Rosemary & Thyme

Rosemary & Thyme
TV Show · Crime · Drama

Brought together by heartache professionally (fired suddenly and underhandedly from her academic position) and personally (husband of more than 20 years left her for a younger woman), two plucky ladies plant the seeds for a brighter future. Rosemary Boxer, who holds a doctorate in plant pathology, and Laura Thyme, a former police constable and avid gardener, discover their shared love of green-thumbness and start a gardening business. But as they restore various English gardens back to their lavish states, the inquisitive pair also happen upon mystery after mystery, and the more they dig the deeper the sleuthing gets.

2003 · 46m
Starring Pam Ferris, Felicity Kendal
Director Brian Farnham

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    And No Birds Sing
    When a series of suspicious-looking accidents starts befalling associates of Laura Thyme's estranged husband, she teams up with visiting horticulturist Rosemary Boxer to find out who is behind them.
    47 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Arabica and the Early Spider
    Rosemary and Laura are hired to create a wild garden at a pop star's Gothic mansion, but when the singer is found shot dead, the pair get involved in a mystery from years before.
    47 min
  • EPISODE 3
    The Language of Flowers
    Laura and Rosemary are asked to restore an ornate water garden cascade at a luxurious health spa run by a 75-year-old woman. When the woman is found strangled, the two amateur sleuths must crack a floral code to pinpoint the murderer.
    47 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Agua Cadaver
    A former boyfriend of Rosemary's invites her and Laura to his home near Malaga to help create an Arabic garden. Then, one of the local residents is found dead, and their mysterious landowner is the chief suspect. Rosemary's ex declares his continuing love for her, but she has his jealous wife to contend with.
    46 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Three Legs Good
    Rosemary and Laura are employed at Regent's Park to recreate the original Victorian planting in the Avenue Garden, but the beauty and peace of the Avenue is shattered when a Harley Street psychiatrist is found murdered. Rosemary and Laura adopt the dead man's three-legged dog, who seems to have a more than a canine understanding of events.
    46 min
  • EPISODE 6
    The Gooseberry Bush
    Rosemary's maternal side is revealed when she and Laura find an abandoned baby under a gooseberry bush. They take care of him while they try to find out who his mother is and why she deserted her baby. Then a neighbouring artist is found murdered - is he connected? Will they be able to reunite mother and son? Will Rosemary remain enchanted by the prospect of raising a child?
    46 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Pam Ferris
    Laura Thyme
  • Felicity Kendal
    Rosemary Boxer
  • B‌F
    Brian Farnham
    Director
  • B‌E
    Brian Eastman
    Producer
  • P‌H
    Peter Hider
    Producer
  • C‌E
    Clive Exton
    Writer

About

Rosemary & Thyme

Crime

Brought together by heartache professionally (fired suddenly and underhandedly from her academic position) and personally (husband of more than 20 years left her for a younger woman), two plucky ladies plant the seeds for a brighter future. Rosemary Boxer, who holds a doctorate in plant pathology, and Laura Thyme, a former police constable and avid gardener, discover their shared love of green-thumbness and start a gardening business. But as they restore various English gardens back to their lavish states, the inquisitive pair also happen upon mystery after mystery, and the more they dig the deeper the sleuthing gets.

Information

Studio
STV
Released
2003
Regions of Origin
United Kingdom, South Korea
© 2003 © Carnival Films 2003

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English
Subtitles

English (United Kingdom)

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