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I had never read any of
Allingham’s books before seeing this series involving the jaunty Albert Campion
and his sidekick Magersfontein Lugg. After the first episode or so, I started
looking for the books. I devoured them with relish! (But I was careful not to
get any of the relish on the books, haha)
Total delights, both books
and TV episodes.
Peter Davison is a perfect
Campion. He plays him with dapper good humor. He became a favorite actor of
mine after seeing this series.
I continued to get the books
from the library, and then started collecting them in paperback for my own
collection. I was devastated when I discovered I had read them all, and Ms.
Allingham had in fact died some time before. She had left copious notes,
though, for her husband, Philip Youngman Carter. He was also a writer and
continued the series after his wife’s passing. Unfortunately, he was only able
to complete one novel of his wife’s and write two more of his own in the series
before he died.
You can get the series on
DVD, but it’s VERY pricey, unfortunately. So get the books! Read them!!
Nigel Hess wrote the lovely
little tune for the theme music. The name Campion is misspelled on youtube, but
here is the link. Sweet little tune:
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