Is there a sample anywhere that we can see?
I am not familiar with "Inspector Lindley" but did find a couple of clips from Inspector LYNLEY on YouTube... I didn't see anything at all unusual or more interesting than just the usual style of shooting for a drama of that type.
Maybe they just do whatever technique you are talking about
some of the time, and it was not used in the clips I saw.
From your description it just sounds like dolly moves (or rather, tracking or arcing moves) to me.
T2
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