The Murder Game (TV series)
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| Genre | Reality / Murder mystery |
| Created by | George Verschoor, Robert Fisher, Jr., and Gordon Cassidy (for FOX) |
| Developed by | FOX/BBC |
| Directed by | Ewen Thomson |
| Starring | Bob Taylor (The Chief)(Author of Crimebuster) |
| Narrated by | Rupert Smith |
| Composer(s) | Sophia Morizet, Helene Muddiman |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Conrad Green |
| Producer(s) | Ewen Thomson, Nichola Hegarty, Aidan Hansell (reality producer), David Newcombe (drama producer) |
| Location(s) | Maldon, Brentwood, Essex, England, UK |
| Cinematography | Janet Tovey |
| Editor(s) | David Tibballs |
| Running time | 60 mins |
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| Original network | BBC One, BBC Three |
| Picture format | PAL (576i) |
| Original release | 29 March – 17 May 2003 |
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| Related shows | Murder in Small Town X |
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| Website | |
The Murder Game was a British reality television series that aired on BBC One from March through May 2003. The show was based on the American FOX television show Murder in Small Town X. Though classified as a reality television series, it was more accurately a hybrid of reality TV, game show, and mystery drama. The series was narrated by Rupert Smith. Although there was no host in the traditional sense the Chief, Bob Taylor, acted as a sort of host for the show.
In the town of Blackwater a fictional woman named Catherine Prior had been murdered. Ten contestants from the British public were set the challenge of becoming investigators and finding the killer. The investigators were led by Bob Taylor, known as the Chief Investigator or Chief, who was in real life a retired Detective Chief Superintendent from the West Yorkshire Police. The people from the town, played by actors, formed the suspects, some of whom later became victims.
At the beginning of each episode, one investigator would be appointed as the Lead Investigator, who would have specific responsibilities and powers. The investigators would be split into teams by the Lead Investigator, and sent down different lines of inquiry determined by the Chief. These lines of inquiry would involve hidden tests, which the teams would either pass or fail as judged by the Chief. The investigators from all the failing teams would be put to a group vote, where one of them would be chosen as a contestant to play the Killer's Game. All of the living investigators could cast a vote, with the exception of the Lead Investigator. The Lead Investigator would then choose a second contestant for the Killer's Game.
At the end of each episode, in the Killer's Game, the two selected contestants would be sent to two different remote locations completely alone, with their movements recorded only by a head-mounted camera. One of the contestants would discover a further clue to the mystery, whereas the other one would be eliminated from the show as a "murder" victim, with his last seconds seen from the point of view of the "killer" in the manner of classical slasher films like Psycho.
The eliminated contestant would choose the Lead Investigator for the next episode, by means of a prerecorded "last will and testament".
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