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The last detective. Series 4 [videorecording] / an ITV Production ; Granada Television Ltd. ; Granada International Media Limited ; produced by Robbie Sandison ; series producer, Nick Hurran ; written by Matthew Thomas, Ed McCardie and Richard Leslie Lewis ; series devised for television by Richard Harris ; directed by Nick Laughland, David Tucker, Douglas Mackinnon, Sandy Johnson and Martyn Friend.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: AMP-1803 | Acorn MediaPublication details: Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, [2008]Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 342 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:
  • Last detective (Television program). Season 4.
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Contents:
Disc one: Once upon a time on the Westway ; Dangerous' liaisons ; A funny thing happened on the way to Willesden -- Disc two: The man from Montevideo ; Dead peasant's society.
Cast: Peter Davison, Sean Hughes, Emma Amos, Kenneth Cranham, Roger Daltrey, Leslie Phillips.Summary: Disc one: After a daring diamond heist, all fingers point to crime boss Jimmy Vincent, released from prison on the very day of the robbery. When teenagers find the two-week-old corpse of Dominic Sylvester, everyone in the Willesden constabulary dismisses it as the lonely death of a reclusive old man - everyone, that is, except Davies. Bunny Hopper is half of the almost-famous comedy team Bunny & Jules, dies onstage in a bingo hall, the apparent victim of poison.Summary: Disc two: Someone dispatched limo owner Tony Hill by slashing him with a jagged champagne bottle, a tragic end for the former ex-pat recently back from Uruguay to rebuild his life. A dead man found behind the wheel of his car on a soccer pitch leads Davies to the Lodge of Divine Serenity, an exclusive all-male organization with a secret membership list.
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'Dangerous' Davies is back once again with episodes Once Upon a Time on the Westway Dangerous' Liasisons, Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden, Man from Montevideo, and Dead Peasant's Society.

Inspired by the novels of Leslie Thomas.

Originally broadcast on television in 2006.

Special features: Interview with Peter Davison; Leslie Thomas bio and booklist; cast filmographies.

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Disc one: Once upon a time on the Westway ; Dangerous' liaisons ; A funny thing happened on the way to Willesden -- Disc two: The man from Montevideo ; Dead peasant's society.

Peter Davison, Sean Hughes, Emma Amos, Kenneth Cranham, Roger Daltrey, Leslie Phillips.

Disc one: After a daring diamond heist, all fingers point to crime boss Jimmy Vincent, released from prison on the very day of the robbery. When teenagers find the two-week-old corpse of Dominic Sylvester, everyone in the Willesden constabulary dismisses it as the lonely death of a reclusive old man - everyone, that is, except Davies. Bunny Hopper is half of the almost-famous comedy team Bunny & Jules, dies onstage in a bingo hall, the apparent victim of poison.

Disc two: Someone dispatched limo owner Tony Hill by slashing him with a jagged champagne bottle, a tragic end for the former ex-pat recently back from Uruguay to rebuild his life. A dead man found behind the wheel of his car on a soccer pitch leads Davies to the Lodge of Divine Serenity, an exclusive all-male organization with a secret membership list.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.

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