Campion - Death of a Ghost

Starring: Brian Glover and Peter Davison

Product Description

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• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 794051174628
• Release Date: May 2003
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: BBC Home Entertainment
• Starring: Brian Glover, Peter Davison
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: closed-captioned
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Campion stumbles into a mystery.

Once again, BBC outdoes itself by adapting books to TV. This time it is with a Margery Allingham mystery, Camion. The Screenplay was written by Elaine Morgan. Peter Davison as Albert Campion and his faithful companion Brian Glover as Magersfontein Lugg are so good in this 1989 TV series that even when you read the book, you think of them. The story is abbreviated and takes a little time to get off the ground; however, the first time through the program, you will notice some standard ploys, as a person confessing has a good chance of actually being the culprit (how many times have we seen this?) By the second viewing, you see the clues that you missed, and you are hooked. In this installment, Lugg (Brian Glover) gets a peripheral part, which is disappointing. Campion is present for the unveiling of a painting by the deceased artist. Suddenly, the lights go out, and someone is dispatched; however, this is not the mystery. Soon, the secondary artist who was dispatched is being forgotten as all his paintings are disappearing. What is this, a nefarious plot by some cabal, and to what end? Alternatively, are we just paranoid? My favorite scene is when the lights come on and Rosa (Carole Ruggier) exclaims, “Santa Maria.” I could almost hear her saying “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph”