If you've read here for very long, you know that I drool over Kerry Greenwood's books about female detective Phryne Fisher. The stories are set in the interwar period and if anything Bill drools even more; he's certainly read and re-read them more than I have...yet.
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| Phryne wears velvet and fur... |
Would you believe Phryne is the reason we went to Melbourne? Well, one has to have some sort of curiosity about a place, some reason to go.
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| Phyrne's friend Dr. MacMillan is far too young and too chic, but the trousers are correct. |
Having established that the street names really did exist and wanting to explore further afield than Sydney, Bill made a list of Phryne places - which of course he forgot to bring. Still, he remembered a good many).
Imagine our delight when Jane told us there was a television series of Phryne adventures!
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| Can't remember this character; Madame Breda perhaps. But isn't she exotic!? |
Bill complained that they added characters not in the book and fairly well butchered all the original stories.
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| Essie Davis is a perfect Phryne, I think. |
I don't care; I love the clothes, the architecture and even Bill agrees that some of the casting is spot on, if not all of it.
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| Miriam Margolyes must just have been in town when they were filming; her character is nowhere in the books. |
We were able to watch four of the six programmes, one on the internet which is where I snatched these photos.
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| Off to a party; great clothes AND great architecture. |
I've checked the ABC website to see if the programmes are out on DVD and I think they may be, but our DVD player can't manage Australian DVDs, so I need these programmes to air in the US or Britain....must figure out how to lobby the BBC or ITV here.
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| Dot the maid is spot on, except she's not that terrified of phones in the book. |
Any whiff of Miss Fisher's shows turning up in the States?
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| Sasha, Phryne's Russian lover. |
I think you'll agree from these photos that it would certainly be worth watching!
{Heavens, this is my 1,000th post...and I'm nowhere near out of what to say!}
4 comments:
What an interesting series! I must check this out. p.s. I'm a big fan of checking out filming locations and real-life streets/buildings named in books, movies, whatever. I find all that stuff fascinating!
Congrats on the 1000 post! I'm not a television watcher so I can't really say if this has aired in the states, but I know that I often want to watch more than just snippets of the BBC online.
LR - It think seeing places you know - or even reading a novel set in your home town - is really wonderful. It makes it seem much more personal and at the same time exciting.
Terri - All this regional stuff on the telly - not to mention DVDs is pretty annoying, isn't it? I'm sure that eventually they'll figure out about the 'global economy' and all that, but for now it's a control issue...
I love the Phryne Fisher series on TV. I was finally able to view it through Netflix. And like you, I am in love with the time era, her wardrobe and style. I have not read the books yet but they are on my list to do so. On the show, the picture/artwork above her fireplace is the same one I have in my living room.
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