The Mrs Bradley Mysteries an Episode Guide by kingkong Last updated: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:00
aired from: Aug 1998 to: ___ ____	4 eps & pilot	BBC1/ ABC(AU)	60 min	stereo	closed captioned

regulars:

• Diana Rigg as Mrs Adela Bradley
• Neil Dudgeon as George Moody

  recurring characters:

• Peter Davison as Inspector Christmas

  production credits:

• Deborah Jones, producer

Pilot 1998 BBC1 (90 min)

1. "Speedy Death" (90 min)
   gs: John Alderton [ Alastair Bing ], Simeon Andrews [ Family doctor ], Lynda Baron [ Mrs MacNamara ], Tom Butcher [ Bertie Philipson ], Tyler Butterworth [ Ferdinand Bradley ], John Conroy [ Henry Baxter ], Emma Davies [ Hermione Bradley ], Sue Devaney [ Mabel Jones ], Emma Fielding [ Eleanor Bing ], Tristan Gemmill [ George Bing ], Andrew Hallett [ Constable ], Roger Grainger [ Vicar ], Alec Linstead [ Wedding vicar ], Carmela Marner [ Pamela Storbin ], William Oxborrow [ Everard Mountjoy ], Russell Tovey [ Stable Boy ], Eleanor Tremain [ Dorothy Manners ], Michael Troughton [ Insp Strakey ]

   Mrs Bradley attends her god-daughter's engagement party, only to find that the night ends in murder. Aided by her faithful chauffeur, George Moody, she sets out to discover the truth.

   b: 31 Aug 98 w: Simon Booker s: Gladys Mitchell d: Audrey Cooke

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   1st Series 1999 ABC (AU)

2. "Death at the Opera"
   gs: Annabelle Apsion [ Mona Bunting ], Roy Barraclough [ Mr Simms ], Susan Wooldridge [ Mrs Simms ], Elaine Caxton [ Miss Ferris ], Monique De Villiers [ Clementine Dingwall Main ], Amy Marston [ Agnes Delamere ], Carli Norris [ Prunella "Plum" Fisher ], Ken Oxtoby [ Mr Jenner ], David Tennant [ Max Valentine ]

   rc: Insp Christmas

   While attending a performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's operetta The Mikado as guest of honor at her old school, Mrs Bradley gets embroiled in a murder investigation.

   b: 5 Nov 99 w: Simon Booker d: James Hawes

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3. "The Rising of the Moon"
   gs: Kenneth Colley [ Archie Burlington ], Nicholas Woodeson [ John Forrester ], Meera Syal [ Madame Marlene ], Janine Duvitski [ Mrs Cockerton ], Felicity Montagu [ Ruby Larkin ], Sheila Steafel [ Celestine Venus ], Peter Gallagher [ Little Bernard ], Nicky McInnes [ Lily ], Big Mick [ Tom ], Richard Baglow [ Peter Forrester ], James Baglow [ Francis Forrester ]

   When a traveling circus stops at a tranquil village, the knife-thrower's partner is stabbed to death, prompting Mrs Bradley to investigate.

   b: 12 Nov 99 w: Julie Rutterford d: Martin Hutchings

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4. "Laurels Are Poison"
   gs: Michele Dotrice [ Amy Parkin ], Stuart Bunce [ Seth Billings ], Michael Fox [ Ronnie Midwinter ], Valerie Gogan [ Jessie Midwinter ], Phyllida Law [ Isobel Marchmont ], Kenneth MacDonald [ Alf Wolstenholm ], Joanna Roth [ Lacey Prideux ], Ronan Vibert [ Douglas Prideux ]

   While visiting a friend at her haunted country house, Mrs Bradley finds herself investigating the murder of a household member, and uncovering secrets dating from the First World War.

   b: 19 Nov 99 w: Gwyneth Hughes d: Martin Hutchings

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5. "The Worsted Viper"
   gs: Isla Blair [ Myrtle Quincy ], Rebecca Callard [ Cecily Moody ], Eddie Marsan [ Ronald Quincy ], John Bowe [ Rev Baines ], Charlotte Frances [ Temperance Baines ], Jason O'Mara [ Jasper Hicks ], Alex Palmer [ Lester Hicks ], Pooky Quesnel [ Delilah Hicks ], Katy Lown [ Polly ], Matthew Burgess [ Constable Sharp ]

   rc: Insp Christmas

   In the seaside village of Porth Carrack, a vicar's daughter is found strangled, making Mrs Bradley fear a Satanist killer is at large. Her sleuthing uncovers smugglers, satanic rituals and superstitions.

   b: 26 Nov 99 w: Simon Booker d: James Hawes