Murder in Successville explained
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes (approx) |
| Creator: | Andy Brereton
Avril Spary |
| Starring: | Tom Davis |
| Producer: | Andy Brereton
Ed Sleeman |
| Director: | James de Frond |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Company: | Tiger Aspect Productions |
| Network: | BBC Three |
| Num Series: | 3 |
| Num Episodes: | 18 |
Murder in Successville is a British sitcom with improvisational elements created by Andy Brereton and Avril Spary. The series aired on BBC Three from 6 May 2015 to 24 May 2017. Murder in Successville stars Tom Davis as DI Desmond Sleet who is partnered with a guest celebrity every episode to solve a murder.[1] The cast of every episode includes impersonations of various celebrities who live in the fictional Successville.
Celebrities are transposed into fictional versions that fit into the setting of Successville, such as Alan Carr who in Successville's universe is a mobster and brother to Jimmy Carr. Liam Hourican appears as Police Chief Gordon Ramsay in each episode, introducing the guest celebrity at the start and revealing whether they have picked the correct killer at each episode's conclusion.
Cast
Celebrities who have participated include Jamie Laing, Greg James, Deborah Meaden, Dermot O'Leary, Chris Kamara, Richard Osman and Martin Kemp.
All episodes are set in the modern day, except the series 3 episode with Martin Kemp, who travelled back in time to the first murder in Successville.
| Actor | Role(s) |
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| Tom Davis | DI Sleet |
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| Liam Hourican | Gordon Ramsay, Simon Cowell |
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| Luke Kempner | Alan Carr, Brian Cox, Andy Murray, Russell Brand, Daniel Radcliffe, Tom Daley, Jeremy Kyle, Arsène Wenger, Bear Grylls, Declan Donnelly |
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| Cariad Lloyd | Darcey Bussell, Justin Bieber, Cheryl, Miley Cyrus, Angela Merkel, Claudia Winkleman, Hillary Clinton |
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| Colin Hoult | Gary Barlow, Jimmy Carr, Ian McKellen, David Tennant, Tony Blair, Adrian Chiles, Piers Morgan, Ant McPartlin |
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| Jenny Bede | Jessie J, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift |
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| Tony Way | Harry Styles, Paul Hollywood, Jamie Oliver |
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| Rachel Parris | Lady Gaga, Sarah Millican, Tess Daly |
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| Marie Lawrence | Lana Del Rey, Kim Kardashian, Lorraine Kelly, Paloma Faith, Sharon Osbourne, Helen - DI Sleet’s Sister in Law |
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| Jason Lewis | Barack Obama, Jay Z, Kanye West |
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| Harry Peacock | Niall Horan |
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| Frances Barber | Mary Berry |
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| Nick Mohammed | Dynamo |
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| Marek Larwood | Boris Johnson |
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| Ricky Grover | Lord Alan Sugar |
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| Tom Stourton | Mary Nightingale, Vladimir Putin, Neil - DI Sleet's brother |
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| Joseph Morpurgo | Shia LaBeouf |
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| Yasmine Akram | Nigella Lawson |
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| Justin Edwards | Jeremy Clarkson |
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| Paul Kaye | Louis Walsh |
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| Kerry Howard | Katy Perry, Madonna |
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| Ellie White | Cara Delevingne, Björk |
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| Neil Maskell | Frankie Boyle |
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| Doc Brown | Lewis Hamilton |
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| Paul Whitehouse | Len Goodman |
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| Kevin Bishop | John Bishop |
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| Jess Robinson | Lily Allen |
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| Tom Meeten | Richard Hammond |
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| Dan Renton Skinner | Bob Geldof |
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| Gemma Whelan | Adele |
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| Nico Tatarowicz | Sid Lowecroft |
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| Jamie Demetriou | Zayn Malik |
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| Tom Bennett | Conor McGregor, Michael McIntyre |
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| Terry Mynott | Bill Nighy, Jonathan Ross, David Walliams |
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| Perry Fitzpatrick | Phil Neville |
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| Samson Kayo | will.i.am |
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| Leo Armstrong | Darren Lowecroft |
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| Tim Grewcock | Cult leader |
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| Nick Oram | Cult leader |
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| Jessica Kennedy | Venus Williams |
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| Dominique Moore | Serena Williams |
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| Lydia Fraser | Beyoncé | |
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Episodes
Series overview
Series 3 (2017)
American adaptation
See main article: Murderville. In January 2022, it was announced that Netflix would be making an American adaptation of the series, titled Murderville. Murderville does away with the original series' concept of all the town residents being celebrity impersonations; instead, the townspeople (including all the murder suspects) are simply fictional characters.[2]
The Netflix adaptation is produced by and stars Will Arnett as the character senior detective Terry Seattle and features guest stars Conan O'Brien, Annie Murphy, Ken Jeong, Kumail Nanjiani, Marshawn Lynch and Sharon Stone. All six episodes of Murderville premiered on 3 February 2022.[3]
Notes and References
- Web site: BBC Three takes a trip to 'Successville' . Downes . Jade . 2 February 2015 . . 17 June 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005116/http://www.tigeraspect.co.uk/pr-and-media/bbc-three-takes-trip-successville/ . 5 March 2016.
- Web site: Rose. Lacey. 2022-01-13. Will Arnett, Netflix Team for Improvised, Star-Packed Whodunnit (Exclusive). 2022-01-13. The Hollywood Reporter. en-US.
- Web site: Leston . Ryan . Will Arnett Stars In a New Netflix Murder Mystery With an Improv Twist . . 14 January 2022. 21 January 2022.
