Mysteries to Read & Watch
Read first and then watch? or Watch first and then read? Whichever you choose, there is a large selection of television mysteries that are based on books. Often the first episodes in a series are adaptations of books, and then when there are no more books to adapt, the series will continue with the same characters in new stories. The DVDs on this list are all available through the Peninsula Library System ( www.catalog.plsinfo.org ). To find them, look under the series name, or the book title, or the author, or key words, and then modify the search by limiting format to DVD. This list is available on line at http://belmysterygroup.blogspot.com/
Campion based on novels by Margery Allingham
Murphy’s Law based on the novel by Colin Bateman
Wycliffe based on the novels of W.J. Burley
Hamish Macbeth based on characters created by M.C. Beaton
Young Montalbano and Detective Montalbano based on stories by Andrea Camilleri
Father Brown based on the novels by G.K. Chesterton
Agatha Christie’s Poirot with David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple and Agatha Christie Marple: the Classic Mysteries Collection with Joan Hickson as Miss Marple
Marple with Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple
Agatha Christie Marple with Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple
The Agatha Christie Hour based on stories by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie Partners in Crime; the Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries
Inspector Morse based on novels and characters created by Colin Dexter
Zen based on the Aurelio Zen novels by Michael Dibdin
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with Basil Rathbone. based on works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes Collection with Nigel Stock, based on works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes; the Complete Series with Ronald Howard, based on works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes; the Complete Granada Television Series with Jeremy Brett based on works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [also: Casebook of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars with Jonathan Pryce based on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Racing Game based on novels by Dick Francis
Van der Valk Mysteries based on the fiction of Nicolas Freeling
Perry Mason based on the works of Erle Stanley Gardner
Lovejoy based on the novels by Jonathan Gash
Inspector Lynley Mysteries based on novels by Elizabeth George
Midsomer Murders based on the characters created by Caroline Graham
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries based on the novels by Kerry Greenwood
Dalziel & Pascoe based on characters created by Reginald Hill
George Gently based on books by Alan Hunter
Adam Dalgliesh (search under individual titles) based on novels by PD James
Unsuitable Job for a Woman based the character created by PD James (Cordelia Gray)
Commissario Brunetti by Donna Leon
Sergeant Cribb based on the novels by Peter Lovesey
Henning Mankell’s Wallander in Swedish, based on original stories by Henning Mankell
Wallander with Kenneth Branagh based on novels by Henning Mankell (BBC)
Inspector Alleyn Mysteries based on novels by Ngaio Marsh
No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency based on the novels by Alexander McCall Smith
Wire in the Blood based on characters created by Val McDermid
Mrs. Bradley Mysteries based on the novels by Gladys Mitchell
Cadfael based on books by Ellis Peters
Ellery Queen Mysteries: Complete Series
Rebus based on the novels by Ian Rankin
Ruth Rendell Mysteries based on the novels of Ruth Rendell
Lord Peter Wimsey with Ian Carmichael based on books by Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries with Edward Petherbridge and Harriet Walker
Maigret Collection with Michael Gambon based on the mystery novels of Georges Simenon
Maigret with Bruno Cremer, in French, adaptation of novels by Georges Simenon
Private Investigator, Varg Veum in Norwegian, based on novels by Gunnar Staalesen
Nero Wolfe; the Complete Series based on the works of Rex Stout
Last Detective ‘Dangerous Davies’ novels by Leslie Thomas
Touch of Frost based on the novels by R.D. Wingfield
