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I had posted above 6 TV episodes featuring Christmas, four of which are mysteries.
Off the top of my head, I cannot think of any Albert Campion, Inspector Morse or Inspector Alleyn episode where Christmas plays a role.
Ditto Miss marple. That is Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. I cannot watch other Miss Marples. Angela Lansbury is eggregiously bad as Miss marple in The Mirrror Crack'd.
Margaret Rutherford was worse.
There is a Maigret episode (1961) called A Crime for Christmas. BBC does not have the tape. In those days it was customary to write over the old tapes for new programs.
Neither Michael Gambon (1992-93) nor Rowan Atkinson (2016-17) acted in any Maigret episode featuring Christmas.
I am not particularly fond of the Adam Dagliesh mysteries because the DVDs are awful.
Not sure if Christmas plays a role in those stories.
Downton Abbey has two good specials featuring Christmas.
Series 2 Christmas special (2011) set in December 1919.
Series 6 Christmas special (2015) set in December 1925. This is also the concluding episode of the series.
You can get woodles of Christmas in the TV series Dickensian bringing to life characters from many Charles Dickens novels together in one Victorian London neighbourhood, as Inspector Bucket investigates the murder of Ebenezer Scrooge's partner Jacob Marley. I (and my son) enjoyed it immensely.
My favorite MASH Christmas episode is Death Takes a Holiday (Season 9, 1980). Perhaps someone will discuss the MASH Christmas episodes here. It is beyond my ability to perform this task adequately.
Off the top of my head, I cannot think of any Albert Campion, Inspector Morse or Inspector Alleyn episode where Christmas plays a role.
Ditto Miss marple. That is Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. I cannot watch other Miss Marples. Angela Lansbury is eggregiously bad as Miss marple in The Mirrror Crack'd.
Margaret Rutherford was worse.
There is a Maigret episode (1961) called A Crime for Christmas. BBC does not have the tape. In those days it was customary to write over the old tapes for new programs.
Neither Michael Gambon (1992-93) nor Rowan Atkinson (2016-17) acted in any Maigret episode featuring Christmas.
I am not particularly fond of the Adam Dagliesh mysteries because the DVDs are awful.
Not sure if Christmas plays a role in those stories.
Downton Abbey has two good specials featuring Christmas.
Series 2 Christmas special (2011) set in December 1919.
Series 6 Christmas special (2015) set in December 1925. This is also the concluding episode of the series.
You can get woodles of Christmas in the TV series Dickensian bringing to life characters from many Charles Dickens novels together in one Victorian London neighbourhood, as Inspector Bucket investigates the murder of Ebenezer Scrooge's partner Jacob Marley. I (and my son) enjoyed it immensely.
My favorite MASH Christmas episode is Death Takes a Holiday (Season 9, 1980). Perhaps someone will discuss the MASH Christmas episodes here. It is beyond my ability to perform this task adequately.
