S1.E4

Murder at Moorstones Manor

Episode aired Oct 11, 1977
TV-14
30m

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Iain Cuthbertson in Ripping Yarns (1976)

Sir Clive Chiddingfield invites his family to his birthday party at lonely Moorstones Manor but in the course of the evening half of those present are murdered one by one and the remaining s... Read allSir Clive Chiddingfield invites his family to his birthday party at lonely Moorstones Manor but in the course of the evening half of those present are murdered one by one and the remaining survivors except for Lady Chiddingfield each admit to being the killer,eventually shooting ... Read allSir Clive Chiddingfield invites his family to his birthday party at lonely Moorstones Manor but in the course of the evening half of those present are murdered one by one and the remaining survivors except for Lady Chiddingfield each admit to being the killer,eventually shooting each other.

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Michael Palin

Charles Chiddingfold…

Isabel Dean

Lady Chiddingfold

Iain Cuthbertson

Dr. Farson

Frank Middlemass

Father

Harold Innocent

Manners

Candace Glendenning

Dora

Ann Zelda

Ruth
(as Anne Zelda)

Barbara New

Jehovah's Witnesses

Gilly Flower

Jehovah's Witnesses

Jim Delaney

Double for Father
(uncredited)

Shirley English

Double for Ruth
(uncredited)

Stuart Fell

Stunt Double for Charles
(uncredited)

Derek Hunt

Double for Hugo
(uncredited)

Director
- Terry Hughes
Writers
- Michael Palin
- Terry Jones
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Trivia
The scene involving the Jehovah's Witnesses (played by Barbara New and Gilly Flower) was broadcast in the original transmission of this episode in October 1977 but was removed from the transmission when repeats of this episode were broadcast later. The DVD shows the shorter/cropped version of the episode but gives viewers the chance to watch this dropped scene, as well as others, separately, in a special four-minute bonus feature entitled The Mystery of the Missing Morsel of Murder at Moorstones Manor (2004).

Goofs
When Dora is shown lost during the night on the Moors, she is wearing a cardigan which she was not wearing in the car or when she finally arrives at the Manor.

Quotes
Father: I'd rather have a box of fish than a son like that!

Soundtracks
Aquatint
(uncredited)
Music by Max Saunders
Boosey & Hawkes Music Ltd

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6/10

Murder at Moorstones Manor

A parody of Agatha Christie. A wealthy, eccentric family of looney tunes. A big mansion, a servant and people dying.

Car obsessed Hugo is visiting Moorstones Manor for his father's birthday. Father is obsessed with war stories and thrashing people. Over the course of dinner several people drop dead, brother Charles is the likely suspect. He is forever holding a gun that seems to go off and is keen on having the will read.

Murder at Moorstones Manor gets farcical and ever so absurd as it goes along. The cast takes it ever so seriously which makes it deliciously fun.