Murder Most Horrid

1. S01E01The Case of the MissingNovember 14, 1991—A traffic WPC is suddenly put in charge of a seemingly straightforward murder case, which gradually becomes more complex and mysterious.
2. S01E02The Girl from IpanemaNovember 21, 1991—When housekeeper Maria arrives at the house of MP Howling and his wife Lydia, she doesn't quite find things the way she expected. But one da
3. S01E03He Died a DeathNovember 28, 1991—Backstage at a London theatre, rivalry turns into suspicion, when one of the cast is murdered during a performance.
4. S01E04A Determined WomanDecember 5, 1991—Scientist Rita Proops brings her equipment home to start working on the ultimate invention: the time machine. But this causes friction at ho
5. S01E05Murder at Tea TimeDecember 12, 1991—Bunty is a successful children's television presenter, an expert in sticky-back plastic and a favourite with the young viewers of 'Write Awa
6. S01E06Mrs Hat and Mrs RedDecember 19, 1991—Mrs Hat is shocked when she bumps into her doppelgänger, and ends up following her home. She finds herself literally stepping into her shoes

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01OverkillMarch 3, 1994—Tina Mellish is a failure on the point of suicide. Carmela Vezza is a hired assassin on a mission to kill. What use could they be to each ot
2. S02E02Lady LuckMarch 10, 1994—Hairdresser Denise Cunningham has just got through to her local radio station and won two free tickets to America, when she is taken hostage
3. S02E03A Severe Case of DeathMarch 17, 1994—Maude Jenkins's struggle to become a doctor in nineteenth-century England involves lust, intrigue, a sex change and cigars.
4. S02E04We All Hate GrannyMarch 24, 1994—Tom has just lost his job, and Jocasta is finding the children a trial, but soon Granny will be dead, so everything will be fine.
5. S02E05Mangez MerveillacMarch 31, 1994—Travel & cookery writer Verity Hodge finds the one corner of France that nobody has written about or visited. But her best selling book Mang
6. S02E06Smashing BirdApril 7, 1994—Getaway driver Ray and his nightclub singing fiancée Vicky are set to give up a life of crime when a fatal explosion forces Vicky to become

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Girl FridayMay 10, 1996—Sally Fairfax is a personal assistant to the smarmy philandering Harvey Stafford. Her devotion is severely tested when she returns to the of
2. S03E02A Life or Death OperationMay 17, 1996—Brilliant surgeon and TV host Kate Marshall tries to murder the wife of a patient who died when the woman accuses her of negligence. Kate ru
3. S03E03Dying LiveMay 24, 1996—When Daisy Talwinning, an abattoir worker sacked because she can't bring herself to kill the cute animals, goes on holiday to Panador in Sou
4. S03E04The Body PoliticMay 31, 1996—Leader of the opposition Jerry Bryce and his wife Linda are getting ready to move to No 10, when they discover three rather grisly obstacles
5. S03E05ConfessJune 7, 1996—When former gangland boss Frank Foster is brought in for questioning about the murder of a policeman, he's interrogated by Sgt Hodge and Sgt
6. S03E06Dead on TimeJune 14, 1996—The Angel of Death, who is a not-very-Grim Reaper, is given a deadly ultimatum: deliver some souls or be sentenced to a life in Hell.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01FrozenFebruary 19, 1999—Faced with post-war rationing in the impoverished village of Skinton, sisters Lily and Iris share a secret supply of cakes stored in their f
2. S04E02Going SoloFebruary 26, 1999—Tracy Phillips and Karen Sullivan seem an unlikely team to set sail together on a round-the-world yacht race, and they do indeed prove to be
3. S04E03Whoopi StoneMarch 5, 1999—WPC Barbara Greaves is a speed cop and bored housewife. A CDI officer offers her the challenge to bring three American drug barons to justic
4. S04E04Confessions of a MurdererMarch 19, 1999—TV crime show addict Harriet Snellgrove dreams of being arrested herself, and is a regular visitor to Nuttley police station to confess to a
5. S04E05Elvis, Jesus and ZackMarch 26, 1999—A TV producer fakes the death of a faded rock star in order to save her obituaries department.
6. S04E06Dinner at Tiffany'sApril 2, 1999—School mealtime supervisor Tiffany Drapes loves her job. This is in part because she is in love with Gloria, the alcoholic, gambling headmis

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