TELEVISION - MURDER MOST HORRID
Murder Most Horrid is a comedy parody on British murder mystery shows. British commediene Dawn French stars in each episode as a murderer or a detective and is supported by guest actors including Jane Asher, Frances Barber, Jim Broadbent, Minnie Driver, Dexter Fletcher, Nigel Havers, Sarah Lancashire, Hugh Laurie, Roger Lloyd Pack, Tony Slattery, Timothy Spall and Ray Winstone.
1991
Murder Most Horrid - Series 1 - Gold network re-broadcast - All 6 episodes, each approximately 25 minutes long (10, 2 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Episode 1 - The Case of the Missing - (A sinister group murder a local planning officer and arrange for a traffic policewoman to be given the case in the hope she will fail)
Episode 2 - The Girl from Ipanema - (A Brazilian peasant woman arrives in Britain to work as an au pair but discovers her employers are ruining her home village)
Episode 3 - He Died a Death - (A party of policemen attend a murder mystery play as a training exercise, but end up having to solve a real murder)
Episode 4 - A Determined Woman - (A physicist researching time travel exacts revenge on he husband in the past)
Episode 5 - Murder at Tea Time - (A TV presenter, driven by jealousy of a younger colleague, tries to ruin his career and ends up in a sticky situation)
Episode 6 - Mrs. Hat and Mrs. Red - (Katie Hatcliffe slips into the shoes and lifestyle of a rich-bitch doppelganger, Mrs Red)
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1994
Murder Most Horrid - Series 2 - Gold network re-broadcast - All 6 episodes, each approximately 25 minutes long (10, 2 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Episode 1 - Overkill - (Tina Mellish, a failed social worker on the point of suicide, meets Carmela Vezza, a hired assassin on a mission to kill)
Episode 2 - Lady Luck - (A hairdresser is taken hostage by a fleeing bank robber and forced to drive to Scotland)
Episode 3 - A Severe Case of Death - (A Victorian woman masquerades as a doctor's son in an effort to practise medicine - but fouler plans are afoot when the real prodigal turns up)
Episode 4 - We All Hate Granny - (A man is made redundant just as his mother-in-law joins the household, prompting his wife to consider turning motherly love aside for money)
Episode 5 - Mangez Merveillac - (A travel and cookery expert writes a best seller focusing on an unknown area of France)
Episode 6 - Smashing Bird - (A getaway driver and his nightclub singer fiancee are ready to give up a life of crime - until a fatal explosion occurs)
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1996
Murder Most Horrid - Series 3 - Gold network re-broadcast - All 6 episodes, each approximately 25 minutes long (10, 2 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Episode 1 - Girl Friday - (Sally Fairfax, a PA to a philandering executive, has her devotion tested when she witnessess a murder) (Average quality - copied from internet)
Episode 2 - A Life or Death Operation - (A TV doctor must decide whether to perform a life-saving operation on the one person who could ruin her career)
Episode 3 - Dying Live - (A sacked abattoir worker on holiday becomes mixed up in a case of mistaken identity involving a public executioner)
Episode 4 - The Body Politic - (A new prime minister and his wife make a gruesome discovery under the kitchen floor forcing them to make a difficult choice)
Episode 5 - Confess - (A gangster arrested for the murder of a policeman meets his match in two female coppers with very distinct interview techniques)
Episode 6 - Dead on Time - (The Grim Reaper needs to meet her work quota and she finds a victim in the shape of an oversexed, adulterous businessman)
--oOo--
1999
Murder Most Horrid - Series 4 - Gold network re-broadcast - All 6 episodes, each approximately 25 minutes long (10, 2 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Episode 1 - Frozen - (The tale of two sisters who buckle under the strain of post-war rationing)
Episode 2 - Going Solo - (2 women on a round-the-world yacht race clash until the boat capsizes)
Episode 3 - Whoopi Stone - (A bored village PC gladly swaps the tedium of rural life for an undercover mission in the city)
Episode 4 - Confessions of a Murderer - (A police inspector is harrassed by the confessions of an old woman who claims that she murdered a missing bank manager)
