Murder Most Horrid
| Murder Most Horrid | |
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| Genre | Black comedy |
| Created by | Paul Smith |
| Developed by | Talkback Productions |
| Written by | Various |
| Starring | Dawn French |
| Theme music composer |
Simon Brint Simon Wallace |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Peter Fincham |
| Producer(s) | Sophie Clarke-Jervoise Jon Plowman |
| Location(s) | London, England |
| Editor(s) | Geoff Hogg Michael John Bateman |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Picture format |
4:3 (1991-1996) 16:9 (1999) |
| Original release | 14 November 1991 – 2 April 1999 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Murder Most Horrid is a British dark comedyanthology 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 the noted director Bob Spiers, who also worked with French on The Comic Strip Presents... and French and Saunders.
Most episodes parodied the thriller and murder mystery genres with one notable episode lampooning the trials and tribulations of being a children's presenter in general, and Blue Peter in particular. In 1998, this episode ("Murder at Tea-Time") was repeated to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Blue Peter, as part of a section entitled "Spoof Peter", which also featured (among others) the Python skit "How to Do It".
Each episode was stand-alone, and the episodes were written by different writers or writing teams with several contributing multiple episodes across the four series. Among these writers, the pairing of series-creator Paul Smith with Terry Kyan (who had previously collaborated on Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones) is particularly notable. The two would subsequently create and write Bonjour la Classe, starring Nigel Planer.
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