bow street runner

there are all sorts of online games available and to be frank, most of them are mindless and/or poorly assembled. there are exceptions and this is one:
bow street runner.

the bow street runners were london’s first professional police force. predated by the thief takers who were more like bounty hunters than police. the bow street runners set the tone and standard for many of the police forces that came into existence over the next eighty years.

the bow street runner game is a visually and sonically rich environment in which you get to be a bow street runner. information is provided through on screen text as well as through your own efforts. as you move your cursor around the screen and click on items, the screen will either provide you with information about that item or it will zoom in closer and give you a different visual vantage point allowing you to see other items previously concealed.

at present the game consists of episode one but at the bottom of each page is a little link from which you can get the beeb to add you to their e-mail list. as each further episode becomes available they will contact you.

great fun!