Murder Weekend

Synopsis

Televised murder mystery weekend with five parts, where celebrities turned detective and viewers were invited to phone in and solve the murder themselves.

Trivia

Those episode titles in full:

1. Dream of Monks A-Coughing: A Funeral's in the Offing
2. Dream of Gulls A-Screeching: Heed the Parson's Preaching
3. Dream of Toms A-Snarling: A Quarrel With Your Darling
4. Dream of Vipers Hissing: Your Favourite Dog's Gone Missing
5. Dream of Yaks A-Mooing: Sign of Your Undoing

Inventor

Devised and written by Joy Swift, based on her original "murder mystery weekend" concept which she launched in 1981. Swift's Murder Weekends company is still going strong today and she was awarded the MBE for services to tourism in 2001.

See also

Cluedo, The Murder Game

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