Hetty Wainthropp Investigates – The Complete Fourth Series
Picture: C
Sound: C+ Extras: C- Episodes: B-
Patricia Rutledge, Dominic Monahan and company returned as
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates yet more murder in The Complete Fourth
Series, but the season is back down to six hour-long slotted shows. It was also the final season. The episodes this time include:
1) Something
To Treasure
2) Family
Values
3) Digging
For Dirt
4) Mind
Over Muscle
5) Blood
Relations
6) For Love
Nor Money
The actual mystery tales still continued to be decent, if
often typical, but they are also comic and well cast. However, if you want a box set, getting three more episodes with
this set is tempting, so one who has not seen this series still needs to mull
over the decision well. I think the
actors deserve as much credit as anyone for keeping it fresh and real, which is
the core of its success. They went out
on as much on top as they could.
The 1.33 X 1 aspect ratio is almost consistent with the
quality of the episode from the first three sets, but is fuzzier and not quite
as clear. The Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
once again has Pro Logic surround in all cases, but it seems more compressed
and limited than the previous seasons.
This demonstrates a production shift that lost a little quality in
translation. Extras again include
production notes and filmographies on DVD 1, but that again is sadly all. Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
continued it winning ways, hitting its stride and quitting while they were
ahead.
- Nicholas Sheffo
