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The only story not written by P.J.Hammond, Assignment Five is a little more lightweight than its counterparts. It is enjoyable but so different from the other stories. Its not bad but it does leave you welcoming the fact that the originator of the series wrote all the other stories. Of course, watching the series as a whole now this story serves as an excellent counterbalance to its immediate neighbours (Assignment 4 and Assignment 6). I can't remember why, but until this story was released on video I had always thought it comprised ten episodes. Perhaps its because the original promotion for the story had cited Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians as inspiration?

It is unfortunate that Carlton haven't gone to town on this series. The DVD releases offer little more than the original VHS releases - they are almost bare bones with only a handful of static features. Not to mention the fact that all six stories have been spread across two box sets, so the series are mixed together. All 6 episodes of Assignment Five are on the second disc of the three which comprise the set.

There is no option to play all the episodes. When you reach the end of an episode you are returned to the menu and must select the next one. And the sole subtitles are in English only - of course, the series was not that big a success, but nothing damns a series more than the faint praise this DVD release represents.