Ngaio Marsh Theatre (TV series)

Ngaio Marsh Theatre was a 1977 television miniseries which adapted four of the author's Inspector Roderick Alleyn detective novels for New Zealand television. The British actor George Baker starred in the title role.[1]

The series adapted three Alleyn novels that were set in New Zealand (Vintage Murder, Colour Scheme, and Died in the Wool) along with the London-set Opening Night. The last mentioned featured a major character from New Zealand coming to England to work in the theatre. The series screened on Television New Zealand in New Zealand, and on PBS in the United States (the first New Zealand television drama to do so.[2]

Episodes and novels

Characters

Local actors who appeared in the series included Terence Cooper, Don Selwyn and Ian Watkin.

Reference

  1. ↑ "When Wexford was Alleyn New Zealand Memories October-November 2006 No 62 pp50-51". National Library.
  2. ↑ "NZ On Screen". Nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  3. ↑ Vintage Murder on IMDb
  4. ↑ Colour Scheme on IMDb
  5. ↑ Opening Night on IMDb
  6. ↑ "Ngaio Marsh Theatre - Series - Television - NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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