Moira Armstrong

Set in England in the 1860s, this series charts the life and adventures of James Onedin who rises from an impoverished seaman to wealthy shipowner and founder of the Onedin Line.

First the portrait of a wealthy village forefather is found slashed to shreds in the local museum. Then a string of unearthly happenings in the museum and its graveyard terrify the community. Barnaby and Troy are called upon to separate fact from fiction.

Partners in crime. The secret adversary: In this sparkling adaptation, charming crime-solvers Tommy and Tuppenece Beresford stumble into spy craft while seraching for a missing woman in Cold War-era Britain. Ordeal by innocence: Miss Marple is drawn into the Argyle family's tragic history when she visits for a wedding and realizes a murderer is in their midst. The hollow: Invited for a weekend in the country with the Angkatell clan, Poirot untangles...

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries.