Murder Most Horrid

Murder Most Horrid
Title screen
GenreBlack comedy
Crime
Created byPaul Smith
Developed byTalkback Productions
Written byVarious
StarringDawn French
Theme music composerSimon Brint
Simon Wallace
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producerPeter Fincham
ProducersSophie Clarke-Jervoise
Jon Plowman
Production locationsLondon, England
EditorsGeoff Hogg
Michael John Bateman
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release14 November 1991 (1991-11-14) –
2 April 1999 (1999-04-02)
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Murder Most Horrid is a British black comedy anthology series starring Dawn French. It was broadcast on BBC Two for four series runs, in 1991, 1994, 1996 and 1999.

Created by Paul Smith, who also co-created Colin's Sandwich (with Terry Kyan, as noted below) and has written for The Brittas Empire, among other programmes, the series starred French as a different character in each episode. Many episodes were directed by Bob Spiers, who also worked with French on The Comic Strip Presents... and French and Saunders.