Murder Most Horrid (1991)

Genre

anthology series, comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

4 seasons, 24 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Dawn French plays a different character in each episode of this British anthology series. Each story involves a murder that gets treated with a comedic touch.

black comedyquirkylightheartedwhimsicaldarkly comedicepisodicdeadpan

What happens

Murder Most Horrid is a British black comedy anthology series starring Dawn French. It was broadcast on BBC Two for four series runs, in 1991, 1994, 1996 and 1999. Created by Paul Smith, who also co-created Colin's Sandwich (with Terry Kyan, as noted below) and has written for The Brittas Empire, among other programmes, the series starred French as a different character in each episode. Many episodes were directed by Bob Spiers, who also worked with French on The Comic Strip Presents... and French and Saunders. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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