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Murder Most Horrid

Dawn French stars in this dark and twisted comedy series, in which she plays a different character embroiled in murder, in each hilarious episode.

10 Votes (7.3)

1991 HD 30min United Kingdom English Ended
Comedy Crime
anthology dark comedy murder mystery

Credits:

Paul Smith

director

Dawn French

Various characters

S1E1 - The Case of the Missing 1991-11-14

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

S1E2 - The Girl from Ipanema 1991-11-21

When housekeeper Maria arrives at the house of MP Howling and his wife Lydia, she doesnt 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.

S1E3 - He Died a Death 1991-11-28

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

S1E4 - A Determined Woman 1991-12-05

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.

S1E5 - Murder at Tea Time 1991-12-12

Bunty is a successful childrens 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!

S1E6 - Mrs Hat and Mrs Red 1991-12-19

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

S2E1 - Overkill 1994-03-03

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?

S2E2 - Lady Luck 1994-03-10

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.

S2E3 - A Severe Case of Death 1994-03-17

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

S2E4 - We All Hate Granny 1994-03-24

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.

S2E5 - Mangez Merveillac 1994-03-31

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.

S2E6 - Smashing Bird 1994-04-07

Getaway driver Ray and his nightclub singing fiancÃ©e 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 Rays death, or become their cook.

S3E1 - Girl Friday 1996-05-10

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.

S3E2 - A Life or Death Operation 1996-05-17

Ms. Kate Marshall (Dawn French), a brilliant surgeon, tries to murder the wife of a former patient who died when the woman confronts her with accusations that she was negligent during surgery. Kate runs the woman over with her vehicle... several times. As luck would have it, the woman doesnt die and is brought to St. Theodores as a victim. Kate also has a television show and the case becomes a prime topic on the show, much to Kates dismay.

S3E3 - Dying Live 1996-05-24

When Daisy Talwinning, an abattoir worker sacked because she cant 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.

S3E4 - The Body Politic 1996-05-31

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.

S3E5 - Confess 1996-06-07

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

S3E6 - Dead on Time 1996-06-14

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.

S4E1 - Frozen 1999-02-19

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.

S4E2 - Going Solo 1999-02-26

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.

S4E3 - Whoopi Stone 1999-03-05

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.

S4E4 - Confessions of a Murderer 1999-03-19

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 polices repeated rejections lead her to actually commit murder?

S4E5 - Elvis, Jesus and Zack 1999-03-26

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

S4E6 - Dinner at Tiffany's 1999-04-02

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....