The Marlow Murder Club (TV series)

The Marlow Murder Club
Genre	Mystery
Based on	The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
Starring	Samantha Bond Jo Martin Cara Horgan
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	8
Original release
Network	U&Drama
Release	6 March 2024 (2024-03-06) – present

The Marlow Murder Club is a British cozy mystery television series based on Robert Thorogood's novel of the same name. ^{[1] [2]} The show originally aired on U&Drama and can be streamed on the U Streaming Service. ^[3]

The second series of The Marlow Murder Club, consisting of six episodes, began at 8pm on Wednesday 19 March 2025 on U&Drama HD. ^[4]

Plot

Series one

Three women (led by Judith Potts) investigate a series of killings in Marlow, Buckinghamshire (where Thorogood now lives with his family).

After two murders the trio are taken on as advisors to the police by DS Malik. They suspect a woman rower – until she is also killed and like the first two murders is left with a possibly Masonic medallion on her.

She is connected with the local rowing club, so there are several scenes of the river with rowers and with Potts having her regular swim in the river.

The murderers are three men, who kill on behalf of one of the other two – while ensuring that the man with a motive to dispose of the victim has a watertight alibi (like Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train ).

Cast

• Samantha Bond as Judith Potts (a retired archaeologist)
• Jo Martin as Suzie Harris (a dog-walker)
• Cara Horgan as Becks Starling (a vicar's wife)
• Natalie Dew as DS Tanika Malik (in charge of the investigation)
• Phillipa Peak as Liz Curtis
• Mark Frost as Danny Curtis
• Tijan Sarr as DC Jason Kennedy
• Daniel Lapaine as Elliot Howard
• Mark Fleischmann as Giles Bishop
• Phill Langhorne as DS Brendan Perry
• Cosmo as Jasper the cat
• Holli Dempsey as DC Alice Hackett
• Rita Tushingham as Mrs. Eddleston

Episodes

The first series consists of 2 x 90 minute episodes; the second series consists of 6 x 45 minute episodes.

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	2		6 March 2024 (2024-03-06)	7 March 2024 (2024-03-07)
2	6		19 March 2025 (2025-03-19)	19 March 2025 (2025-03-19)

Series one was released on PBS on October 27, 2024. ^[5] The two 90-minute episodes were split into four 45-minute episodes.

Two more series with the same characters have been commissioned, to be written by Lucia Haynes ( Vera ) and Julia Gilbert ( Midsomer Murders ). ^[6]

References

1. "The Marlow Murder Club review: Cosy crime series is fun, but struggles to stand out". Radio Times.
2. Wilson, Benji (6 March 2024). "The Marlow Murder Club, review: crime so cosy it's positively soporific". The Telegraph.
3. "The Marlow Murder Club | Release date, cast, news". www.freesat.co.uk | Freesat. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
4. "All you need to know about The Marlow Murder Club series 2 | Virgin Media". www.virginmedia.com. Virgin Media. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
5. "The Marlow Murder Club | Masterpiece | Official Site | PBS". PBS .
6. The New Zealand Listener (Auckland New Zealand) 17 August 2024, page 54

External links

• The Marlow Murder Club at IMDb