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Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
GenreCrime, Drama, Mystery
Based onFlaxborough
Written byRichard Harris, Colin Watson
Directed byRonald Wilson
Starring
ComposerPaul Lewis
Country of originEngland
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
ProducersMartin Lisemore, Bill Sellars
Running time50
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release8 May (1977-05-08) –
19 June 1977 (1977-06-19)

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle is a 1977 British Crime, Drama, Mystery series starring Anton Rodgers and Christopher Timothy. The series was adapted from the Flaxborough novels by Colin Watson.[1][2][3]

Plot

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Set in Flaxborough, Lincolnshire, England, the series revolves around Detective Inspector Purbright and his partner Detective Sergeant Love investigating the murder crimes happening around the town. The series was based of the novels by Colin Watson and the screenplay of the series was written by Richard Harris. Four of the books were adapted into the series those being "Hopjoy Was Here", "Lonelyheart 4122", "The Flaxborough Crab" and "Coffin Scarcely Used".[4]

Cast

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Production

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The series was mostly filmed in Spalding, England.[5] On 3 February 1977 Martin Lisemore who was the producer for the series died in a road accident. Bill Sellars took over as the producer after Martin Lisemore's death.[6]

Reception

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The reaction to the series was overall mixed with some audiences and critics praising the acting and plotting, while some audiences and critics criticised the video quality and the dated technical standards.

Episodes

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The series ran for 7 episodes that aired on Sundays on BBC Two.[7]

# Title Original airdate
1"Hopjoy Was Here: Part 1"8 May 1977 (1977-05-08)
2"Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2/Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1"15 May 1977 (1977-05-15)
3"Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2"22 May 1977 (1977-05-22)
4"The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1"29 May 1977 (1977-05-29)
5"The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2"5 June 1977 (1977-06-05)
6"Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 1"12 June 1977 (1977-06-12)
7"Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2"19 June 1977 (1977-06-19)

DVD release

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All seven episodes of the series were released on a complete series DVD on two discs by Amazon on 11 May 2009.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (1977)". next-episode.net.
  2. ^ "Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (1977)" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Western Daily Press 7 May 1977". newspaperarchive.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Flaxborough Chronicles Series". goodreads.com.
  5. ^ Coward, Simon; Down, Richard; Perry, Christopher. The BBC Television Drama Research Guide 1936-2006. Vol. 3. Kaleidoscope.
  6. ^ "Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (1977)". nostalgiacentral.com. 2 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (1977)". bbc.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (1977)". amazon.co.uk.
  9. ^ "Murder Most English: The Flaxborough Chronicle [DVD] [1977]". worldbooks.com.
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