Murder Most English
Murder Most English
Murder Most English
Mystery
Crime
Drama
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Overview
1970s detective series based on the Flaxborough novels by Colin Watson. Starring Anton Rodgers as Detective Inspector Purbright and Christopher Timothy as Detective Sergeant Love, the series pays tribute to a long-gone England of heavy tweed jackets, dial telephones, typewriter ribbons and good old-fashioned investigation and deduction.
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 1977-05-08
Runtime: 0h 50m
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
Top Cast
Anton Rodgers
Anton Rodgers
Detective Inspector Purbright
Christopher Timothy
Christopher Timothy
Detective Sergeant Love
John Comer
John Comer
Sergeant Malley
Moray Watson
Moray Watson
Chief Constable Chubb
Brenda Bruce
Brenda Bruce
Lucilla Teatime
James Grout
James Grout
Jonas Bradlaw
John Normington
John Normington
Gordon Periam
Peter Sallis
Peter Sallis
Rodney Gloss
Caroline Blakiston
Caroline Blakiston
Mrs. Helen Carobleat
Antony Carrick
Antony Carrick
Dr. Rupert Hillyard
Lynn Farleigh
Lynn Farleigh
Doreen Periam
Michael Robbins
Michael Robbins
Pumphrey
Episodes - Season 1
Hopjoy Was Here: Part 1
Hopjoy Was Here: Part 1
Episode 1
Mr. Hopjoy, a traveling salesman, 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. Is he dead? Chief Inspector Purbright investigates.
Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2/Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1
Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2/Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1
Episode 2
After solving the mystery of the missing Hopjoy, Chief Inspector Purbright turns his attention to a "lonely hearts" killer, whose next victim might be the fragile-seeming Miss Teatime. But she's deceptive.
Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2
Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2
Episode 3
Miss Teatime and her mysterious suitor both get an unexpected comeuppance, but will the former escape being murdered? As Chief Inspector Purbright appreciatively notices, she's tougher than she looks.
The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1
The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1
Episode 4
Several otherwise reputable sexagenarian Flaxborough men seem to be under the influence of a potent aphrodisiac in a series of assaults on local women.
The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2
The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2
Episode 5
Purbright traces the drug affecting the male senior citizens in Flaxborough to either a herb supplement or an experimental prescription drug.
Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 1
Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 1
Episode 6
After the death of Harold Carobleat, his wife is shocked to find that he has left his estate to a neighbor who is subsequently found electrocuted.
Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2
Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2
Episode 7
When a third member of the quintet of prominent Flaxborough citizens is murdered, Purbright uncovers the covert prostitution ring behind them.
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