Episode 5 - Elvis, Jesus and Zack - (Faced with the axing of her department, a TV obituary producer fabricates the death of a rock star)
Episode 6 - Dinner at Tiffany's - (A school dinner lady falls in love with her headmistress, but jealousy prompts her to commit a terrible crime of passion)
1991
Murder Most Horrid - Series 1 - Gold network re-broadcast - All 6 episodes, each approximately 25 minutes long (10, 2 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Episode 1 - The Case of the Missing - (A sinister group murder a local planning officer and arrange for a traffic policewoman to be given the case in the hope she will fail)
Episode 2 - The Girl from Ipanema - (A Brazilian peasant woman arrives in Britain to work as an au pair but discovers her employers are ruining her home village)
Episode 3 - He Died a Death - (A party of policemen attend a murder mystery play as a training exercise, but end up having to solve a real murder)
Episode 4 - A Determined Woman - (A physicist researching time travel exacts revenge on he husband in the past)
Episode 5 - Murder at Tea Time - (A TV presenter, driven by jealousy of a younger colleague, tries to ruin his career and ends up in a sticky situation)
Episode 6 - Mrs. Hat and Mrs. Red - (Katie Hatcliffe slips into the shoes and lifestyle of a rich-bitch doppelganger, Mrs Red)
--oOo--
1994
Murder Most Horrid - Series 2 - Gold network re-broadcast - All 6 episodes, each approximately 25 minutes long (10, 2 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Episode 1 - Overkill - (Tina Mellish, a failed social worker on the point of suicide, meets Carmela Vezza, a hired assassin on a mission to kill)
Episode 2 - Lady Luck - (A hairdresser is taken hostage by a fleeing bank robber and forced to drive to Scotland)
Episode 3 - A Severe Case of Death - (A Victorian woman masquerades as a doctor's son in an effort to practise medicine - but fouler plans are afoot when the real prodigal turns up)
Episode 4 - We All Hate Granny - (A man is made redundant just as his mother-in-law joins the household, prompting his wife to consider turning motherly love aside for money)
Episode 5 - Mangez Merveillac - (A travel and cookery expert writes a best seller focusing on an unknown area of France)
Episode 6 - Smashing Bird - (A getaway driver and his nightclub singer fiancee are ready to give up a life of crime - until a fatal explosion occurs)
--oOo--
1996
Murder Most Horrid - Series 3 - Gold network re-broadcast - All 6 episodes, each approximately 25 minutes long (10, 2 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Episode 1 - Girl Friday - (Sally Fairfax, a PA to a philandering executive, has her devotion tested when she witnessess a murder) (Average quality - copied from internet)
Episode 2 - A Life or Death Operation - (A TV doctor must decide whether to perform a life-saving operation on the one person who could ruin her career)
Episode 3 - Dying Live - (A sacked abattoir worker on holiday becomes mixed up in a case of mistaken identity involving a public executioner)
Episode 4 - The Body Politic - (A new prime minister and his wife make a gruesome discovery under the kitchen floor forcing them to make a difficult choice)
Episode 5 - Confess - (A gangster arrested for the murder of a policeman meets his match in two female coppers with very distinct interview techniques)
Episode 6 - Dead on Time - (The Grim Reaper needs to meet her work quota and she finds a victim in the shape of an oversexed, adulterous businessman)
--oOo--
1999
Murder Most Horrid - Series 4 - Gold network re-broadcast - All 6 episodes, each approximately 25 minutes long (10, 2 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Episode 1 - Frozen - (The tale of two sisters who buckle under the strain of post-war rationing)
Episode 2 - Going Solo - (2 women on a round-the-world yacht race clash until the boat capsizes)
Episode 3 - Whoopi Stone - (A bored village PC gladly swaps the tedium of rural life for an undercover mission in the city)
Episode 4 - Confessions of a Murderer - (A police inspector is harrassed by the confessions of an old woman who claims that she murdered a missing bank manager)
Episode 5 - Elvis, Jesus and Zack - (Faced with the axing of her department, a TV obituary producer fabricates the death of a rock star)
Episode 6 - Dinner at Tiffany's - (A school dinner lady falls in love with her headmistress, but jealousy prompts her to commit a terrible crime of passion)