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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Real comfort TV, 14 Sep 2007
'Rosemary and Thyme' is one of my very favourite dramas, despite the fact that, at 23, I'm probably not the intended target market! It's incredibly heart-warming - I find that watching an episode has a calming, almost therapeutic effect on me. The locations are stunning - from picturesque, quintessentially English villages, to beautiful stately homes, to gorgeous villas in France and Italy. The gardens featured are a wonder to behold, and Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris are excellent in the title roles, with numerous guest stars providing solid backup. The plots are largely predictable, and you do have to suspend your disbelief regarding the fact that the two gardeners seem to encounter murder and skulduggery everywhere they go, but that's hardly the point - this is a series that's intended to be comforting, homely and light-hearted, and it certainly delivers on that promise.
This box set is also great value for money - series 2 and 3 retail at around £35 each, so if you're a fan of the series, you're much better off buying this complete collection than shelling out more for the individual sets.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Poison, bludgeoning, knifings...all in a day's work of gardening for Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme , 24 Jan 2008
Rosemary & Thyme is a pleasant British mystery series with two middle-aged gardeners, one an ex-policeman (Laura Thyme played by Pam Ferris) and one a former botany lecturer (Rosemary Boxer played by Felicity Kendal), who have set up their own business as garden consultants. And as they design and plant, weed and hoe, they seem to come across bodies as easily as they come across caterpillars. These are well-mannered ladies in well-mannered mysteries...the comforting cozie.
Cozies are to mysteries what tea and crumpets are to blood pudding...there's a very different taste involved. It's wise to remember, however, that the tea can be poisoned even more easily than the pudding. Cozies usually feature village or small town settings, good manners, gossip and indiscreet goings-on, a self-appointed detective or detectives who are of a certain age and usually female, often self-conscious puns for titles...and murder. Rosemary & Thyme fit the formula in satisfying style.
The programs were shot on location in some of England's great parks and private gardens. There are first-rate, quality visuals. And I'm happy to report that Rosemary and Laura definitely won't refuse a glass or two of wine in the evening, or at lunch for that matter.
Rosemary & Thyme is a well-produced series. Kendal and Ferris are fine actresses, quite happy to play their age (actually, they play about 10 to 15 years younger than their age and are convincing). Kendal is small, quick and sounds a little like Joan Greenwood. Ferris carries a few extra pounds, and can be determined.
The DVD transfers for the programs are excellent, which means we get to see all those gardens, parks and corpses in crisp, colorful glory. The three sets of programs, issued separately, are now together in this complete DVD set. If you're fans of Rosemary and Laura, it's a bargain.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sheer Escapism, 18 Aug 2007
It's a shame that the series was cancelled, as for sheer escapism you couldn't really surpass R&T! Gardening, murder (but no gore), drama (but no sex or violence), Flick & Pam, a gentle puzzle, happy ending (i.e. the villian of the piece never gets away with it)......
If you fancy some non-effacing cheese, then this is the boxset for you!
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