About this season
Comedienne Dawn French tackles dark, tongue-in-cheek thrillers as her various characters embark on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another, she is involved with murder — either committing the crime or even getting bumped off herself!
Episodes (6)
1. Frozen
Aired 19 February 1999 • 30 min
Faced with post-war rationing in the impoverished village of Skinton, sisters Lily and Iris share a secret supply of cakes stored in their freezer. But when the appliance breaks down, the arrival of a repairman leads to murder.
2. Going Solo
Aired 26 February 1999 • 30 min
Tracy Phillips and Karen Sullivan seem an unlikely team to set sail together on a round-the-world yacht race, and they do indeed prove to be ill-matched. Then they capsize.
3. Whoopi Stone
Aired 5 March 1999 • 30 min
WPC Barbara Greaves is a speed cop and bored housewife. A CDI officer offers her the challenge to bring three American drug barons to justice.
4. Confessions of a Murderer
Aired 19 March 1999 • 30 min
TV crime show addict Harriet Snellgrove dreams of being arrested herself, and is a regular visitor to Nuttley police station to confess to almost every crime committed in the area, but she is never believed. But will the police's repeated rejections lead her to actually commit murder?
5. Elvis, Jesus and Zack
Aired 26 March 1999 • 30 min
A TV producer fakes the death of a faded rock star in order to save her obituaries department.
6. Dinner at Tiffany's
Aired 2 April 1999 • 30 min
School mealtime supervisor Tiffany Drapes loves her job. This is in part because she is in love with Gloria, the alcoholic, gambling headmistress. But so is games teacher Evangeline....