The Murders at Lynch Cross - starring Sylvia Syms & Terence Alexander (1985)

[@ColleenD78]

I absolutely am LOVING the older british shows you're posting. Thank you so much for all these priceless gems! The writing and actors are truly top notch, just so enjoyable 💗💗💗

[@marylou3995]

It’s how the UK used to be !

[@susanfriend-k5m]

Many thanks, a gem from the past when TV was great. Like a delicious meal for the mind.

[@ColleenD78]

Perfectly said ❤

[@moonroxxit]

Television was great … ???

[@niccymak8243]

UK quality TV. What we have lost is so sad. Writing, cast list and story that make you know you will want to relax, enjoy and not be disturbed by breaks of adverts and trailers.

[@charlesmagicien4330]

Well said. I concur.

[@jakecavendish3470]

I think this was on Granada though so it will have had ad breaks originally

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

But every half an hour not fifteen minutes I think.

[@amazingtheatre1262]

You are joking. This is a feeble ripoff of The Mousetrap

[@jakecavendish3470]

@@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts yes that may be true, I can't remember how often they were

[@MrSINHALESE]

I love Brit films and teles. It's like going back to my great English school in Sri Lanka. Ofcourse I'm an old man now. Nostalgia and a sense of belonging to a great old world, no longer exists.

[@YumchaGirl]

Oh what a delight to watch! John Castle would have to be one of the most handsome, beautiful actors ever and is a favourite of mine. And the lovely Sylvia Sims who only received passed away. Thank you for posting such quality tv.

[@jamiewhittle1787]

The cast and that was just amazing absolutely outstanding pure British talent and so creepy but brilliant I’m glad I stumbled on this. Thanks for posting if there’s any more like this please post.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

The cast were all actors who had spent years in Rep theatre learning their craft before appearing on screen. ! Nowadays they go from Drama school to TV with Zero experience and complete lack of technique !! Dave Tennant..?!? Now our leading actor...?!? Words fail me...

[@amazingtheatre1262]

Haha. You’re obviously joking. That was terrible

[@jamiewhittle1787]

@@amazingtheatre1262 no look at the actors they’re all world class British actors and at the time in the 70s with the technology the dialect demographic this was as good as it was gonna get but it’s still entertaining because it’s old it has charm it has a character it’s not like the stuff today that’s just pumped out mass produced shit Pthat tweet tweet there just to be different. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@amazingtheatre1262]

@@jamiewhittle1787 we’ll agree to disagree

[@amazingtheatre1262]

@@jamiewhittle1787 I’m guessing you’re one of the actors. In which case I’m sorry for offending you but you have to concede you’ve done better work for that was simply awful

[@JehanineMelmoth]

What a fine ensemble piece! Thank you.

[@novak-wq9dw]

Ty, from Canada. I love all UK programs.

[@pinkbeautytwinkle]

No one can do mystery and psychological suspense like the British!

[@murielle4251]

Yes, the British with their twisted minds. Till today they mostly twist the world politics and profit from it.

[@brettsidaway2691]

Never trust anyone who chops carrots with a machete! Packs about 4hrs worth of plot into its 52 mins and sometimes steers close to parody of the murder-in-the-snowbound-hotel subgenre but good fun and, as the comments, below plenty of stalwart British TV talent. Thanks again for posting

[@elizabetharce5041]

Horrid clanging piano “music” !!

[@MartinCook-rs1ps]

Joanna David and Jill Bennett gave great performances in their last scene together. Standouts in a great cast.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Jill Bennett was married to John Osborne around this time. The relationship was rather stormy ( understatement ! ) Read his autobiography...!!

[@BassistPaul]

Brilliant, undertstated Terence Alexander - a mainstay of UK film and TV. Sadly often overlooked.

[@jamescrowley8637]

I quite agree. Versatile.

[@williamf4544]

@@jamescrowley8637 I dont think we needed to know how he rolls sexually - No need at all and very disrespectful sir

[@lorrainecrampton1632]

​@@williamf4544What are you talking about? I assume you're referring to the comment about being versatile. 'Versatile' means being able to adapt to something different. You obviously think it has other connotations which I can't quite fathom 🤨

[@annamarielewis7078]

He was a mainstay of nine seasons of Bergerac.

[@annamarielewis7078]

@@williamf4544what? No, mention of his sexuality whatsoever.

