There was a British comedy called Murder Most Horrid; it was an anthology, and it seemed like they killed off most of the characters in every episode (I’ve only seen a few). Dawn French was the star, playing a different character each time, of course. There’s one episode that’s very James-Bondish, with Dawn blackmailed into taking the place of a professional assassin. And what with not having much experience with wrist-mounted poison dart guns and such, accidents will happen. The body count is probably a dozen in 30 minutes.
If anyone knows where I can find copies of this (that episode, in particular) I’d be grateful. I can barely find anyone who’s even heard of it.
No, but thanks for checking. It’s the right Dawn French, of course, but I’m not quite sure why a “Murder Most Horrid” search on Amazon brings up that page when they don’t actually have that show.
There are tapes at amazon.co.uk, but they’re in PAL format. I’d accept a PAL DVD, since I’m planning to get another player with a built-in converter (first one broke), but analog converters are expensive. I just found a website for a company that will do the conversion; I may have to go that route.
Lonesome Dove had quite a few characters die…Sean, Roscoe, Janey, Joe, Jake, Elmira and her two hangers-on, Dee Boot, Deets, Gus…and that’s not even counting the bad guys who die in droves.
The main ones left are Clara, Lorena, Call, July and Newt.