Gentleman detective in the Royal Military Police. Morse's snobbery is intellectual rather than a question of breeding or social advantage. Detective Inspector Lynley is another truly aristocratic member of the Police, being an Earl. Much of the plot of the novels by Elizabeth George revolve around his working relationship with Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, who is of lower-class origins. Both show greater loyalty to each other than to official regulations and accepted attitudes to their relative stations, and both are capable of self-sacrificing actions of "noblesse oblige". Carmen Isabella Sandiego, the "World's Greatest Thief", was originally ACME Crimenet's most intelligent and distinguished
Ngaio Marsh Theatre (TV series) States was the first American screening of a New Zealand television drama. Local actors who appeared in the series included Terence Cooper, Don Selwyn and Ian Watkin. Ngaio Marsh Theatre (TV series) Ngaio Marsh Theatre was a 1977 television miniseries which adapted four of the author's Inspector Roderick Alleyn detective novels for New Zealand television. The British actor George Baker starred in the title role. The series adapted three Alleyn novels that were set in New Zealand ("Vintage Murder", "Colour Scheme", and "Died in the Wool") along with the London-set "Opening Night". The last mentioned featured a major character from