The Mrs Bradley Mysteries – New on BritBox

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The Mrs Bradley Mysteries Books and TV Episodes in Order

Coming to BritBox this Monday, The Mrs Bradley Mysteries. Starting with the pilot episode, Speedy Death. Starring the brilliant Diana Rigg in Gladys Mitchell’s 1920s era detective series!

I have included a list of the episodes in the Mrs Bradley Mysteries TV series. As well as a list of the books in the series in order, see below.

Gladys Mitchell wrote 66 Mrs Bradley mysteries, from 1929 to 1984! Though only 5 where adapted for TV with Diana Rigg as the dazzlingly intelligent, sharp-tongued and sharp-eyed sleuth!

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The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

TV series overview: Mrs Bradley’s finely honed skills of investigation seek out the truth behind the mysteries surrounding a death at the opera, crimes of passion at a circus, poisoning and family secrets.

Starring Diana Rigg as Mrs Bradley and Neil Dudgeon as her chauffeur George Moody.

1. Speedy Death

First Released: August 1998 | IMDb rating: 7.5 (321).

Plot: Infamous, intuitive crime-solver Mrs. Adela Bradley and her resourceful chauffeur, George, are on the trail of a country-house murderer after a series of deaths at the engagement party of her god-daughter, Eleanor Bing. With a house full of suspects, she charms and schemes until the mystery is solved.

2. A Death at the Opera

First Released: January 2000 | IMDb rating: 7.3 (159).

Plot: Mrs Bradley revisits her alma mater and during a school performance of the Mikado, one of the lead singers is murdered.

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries TV Series - New on BritBox
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries TV Series – New on BritBox

3. The Rising of the Moon

First Released: January 2000 | IMDb rating: 7.2 (123).

Plot: Mrs Bradley investigates the murders of two members of a traveling circus troupe, one a bullwhip artist and the other a member of a knife-throwing act.

4. Laurels are Poison

First Released: January 2000 | IMDb rating: 7.2 (119).

Plot: While visiting an old friend on her baronial estate, Mrs. Bradley tries to solve the poisoning of a cook and George confront’s his dead brother’s C.O.

5. The Worsted Viper

First Released: February 2000 | IMDb rating: 7.5 (116).

Plot: Mrs. Bradley and George travel to a seaside resort town for the wedding of George’s daughter and are faced with a ritualistic serial killer.

*Available to stream online from UK Amazon and US Amazon with free BritBox trial.

Mrs. Bradley Books in Order

The full list of Gladys Mitchell’s Mrs Bradley Mysteries books in order (and the year it was first published):

  1. Speedy Death (1929)
  2. The Mystery of a Butcher’s Shop (1929)
  3. The Longer Bodies (1930)
  4. The Saltmarsh Murders (1932)
  5. Death at The Opera (1934)
  6. The Devil at Saxon Wall (1935)
  7. Dead Men’s Morris (1936)
  8. Come Away, Death (1937)
  9. St. Peter’s Finger (1938)
  10. Printer’s Error (1939)
  11. Brazen Tongue (1940)
  12. Hangman’s Curfew (1941)
  13. When Last I Died (1941)
  14. Laurels Are Poison (1942)
  15. The Worsted Viper (1943)
  16. Sunset Over Soho (1943)
  17. My Father Sleeps (1944)
  18. The Rising of the Moon (1945)
  19. Here Comes A Chopper (1946)
  20. Death and The Maiden (1947)
  21. The Dancing Druids (1948)
  22. Tom Brown’s Body (1949)
  23. Groaning Spinney (1950)
  24. The Devil’s Elbow (1951)
  25. The Echoing Strangers (1952)
  26. Merlin’s Furlong (1953)
  27. Faintley Speaking (1954)
  28. Watson’s Choice (1955)
  29. Twelve Horses and the Hangman’s Noose (1956)
  30. The Twenty-Third Man (1957)
  31. Spotted Hemlock (1958)
  32. The Man Who Grew Tomatoes (1959)
  33. Say it With Flowers (1960)
  34. The Nodding Canaries (1961)
  35. My Bones Will Keep (1962)
  36. Adders on the Heath (1963)
  37. Death of a Delft Blue (1964)
  38. Pageant of Murder (1965)
  39. The Croaking Raven (1966)
  40. Skeleton Island (1967)
  41. Three Quick and Five Dead (1968)
  42. Dance to Your Daddy (1969)
  43. Gory Dew (1970)
  44. Lament for Leto (1971)
  45. A Hearse on May-Day (1972)
  46. The Murder of Busy Lizzie (1973)
  47. A Javelin for Jonah (1974)
  48. Winking At the Brim (1974)
  49. Convent on Styx (1975)
  50. Late, Late in the Evening (1976)
  51. Noonday and Night (1977)
  52. Fault in The Structure (1977)
  53. Wraiths and Changelings (1978)
  54. Mingled with Venom (1978)
  55. Nest of Vipers (1979)
  56. The Mudflats of the Dead (1979)
  57. Uncoffin’d Clay (1980)
  58. The Whispering Knights (1980)
  59. The Death-Cap Dancers (1981)
  60. Lovers Make Moan (1981)
  61. Here Lies Gloria Mundy (1982)
  62. Death of a Burrowing Mole (1982)
  63. The Greenstone Griffins (1983)
  64. Cold, Lone and Still (1983)
  65. No Winding Sheet (1984)
  66. The Crozier Pharaohs (1984)

*Mrs. Bradley books from UK Amazon and US Amazon. Available in free audiobook, ebook, paperback and hardcover.

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