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Murder Most Horrid

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About Murder Most Horrid

Murder Most Horrid is a mystery and comedy TV series that premiered on BBC Two on November 14, 1991. It has 4 seasons and 24 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 4 Episode 6 "Dinner at Tiffany's", aired on April 2, 1999.

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!

  • Mystery
  • Comedy
  • Crime

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Episodes

24 episodes · 4 seasons

Series 1

1991 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 34 years ago

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    6. Mrs Hat and Mrs Red

    Finale

    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.

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    5. Murder at Tea Time

    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 Tussauds, jealousy arises off camera — and Bunty decides to put her young rival in his place!

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    4. A Determined Woman

    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.

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    3. He Died a Death

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

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    2. The Girl from Ipanema

    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 the better.

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    1. The Case of the Missing

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

Series 2

1994 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 32 years ago

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    6. Smashing Bird

    Finale

    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 choice: she can help avenge Ray's death, or become their cook.

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    5. Mangez Merveillac

    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.

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    4. We All Hate Granny

    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.

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    3. A Severe Case of Death

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

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    2. Lady Luck

    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.

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    1. Overkill

    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?

Series 3

1996 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 30 years ago

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    6. Dead on Time

    Finale

    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.

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    5. Confess

    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.

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    4. The Body Politic

    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.

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    3. Dying Live

    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 be executed - the officials think she is the executioner.

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    2. A Life or Death Operation

    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 St Theodore's as a victim. Further, the case becomes a prime topic on Kate's show, much to her dismay.

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    1. Girl Friday

    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.

Series 4

1999 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 27 years ago

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    6. Dinner at Tiffany's

    Finale

    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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    5. Elvis, Jesus and Zack

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

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    4. Confessions of a Murderer

    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 rejections lead her to actually commit murder?

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    3. Whoopi Stone

    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.

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    2. Going Solo

    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.

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    1. Frozen

    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.

Cast & crew

Created by Paul Smith

  • Dawn French

    Dawn French

    WPC Diane Softly

  • Bill Paterson

    Bill Paterson

    Chief Inspector

  • Timothy Spall

    Timothy Spall

    Pathologist

  • Peter Bland

    Peter Bland

    Editor

  • Stephen Frost

    Stephen Frost

    Sgt Dawkins

  • Gary Love

    Gary Love

    PC Williams

  • Paul Mark Elliott

    Paul Mark Elliott

    Max Rammell

  • John Boswall

    Judge

  • Michael Sharvell-Martin

    Mayor

  • June Ellis

    June Ellis

    Woman on Bus

  • Kate Williams

    Kate Williams

    Woman on Bus

  • Soo Drouet

    Bus Conductress

  • David Barber

    David Barber

    Boy on Bus

  • Henry Naylor

    Journalist

  • Geoffrey McGivern

    Geoffrey McGivern

    Mason

  • Martin Jarvis

    Martin Jarvis

    Maurice Howling

Murder Most Horrid FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Murder Most Horrid?

Murder Most Horrid has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on April 2, 1999.

When did the latest episode of Murder Most Horrid come out?

The most recent episode of Murder Most Horrid, Season 4 Episode 6 "Dinner at Tiffany's", aired on April 2, 1999.

How many seasons of Murder Most Horrid are there?

Murder Most Horrid has 4 seasons with 24 episodes in total.

When did Murder Most Horrid first air?

Murder Most Horrid first aired on BBC Two on November 14, 1991.

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