Sergeant Cribb - The Complete Series

Victorian CID In Its Finest Fogbound Hour!
I grew up, back home in England watching this great TV show with my mother every Sunday night evening at 8pm. I can recall the viewing routine vividly even today, and yet when I watched this wonderful BFS entire 1980-1981 series this week, not one of the 14 episodes on these seven discs rang a visual bell with me! Which I was grateful for as it allowed me to watch all of them, including two previously unaired (on PBS) episodes, 'Waxwork' and 'Abracadver' with a new curiosity.

In truth, it's not hard to figure out why PBS didn't run the unaired episodes as they both feature - especially 'Waxwork' - heavy amounts of female nudity! Especially a bathing scene featuring the on trial Carol Royle where we get to see her in ALL her naked glory!

And, in truth, what you might want to do is go to the seventh and final disc of this box-set and unleash this aforementioned previously-unreleased 'Waxwork' episode - for it is actually the 1979 pilot episode! Featuring the truly...

Sgt Cribb
Sgt Cribb is an interesting series. The Chief Inspector is too much a comic character, and Constable Thackeray too much of a buffoon.

Cribb should have been promoted to Inspector by now. The produjction suffers when compared to the Murdoch Mysteries.

Still, enjoyable to watch on a one-time basis.

This Sergeant is a winner
If you, as I, enjoy British Victorian era mysteries you can't go wrong with Sergeant Cribb. The picture and sound quality are excellent, the stories very entertaiing and the Victorian/Edwardian era faithfully re-created. Plus, Alan Dobie is delightful as the often interfered with, but never foiled Cribb. I only wish the series had run longer.

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