Mrs. Adela Bradley could be described as the naughty version of the rather dull Mrs. Marple: a quintessentially English lady sleuth, before the war, upper class, rich enough for a Rolls Royce with private driver (George Moody, her hunky and faithful assistant in nearly everything), a real socialite, always on the road, sassy, even provocative, an arrogant suffragette. But her sharp sense of observation and deduction still gets the better of the criminals every single time. The Mrs Bradley Mysteries is, in many ways, an archetypal English television whodunit, with Adela Bradley, criminologist and amateur sleuth, solving crimes with the assistance of her chauffeur, George. The distinguishing dramatic device in the series is the regular asides from Mrs Bradley to the camera, which often highlight the comedic elements of the story.
