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Heat of the Sun: With Trevor Eve, Susannah Harker, Michael Byrne, Julian Rhind-Tutt. Set in the 1930s, a former Scotland Yard detective is sent to colonial Kenya to head the new criminal investigation unit.
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Heat of the Sun is a British television crime drama series, created by Russell Lewis and Timothy Prager, that first aired on ITV on 28 January 1998. Set in 1930s Kenya, the series stars Trevor Eve as Superintendent Albert Tyburn, a Scotland Yard criminal investigations officer who is sent to work in Nairobi to reveal the underside of the expatriate community in Kenya, exploring murders against ...
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- 28 January –, 11 February 1998
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Colonial Kenya provides an exotic, fascinating backdrop for this excellent PBS Mystery series. Heat of the Sun is what I call the "kitchen sink" approach to detective fiction, with every crime imaginable--from murder, arson, and drug-running, to blackmail, banditry, and slave trading--perpetrated under the hot African sun.
Jan 28, 1999 · There are plenty of reasons to praise PBS' longstanding "Mystery!" series, and now lovers of whodunits can be thankful for "Heat of the Sun," a five-part, six-hour mini debuting tonight. "Heat's ...
Private Lives: Directed by Adrian Shergold. With Trevor Eve, Susannah Harker, James Callis, Michael Byrne. After shooting a child killer that was deemed untouchable, Scotland Yard's Albert Tyburn is sent to 1930's Kenya to head a criminal division in Nairobi.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Adrian Shergold
- 1998-01-28
Dec 17, 2008 · The Heat of the Sun is a British miniseries that follows a Scotland Yard detective after he has been “banished” from Scotland Yard. The miniseries follows Detective Tyburn (played wonderfully by Trevor Eve) from the day he arrives in Colonial Africa as he is greeted by the terrible bigotry that existed in the colonies at that time.
Jun 1, 2004 · Honestly I'm not a fan of Ms. Marple and some of the other PBS Mystery offerings. To me they can seem more like Mattlock, the stories often contrived and sometimes a bit corny. The Heat of the Sun is another matter altogether. I don't know if it's a historically accurate portrayal of Kenya in the 1930's but it's very entertaining.
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