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| The Marlow Murder Club | |
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| Based on | The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Network | U&Drama |
| Release | 6 March 2024 – present |
The Marlow Murder Club is a British-American cosy mystery comedy-drama television series based on Robert Thorogood's series of novels set in the English town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire. [1] [2] The show is co-commissioned by UKTV and Masterpiece , airing in the UK on U&Drama and in the US on PBS, and streaming on U and PBS Passport, respectively. [3]
The first series of The Marlow Murder Club, consisting of a single story, was adapted by Thorogood from his original novel of the same name. The second series, which began airing in the UK on 19 March 2025, [4] consists of three two-part stories: the first adapted by Thorogood from his sequel novel, Death Comes to Marlow, and the second and third original stories by other writers.
In May 2025, the show was renewed for a third series, following the same three-story format as the second and including an adaptation of Thorogood's third Marlow novel, The Queen of Poisons. [5]
In series 1, retired archaeologist Judith Potts witnesses the murder of her neighbour, art gallery owner Stefan Dunwoody. She meets Becks Starling, the new vicar's wife, when she investigates Elliot Howard, an antiques dealer whom she suspects of the murder. The two join up with Suzie Harris, a professional dog walker, when Suzie's friend Iqbal Kassam, a cab driver, is also murdered. The police investigation is led by Detective Sergeant Tanika Malik, who initially tries to dissuade the three civilians from involvement but eventually hires them as advisers.
The three investigate several clues that seem to lead nowhere, including the murderer's use of a Nazi-era Luger pistol, the strange behaviour of local rowing instructor Liz Curtis, and medallions left in the victims' mouths, as well as the theft of a painting from Stefan's house and Iqbal's involvement in a contested will. Despite her suspicious behaviour, Liz becomes the third victim. Recalling her own complicity in her then-husband's criminal activities decades earlier leads Judith to realise that Liz behaved oddly not because she murdered Stefan or Iqbal, but because she feared her husband, Danny, had. Judith deduces that Danny, Stefan's nemesis, and the solicitor who stole Iqbal's inheritance worked together, each of them killing someone on another's behalf to ensure each had an alibi for the relevant murder.
| Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| 1 | 4 | 6 March 2024 | 6 March 2024 | |
| 2 | 6 | 19 March 2025 | 19 March 2025 [a] | |
Series 1 was released as two 90-minute episodes in the UK, but as four 45-minute episodes in the US. It consists of a single serialised story.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [a] | U.S. air date [6] |
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| 1 | "Episode 1" | Steve Barron | Robert Thorogood | 6 March 2024 | 27 October 2024 (part 1) 3 November 2024 (part 2) |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Steve Barron | Robert Thorogood | 6 March 2024 | 10 November 2024 (part 1) 11 November 2024 (part 2) |
Series 2 consists of three stories, each split into two 45-minute episodes in both the UK and the US.
| No. overall | No. in series | Title [7] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [a] | U.S. air date [6] | |||||||
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| 3 | 1 | "Death Comes to Marlow" | Steve Barron | Robert Thorogood | 19 March 2025 | 24 August 2025 | |||||||
| 4 | 2 | 31 August 2025 | |||||||||||
Sir Peter Bailey, a baronet living in Marlow, contacts Judith to request her presence at a party the day before his wedding, fearing "something might happen". During the party, he is killed by a falling cabinet in a locked room. Under pressure from Greenly to treat the death as accidental, Tanika asks the murder club to surreptitiously investigate on her behalf. Meanwhile, Judith also investigates secret messages in the Maidenhead Advertiser's crossword; Suzie deals with her daughter, Zeta's, departure for university; and Becks and Colin try to plan a date. Guest stars: James Wilby as Sir Peter Bailey; Yuna Shin as Jenny Page, Sir Peter's nurse and fiancée; Tom Stourton as Tristram Bailey, Sir Peter's son; Emily Bevan as Rosanna Bailey, Sir Peter's daughter; Caroline Langrishe as Lady Bailey, Sir Peter's ex-wife. | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | "Death on the Close" | Steve Barron | Lucia Haynes | 19 March 2025 | 7 September 2025 | |||||||
| 6 | 4 | 14 September 2025 | |||||||||||
A loan officer with no apparent connections to Marlow is found stabbed in a near-abandoned close in Marlow under redevelopment. The following day, land developer Grace Wellingborough discovers the body of Seb Teller, a petty criminal killed several years earlier. The police and murder club investigate both murders, while Judith discovers her Aunt Jess had a secret love affair, and Becks has secretive meetings with an attractive art teacher. Guest stars: Samantha Womack as Caroline Wingrove; Patrick Robinson as Phil Wingrove, Caroline's husband; Florence Keith-Roach as Kerry Butler, Caroline and Phil's neighbour; Andrew Knott as Dean Butler, Kerry's husband; Nina Sosanya as Grace Wellingborough, a land developer; Pete Lee-Wilson as John Teller, a former burglar. | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | "Sailing Close to the Wind" | Katherine Churcher | Julia Gilbert | 19 March 2025 | 21 September 2025 | |||||||
| 8 | 6 | 28 September 2025 | |||||||||||
Mr Eddingham discovers a 1,500-year-old skeleton on land owned by the local pub's landlady, Lynne, prompting an archaeological excavation. Across the river, a member of the local sailing club is murdered. Guest stars: Hugh Quarshie as Prof. Darius Gifford, an archaeologist; Dominic Mafham as James Wyckham, the sailing club commodore; Abigail Cruttenden as Hayley Wyckham, James' wife and the club's house manager; Elizabeth Bennett as Ursula Liddington, the club secretary; Ewan Bailey as Gregg Cooper, the club's rear commodore and Tanika's chief suspect; Camilla Beeput as Jackie Tynham, a friend of Suzie's; James Gaddas as Harry Tynham, Jackie's father, also a suspect; Lizzie Roper as Lynne Hawkins, landlady of the Bounty pub; Mark Quartley as Jed Hawkins, Lynne's son. | |||||||||||||
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