Count Magnus - 2022 - 7/10
The English tourist, a self styled scholar, delving into histories best left buried.
Mr Wraxall, a writer of travel guides, is vacuous and supercilious, and a classic wheedler.
His hostess, the publican, the priest, all warn him to avoid anything to do with the long dead Count Magnus.
And yet …
Probably one of the better adaptations by Mark Gatiss.
Previous installments have been adequate, hum-drum, but this scores points for atmosphere and a Jamesian style.
Cozy, not gory. Understated, not bellowing. Know thyself.