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Show TsrNo In the Vl2) spotlight If?) I tv , "Sergeant Cribb" returns to the "Mystery!'1 scene Alan Dobie (pictured) stars as the stalwart detective assigned as-signed to solve crime in Victorian London, as "Sergeant Cribb" returns to PBS. The series will air on consecutive Tuesdays . through May 19 as the concluding feature of this season's-Mobil-funded "Mystery!" series. In the premiere season of "Mystery!," the Scotland Yard detective's crime-solving ability brought commendations from viewers and critics alike. This success has prompted a new caseload of crime for television's tenacious and resourceful . "Sergeant Cribb." Cribb's methods, like his mode of dress, are Victorian-impeccable. Without a gun, but with formidable wit, the gentleman detective will puzzle through further investiga?. tions. . . - Detective-Sergeant Cribb is assigned to Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department from 1879 through 1888. Whether he's contending with underworld hoodlums, socialites dabbling in the occult, or athletes engaging engag-ing in the profitable but outlawed sport of bare-knuckle fighting, Cribb discreetly but with a saving sense of humor persistsln seeing each case through to its solution. Based on the detective fiction of author Peter Loveseyx "Sergeant Cribb" was produced by Granada Television ant, : shot largely on location at sites which reflect the London of Cribb's day. Ironically, the crew filmed on location in London only once at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. While shooting there, they set up in Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors, working-in shifts from 7 p.m. to midnight. "You get an extremely eery feeling feel-ing in that place after dark," recalled producer June Wyndham Davies, who also directed the episode. "More than once, we mistook wax figures of murderers for members of the cast those glass eyes sort of follow you around." All subsequent location shooting was done in the vicinity of Manchester, with extensive restorations made on various sites to conform to the original Victorian settings. "We spruced up old halls and took over abandoned police stations," Ms. Wyndham Davies said. "We even turned a neglected, run down cemetery to its turn-of-the-century trimness." CHECK LISTINGS FOR EXACT TIME. TV ooiHuoa ainvicfi, me. y |