Rosemary & Thyme

Rosemary & Thyme
Rosemary and Thyme
GenreCosy mystery
Crime thriller
Suspense
Created byBrian Eastman
Clive Exton
StarringFelicity Kendal
Pam Ferris
Opening themeVariation on "Scarborough Fair"
Ending themeidem
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes22
Production
ProducerCarnival Films / Granada Media
Running time20x60 minutes
1x90 minutes
1x120 minutes
(including adverts)
Production companyCarnival Films / Granada Media
Original release
NetworkITV
Release31 August 2003 (2003-08-31) 
6 August 2007 (2007-08-06)

Rosemary & Thyme is a British television cosy mystery thriller series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007. The theme is murder mysteries in the setting of professional gardening jobs. It was created by Brian Eastman to entertain his wife, Christabel Albery, who is an avid gardener. The show was directed by Brian Farnham (10 episodes, 2003–2006), Simon Langton (8 episodes, 2004–2006), Tom Clegg (3 episodes, 2003) and Gwennan Sage (1 episode, 2004). Clive Exton, who helped create the show, contributed 10 of the 22 scripts.