Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (often referred to simply as Murder Most English) is a seven-part British detective miniseries based on Colin Watson's Flaxborough novel series. While Martin Lisemore receives billing on all episodes, he died midway through filming, and was replaced by Bill Sellars, who refused credit. Flaxborough, near the sea, near the countryside, seems such a nice town, so quiet, so charming. But underneath its placid surface, all kinds of scandalous things go on.
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Flaxborough, near the sea, near the countryside, seems such a nice town, so quiet, so charming. But underneath its placid surface, all kinds of scandalous things go on.
- Ep 1
1.Hopjoy Was Here: Part 1
08-05-197747mTravelling salesman Hopjoy has disappeared — to the relief of many husbands, the rage of innumerable creditors, and the alarm of two mystery men from London, who know him as a spy....
- Ep 2
2.Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2 / Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1
15-05-197750mAfter solving the mystery of the missing Hopjoy, Purbright turns his attention to a 'lonely hearts' killer, whose next victim might be the fragile-seeming Miss Teatime. But she's d...
- Ep 3
3.Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2
22-05-197750mMiss Teatime and her mysterious suitor both get an unexpected comeuppance, but will the former escape being murdered? As Purbright appreciatively notices, she's tougher than she lo...
- Ep 4
4.The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1
29-05-197748mSeveral otherwise reputable sexagenarian Flaxborough men seem to be under the influence of a potent aphrodisiac in a series of assaults on local women.
- Ep 5
5.The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2
05-06-197749mPurbright traces the drug affecting the male senior citizens in Flaxborough to either a herb supplement or an experimental prescription drug.
- Ep 6
6.Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 1
12-06-197748mAfter the death of Harold Carobleat, his wife Helen is shocked to find that he's left his estate to a neighbour who is subsequently found electrocuted.
- Ep 7
7.Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2
19-06-197751mWhen a third member of the quintet of prominent citizens is murdered, Purbright uncovers the covert prostitution ring behind them.
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