¡Misterio! Es una serie de televisión de episodios que debutó en 1980 en los Estados Unidos. Se transmite en PBS y es producido por WGBH. El programa ha traído una gran cantidad de series de detectives y películas para televisión, la mayoría de ellas producciones británicas de la BBC o las compañías de ITV y, por lo general, adaptadas de fuentes literarias de misterio-ficción, al aire en la televisión estadounidense. En 2002, agregaron a su lista una serie producida en Estados Unidos basada en las novelas de Tony Hillerman.
¡Misterio! es conocido por sus secuencias de títulos de apertura y cierre basadas en los dibujos animados de Edward Gorey y animados por Eugene Federenko, Derek Lamb y Janet Perlman, con música de Normand Roger. Para los episodios de Hillerman, la bandera estadounidense se trabajó en esta secuencia de título de apertura.
Uno de los primeros éxitos de Mystery! Fue Rumpole of the Bailey. Otros éxitos notables incluyen The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes protagonizada por Jeremy Brett en el papel principal, el Inspector Morse con John Thaw, el Hermano Cadfael protagonizado por Derek Jacobi y Prime Suspect protagonizado por Helen Mirren. El último resultó ser tan popular que la serie se trasladó a Masterpiece Theatre para obtener calificaciones más altas. Agatha Christie ha estado bien representada con varias temporadas de historias sobre Hercule Poirot protagonizada por David Suchet, así como dos versiones de los misterios de Miss Marple. Las décadas de 1980 y 1990 vieron a Joan Hickson en el papel principal en Miss Marple, mientras que en 2005 y 2006 se presentó a Geraldine McEwan como la detective de una pequeña ciudad en Marple. A partir de 2009, Julia McKenzie asumió el papel de Miss Marple.
Ian Hislop rescues the reputation of the maverick 'Do-Gooders' who he believes fixed the 19th century's version of 'broken Britain' in this new history series. Irresistibly easy to mock, these busy bodies are highly unfashionable today. But they are heroes to Ian - extraordinary men and women who precipitated the most remarkable period of social change in British history and, Ian argues, left us with a nation worth living in. And yet unlike notable Victorian royals, inventors, politicians and generals, many of them have been all but forgotten.
In the heart of the modern East End of London, a Victorian slum has been recreated and a group of 21st-century people are moving in. Michael Mosley joins them to tell the extraordinary story of how the Victorian East End changed our attitude to poverty forever.
Four professional bakers leave their modern businesses behind to bake their way through the Victorian era. They set up shop in 1837, when their trade was vital to the survival of the nation.
Lucy Worsley delves into the history of romance to uncover the forces shaping our very British happily ever after and how our feelings have been affected by social, political and cultural ideas.
Living history show presented by Fi Glover. Six celebrities travel back in time to the relentless graft of Victorian Britain.
Blood and Bone China is a 12-part Gothic Victorian vampire web series. It was created and directed by award winning film-maker Chris Stone.
Victorian Pharmacy is a historical documentary TV series in four parts, first shown on BBC Two in July 2010. It was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion Television. It was filmed at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire. It is a historical documentary that looks at life in the 19th Century and how people attempted to cure common ailments. Since some of the ingredients of Victorian remedies are now either illegal or known to be dangerous, Nick Barber often uses his modern pharmaceutical knowledge to produce similar products without those ingredients. The other main presenters are Tom Quick, a PhD student, and Ruth Goodman, a domestic historian who also appeared in Tales from the Green Valley, Victorian Farm and Edwardian Farm.
Violence and Victorian gentility meet in this powerful adaptations of one of Dickens's greatest creations, his most piercing examination of upward mobility.
This series travels the length and breadth of Britain to find out how the Victorians built Britain. It uncovers the incredible and surprising stories behind iconic landmarks; discovers the hidden heroes behind the epic constructions; and finds out how the incredible advances made by the Victorians forged the world we live in today.
Miniseries based on Charles Dickens' novel of the same title.
Mary Ann Cotton creció en la pobreza de un pequeño pueblo inglés con el sueño de escapar de la dura vida de una familia minera. Dispuesta a todo para alcanzar su sueño se convirtió en una sutil asesina en serie en plena época victoriana, cuando morir con dolores de estómago por fiebre tifoidea o cólera era una cosa normal. Mary Ann utilizaba su belleza, su aparente fragilidad y un veneno insípido que se puede camuflar en una taza de té: el arsénico. Tras de si, dejó varias muertes y una historia inquietante.
Fanny by Gaslight is a British drama television series, which originally aired on the BBC between 24 September and 9 October 1981. It was an adaptation of the novel Fanny by Gaslight by Michael Sadleir, which had previously been adapted into a film, Man of Evil, in 1944. The series was adapted by Anthony Steven, directed by Peter Jefferies and produced by Joe Waters. Chloe Salaman plays the title role of Fanny Hooper, a young woman who is orphaned and faced with hardship in Victorian London.
Historical observational documentary series following a team who live the life of Victorian farmers for a year.
Taking a 'bottom-up' view of history by exploring everyday lives of the nations ordinary people.
Six part BBC adaptation of the novel for children by Philippa Pearce. Tom Long is staying at his Aunt and Uncle's. When their grandfather clock strikes 13, he discovers a portal to the Victorian age, where he meets an orphan girl named Hattie.
The adventures of a 12-year-old boy's struggles in Victorian Yorkshire, after his father, Captain Charles Bulman, is lost, presumed drowned off the coast of Africa.
A raucous comedy set in Victorian London about four medical pioneers fighting to make a mark on the world.
Basada en la novela de Sarah Waters, cuenta la historia de dos huérfanas, Susan (Sally Hawkins) y Maud (Elaine Cassidy). Susan fue criada con otros niños por la señora Sucksby en un barrio bajo de Londres, en el que se ganaban la vida como ladrones. Maud, por su parte, creció en el manicomio en el que su madre murió al dar a luz, hasta que su tío, un hombre con recursos, la recogió, le enseñó a leer y a escribir y la hizo su secretaria. Las dos huérfanas se conocen gracias a Richard Rivers alias “Caballero” (Rupert Evans) Con la ayuda de Susan, Rivers pretende seducir a Maud, casarse con ella y después internarla en un manicomio para poder disfrutar de su fortuna. Pero el plan comienza a fallar porque la relación entre Susan y Maud se hace mas íntima de lo que Rivers había previsto.
Suzannah Lipscomb reveals the killers that lurked in every room of the home.