Ngaio Marsh Theatre was a 1977 television miniseries which adapted four of the author's Inspector Roderick Alleyn detective novels for New Zealand television. The British actor George Baker starred in the title role. [1]
The series adapted three Alleyn novels that were set in New Zealand ( Vintage Murder, [2] Colour Scheme, [3] and Died in the Wool [4]) along with the London-set Opening Night. [5] The last mentioned featured a major character from New Zealand coming to England to work in the theatre. The series was originally screened on Television New Zealand. A later broadcast on PBS in the United States was the first American screening of a New Zealand television drama. [6]
Local actors who appeared in the series included Terence Cooper, Don Selwyn and Ian Watkin.