Murder Most Horrid (1991)
Plot.
A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!
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Cast & Crew.
Dawn French
Various characters
Paul Smith
Creator
Peter Fincham
Producer
Jon Plowman
Producer
Geraldine McNulty
Karen
Jane Booker
Mrs. Bogleby
Bob Spiers
Director
Stephen Woolfenden
First Assistant Director
Tony Dow
Director
Edgar Wright
Director
Colin Nicolson
Sound Mixer
Ian Hislop
Writer
Steven Moffat
Writer
Jon Canter
Writer
David Battley
Mr. Gaunt
Jake Wood
Derek
Ken Jones
Mr. Belling
James Fleet
Tom
George Costigan
Dave Jones
Marsha Fitzalan
Lydia's Friend
Amanda Donohoe
Carmela Vezza
Dexter Fletcher
Colin
Tony Slattery
Tony Sparkle
Alistair McGowan
Marcos
Peter Serafinowicz
Tony Frost
Timothy Spall
Pathologist
Sophie Okonedo
Rachel
Sarah Lancashire
Karen Sullivan
Ricco Ross
Gary
Sara Powell
Staff Nurse Jane
Martin Marquez
Tony La Paglia
Caroline Blakiston
Dr. Rachel Vine
Ray Winstone
Terry
Jonathan Dow
Gary
Lucy Benjamin
Katherine
Paul Putner
Police Constable
Nigel Havers
Harvey Stafford
Liam Hess
Rory Phillips
Hugh Bonneville
Inspector Dawson
Thelma Barlow
Tiffany's Mother
Colin Salmon
Lambert
Ben Miller
P.C. Watkins
Su Elliot
Deborah Case
Norman Eshley
DCI Reed
Chris Langham
Harry
James Callis
Mark
Richard Braine
Rev. Stoop
Patricia Hayes
Mrs. Templecombe
Jim Broadbent
Selwyn Proops
John Fortune
Squire Thorpe
David Harewood
Jonathon
Brian Capron
Chris Bastable
Robert Llewellyn
Taxi Driver
Stratford Johns
Mr. Maddox
John Bird
Duncan Jupp
Hywel Bennett
Clancy
James Cossins
Sir Hugh Lotterby
Gary Love
Constable Williams
Jane Asher
Lydia Howling
Kim Wall
Yacht Salesman
Stephen Moore
Basil Hampton
Pip Torrens
News Presenter
Angela Wynter
Hotel Receptionist
Brigit Forsyth
Mrs. Osman
Georgina Hale
Lady Jamieson
Kathy Burke
Helen
Danny Webb
Tony Smedley
David Bamber
Ray
Len Collin
John Greaves
Clive Russell
DCS Barratt
Richard Johnson
Rev. Charles Quentin
Bill Paterson
Chief Inspector
Jamie Foreman
DS Brown
Roger Lloyd Pack
Frank Foster
Clarke Peters
American
Ricky Grover
Barman
Martin Jarvis
Maurice Howling
Peter Vaughan
Doverson
Timothy West
Old Doctor Adams
Hugh Laurie
Jerry Bryce
Julie Peasgood
Waitress
John Thomson
Daniel Hoffmeyer
Toby Longworth
Estate Agent
Stephen Frost
Sgt. Dawkins
Peter Wingfield
Giles
Paul Reynolds
David Flint
John Bennett
DCI Graham Barlow
Minnie Driver
Sgt. Cole
James Saxon
Young Adams
John Boswall
Judge
Bryan Pringle
Mr. Franklin
Michael Elphick
Bill Todd
Sean Hughes
Zack Mitchell
Philip Jackson
Patron / Police Sergeant
Llewella Gideon
Sister Debbie
Tom Szekeres
Rollo Bogleby
Kenneth Cranham
Inspector Salford
Martha Cope
Andrea
Steve Speirs
DI Hooper
Kevin McNally
Inspector Turner / Mr. Bogleby
Helen Lederer
Yvonne Quail
Jonathan Cecil
Mr. Warburton
Philip Martin Brown
Psycho
Tres Hanley
Stewardess
Mark McGann
Tommy
Marcus D'Amico
Raul Manendez
Togo Igawa
Japanese Tourist
Kevin Allen
Simon Pleasance / Driver
Alan Ford
First villain
Gwen Taylor
Beryl
Brian McCardie
Supermarket Assistant
Victoria Wicks
Jocasta
John Benfield
Barry Todd
Richard Hansell
Gerry
Robert Pugh
DI Morgan
Harriet Thorpe
Friend / Sarah Deveraux
Jonathan Coy
Benjamin Trethansis
Jim Carter
Roy Redfern / General Alberto
Joanna Scanlan
Iris Wood-Newton
Patrick Toomey
Reporter
Christopher Adamson
Mikey Perugiano
Ron Berglas
Louie Finkel
Lorna Brown
Woman in Office
Sean Gallagher
Sean Lacey
Frances Barber
Gloria Twigge
Graeme Garden
Alex Docherty
Mark Chapman
Security Man / DC Finch
Peter Bland
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 14, 1991
StatusEnded
Seasons4
Episodes24
Running Time30m
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
dark comedy
anthology
murder mystery
Scripted
Wiki.
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.
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