Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

Miniseries

1977 · 7 episodes · 5h 43m in all

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.

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Hopjoy Was Here: Part 1

   8 May 1977 · 47 min

   Travelling 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. Is he dead? Purbright investigates.

2. 2

   2. Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2 / Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1

   15 May 1977 · 50 min

   After 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 deceptive.

3. 3

   3. Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2

   22 May 1977 · 50 min

   Miss 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 looks.

4. 4

   4. The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1

   29 May 1977 · 48 min

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

5. 5

   5. The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2

   5 Jun 1977 · 49 min

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

6. 6

   6. Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 1

   12 Jun 1977 · 48 min

   After 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.

7. 7

   7. Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2

   19 Jun 1977 · 51 min

   When a third member of the quintet of prominent citizens is murdered, Purbright uncovers the covert prostitution ring behind them.