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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Koch International
EAN: 0741952653998
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: KOCH Vision
Manufacturer: KOCH Vision
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: KOCH Vision
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 08, 2008
Running Time: 345 minutes
Sales Rank: 14449
Studio: KOCH Vision
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Description:
Dr. Tony Hill (Robson Green) is a clinical psychologist with an extraordinary understanding of the criminal mind. Working alongside Detective Inspector Alex Fielding (Simone Lahbib), Tony must race against time to profile and track down vicious killers before they strike again.
Disc 1: The Colour of Amber
When a woman sees a young girl being snatched by a man in a car, Detective Inspector Alex Fielding fears they may only have hours to get her back alive. Will Tony be able to find the abductor in time?
Disc 2: Nocebo
Alex investigates the murder of two children who bear signs of ritual killings. Tony puzzles over what the killer might want to gain and why. And is it one killer or two?
Disc 3: The Names of Angels
Two women are found raped and strangled, wearing the clothing of victims killer years earlier in Europe. As Tony tries to unravel the deadly puzzle, he’s confronted by an unpleasant distraction – an 18-year-old released killer turns up on his doorstep.
Disc 4: Anything You Can Do
When a vulnerable elderly woman is suffocated in her home, Alex and Tony suspect a security guard who was seen at the scene of the crime by several witnesses. But when the killings escalate, it appears to be the work of more than one murderer.
DVD Extras:
Interviews with Robson Green, Simone Lahbib and cast, author Val McDermid and production staff
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Another Winner for WITB Fans
Wire in the Blood is back in full force with an excellent season - great stories, well told & full of intrigue. The extras on Disc 1 are also worth watching as they provide some interesting insights into the entire series.
Rating:  - If Only We Could Make Out What They're Saying
"Wire in the Blood, Season 5," is the latest installment of the British television mystery serial, based on the works of Val McDermid, to reach these shores. The series, a police procedural that stars Robson Green as psychologist Dr. Tony Hill, criminal profiler, is produced by Green's production company for the British Granada TV: he's one of their biggest domestic stars; and the series is surely tailored to his many strengths. It has been shown here on BBC America; but it is lacking the last episode of the series as shown here, which has been spun off as a standalone.
In addition to Green, the series stars longtime regulars Mark Letheren as Detective Sergeant Kevin Geoffries, and Emma Handy as Detective Constable Paula McIntyre. Simone Lahbib continues her more recent duties as Detective Inspector Alex Fielding, Hill's foil, romantic and otherwise. This season, as most, is simply advertised as "based on characters created by" McDermid, and there is not a single episode based on one of her books. However, the episodes presented are of a fairly high quality, solid mysteries, with some of the well-known author's intensity; some of her edginess and grit, and her ability to break new ground. The series is set in McDermid's fictional "Bradfield," it is filmed in Manchester, the actual city in which she sets her work, after doing 16 years there as a journalist. Manchester's an interesting city to use: handsome and hardly ever seen here, full of interesting looking architecture, with ... Read More
Rating: - Another excellent season!
I have been a fan of this show since Season One, and Season Five continues the general excellence of the show. The acting is quite solid, and I am glad to see the show has been able to retain two of the show's secondary characters; while playing back-up and fill-in roles to the two main actors, they add to the overall excellence. The episodes for Season Five are all quite well written, with some interesting plot twists and red herrings for those who are trying to figure out "who done it." For American fans, it is interesting to see how the "Amber Alert" system is set up in Bradfield, the location for the series, in "The Color of Amber"; I did find the writing in this one episode to be at times a bit too convoluted with a few too many side stories going on. Americans will also be interested in seeing the significant differences in policing and the widespread use of closeed-circuit TV cameras in public places that oftentimes provides crucial evidence or clues. My only complaint is that there are only a few episodes released each season (although they are nearly 90 minutes long a piece). We want more Wire in the Blood!
Rating: - Wire in the Blood
Every Season is GREAT. If you like British Mysteries this is for you !
Rating: - The best season yet, with one small exception
I've been a sort of halfhearted fan of this series since season one, but season five finally won me over completely. The stories are especially compelling and original this time, and less "demented" (despite the quote on the box!) than previous seasons. Each episode is written, produced, and directed in an entirely different style, e.g., the first one is fast-paced, with the camera never alighting for more than a few seconds, while the second one is very grainy, jumpy, and almost completely colorless; the last episode is a bit over saturated with color, giving it a sort of surreal look. This is somewhat daring, but it works extremely well.
Another strength of this season is the character of Alex. I really liked Carol, but Alex is at least as compelling, if not more so. Also Kevin and Paula, as the "minor" characters, are superbly well written and well acted.
And then there's Tony, who is my "small exception." He's as charming and likeable as ever, if not more so, and seems to have become a bit more compassionate and considerate of other people. (I was thoroughly charmed by the popcorn-with-Ben scene!) But a little of his eccentricity is gone. We don't really see just how much of a complete oddball he is. However, they more than made up for it in "Prayer of the Bone" so I can't really even call it a flaw.
If you like a truly suspenseful, intelligent, multi-layered drama, but previous episodes have left you uncertain about watching this series, give season five ... Read More
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