[@janjerge1484]

NO ONE does mystery, intrigue & suspense like the British!! Such subtlety, & what fabulously, luxurious surroundings!! Did you see the ending coming??

[@ericakilbournebroodie]

These are the type of mystery programs from Britain that really makes me be in my comfort zone while I’m making jewelry… my absolute favorite! ❤️ newbie from Jacksonville,Fl 🌴

[@thedolly7596]

Hello Newbie from over the pond 😊 from another Newbie in the UK ❤

[@usernameinfo4therevenge]

John Castle, one of those great not-quite famous actors who appeared in loads of stuff, often as someone who was unhinged. Imdb says he is still around, aged 84.

[@fidomusic]

Underrated character actor. Was good in everything he did. I remember him starring in an episode of The Prisoner in 1967! The episode was called The General.

[@VLind-uk6mb]

@@fidomusic I still remember him in The Lion in Winter. One of Henry II's three sons. He was my favourite, but it was Anthony Hopkins who went on to be the big star.

[@scottandrews9453]

He played the Inspector in two Miss Marple mysteries with Joan Hickson.

[@VLind-uk6mb]

@@scottandrews9453 Yes: in A Murder is Announced he was a stranger to her; in The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side he was her nephew.

[@geoffbrown9054]

He also played Posthumus, in 'I Claudius' 1976

[@stephenwilliams1269]

Marvellous play with great cast. Thank you for sharing.

[@coragazmen7073]

Thanks for all this old movies,this old British shows are so priceless 3:05

[@maria_haarajoki]

I really enjoyed watching! Thank you so much!

[@janiekcarney5482]

Thank you. I’m enjoying these on Saturday afternoon. Great.

[@sarahsnowe]

I stayed at a hotel like this once. Unfortunately, it was before Trip Advisor.

[@kimmccabe1422]

British. Mystery. I love it even at the credits! They just do it best!

[@sozanmarshall2832]

Marvelous you can't beat British drama great story great actors

[@naturelover4214]

I didn't think I would enjoy it, but I have to say it was enjoyable I wanted to know more. The cast and script was excellent. And it was a very calm & relaxing completely forgot about the fact there very no ads, that was a bonus.

[@kathleenellenford4816]

Thank you this wonderful program,

[@sheibanineda2488]

There is also Joanna David, the great actress playing😊

[@fidomusic]

I remember her as Morse's love interest in the episode "Dead on Time".

[@thaibrenda6552]

Thank you for posting!

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

I really enjoyed this. Who would have thought what was actually going on. Very clever plot.

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

Absolutely chilling..another great British psychology Masterpiece.

[@Gingercat224]

I like John Castle’s role better as a detective in Miss Marple’s “ A Murder is Announced “, and “The Body in the Library”

[@stephenwitherington879]

Around 11.00 stage, reference is made to the 'Heathcliffe Room'. Some hotels do this, giving over the name of a famous writer or character in a well-known writer's work. I stayed in a hotel in Shanklin, Isle Of Wight some years ago & was escorted to the 'John Keats Room' (he stayed in that very room on more than one occasion). To me, it's like handling an old volume owned by someone of note. One could almost feel his presence there; not in a creepy way; just that he was there. Curious.

[@robertsmith-qb2ke]

Hopefully they'd changed the sheets since his stay... Expect a Googling will reveal the hotel's name. Have stayed in Shanklin once or twice with my late partner, but the place I recall was part self-catering, and had the bonus of red squirrels on site... Not heard of this show, but the copyright date would suggest I was probably at college at the time...

[@juliehastie9817]

Wow that's great old school love it just great

[@carlesq.]

thanks for sharing

[@GillianFontaine]

Really good TV so many excellent plays created then many of the actors have now passed but always remembered on screen a different world back then

[@dadodydo]

The great Sylvia Syms.

[@davidburbage3348]

I first saw her in "The Queen" ; been looking for other things she was in. From her presence as the Queen Mother, I figured she was an actress of notable stature. Her name seemed familiar, too; I think I've seen her in some films from the 30's or 40's?

[@2msvalkyrie529]

30s and 40s..?!?! She's not THAT old.!! She was born in 1934 and made her first films in the mid 50s....!!

