Complete second season of British mystery drama TV series The Bletchley Circle on DVD.
With an extraordinary flair for code breaking and razor-sharp intelligence skills, four seemingly ordinary women become the unlikely investigators in this original thriller series, set against the backdrop of post-war London.
Season 2 opens with former Bletchley Park girl Alice Merren in prison awaiting trial for murder. Jean believes her innocent and tries to reunite the circle in an attempt to help one of their own. Susan is reluctant to get involved after her experience with the twisted serial killer Malcolm Crowley and the danger it posed to her family; Lucy now holds a clerical job at Scotland Yard and is keeping her head down. Millie works as a German translator, and branches out into what she believes to be an innocent sideline of dealing in unaccustomed goods. This endeavour leads to her being kidnapped and held in a seedy hotel by some gangsters. The girls pull together to investigate in order to save their friend and, as they do so, uncover a much darker, hidden world of crime.
The Bletchley Circle Series Reviews
“With its fine acting, tight script, and tense tone, The Bletchley Circle is pure ecstasy for mystery fans.” Philadelphia Inquirer
“Perfectly cast and cleverly paced, consider it a mini-"Masterpiece Mystery” for that franchise’s crime-loving loyalists." – Variety
“The Bletchley Circle is a decent little mixture of history and mystery. Viewers get an interesting peek at an underexplored era of British history with the Bletchley Park connection and the early fifties setting, while the serial killer aspect is handled without recourse to modern forensic techniques. Fans of British mysteries and contemporary television will want to give this set a look.” – DVD Verdict