Once again, BBC outdoes its self with adapting books to TV. This time it is with a Margery Allingham mystery, Camion. Screenplay by Elaine Morgan.
Peter Davison as Albert Campion and his faithful companion Brian Glover as Magersfontein Lugg are so good in this 1989 TV series that even when you read the book you think of them. The story is abbreviated and takes a little time to get off the ground; however first time through the program you will notice some standard ploys as a person confessing that has a good chance of actually being the culprit (how many times have we seen this?) By the second viewing, you see the clues that you missed, and you are hooked.
In this installment, Lugg (Brian Glover) gets a peripheral part, which is disappointing. Campion is present for an unveiling of a painting form the deceased artist. Suddenly the lights go out and someone is dispatched; however, this is not the mystery.
Soon the secondary artist that was dispatched is being forgotten as all his paintings are disappearing. What is this, a nefarious plot by some cabal and to what end? Alternatively, are we just paranoid?
My favorite scene is when the lights come on and Rosa (Carole Ruggier) exclaims "Santa Maria." I could almost hear her saying "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph."
Peter Davison as Albert Campion and his faithful companion Brian Glover as Magersfontein Lugg are so good in this 1989 TV series that even when you read the book you think of them. The story is abbreviated and takes a little time to get off the ground; however first time through the program you will notice some standard ploys as a person confessing that has a good chance of actually being the culprit (how many times have we seen this?) By the second viewing, you see the clues that you missed, and you are hooked.
In this installment, Lugg (Brian Glover) gets a peripheral part, which is disappointing. Campion is present for an unveiling of a painting form the deceased artist. Suddenly the lights go out and someone is dispatched; however, this is not the mystery.
Soon the secondary artist that was dispatched is being forgotten as all his paintings are disappearing. What is this, a nefarious plot by some cabal and to what end? Alternatively, are we just paranoid?
My favorite scene is when the lights come on and Rosa (Carole Ruggier) exclaims "Santa Maria." I could almost hear her saying "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph."