Anton Rodgers
DI Walter Purbright
Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes1977
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Miniseries
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.
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Episode 147 min1977-05-08
Hopjoy Was Here: Part 1
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.
Episode 250 min1977-05-15
Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2 / Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1
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.
Episode 350 min1977-05-22
Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2
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.
Episode 448 min1977-05-29
The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1
Several otherwise reputable sexagenarian Flaxborough men seem to be under the influence of a potent aphrodisiac in a series of assaults on local women.
Episode 549 min1977-06-05
The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2
Purbright traces the drug affecting the male senior citizens in Flaxborough to either a herb supplement or an experimental prescription drug.
Episode 648 min1977-06-12
Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 1
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.
Episode 751 min1977-06-19
Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2
When a third member of the quintet of prominent citizens is murdered, Purbright uncovers the covert prostitution ring behind them.
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