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Murder Most English

1977

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EP1 Hopjoy Was Here: Part 1 May 08, 1977

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.

EP2 Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2/Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1 May 15, 1977

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.

EP3 Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2 May 22, 1977

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.

EP4 The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1 May 29, 1977

Several otherwise reputable sexagenarian Flaxborough men seem to be under the influence of a potent aphrodisiac in a series of assaults on local women.

EP5 The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2 Jun 05, 1977

Purbright traces the drug affecting the male senior citizens in Flaxborough to either a herb supplement or an experimental prescription drug.

EP6 Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 1 Jun 12, 1977

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.

EP7 Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2 Jun 19, 1977

When a third member of the quintet of prominent Flaxborough citizens is murdered, Purbright uncovers the covert prostitution ring behind them.
7.5| 0h30m| TV-14| en
Synopsis

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.

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Reviews

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See
Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.