Murder in Successville
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Murder in Successville is a British semi-improvised comedy-drama TV series that parodies crime procedurals by placing celebrity guests into a surreal town populated by caricatured versions of real-world stars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Murder in Successville canonical | 3 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
semi-improvised television series
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television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | original concept by Tiger Aspect ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | television ⓘ |
| character | DI Desmond Sleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distribution | United Kingdom television ⓘ |
| episodeStructure | each episode features a different celebrity guest partner ⓘ |
| features |
caricatured versions of real-world celebrities
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celebrity guest stars ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2015 ⓘ |
| format | semi-improvised ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
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crime parody ⓘ improvisational comedy ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasFormat | case-of-the-week ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | DI Desmond Sleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff | Murderville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspired | Murderville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2017 ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 18 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Three NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleaseEnd | 2017 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart | 2015 ⓘ |
| parodies | crime procedural television series ⓘ |
| plotElement | celebrity guest helps solve a murder case ⓘ |
| portrays | Tom Davis as DI Desmond Sleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Tiger Aspect Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Tiger Aspect Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | fictional town of Successville ⓘ |
| stars | Tom Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
mockumentary elements
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surreal comedy ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| theme |
parody of celebrity culture
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spoof of police procedurals ⓘ |
| uses |
celebrity impersonations
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improvised dialogue ⓘ |
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