Who remembers Murder in Mind?

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Who here remembers the fantastic BBC anthology show Murder in Mind that ran between 2001 and 2003 before being suddenly taken off the air.:mad: The excellent Anthony Horovitz (definitely spelled that one incorrectly!) helmed it and they had some fantastic actors involved such as Diana Rigg, Steve McFadden, Kevin Whately, Neil Morrissey, Pauline Quirke, Lucy Davis, David Suchet, James McAvoy, Gaynor Faye, Keeley Hawes and Annette Crosbie amongst others.

My favourite episode is the one involving Diana Rigg from the 3rd series where she exacts the ultimate revenge on the man whose childhood bullying drove her young son to suicide. An taut and expertly crafted episode with great performances and some killer twists(it's a real pity we don't see more of Diana Rigg on our screens nowadays). Others that come to mind incude the one where Adam Faith plays against type as a calculating contract killer and Pauline Quirke as a jealous spinster whose obsessive love for her boss turns sour.

Great storylines and a wealth of acting talent, I managed to buy the entire boxset reasonably cheap on Amazon over a year ago and loved it. Was anyone else a fan of this great show?
 
Yes, it's excellent and the three seasons were shown on one of the satellite channels (ITV3?) finishing in 5th June 2010. Apart from one episode called JUSTICE. I wonder why this was excluded, possibly a copyright issue or it offenRAB modern thinking in some way? If it's in your DVD set perhaps you might like to consider this and offer a possible explanation?
 
One of my favourite episodes was with Nigel Havers, which started with the crime and worked backwarRAB with a series of flashbacks going further and further back until the start of the story (and thus the motive) was revealed. So it wasn't a "whodunnit" (like most dramas), or "how does he prove it" (Columbo) but "why did he do it".
 
I loved this series. The neighbours ep was always my favourite.
I also liked the ep where two girls moved into a flat with a suspicious landlord. Where a serial killer was on the lose who kept killing young girls, but in the end it turned out to be the main character's best friend.
 
They were fantastic eps, Nigel Havers was really effective as a philandering villain:) I think the Neighbours episode was the highest rated episodes from the entire series surprisingly enough.
I loved the one where Nicholas Lyndhurst played against type as the tight-fisted landlord attempting to cover up his tenant's death by carbon monoxide poisoning. A far cry from Rodney that's for sure!!!!:p
 
I agree this was a brilliant series! Almost every episode an absolute gem.

I wish they'd commission a new series. This kind of drama is sadly missing from the schedules these days.
 
I thought you were referring to the excellent episode of the classic Thriller series by Brian Clemens that was called Murder In Mind and starred Richard Johnson
 
Was there one with Neil Morrisey stalking a children's author? I started watching that on ITV3 a few months ago and missed the end. Anyone know how it turned out? I have a feeling it was heading for some sort of dramatic twist.

IIRC there were a lot of famous actors all playing against their usual type. Wasn't Rob Brydon married to Panhandle from Cracker in one episode, and he murdered his wife's lover by donning a hoodie and pretending to be a mugger? Or am I getting mixed up with something else?
 
Thriller is another series Im really keen to check out, it seems to be in a similar vein to Murder in Mind.

In the Neil Morrissey ep, the victim manages to batter him and bundle him into the boot of her car however just as she is about to take out the body and dispose of it, he comes back to life and handcuRAB himself to her before she delivers the fatal blow...good twist!
Yeah Rob Brydon was playin a man whose wife was having an affair he killed her lover before she suddenly breaks the 4th wall with the audience and kills him
 
I caught a few of these episodes when they were shown on ITV3.1 of my favouriter episodes is "Vigilante".A Police officer and two mates pay a visit to a man, accused of being a 'paedophile' by the local press, intending to obtain the location of a local missing girl. However, events quickly spiral out of control and loyalties are put to the test.I also like the episodes "Landlord" & "Cornershop".

Am i right in thinking this was originally shown on a Sunday night maybe the 9pm slot?
 
Yeah I remember it. I caught a few episodes on the BBC. I watched the whole lot on ITV 3 when it was repeated.

I agree that the Rob Byrdon one is an excellent story. He is so creepy in it.

The Neil Morrissey stalker one is also good. Natasha Little is very good in that as well as the childrens' author.

I also remember the one with the shop keeper who keeps getting picked on.

The whole series was quite good. A sort of play for today but with a murder theme.
 
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