The Shelley episode, also featuring an autistic student (Tom Riley) who's a brilliant artist - a talent which proves extremely helpful. Hathaway is great with him.
In an offbeat beginning, Lewis and Hathaway, a little merry at Dr. Hobson's party, attend a break-in call across the way, and are later accused of being 'facetious' - though this turns out to be a string in an elaborate plot featuring forgery at the Bodleian.
The most delightful aspect is that of the artistic and slightly nutty Emily Beecham, who takes tourists on tours of made-up Oxford - JRR Tolkein played a banjo, and (delightfully) there are crocodiles in the river.
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| Lewis accepting the bribe of a crocodile postcard! |
Music to Die For d. Bill Anderson scr. Dusty Hughes
Tom Goodman-Hill (Humans), Ben Batt, Bradley James, Joanna Christie, Cheryl Campbell, Rachael Blake, Paul Venables.
Bare knuckle boxing, Wagner, East Germany, the Stasi. Various accents (S African, German) delivered variably.
Life Born of Fire d. Richard Spence, scr. Tom MacRae
Hathaway is mixed up in plot with old chums, doesn't come clean to Lewis, thus almost dies in fire (Lewis saves him).
Philip Battley, Ian McNeice, Matthew Marsh, Rachael Stirling.
I think the credits are in Copperplate, should anyone care.
The Great and the Good d. Stuart Orme, scr. Paul Rutman (Vera, Marple, Indian Summers)
In hospital with a bad back, Lewis and Hathaway become involved with a girl who has been drugged and raped - it all links to a consortium of powerful friends. Richard McCabe and Jason Watkins feature.
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