, ▁the ▁main ▁character ' s ▁grand m other . ▁ ▁She ▁appeared ▁on ▁television ▁as ▁Mrs ▁Dan vers ▁in ▁Reb e cca ▁( 1 9 9 7 ), ▁winning ▁an ▁Em my , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁P BS ▁production ▁M oll ▁Fland ers , ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁amateur ▁detect ive ▁Mrs ▁Brad ley ▁in ▁The ▁Mrs ▁Brad ley ▁Myst eries . ▁In ▁this ▁BBC ▁series , ▁first ▁a ired ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁she ▁played ▁Glad ys ▁Mitchell ' s ▁detect ive , ▁D ame ▁Be atrice ▁Ad ela ▁Le ▁Str ange ▁Brad ley , ▁an ▁ecc ent ric ▁old ▁woman ▁who ▁worked ▁for ▁Scotland ▁Y ard ▁as ▁a ▁path ologist . ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁critical ▁success ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁return ▁for ▁a ▁second ▁series . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁she ▁hosted ▁the ▁P BS ▁television ▁series ▁Myst ery !, ▁shown ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁by ▁P BS ▁broad c aster ▁W GB H , ▁taking ▁over ▁from ▁Vincent ▁Price , ▁her ▁co - star ▁in ▁Theatre ▁of ▁Blood . ▁Her ▁TV ▁career ▁in ▁America ▁has ▁been ▁varied . ▁She ▁star red ▁in ▁her ▁own ▁sit com ▁D iana ▁( 1 9 7 3 ), ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁successful . ▁ ▁She ▁also ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁series ▁of ▁R icky ▁Ger va is ' s ▁comedy ▁Ext ras , ▁alongside ▁Harry ▁Pot ter ▁star ▁Daniel ▁Rad cl iffe , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁ 2