MURDER MOST ENGLISH

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• Release Year: 1977
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
• Plot: A Flaxborough Chonicle; ; Clad in tweed and puffing on a pipe, Detective Inspector Purbright (Anton Rodgers, Lillie, May to December) pursues the evildoers of Flaxborough with a doggedness that belies his polite conversation and mild manner. And a good thing, too. For although the quiet country town appears all gentility, beneath the surface lies a darker world of deception, intrigue, treachery, and infidelity. These forces can upset the harmony of the most staid of small communities ... and ignite passions that erupt into violence.; ; Assisted by the ever cheerful Detective Sergeant Love (Christopher Timothy, All Creatures Great and Small) and the sometimes helpful Chief Constable Chubb (Moray Watson, The Darling Buds of May), Purbright serenely polices the clean but mean streets of Flaxborough. Armed with respect, and a steely determination, he works to uncover the truth and restore order to this most English of English towns. ; ; Based on the detective novels by Colin Watson.
• Cast: Anton Rodgers, Christopher Timothy, John Comer, Moray Watson, Brenda Bruce, James Grout, Peter Sallis, Caroline Blakiston, Antony Carrick, Milton Johns, Lesley Dunlop, Adam Bareham, John Carson, Lynn Farleigh, Erin Geraghty, Gillian Martell, John Normington, Michael Robbins, John Tordoff, Derek Waring, Gary Watson
• Runtime: 5:44
• Media Format: Series