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Campion is convinced that the murderer is part of the Faraday household.

Peter Davison and Timothy West in Campion (1989)

Murder most foul in a creepy Victorian mansion with plenty of suspects to keep one guessing

I loved this series when it was first aired on PBS&#39; &quot;Mystery!&quot; series in the late 1980s and have since read most of Allingham&#39;s novels. Peter Davison is perfectly cast as the deceptively self-effacing detective with a mysterious past. Having just finished re-reading the book on which this episode is based, I felt compelled to make a few comparisons. One definite improvement over the book is the inclusion of Mr. Lugg in the TV dramatization. Brian Glover&#39;s delightful portrayal of the former Cockney burglar is one of the most enjoyable aspects of the series and it would&#39;ve been a real shame not to have him put in an appearance here. He is skillfully written into the episode, taking some of the lines spoken in the book by others and gleefully assisting Campion in the fight with the tramp, Thomas Beveridge. (In the book, it is one of the servants who comes to Campion&#39;s aid.) And speaking of the tramp, I was puzzled when I saw this site&#39;s cast list spelled his last name &quot;Beverbridge&quot; until I watched the episode again this morning and saw the credits at the end do indeed contain that undoubted error. For it is obvious to any careful listener that the name is definitely pronounced without the second &quot;b&quot; by both the man himself and Lugg. In addition, a joke is made of the name in the novel due to its being a homophone of &quot;beverage,&quot; which the tramp apparently enjoys in great quantity! One final niggling point: As it had been several years since I had seen this show, I was curious to see how the question of George Faraday&#39;s shameful parentage would be handled in the episode. In the book, he is of mixed race, his mother being what old Mrs. Faraday refers to as a &quot;blackamoor.&quot; I would have thought audiences of the late 20th century could handle this plot point, which better accounts for the reason behind Mrs. Faraday&#39;s blackmail. However, the show&#39;s writers (or perhaps someone else) decided to make George simply &quot;illegitimate.&quot; I think the original version a much more credible explanation of why the grand old lady would&#39;ve acquiesced so readily to George&#39;s demands over the years. OK, one last thing - I was disappointed that they did not include the bit at the end where Campion is given an old framed photo of Mrs. Faraday as a lovely young girl. I thought it was a nice touch at the end of the novel and, given how remarkably unattractive Mary Morris (the actress playing Mrs. Faraday) was, could have been a revelation. :-)

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Police at the Funeral: Part 2

Someone is poisoned, and Campion is convinced that the killer is part of the household. Part two is excellent, the plot is tighter and enough things are happening. I, for one, was gripped by the mystery and things happening like the scratch on the hand of a Farraday, the appearance of George - what makes this tense is that there isn&#39;t many suspects. The twist at the end really surprised me.

The second part was again pacier than the first part. Campion is in the action investigating who is killing members of the Faraday family. One shot dead and the body dumped in the river. Another one was poisoned. However as Lugg points out, Campion could be barking up the wrong tea. The mysterious vagrant looking man who was following Inspector Oates in the previous episode turns out to be a Faraday. He tells everyone that he knows who killed Andrew Faraday. However the next morning he is found dead. Well the object of the crimes is at least devilish. A set up by someone driven to insanity but sane enough to calculate the odds.

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Police at the Funeral: Part 2

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Murder most foul in a creepy Victorian mansion with plenty of suspects to keep one guessing

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