Murder Most Horrid (1991)
Murder Most Horrid (1991)
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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
Police Sergeant / Patron

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

Alan Ford
First villain

Kevin Allen
Driver / Simon Pleasance

Gwen Taylor
Beryl

Brian McCardie
Supermarket Assistant

Victoria Wicks
Jocasta

John Benfield
Barry Todd

Richard Hansell
Gerry

Robert Pugh
DI Morgan

Harriet Thorpe
Sarah Deveraux / Friend

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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