[@rotagorretni]

​@@davidburbage3348Sylvia Sidney, perhaps, from Hitchcock and Fritz Lang films. Similar name, similar eyes. Even KZbin seems to pair them

[@cdmc965]

I was surprised! I enjoy British T.V. Thank-you from a Texas grandmother.

[@mrskenscott9643]

That was GREAT! Thank you.

[@dawnyWestScotland]

Loved this so much! 💙☀️

[@HaydnGuite]

A Granada TV production produced by legendary Carry On veteran Peter Rogers and featuring one of our finest actresses. A close-knit team this seems God bless you Sylvia ❤ 😊

[@samsum3738]

This establishment makes Fawlty Towers seem like The Savoy Hotel .

[@MrYorickJenkins]

haha it is not often that a youtube comment makes me laugh! Thanks

[@sadler76]

I've really enjoyed it. Can you please upload an episode of Victorian Scandals featuring Twiggy.

[@anglophils645]

If you haven't seen it, watch "The Tamarind Seed", from 1974. It's a Cold War thriller, with an excellent cast, including the great Sylvia Syms. Its score by John Barry, is beautiful. The film is free, on KZbin.

[@melokc7257]

Great acting. Play is well timed. Would of loved to see this in a theatre.

[@cgpyper7536]

Everything so nice, lined-out, resolved, and lovely. What a lot of schemers done in by another lot of ingenious perverts! Thank you CBT.

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

Love the piano/harp music....such contrast to film.

[@surreygirl2075]

The white table cloth my mother had on the table it's pretty lace😅 a good murder mystery

[@Rachel-yc5hplovesIsrael]

Excellent, thank you!

[@DuanTorruellas]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT ✨️

[@small_joys2022]

These old stories were so easy to decipher. Now a days it's next to impossible!

[@jnuttso1]

There is only one type of television for me and that is classic it is much better quality and a lot easier to watch compered to today's stuff which is to loud and violent for me so its a big thank you from me to you for sharing all these wonderful programmes and bringing me many hours of entertainment 👍😁

[@CM-zl3fk]

Thank you. 🏵

[@MuslimahX79]

Thank you so much for uploading .

[@s.a.t.15]

Love this! British movies outrank American movies with a few exceptions.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

They USED to perhaps.? Unfortunately acting and writing standards have sunk to such depths over the past 10 years that is no longer true....!!

[@geoffbrown9054]

Finally I know what to do after desperately escaping from a gas filled, wood panelled room - brandy in the finest glass.

[@arjunaasmara2172]

British makes the most best thrillers and horrors

[@Inverted.surfer]

We are now living in the age of incompetence !!!

[@kimjames6028]

The filming acting etc reminds me of tv on a late Saturday or Sunday afternoon as a young girl…

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Dear oh dear...!! Our local village drama group did " Murder At the Vicarage " last winter......THIS was almost as good...! !

[@jajones-ford2226]

Notable British character actors Alain MacNaughtan and John Castle appear in this top notch TV drama. Actress Joanna David is the wife of British actoe Edwaard Fos of the well known Fox actung dynasty which includes James Fox, Emilia Fix and Lawrence Fox.

[@seycas118]

Just an update: Joanna David and Edward Fox have been together since 1971 and have two children together (a girl in 1974, and a boy in 1989). They were officially married in 2004. Both Joanna and Edward Fox are amazing actors and it was lovely seeing her in this production👏👏💕

[@delphinidin]

That ending was fascinating - leaving you wondering if the murderer was a good person or not at the end.

[@nedludd7622]

I read your statement of purpose, so I would like to propose the best British series I have seen. It is "The Casebook of Dr. Findley" in the 60's. It was on a KZbin site last year until it suddenly disappeared. I have not found it since. That is a true classic, like no other I have seen.

[@ClassicBritishTelly]

Nothing that appears on Classic British Telly is available to buy on DVD or though an official streaming service. All existing episodes of Doctor Finlay's Casebook are available to buy on DVD so we won't be featuring any here, sorry!

[@anodyne57]

Alan Macnaughtan could hold my attention just standing there. Does so much with great subtlety.

[@greenlover4522]

Thanks for upload

[@galeocean4182]

OOOOO! delicious little twist at the very end

[@Framinator]

Perfect way to spend a quiet evening in front of the fire. Thank you for uploading

[@dilly1863]

Oh that loud piano pounding background is spoiling this!!!!!!

