Alan Bates

To cure a prince's murderous madness, Scheherezade tells him a series of wonderous stories.

A BBC mini-series that aired in the 1990's, with a fired professor/puzzle addict teaming with a woman PC to solve a cold case murder.

Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy, retired merchant in the industrial city of Coketown, England, devotes his life to a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and fact. He raises his oldest children, Louisa and Tom, according to this philosophy and never allows them to engage in fanciful or imaginative pursuits.