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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 2, Episode 2 - Miranda

Murder In Successville. Image shows from L to R: Mark Wright, DI Sleet (Tom Davis). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions
D.I. Sleet is joined by TV personality Mark Wright, who takes on the role of his cop sidekick.

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Further details

D.I. Sleet and Mark Wright are tasked with cleaning up the streets of Successville. Chief Ramsay wants them to eradicate a new lethal drug, nicknamed 'Miranda'. The duo's first port of call is to meet Daniel Radcliffe, a shady snitch, who has agreed to reveal the dealer responsible for the deadly drug. Unfortunately he is shot dead before exposing the truth. Looks like the detectives have a good old-fashioned murder mystery on their hands. Time to head to the seedier side of town to meet some dangerous Successville drug dealers.

Mark quickly discovers that handsome good looks only get you so far in policing. The suspects the cop duo meet this week are:

Biker Gang Leader Paul Hollywood. Mark has to go undercover to infiltrate a biker gang in an attempt to befriend their leader. Is Paul Hollywood capable of murder?

Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly. Two Successville residents that have fallen from grace through drug use and now live in a crack den. Can these two local druggies possibly have committed murder?

Frankie Boyle. A cruel and psychotic cartel leader who clearly has no respect for the police. But is he crazy enough to have killed Radcliffe?

Having met all the suspects, Mark must decide who shot Radcliffe and who had been peddling the drug Miranda on the street. Have you been paying attention? Did you spot enough clues to work out who the killer was?

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Time
10am
Channel
BBC Three
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Tom Davis DI Sleet
Liam Hourican Gordon Ramsay
Guest cast
Luke Kempner Daniel Radcliffe
Cariad Lloyd Claudia Winkleman
Neil Maskell Frankie Boyle
Rachel Parris Tess Daly
Tony Way Paul Hollywood
Mark Wright Self
Writing team
Tom Davis Writer
Liam Hourican Writer (Additional Material)
Nico Tatarowicz Script Editor
Joel Morris Writer
Jason Hazeley Writer
Luke Kempner Writer (Additional Material)
Cariad Lloyd Writer (Additional Material)
Tony Way Writer (Additional Material)
Rachel Parris Writer (Additional Material)
Neil Maskell Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
James De Frond Director
Avril Spary Producer
Andy Brereton Executive Producer
Pinki Chambers Executive Producer
Calum Ross Editor
Antony Cartlidge Production Designer
Waen Shepherd Composer

Video

Mark's doggy style

Sleet and Mark Wright talk about sexual techniques.

Featuring: Tom Davis (DI Sleet) & Mark Wright.

Press

Celebrity Mark Wright wanders into Successville this week to help DI Sleet crack another crime. As ever, poor old Mark has no idea what's happening and has no script to work from. The Towie star-turned-radio DJ just has to be game for a laugh and willing to play along with a relatively straight face.

Sleet and his new recruit get to know one another with some chat about their various approaches to lovemaking, with Sleet saying after he's "laid down some sex" he likes to issue feedback forms. He asks Wright to explain some adventurous positions, and the poor man can't help but break character and giggle. Then the "sexual warriors" go off to track down a drug dealer, with help from local grass Daniel Radcliffe. And when they try to interrogate a crook he sneers, in a wild Scottish accent: "Ah've had a mair thorough grilling than that aff a set of fairy lights!"

Julie McDowall, The National (Scotland), 22nd June 2016

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