[@chriscooper4116]

Super! No question of taking my eyes off the screen until the last victim had been butchered. I have just one question: how did the schemers arrange the snow for that weekend? Perhaps they had a plan B in case the weather was fine.

[@jeannesaalfrank9416]

Never saw that ending coming!

[@carolmanning8367]

CANT BEAT BRITISH MOVIES, SERIALS I.M.O.

[@rrksk]

Wtf is this crazy loud piano music that makes it impossible to hear the low voices

[@hellen8443]

True I couldn’t continue watching the video myself.

[@dirkbogarde44]

That's some cast.

[@monbrat3064]

I LOVE THIS..... this reminds me of PBS murder mystery theater 😊

[@franceslynch8815]

This looks great. I wonder is it true, it sounds so real.😊 Edit, no it's not true but it was brilliant.👍

[@gemmadidit4118]

I'm am 😖OUTRAGED 😤 by the ending and also... thoroughly entertained😜😁.

[@trmlesq1321]

Music is overly loud and distracting

[@yomama8873]

Good movie 🤩🤩💖

[@jakecavendish3470]

This is enjoyable but the background music is deafening at points, can barely hear the lines

[@davidburbage3348]

12:34 I see what you mean about the music!

[@jacquiesbrood]

There was enough suspense without the very loud music - spoilt it for me too. Such a shame

[@cintiatravassos8450]

Could you please upload the last episode of the series? It is not available anywhere. Thank you very much!

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

wow

[@maradall]

Very Agatha Christie-ish! (Except she would have ended it differently, I think... ) And very well done... thank you for uploading!

[@fidomusic]

Yes, the story reminded me of "And then there were none".

[@geoffbrown9054]

Even in that house coat Barbara Jefford is magnificent.

[@DianeConsidine]

Great stuff.

[@LauraChristinaWarren]

What is that odd Indian music that keeps coming in and out. Sometimes it's louder than the dialog and doesn't seem to fit.

[@shadrana1]

I remember John Castles from one of the Holmes stories.

[@marleahmeyer3998]

THE BACKGROUND MUSIC IS TOOO LOUD AND VERY DISTRACTING FROM THE STORY.

[@desleykakoulidisgallaway3382]

We can see where faulty towers got their ideas from

[@JayJay-jl8pn]

except fawlty towers came out 10 years before this did :P

[@desleykakoulidisgallaway3382]

@@JayJay-jl8pn oh I thought this show was older than FT. It seems so. They copied it then. Thanks for clarifying- my apologies 😊

[@VLind-uk6mb]

@@desleykakoulidisgallaway3382 I think this is copied from the famous locked-room or isolated house genre beloved of many golden age writers. The most famous of course being what is now known as "And Then There Were None."

[@elizabethstuart8401]

Lunch is underneath! 😂😂

[@hellen8443]

The loud piano playing made it hard to watch 😩

[@jamescrowley8637]

Intrusive

[@srsusansummers3070]

Agree

[@stewartmcardle8149]

Follows in a similar reverse style - the plot of Agatha Christie's "Murder On The Orient Express"....

[@marylou3995]

It’s a good little TV movie -- better than the dribble of today’s.

[@wandajames6234]

Shovel yourselves out for heaven's sake-- they'd never survive here in Canada : )

[@VLind-uk6mb]

You have no idea how snow closes down parts of the UK, where things like snow tires, snow blowers and even shovelling out drifts are unknown.

[@williamf4544]

And even when it rains they run like its acid falling from the sky - They have to make everything into a big drama

[@VLind-uk6mb]

@@williamf4544 Not so. They snap open their omnipresent umbrellas and carry on. Rain they can deal with.

[@derekeaton-yl9ni]

Good old fashioned play😅

[@joanbeeldens6131]

Irritating background music

[@daydays12]

This is really good fun!

[@aliyahwsful]

Well that ending I didn't see coming...

[@sheibanineda2488]

3 blind mice ....

[@susanjaeger9851]

THAT, was wondering else.

[@rosemariemann1719]

23 mins approx : Am I detecting " Red Herrings" slowly accumulating ? 🇬🇧🤔🦉😊📖🐟🇬🇧

[@lindahornbeck5318]

I love UK television.

[@sueferris3685]

This is like And Then There None by Agatha Christie. AKA The Mousetrap and also Ten Little Indians.