Murder on the Blackpool Express

This is a spoof of comedy murder mysteries of yesteryear. The type that would have Frankie Howerd in an old dark mysterious house.

Coach driver Terry (Johnny Vegas) and tour guide Gemma (Sian Gibson) run a not very successful coach tour company.

Their latest wheeze is to get mystery writer David (Griff Rhys Jones) as a special guest. The coach will stop off at setting where many of his stories will be set. The final destination is Blackpool Tower.

David plans to wring every penny out of the participants in the coach tour. Unfortunately at each stop a passenger gets brutally murdered, usually mimicking the death in David's books.

Eventually Terry and Gemma decide to solve the mystery themselves before they lose any more passengers.

With some well known names ranging from Nigel Havers to Una Stubbs. The comedy is not that funny and the mystery part is a lot of silliness.

Mildly daft and enjoyable, the guest stars give it some gusto. The subsequent sequels were poor.