Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 1 (1998)

A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE SERIES

"DaVinci's Inquest" is the best written series of this genre I've ever seen.
Dialogue is crisp, story lines are introduced gradually, as situiations are in real life. This is not a show where violence rules - more a series where the lead character has flaws, makes mistakes, has normal daily frustrations - but for this very reason, you will be dying to see the next episode and see if this everyday man comes out ahead.

Chris Haddock heads a team of writers, actors and such who obviously love what they do and you love watching them do their stuff. Canada should feel blessed to have such artists, because they create as good as any American series, better than most.
This is a show you can watch with your children in the room and you needn't worry they'll see guts and gore (CSI anyone?), but they won't want to watch it because the story lines are so well crafted, the kids will be lost in 10 minutes and there won't be any guns blazing to hold their interest, thank God.
My only complaint is that I will be dead and gone before Acorn gets all
the sets out on DVD. What is their problem? There are a host of people out there, waiting for each set to come out.
Once you have viewed all of "DaVinci", take a look at "Intelligence" which was produced by the same team. Unfortunately, it was yanked before its time, thanks to the the questionable wisdom of CBC.
"DaVinci's Inquest" is worth every single penny. Remember - you get what you pay for. Meanwhile, I'm trying not to hold my breath until the next set comes out. ARE YOU LISTENING, ACORN? @#%$&*#@!! June 11, 2008

Brilliant Programme...BUT...

...For only 13 episodes, I find it a bit pricey. Here in the US an average television programme airs between 22 and 24 new episodes per season and later markets the boxed set for less (usually $10.00 to $15.00 less, depending on the programme). I love Da Vinci's Inquest and catch it every weekend. Unfortunately, it looks as though that's how I shall have to continue to watch it, as I refuse to pay so much for so few episodes. (I'd have given 5 stars if it weren't for the outrageous price attached to a boxed set of DVDs that offer only 13 episodes; otherwise, I highly recommend this thrilling programme.) April 11, 2008

Great show but...

The DVDs skip in some players and one of the disks was cracked and won't play. Unfortunately there was no indication before we accepted the shipment of any damage, in fact there was no damage to the DVD case either. April 3, 2008

feedback re: acorn vs alliance atlas versions.

i compared the two versions; only one episode, but they had the same content. i chose episode #5, 'known to the ministry,' since it is about heroin od's and depicts a character both preparing and administering heroin, and shows needles in bodies of some who had overdosed. the alliance atlantis version does run roughly 9 seconds longer than the acorn media version, but i only saw where either background footage (shot of a shipyard) or fadeouts between chapters were longer. i hope this helps if you choose to purchase this item new, or used. January 20, 2008

Davinci's Inquest the best

I was fortunate enough to watch Da Vinci's Inquest on TV late Saturday and Sunday night. It is an exceptional program with real acting not just a lot of computer generated nothing. I have been waiting for this series to be available on DVD and now it is here. Soon I will order Season 2. I hope they continue to put the subsequent seasons also on DVD. November 27, 2007

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