The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries - free if you have Amazon Prime. This is a fun dramatization of Ngaio Marsh's detective novels. The setting has been moved from the 20's to the 40's but the overall look is slightly retro and the costumes, houses, interiors, villages, automobiles etc are beautifully authentic looking. Each program is movie length.
Rimington is exactly the sort of person I had in mind, and I have a couple of those.
I was also thinking of Tex Wyndham and his bands. He published a monthly column at one point which is now available on the Syncopated Times website. It is full of comments about how people should live and let live, even if "Chicago Style" jazz isn't really jazz and its followers will burn in hell.
Yeah. Cullum is good.