. Belinda Lang (Agatha Troy) plays Quinnie Dorrell, the host of the show.
6/ The Italian Rapscallion - Working on the Ligurian coast of Italy, R&T are under pressure to finish a restaurant garden for a new establishment of a friend. As a perk, they visit the nearby Giardini Tremont garden where a body appears. Laura's affection for cats provides a vital clue.
7/ Swords into Plowshares - Why is archeologist Gemma Jackson posing as Rosemary to gain access to Engleton Park?
8/ Up the Garden Path - The picturesque village of Rowfield is a hotbed of turmoil and dissent as the annual garden show approaches. Soon a leading contender is found dead.
This series can best be described as "older chick flick." PBS has finally discovered it's demographic market segment.
Summary of Rosemary & Thyme - Series Two
When strange things happen, this pair of amateur sleuths digs in.Exotic gardens on the French Riviera and Italy?s Ligurian coast complement beautiful backdrops in London and the English countryside as Rosemary Boxer (Felicity Kendal) and Laura Thyme (Pam Ferris) take on an array of new gardening commissions. Intent only on solving puzzles of nature, they stumble upon mysterious crimes when they unearth tensions, secrets, and the occasional dead body. The second installment of this hit mystery series begins with a two-hour film followed by seven one-hour episodes. Restoring a walled garden, saving dying roses, and surviving the cutthroat world of a TV garden makeover show are among the challenges they face.
Guest stars include Anthony Andrews, Joanna David, Oliver Ford Davies, Belinda Lang, Phyllida Law, Mel Martin, Malcolm Sinclair, and Julian Wadham.
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