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Comedienne Dawn French tackles dark, tongue-in-cheek thrillers as her various characters embark on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another, she is involved with murder — either committing the crime or even getting bumped off herself!
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Comedienne Dawn French tackles dark, tongue-in-cheek thrillers as her various characters embark on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another, she is involved with murder — either committing the crime or even getting bumped off herself!
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Episode 1
Sally Fairfax is a personal assistant to the smarmy philandering Harvey Stafford. Her devotion is severely tested when she returns to the office late one night and finds herself party to a murder.
Directed by Dewi HumphreysWritten by Paul SmithGuest stars Dawn French, Hugo Bower, Moira Buffini, Mark Chapman, Paul Moriarty, Geraldine McNulty, Richard Hansell, Lisa Orgolini
Episode 2
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 runs her over... several times. But, as luck would have it, the woman doesn't die and is brought to St Theodore's as a victim. Further, the case becomes a prime topic on Kate's show, much to her dismay.
Directed by Dewi HumphreysWritten by Mark Burton, John O'FarrellGuest stars Joseph Watts, Dawn French, Jo Unwin, John Bird, Steve Speirs, Robert Pugh, Peter Wingfield, Dan Milne
Episode 3
When Daisy Talwinning, an abattoir worker sacked because she can't bring herself to kill the cute animals, goes on holiday to Panador in South America, she gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity, just as a rebel leader is about to be executed - the officials think she is the executioner.
Directed by Dewi HumphreysWritten by Steven MoffatGuest stars Dawn French, Jim Carter, Marcus D'Amico, Stratford Johns, Bryan Pringle, Helen Lederer, Jonathan Coy, John Thomson
Episode 4
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 under the kitchen floor on the eve of the General Election.
Directed by Ferdinand FairfaxWritten by Anthony HorowitzGuest stars Dawn French, Hugh Laurie, Richard Johnson, John Bennett, Paul Mark Elliott, Susannah Elliott-Knight, Ken Jones, Georgine Anderson
Episode 5
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 Cole, both intent on promotion.
Directed by Coky GiedroycWritten by Jon CanterGuest stars Dawn French, Minnie Driver, Clive Russell, Roger Lloyd Pack, George Costigan, Joseph Bennett, James Callis
Episode 6
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.
Directed by Ferdinand FairfaxWritten by Ian Hislop, Nick NewmanGuest stars Dawn French, Danny Webb, Regina Freedman, Brian Capron, Sophie Okonedo
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Bill PatersonChief Inspector
Timothy SpallPathologist
Peter BlandEditor
Stephen FrostSgt Dawkins
Gary LovePC Williams
Kate WilliamsWoman on Bus
David BarberBoy on Bus
BBC TwoUnited Kingdom
BBCUnited Kingdom
