Aided by 'The Bear' and rubber masked celebrities obsessive fan Avid Merrion hosts all three series of Bo Selecta! from the squalour of his bedroom guiding us through an eclectic mix of celebrity stories interviews and gossip.
Based on the series of novels written by Dorothy L Sayers in the 1920s and 30s, Lord Peter Wimsey was dramatised for TV by the BBC between 1972-5. Ian Carmichael, veteran of British film comedy, played the genial, aristocratic sleuth; Glyn Houston was his manservant Bunter. The pair are similar to PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Bertie Wooster (whom Carmichael played in an earlier TV adaptation) though here the duo are equal in intelligence, breezing about the country together in Wimsey's Bentley and stumbling with morbid regularity upon baffling murder mysteries to test their wits. Those for whom this series forms hazy memories of childhood might be surprised at its somewhat stagy, lingering interior shots, the spartan paucity of music, the miserly attitude towards locations, especially foreign ones, and the rather genteel, leisurely pace of these programmes, besides which Inspector Morse seems like Quentin Tarantino in comparison. It seems that initially the BBC was reluctant to commission the series and ventured on production with a wary eye on the budget. The Britain depicted by Sayers is, by and large, populated by either the upper classes or heavily accented, rum-do-and-no-mistake lower orders, which some might find consoling. However, the acting is generally excellent and the murder mysteries are sophisticated parlour games, the televisual equivalent of a good, absorbing jigsaw puzzle. There were five feature-length adaptations in all. "Clouds of Witness" sees Wimsey investigate the death of his brother the Duke of Denver's fiancée. --David Stubbs
For the first time on DVD you can enjoy Avid's world of celebrity in his town innovative and unique style. Aided by ''The Bear'' and rubber-masked celebrities (From Craid David To Britney Spears Michael Jackson to David Blaine) obsessive fan Avid Merrion plays host to this critically acclaimed series from the squator of his bedroom guiding viewers through an electric mix of celebrity stories interviews and gossip. This release contains the compete first series and features real life cameo appearances from some well known celebrities including Davina McCall Geri Halliwell Tess Daly Liberty X Mariella Frostrup and Christine Hamilton.
Compelled to use his own money for his expense account Major Carrington becomes convinced that he will never see his money again and decides to take back the money from his department's funds without permission. For this error in military rules Carrington is court-martialed. During the trial Carrington's selfish wife (Margaret Leighton) gets even for a wartime affair conducted by her husband by supplying false testimony. Though Carrington is declared guilty the implication is th
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