As seen on PBS Mystery!Includes Previously Unreleased Episodes Waxwork and AbracadaverFrom the vulgar brothels of London's fogbound streets to the respectable royal apartments of Windsor Castle, Sergeant Cribb maintains a level head and a wry sense of humour to unravel complex crimes in Queen Victoria's England. A detective of Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department, Cribb receives little support for his efforts from his superiors. Wearing his trademark bowler hat and squeaky boots, Cribb relies on his own shrewdness and the plodding assistance of Constable Thackeray to expose the vile deeds of Victorian criminals.
R**N
As most of you know, there are no episode ...
As most of you know, there are no episode titles listed for Sgt. Cribb. I ordered the complete 7 disk series and found that there were no episode names on the box or on any of the 7 disks. Below is a listing of the contents of the 7 disks.Disk 1: A Case of Spirits; Swing, Swing Together; and Special Features.Disk 2: Wobble to Death; and Invitation to a Dynamite Party.Disk 3: Mad Hatter's Holiday; and The Detective Word Silk Drawers.Disk 4: The Horizontal Witness; Something old, Something new; Special Features; and Credits.Disk 5: The Hand that Rocks the Cradle; and The Last Trumpet.Disk 6: The Choir that wouldn't sing; and Murder, Old Boy.Disk 7: Waxwork; and Abracadaver.Hope this helps. Ray Dickinson
A**S
Low production quality and slow-moving stories
The audio quality makes it difficult to understand the characters sometimes, and the video quality makes you wonder if it was shot before WWII.The plots are interesting, but the stories tend to unfold so slowly that I expect they'd lose many audience members. The main character is well-developed, but his assistant is treated like a bumbling lackey, and his boss is the stereotypical incompetent self-centered empty suit. This formula seems very familiar for many British mystery series, though often the boss or the assistant will have some or many redeeming qualities.In summary, I don't mind watching this series, but find it below average.
W**R
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.
W**A
CAPTIONS! OH CAPTIONS!
I ENJOYED THE SERIES. WISH THERE WERE MORE. A LITTLE DRY, BUT I GUESS THAT'S BRITISH! ONLY REGRET WAS NO CAPTIONS. SOMETIMES HARD TO DECIPHER ENGLISH ACCENT.
L**C
Not comparable to most British mysteries
Very poor compared to usual British mysteries. Limited camera angles, stories lack depth, characters not interesting. Would not have ordered had I viewed just one show.
B**.
Alan Dobie at his best, again. Good Victorian-era mysteries.
Mr. Dobie has been an acclaimed stage actor in England for years; this venture into TV was a success, I felt, and wish he had done more. The Cribb stories were made in around 1980, if not earlier; Mr. Dobie is now in his 80s.When I watch such stories, I always find myself thinking, "Why don't they get his fingerprints?", forgetting that modern techniques didn't exist then. Sgt. Cribb uses intuitive reasoning to solve these mysteries.All the actors were superb, which is usual for British television stories.
C**D
Good stories, well acted
While this is not my favorite of the British mysteries I have seen, I found it to be very enjoyable.
L**O
Four Stars
Good and clever.
M**E
If you need cheering up, this will do it, it has given me so many "want to hug myself moments" of glee.
First of all, you need to get used to the slower pace of television from about thirty years ago, but if you can get over that, this series truly entertains. The stories are adapted from Peter Lovesy's Sergeant Cribb books. Peter Lovesy had previously written a book on Victorian sport which he is passionate about. It shows and gives this series that extra something from a lot of other Victorian detectives. For instance, there is one episode where pugilism is the theme; another episode has pedestrianism ( a form of Victorian speed walking) as the theme and one has rowing and Jerome K. Jerome's book "Three Men In a Boat" as the theme. If you are not a sports fan, don't let this put you off as I am not a sports fan in the slightest but found this both interesting and done with a great deal of humour. They are not all set around sports themes there is also spiritualism and the seaside. So if you need to get rid of your stress and cosy down, this is for you.
P**T
Four Stars
An excellent series; disappointed I had to go to America to find the dvds
S**G
sargent cribb
brill brill I couldnt buy it in the uk but it arrived 2 days pre xmas cheers an unexpected much desired present
H**R
Really Bad!
I looked forward to this series as I love British mysteries,but what a complete and absolute disappointment!The stories are unimaginative,the scripts very poor, and the actors,having nothing to work with,are wooden and obviously not interested in what they are doing.What a waste of money this series is!I advise avoiding this truly awful piece of work and buying another movie instead. H M Snider.
