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COLLECTION · Series · 1991

Murder Most Horrid

Comedienne Dawn French tackles dark, tongue-in-cheek thrillers as her various characters embark on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another, she is involved with murder — either committing the crime or even getting bumped off herself!

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* 6.9 (15)ComedyCrimeMysteryUnited Kingdom
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Creators
Paul Smith
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
BBC Two · BBC
Runtime
30 min/ep
Release
14/11/1991
Score
6.9 / 10 (15)

Awards and nominations

  • Murder Most Horrid won the 1994 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Drama
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Seasons and episodes
Series 1
Series 1
6 episodes · 1991
The Case of the Missing
Episode 1. The Case of the Missing
1991-11-14 · 29 min

A traffic WPC is suddenly put in charge of a seemingly straightforward murder case, which gradually becomes more complex and mysterious.

The Girl from Ipanema
Episode 2. The Girl from Ipanema
1991-11-21 · 30 min

When housekeeper Maria arrives at the house of MP Howling and his wife Lydia, she doesn't quite find things the way she expected. But one day, Maria witnesses a violent attack on Lydia by her husband and things start to take a turn for…

He Died a Death
Episode 3. He Died a Death
1991-11-28 · 30 min

Backstage at a London theatre, rivalry turns into suspicion, when one of the cast is murdered during a performance.

A Determined Woman
Episode 4. A Determined Woman
1991-12-05 · 30 min

Scientist Rita Proops brings her equipment home to start working on the ultimate invention: the time machine. But this causes friction at home with disastrous results.

Murder at Tea Time
Episode 5. Murder at Tea Time
1991-12-12 · 30 min

Bunty is a successful children's television presenter, an expert in sticky-back plastic and a favourite with the young viewers of 'Write Away'. However, when her younger co-presenter is asked to pose for a wax modelling session at Madame…

Mrs Hat and Mrs Red
Episode 6. Mrs Hat and Mrs Red
1991-12-19 · 29 min

Mrs Hat is shocked when she bumps into her doppelgänger, and ends up following her home. She finds herself literally stepping into her shoes and taking over her luxurious lifestyle.

Series 2
Series 2
6 episodes · 1994
Overkill
Episode 1. Overkill
1994-03-03 · 29 min

Tina Mellish is a failure on the point of suicide. Carmela Vezza is a hired assassin on a mission to kill. What use could they be to each other?

Lady Luck
Episode 2. Lady Luck
1994-03-10 · 30 min

Hairdresser Denise Cunningham has just got through to her local radio station and won two free tickets to America, when she is taken hostage by a bank robber.

A Severe Case of Death
Episode 3. A Severe Case of Death
1994-03-17 · 29 min

Maude Jenkins's struggle to become a doctor in nineteenth-century England involves lust, intrigue, a sex change and cigars.

We All Hate Granny
Episode 4. We All Hate Granny
1994-03-24 · 29 min

Tom has just lost his job, and Jocasta is finding the children a trial, but soon Granny will be dead, so everything will be fine.

Mangez Merveillac
Episode 5. Mangez Merveillac
1994-03-31 · 29 min

Travel & cookery writer Verity Hodge finds the one corner of France that nobody has written about or visited. But her best selling book Mangez Merveillac changes all that forever with fatal results.

Smashing Bird
Episode 6. Smashing Bird
1994-04-07 · 30 min

Getaway driver Ray and his nightclub singing fiancée Vicky are set to give up a life of crime when a fatal explosion forces Vicky to become a killer. He is killed after a job goes horribly wrong, and the rest of the gang give her a…

Series 3
Series 3
6 episodes · 1996
Girl Friday
Episode 1. Girl Friday
1996-05-10 · 29 min

Sally Fairfax is a personal assistant to the smarmy philandering Harvey Stafford. Her devotion is severely tested when she returns to the office late one night and finds herself party to a murder.

A Life or Death Operation
Episode 2. A Life or Death Operation
1996-05-17 · 30 min

Brilliant surgeon and TV host Kate Marshall tries to murder the wife of a patient who died when the woman accuses her of negligence. Kate runs her over... several times. But, as luck would have it, the woman doesn't die and is brought to…

Dying Live
Episode 3. Dying Live
1996-05-24 · 30 min

When Daisy Talwinning, an abattoir worker sacked because she can't bring herself to kill the cute animals, goes on holiday to Panador in South America, she gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity, just as a rebel leader is about to…

The Body Politic
Episode 4. The Body Politic
1996-05-31 · 30 min

Leader of the opposition Jerry Bryce and his wife Linda are getting ready to move to No 10, when they discover three rather grisly obstacles under the kitchen floor on the eve of the General Election.

Confess
Episode 5. Confess
1996-06-07 · 30 min

When former gangland boss Frank Foster is brought in for questioning about the murder of a policeman, he's interrogated by Sgt Hodge and Sgt Cole, both intent on promotion.

Dead on Time
Episode 6. Dead on Time
1996-06-14 · 30 min

The Angel of Death, who is a not-very-Grim Reaper, is given a deadly ultimatum: deliver some souls or be sentenced to a life in Hell.

Series 4
Series 4
6 episodes · 1999
Frozen
Episode 1. Frozen
1999-02-19 · 30 min

Faced with post-war rationing in the impoverished village of Skinton, sisters Lily and Iris share a secret supply of cakes stored in their freezer. But when the appliance breaks down, the arrival of a repairman leads to murder.

Going Solo
Episode 2. Going Solo
1999-02-26 · 30 min

Tracy Phillips and Karen Sullivan seem an unlikely team to set sail together on a round-the-world yacht race, and they do indeed prove to be ill-matched. Then they capsize.

Whoopi Stone
Episode 3. Whoopi Stone
1999-03-05 · 30 min

WPC Barbara Greaves is a speed cop and bored housewife. A CDI officer offers her the challenge to bring three American drug barons to justice.

Confessions of a Murderer
Episode 4. Confessions of a Murderer
1999-03-19 · 30 min

TV crime show addict Harriet Snellgrove dreams of being arrested herself, and is a regular visitor to Nuttley police station to confess to almost every crime committed in the area, but she is never believed. But will the police's repeated…

Elvis, Jesus and Zack
Episode 5. Elvis, Jesus and Zack
1999-03-26 · 30 min

A TV producer fakes the death of a faded rock star in order to save her obituaries department.

Dinner at Tiffany's
Episode 6. Dinner at Tiffany's
1999-04-02 · 30 min

School mealtime supervisor Tiffany Drapes loves her job. This is in part because she is in love with Gloria, the alcoholic, gambling headmistress. But so is games teacher Evangeline....

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