Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Detective inspector Richard Poole (Ben Miller) gets assigned to investigate a murder on the paradise island of Saint-Marie in the Caribbean however he hates sun sea & the sand This release

Includes:: all eight episodes from the first series of the BBC detective series Age Rating 12

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Follow the life & work of British detective Richard Poole (Ben Miller) who works for London&s Metropolitan Police After the death of a fellow police officer Poole is sent to a Caribbean island to investigate the death Age Rating 12 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Richard Poole&s untimely & tragic demise brings Humphrey Goodman to the beautiful island of Saint Marie as the new Detective Inspector But while he enthusiastically embraces Caribbean life his new team of Camille Dwayne & Fidel quickly realise they&ve got another eccentric & rather frustrating Englishman on their hand Humphrey&s apparently random & disorganised approach to solving crime initially seems confounding but it&s not long before they realise they have a remarkable detective in their midst
- one capable of solving his predecessor&s own baffling murder
- & together the team go on to brilliantly solve a host of dizzyingly mystifying murders from zombie film st&-ins to glamorous stewardesses & local politicians All in a day&s work when there&s death in paradise Actors Kris Marshall Ben Miller Sara Martins Danny John-Jules Gary Carr & Don Warrington Certificate 15 years & over Languages English

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play New series of popular BBC One drama Death in Paradise is back British detective inspector Kris Marshall is assigned to investigate a murder on the paradise island of Saint-Marie in the Caribbean ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play DI Humphrey Goodman & his team are back trying to solve the most baffling murders they&ve ever faced From a body found on a cricket pitch to a victim killed halfway up a volcano our detectives are led all over the beautiful island of Saint Marie
- with one case even taking them across the seas to London But it&s not just the crimes that are proving tough to crack Humphrey finds himself navigating the course of true love when Martha returns to visit him Florence is forced to deal with feelings of guilt over an old school friend & while Dwayne encounters a long forgotten person from his past JP is in need of a little marriage counselling With some exciting surprises in store the sixth series of this hugely popular show is even more fun & entertaining than ever as Humphrey & co race to unravel more puzzling mysteries in the glorious Caribbean sunshine
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The genteel facade of London's Hampstead is shattered by a series of terrifying murders & the ensuing police hunt is threatened by internal politics & a burgeoning love triangle within the investigative team Pressurized by senior officers desperate for a result a new initiative is clearly needed but what? Intellectual analysis & police procedure vie with the gut instinct of "copper's nose" & help appears to offer itself from a very unlikely source a famous fictional detective A psychological profile of the murderer allows the police to narrow down their search but will Scotland Yard lose patience with the team before they can crack the case? This is an intelligent quirky & mannered crime drama above which hovers Hampstead a magical village evoking the elegance of an earlier time & the spirit of mystery-solving detectives" ...

A dance with death After the final curtain of Swan Lake an animated crowd exits the Mariinsky theatre brimming with excitement But outside the scene is somber A ballerina's body lies face down in the snow blood splattered like rose petals over the costume of the Swan Queen The crowd is silenced by a single cry
- " Nemetseva is dead!" Among the theatergoers is Lady Emily accompanying her dashing husband Colin in Russia on assignment from the Crown But it soon becomes clear that Colin isn't the only one with work to do When the dead ballerina's aristocratic lover comes begging for justice Emily must apply her own set of skills to discover the rising star's murderer Her investigation takes her on a dance across the stage of Tsarist Russia from the opulence of the Winter Palace to the modest flats of ex-ballerinas & the locked attics of political radicals A mysterious dancer in white follows closely behind making waves through St Petersburg with her surprise performances & trail of red scarves Is it the sweet Katenka Nemetseva's childhood friend & favorite rival? The ghost of the murdered etoile herself? Or something even more sinister?
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In " Death in the Afternoon" Hemingway shares the sights the sounds the excitement & above all the knowledge which fuelled his passion for Spain & the bullfight This remarkable book contains some of his finest writing inspired by the intense life as well as the inevitable death of those hot violent afternoons ...

A fascinating look at the history & grandeur of bullfighting Death in the Afternoon is also a deeper contemplation on the nature of cowardice & bravery sport & tragedy & is enlivened throughout by Hemingway&s pungent commentary on life & literature Seen through his eyes bullfighting becomes an art a richly choreographed ballet with performers who range from awkward amateurs to masters of great grace & cunning ...

A woman is killed by a poisoned dart in the enclosed confines of a commercial passenger plane From seat No 9 Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers Over to his right sat a pretty young woman clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead in seat No 13 sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No 8 a detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him in seat No 2 sat the slumped lifeless body of a woman ...