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Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (1977)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (often referred to simply as Murder Most English) is a seven-part British detective miniseries based on Colin Watson's Flaxborough novel series. While Martin Lisemore receives billing on all episodes, he died midway through filming, and was replaced by Bill Sellars, who refused credit. 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.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (139 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1977)

7.46 avg 7 episodes 7.2 → 7.8 50 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hopjoy Was Here: Part 1	7.2	41
2	Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2/Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1	7.2	30
3	Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2	7.5	24
4	The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1	7.4	20
5	The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2	7.3	23
6	Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 1	7.8	21
7	Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2	7.8	18