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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 –
19 June 1977

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle is a 1977 British Crime, Drama, Mystery series adapted from the Flaxborough novels by Colin Watson.[1]

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".[2]

In the opening intro of the episodes the camera movement on the tea caddy, including the opening and closing of the lid, was filmed single frame. The cell animated cartoon elements were shot front and backlit on a rostrum camera to create the mattes and masters, which were combined subsequently in a film optical with the tea caddy shot.[3] 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.[4]

The series ran for 7 episodes that aired on Sundays on BBC Two.[5]

All 7 episodes of the series were released on a complete series DVD on two discs by Amazon on 11 May 2009.[6]