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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Murder in Successville, review
The show's format has the potential to get stale quite quickly. But it still feels like it's at the sharper end of comedy's cutting edge.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 16th June 2016Preview: Murder In Successville, BBC3
There is certainly a lot of improvisation about at the moment. We reviewed this yesterday and there is this show at the Soho Theatre. But there is nothing quite like BBC Three's Murder In Successville, which features real celebrities winging it to crack a fictional killing alongside comedians playing it for laughs.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th June 2016Tom Davis interview
I couldn't turn down the chance to speak to the very talented Tom Davis again to find out more about making the second series, what this year's celebrities were like and why it's the best job he's ever had. Here's what he had to say...
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 10th June 2016How the most complicated comedy on TV made it big
It crosses a cop show with reality TV and the lead doesn't have a clue what's going on. So why are stars like Paul Whitehouse desperate to get involved?
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 4th June 2016Meet the new inhabitants of Successville
To celebrate, the good folk at Tiger Aspect have let us in on a little more about this year's murder victims and the suspects, who is playing who, and exactly when you'll be able to see them... plus a set of exclusive images across this post of most of our regulars in action. You'll probably notice there's a distinct lack of Paul Kaye in this images, but more on that one soon... until then, here's a run-down of each episode!
The Velvet Onion, 4th June 2016Filming starts on Murder In Successville Series 2
Mark Wright, Emma Bunton and Chris Kamara will be amongst the guest stars in Series 2 of BBC Three's Murder In Successville.
British Comedy Guide, 21st January 2016Series 2 for Murder In Successville
BBC Three has ordered a second series of hit investigative comedy hybrid show Murder In Successville.
British Comedy Guide, 14th October 2015Will Successville be back for a second series?
Murder in Successville star Tom Davis has revealed he wants David and Victoria Beckham to guest on a second series.
Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 24th June 2015Disused university accommodation used by Successville
A BBC comedy series has made a disused students accommodation in Trent Park its makeshift set.
Charlie Peat, This Is Local London, 14th June 2015Review: Murder In Successville, Louis Smith, BBC3
And so this weirdly wonderful improvised whodunnit series comes to an end with Olympic gymnast Louis Smith, as the tabloids would say, as you've never seen him before. And not just because, as you can see in the picture here, he dons a dress at one point, but because he is forced to think on his feet, not just jump around on them.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th June 2015