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Miss Fisher's murder mysteries. Series 1 [videorecording] / The Australian Broadcasting Corporation presents in association with Screen Australia and Film Victoria ; an Every Cloud production ; executive producers, Fiona Eagger, Deb Cox, Carole Sklan & Christopher Gist ; producers, Fiona Eagger & Deb Cox.

Eagger, Fiona, (television producer.). Cox, Deb, 1958- (television producer,, screenwriter.). Sklan, Carole, (television producer.). Gist, Christopher, (television producer.). Coleman, Elizabeth (Screenwriter), (screenwriter.). Miller, Michael (Screenwriter), (screenwriter.). Birse, Shelley, (screenwriter.). Doran, Liz, (screenwriter.). Dean, Ysabelle, (screenwriter.). Lefever, Kelly, (screenwriter.). Martino, Jo, (screenwriter.). Corbett, Chris, (screenwriter.). Tilse, Tony, (television director.). Dennis, Kate, (television director.). Caesar, David, (television director.). Jacobson, Clayton, (television director.). Freeman, Emma, (television director.). Reid, Daina, (television director.). Davis, Essie, (actor.). Page, Nathan, 1973- (actor.). Johnstone-Burt, Hugo, (actor.). Cummings, Ashleigh, 1992- (actor.). Margolyes, Miriam, (actor.). Lanser, Roger, (cinematographer.). Greenwood, Kerry. Television adaptation of (work): Phryne Fisher mystery. (Added Author). Australian Broadcasting Corporation, (presenter.). Screen Australia, (presenter.). Film Victoria, (presenter.). Every Cloud Productions, (production company.). Acorn Media (Firm), (publisher.). Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings, Miriam Margolyes. (Cast).

Summary:

Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920's Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781598289343
  • ISBN: 1598289349
  • Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (approximately 706 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Acorn Media, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the Phryne Fisher mystery series of books by Kerry Greenwood.
Bonus features: The look (of Miss Fisher's murder mysteries); Meet the creators; Set tour; Cast interviews; Vehicles of the series; Steam train experts; Locations of Melbourne; Photo gallery; St. Kilda Tribune PDF.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1 (approximately 223 minutes). Cocaine blues / screenplay by Deb Cox ; directed by Tony Tilse ; Murder on the Ballarat Train / screenplay by Elizabeth Coleman & Deb Cox ; directed by Kate Dennis ; The Green Mill murder / screenplay by Michael Miller ; directed by Kate Dennis ; Death at Victoria Dock / screenplay by Shelley Birse ; directed by Tony Tilse -- Disc 2 (approximately 164 minutes). Raisins and almonds / screenplay by Michael Miller ; directed by David Caesar ; Ruddy gore / screenplay by Liz Doran ; directed by David Caesar ; Murder in Montparnasse / screenplay by Ysabelle Dean ; directed by Clayton Jacobson -- Disc 3 (approximately 159 minutes). Away with the fairies / screenplay by Kelly Lefever & Ysabelle Dean ; directed by Emma Freeman ; Queen of the flowers / screenplay by Jo Martino & Deb Cox ; directed by Clayton Jacobson ; Death by Miss Adventure / screenplay by Liz Doran & Chris Corbett ; directed by Daina Reid -- Disc 4 (approximately 160 minutes). Blood and circuses / screenplay by Shelley Birse ; directed by Emma Freeman ; Murder in the dark / screenplay by Ysabelle Dean ; directed by Daina Reid ; King Memses' curse / screenplay by Deb Cox & Elizabeth Coleman ; directed by Daina Reid.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Roger Lanser ; production designer, Robert Perkins ; costume designer, Marion Boyce ; editor, Geoff Hitchins, Anne Carter, Stephen Evans ; composer, Greg J. Walker.
Participant or Performer Note:
Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings, Miriam Margolyes.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: TV-14 (contains violence, coarse language, nudity, sexual situations, and drug use).
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1; wide screen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
Language Note:
English audio; subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Subject: Fisher, Phryne (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Women private investigators > Drama.
Australia > Drama.
Genre: Television series.
Television adaptations.
Detective and mystery television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 24 of 26 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library.

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