Murder In Successville. DI Sleet (Tom Davis). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions
Murder In Successville

Murder In Successville

  • TV comedy
  • BBC Three
  • 2015 - 2017
  • 18 episodes (3 series)

Hybrid semi-improvised comedy format in which celebrities join Tom Davis, as DCI Sleet, to solve murder investigations. Also features Liam Hourican, Nico Tatarowicz, Cariad Lloyd, Luke Kempner, Colin Hoult and Jenny Bede

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Series 1, Episode 4 - Mayor The Force Be With You

Murder In Successville. Image shows from L to R: Dermot O'Leary, DI Sleet (Tom Davis). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions
DI Sleet is joined by TV presenter Dermot O'Leary to find out who murdered Amanda Holden, Mayor Simon Cowell's PA.

Preview clips

Further details

Who killed Amanda Holden, who was the PA to mayor Simon Cowell?

The suspects are:

Miley Cyrus - Who runs Successville's nursing home.

Jessie J - martial arts expert and Sleet's old sensei.

Alan Sugar - owner of Successville's sweetshop.

After meeting all three suspects, Dermot and Sleet get a tip-off that Mayor Cowell has been moved, and they only have minutes left before he is blown to pieces. They learn that to diffuse the bomb they must type in the name of the kidnapper.

Has Dermot seen enough to get it right? Have you been paying attention? Did you spot enough clues to work out who killed Amanda Holden and kidnapped the mayor?

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 27th May 2015
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Three
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 28th May 2015 12:00am BBC3
Thursday 28th May 2015 3:30am BBC3
Friday 29th May 2015 12:30am BBC3
Saturday 30th May 2015 2:10am BBC3
Sunday 31st May 2015 1:15am BBC3
Monday 1st June 2015 12:00am BBC3
Monday 1st June 2015 2:30am BBC3
Tuesday 2nd June 2015 1:30am BBC3
Saturday 20th June 2015 2:15am BBC3
Friday 18th September 2015 10:30pm BBC3
Saturday 19th September 2015 1:45am BBC3
Friday 25th December 2015 2:10am BBC3

Cast & crew

Cast
Tom Davis DI Sleet
Liam Hourican Gordon Ramsay
Nico Tatarowicz Sid Lowecroft
Guest cast
Jenny Bede Jessie J
Ricky Grover Alan Sugar
Liam Hourican Mayor Cowell
Marie Lawrence Lana Del Rey
Cariad Lloyd Miley Cyrus
Dermot O'Leary Self
Writing team
Toby Davies Writer
Liam Hourican Writer (Additional Material)
Aiden Spackman Writer (Additional Material)
Jenny Bede Writer (Additional Material)
Cariad Lloyd Writer (Additional Material)
Ricky Grover Writer (Additional Material)
Marie Lawrence Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
James De Frond Director
Sophie Cousens Series Producer
Andy Brereton Executive Producer
Ed Sleeman Executive Producer
Calum Ross Editor
Antony Cartlidge Production Designer
Waen Shepherd Composer

Videos

Dermot O'Leary's talk on ships in bottles

Miley Cyrus asks undercover Dermot O'Leary to give a talk to the elderly about ships in bottles.

Featuring: Tom Davis (DI Sleet), Dermot O'Leary & Cariad Lloyd (Miley Cyrus).

Dermot O'Leary holds a surprise leaving party

A member of the force is leaving and Sleet asks Dermot O'Leary to start the surprise party... things don't go quite according to plan.

Featuring: Tom Davis (DI Sleet), Dermot O'Leary & Nico Tatarowicz (Sid Lowecroft).

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