Murder Most Horrid

Dawn French stars in these deliciously dark & comic tales of murder

Dawn French stars in these stand-alone comedy dramas that send up the murder genre. Death can be a very funny business indeed.

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PC Softly is mysteriously promoted to investigate a case of murder by concrete.

Case of the Missing

The local planning officer's head has been set in concrete by three hooded men in full view of 18 people on a bus. Overnight, Police Constable Softly is mysteriously promoted to Inspector to lead the investigation.

A Brazilian au pair enters a world of sexual and political intrigue with fatal results.

Girl from Ipanema

Brazilian au pair, Maria, arrives to work for parliamentary candidate and multinational businessman Maurice Howling and his wife, Lydia. Before long, Maria discovers a cocktail of sexual and political intrigue which has fatal results.

The cast of a murder mystery are under suspsicion when one of them is slaughtered off set.

He Died a Death

Soap star Judy Talent is in the whodunit, 'The Catflap' with a cast who would all gladly murder each other in real life. When one of them gets role in a major television commercial, the scene is set for someone to be taken offstage, permanently.

A quantum physicist sends herself back in time to make amends for her terrible actions.

A Determined Woman

Quantum physicist Rita Proops is made redundant but manages to carry on her research in the garage. Rita ends up doing something terrible and five years later she sends herself back in time to make amends.

A jealous children's television presenter plots the demise of her new colleague.

Murder at Teatime

Bunty Breslaw becomes insanely jealous of her new colleague. Streetwise and young, Colin threatens her career. Bunty plots his demise by forcing him to perform a series of increasingly dangerous stunts for their programme.

A terrifying tale of suburban dopplegängers, luxury bath oil and cold-blooded murder.

Mrs Hat and Mrs Red

A terrifying tale of suburban dopplegängers. When Mrs Hat meets the glamorous and strikingly similar Mrs Red in a supermarket, she follows a trail that leads to luxury bath oil, geraniums and murder.

A woman attempting suicide in an hotel bedroom encounters an international hit woman.

Overkill

Tina Mellish is a woman at end of her tether. During a suicide attempt in an hotel bedroom, Tina encounters an international hit woman planning to bump off a local businessman.

A hairdresser is taken hostage by a bankrobber who forces her to drive him to Scotland.

Lady Luck

Hairdresser Denise Cunningham is taken hostage by a fleeing bankrobber who forces her to drive him to Scotland. Over the course of their journey they begin to develop a friendship.

When old Dr Adams dies, Maud masquerades as his son to be a doctor in Victorian England.

A Severe Case of Death

When old Dr Adams dies, Maud masquerades as his long lost son to become a doctor in Victorian England. Then the real son reappears, and Maud must somehow get rid of him.

A daughter plots to murder her mother for her money after her husband is made redundant.

We All Hate Granny

75-year-old Lily goes to stay with her daughter Jocasta and her husband Tom. Tom has just been made redundant and the couple are short of money so Jocasta plots to murder Lily for her inheritance.

A travel writer finds a corner of France that nobody else has written about or visited.

Mangez Merveillac

Travel and cookery writer Verity Hodge finds a corner of France that nobody else has written about or visited. Her best-selling book, 'Mangez Merveillac', changes all that forever - with murderous consequences.

A 1960s East End getaway driver and his fiancée try to give up their life of crime.

Smashing Bird

In 1960s East End London, getaway driver Ray and his nightclub singer fiancée Vikki are all set to give up life of crime when a fatal explosion forces Vikki to become a killer.

Super efficient PA Sally Fairfax witnesses a murder in the office.

Girl Friday

Television doctor Kate Marshall faces a moral dilemma.

A Life or Death Operation

An abattoir worker holidaying in South America becomes mixed up in a live on TV execution.

Dying Live

The leader of the opposition and his wife discover a body under their kitchen floor.

The Body Politic

On the eve of an election, the leader of the opposition and his wife discover a body under their kitchen floor.

A former gangland boss is taken in for questioning about the murder of a policeman.

Confess

A former gangland boss is taken in for questioning about the murder of a policeman and suffers the dubious interviewing techniques of sergeants Hodge and Cole.

The Grim Reaper faces an existence of infinite agony unless she can rescue her reputation.

Dead on Time

The Grim Reaper faces an existence of infinite agony unless she can rescue her failing reputation.

Sisters Lily and Iris are the most colourful characters in the poor village of Skinton.

Frozen

Sisters Lily and Iris are the most colourful characters in the poor village of Skinton. The secret of their plumpness during post war rationing is a full freezer. When it breaks down the repairman arouses fatal passions.

Tracy and Karen seem an unlikely team to set sail on a round the world yacht race.

Going Solo

Tracy and Karen seem an unlikely team to set sail on the Jules Verne round the world yacht race. When their boat capsizes, they are forced to reflect on the months preceding their voyage, with fatal results.

A bored WPC goes undercover as a madame and gangster to try and trap drug barons.

Whoopi Stone

WPC Barbara Greaves is bored with law-abiding village life so CID's Neil Brown transforms her into Whoopi Stone, madame and gangster, to go undercover to trap drug barons. But how far is she prepared to go?

Harriet Snellgrove is obsessed with the police and dreams of being arrested.

Confessions of a Murderer

Harriet Snellgrove is obsessed with the police and dreams of being arrested. Well-known for her ludicrous confessions, she finally goes one step too far. Will she be believed?

A TV obituaries producer faced wth her department being axed meets a faded rock star.

Elvis, Jesus and Zack

When TV obituaries producer Jill Tanner is faced with her department being axed, she makes the most of chance encounter with faded rock star Zack Mitchell, creating his media death and boosting his record sales.

Secondary school mealtime supervisor Tiffany Drapes' love of the head is not reciprocated.

Dinner at Tiffany's

Secondary school mealtime supervisor Tiffany Drapes loves head teacher Gloria, but her affections are drawn to games teacher Evangeline: Tiffany eliminates the competition.

Murder Most Horrid

Murder Most Horrid

Series 1

1. Case of the Missing

2. Girl from Ipanema

3. He Died a Death

4. A Determined Woman

5. Murder at Teatime

6. Mrs Hat and Mrs Red