The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
2000 · BBC One · 60 min · 1 season
S01E04 · The Worsted Viper
Mon, 7 Feb, 7:00 am
Mrs Bradley visits the seaside resort of Porth Carrack, where she is to present Inspector Christmas with the freedom of the town. The vicar's daughter is found dead, strangled with a worsted viper.
About
The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries is a crime drama series that aired on BBC One from 1998-2000. The series is based on the character created by detective writer Gladys Mitchell.
Adela Bradley, a sophisticated woman of the world, and her chauffeur George Moody are an unlikely pair of investigators back in the England of the 1920s. The sexual tension between Mrs. Bradley and George fairly crackles along as each episode unfolds to a logical conclusion while Mrs. Bradley, with the help of her trusty chauffeur George, employs her unique sleuthing talents in solving the mysteries that come her way.
Episodes
- E01
Death at the Opera
Mon, 17 Jan· 60 minMrs Bradley is asked to give a lecture at her old school and gets involved in murder, illegimate children, lesbianism, spiders and the Mikado.
- E02
The Rising of the Moon
Mon, 24 Jan· 60 minWhen a travelling circus stops at a village, the knife thrower's partner is stabbed to death, prompting an investigation by Mrs Bradley.
- E03
Laurels Are Poison
Mon, 31 Jan· 60 minMrs Bradley tries to solve the mysterious murder of her friend's relative who is found poisoned in her garden, while chauffeur George confronts some skeletons in his closet.
- E04
The Worsted Viper
Mon, 7 Feb· 60 minMrs Bradley visits the seaside resort of Porth Carrack, where she is to present Inspector Christmas with the freedom of the town. The vicar's daughter is found dead, strangled with a worsted viper.
Cast
Diana Rigg
Mrs Adela Bradley
Neil Dudgeon
George Moody