The Wimbledon Poisoner - Part 1 (BBC 1994)

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The first episode of a two-part black comedy written by Nigel Williams.
Starring Robert Lindsay
Henry Farr, a Wimbledon solicitor, is desperate to rid himself of his wife. He settles on murder as his solution but, when the neighbours begin to drop dead at an alarming rate, Henry realizes that killing people is not quite as straightforward as he first thought.
Writer: Nigel Williams
Director: Robert Young
Producer: Linda Agran
Henry Farr: Robert Lindsay
Elinor Farr: Alison Steadman
Det Insp Russell Rush: Philip Jackson
Dr Donald Templeton: Larry Lamb
Karim Jackson: Art Malik
Maisie Farr: Mabel McKeown
No 47: Simon Chandler
Mrs 47: Wendy Nottingham
Gunther: Michael Mellinger
Mrs Gunther: Catherine Schell
David Sprott: Bill Stewart
Edwina Sprott: Melanie Kilburn
Sebastian Williams: Tim McMullan
Billykins: Vivienne Ritchie
Arfur Templeton: Joe Gecks
Graham Beamish: Andy de la Tour
Vera Loomis: Joan White
Gordon Macrae: Christopher Good
Lingalonga Boccherini: Mary Maddox
Caedmon Macrae: Matthew Owens
Wulfstan Macrae: Clovis Rau
Dent: Ian McNeice
Valerie Singleton: Valerie Singleton

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  • @fritula6200
    @fritula6200 Жыл бұрын

    The setting of neighbourhood is lovely, especially their house.

  • @Margaret-hs3zb
    @Margaret-hs3zb Жыл бұрын

    I love him, so so funny. Life was funny back then. Freedom RIP

  • @sansserif8839
    @sansserif88392 ай бұрын

    Brilliant writing and acting, and Art Malik's scene was perfect. Will need to watch this again a few times, am grateful this is available.

  • @spinrash6000
    @spinrash60007 ай бұрын

    Lol the British never disappoints 😅😅

  • @rosieHolliday5887
    @rosieHolliday5887 Жыл бұрын

    The speech at the funeral had me laughing out loud 🤣

  • @vienna227
    @vienna2274 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this! I saw it when it was first broadcast and searched for it ever since. I particularly wanted to hear the ending song....remembered from when I fell in love with it as a child. Hearing it again I am surprised how well I remembered it. It has been stuck in my head for decades and it was so great to finally listen to it again. It is such an eerie but pretty song with some elaborate key changes.

  • @user-ou5ix4nf2v

    @user-ou5ix4nf2v

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same story, but I watched it on Russian TV! Was it 20 years ago?

  • @petersvillage7447
    @petersvillage74474 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this. I missed it on original broadcast, but a week or two later I started going out with a girl who'd seen it, loved it, kept quoting it, made me read the books... As a result I've been checking KZread for this for about ten years!

  • @1940sDream
    @1940sDream5 ай бұрын

    1:22 I love Alison Steadman. She plays disagreeable to perfection-with adorableness!

  • @CissyBrazil
    @CissyBrazil Жыл бұрын

    I live in the Us so I haven’t known about this show. I find it hilarious though dark in some respects! Now on to part two!

  • @FiveDORRA
    @FiveDORRA11 ай бұрын

    This is amazing, great actors, And proper British humour

  • @yousukeangel
    @yousukeangel Жыл бұрын

    Inspector Japp is out here! smile

  • @anaasma989

    @anaasma989

    11 ай бұрын

    He’s still young here

  • @ConchitaCh

    @ConchitaCh

    5 ай бұрын

    So great to see him in his Poirot role 😅

  • @user-yn7yo1co3k

    @user-yn7yo1co3k

    5 ай бұрын

    I noticed him, too. 👍 Good catch.

  • @ajs41
    @ajs412 жыл бұрын

    I've been waiting for someone to upload this for ages! Thanks very much. I remember when it was first on, when I was about 13. Although - I was totally convinced it was originally broadcast in 1992, not 1994. Shows how memory can mislead you. I think this was Robert Lindsay's first big TV show since doing GBH in 1991.

  • @carolinebarnes6832
    @carolinebarnes6832 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this, it is pure gold. I think I might just have to watch it twice the acting is so good!

  • @vikramadoddamani

    @vikramadoddamani

    Жыл бұрын

    24 carat gold, eh? 😅

  • @cathydoyle8804
    @cathydoyle8804 Жыл бұрын

    Just discovered this channel! I am so pleased! This has maded my day 😊

  • @pamfrank3962
    @pamfrank3962 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this wonderful movie 🎬

  • @agnieszkasowinska7136
    @agnieszkasowinska71364 жыл бұрын

    At last!! Saw it once, years ago, and have been looking for it till now. A very very big Thank you! :-)

  • @diancourtright3650
    @diancourtright36505 күн бұрын

    Loved this movie!❤

  • @catlady6463
    @catlady64633 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much.been dying to see it again!

  • @dizzydino1

    @dizzydino1

    Жыл бұрын

    😅😊👍

  • @rosemariemcgowan6388
    @rosemariemcgowan6388 Жыл бұрын

    Very good.Thanks x

  • @user-qy9rt9cy2b
    @user-qy9rt9cy2b5 ай бұрын

    Really enjoying this cheers for the download

  • @bodnica
    @bodnica Жыл бұрын

    Wow, cast of my fav people! What a treat!

  • @olilumgbalu5653
    @olilumgbalu56537 күн бұрын

    When they're in the pub discussing Everett Maltby, the Wimbledon Poisoner, the doctor asks, "I wonder why he did it" and Henry replies, "To liven things up I suppose". I see what they did there...killing people "livens things up", very paradoxical.

  • @SmilerORocker
    @SmilerORocker Жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @natgarrison2300
    @natgarrison23008 күн бұрын

    Brillantly funny!!

  • @elizabethkeenan7063
    @elizabethkeenan70636 ай бұрын

    I read the book years ago so I was eager to see the screen play, I watched it the first time around and was impressed. It still holds up though some may niggle at the lack of sensitivity, but eh, anything that brings a smile is good with me.

  • @joannayeo9545
    @joannayeo9545 Жыл бұрын

    Alison Steadman throws one of the best purple fitted tantrums on screen imo.

  • @daydays12

    @daydays12

    10 ай бұрын

    She is a superb actress.

  • @joannayeo9545

    @joannayeo9545

    10 ай бұрын

    @@daydays12 Agree.

  • @daydays12

    @daydays12

    10 ай бұрын

    @@joannayeo9545 😀

  • @leilal8053
    @leilal8053 Жыл бұрын

    What a crackup....all the hubbies are at the grocery store at the same time! 😁

  • @MSYNGWIE12
    @MSYNGWIE12 Жыл бұрын

    Sir! I must complain! My wife was laughing, larkin' about watching this, NO HOUSEWORK WAS DONE! And at times you think "is it just our marriage-" Thanks, we both really needed a laugh as an unexpected death occurred- Namaste from Canada ( can't wait for Part 2- was Tibbles the Cat OK? I DID unload the dryer-!)

  • @HumanimalChannel
    @HumanimalChannel Жыл бұрын

    Very entertaining!

  • @daveyr3706
    @daveyr37062 жыл бұрын

    Some of the funniest shot ever

  • @viorelpiscanu9425
    @viorelpiscanu9425 Жыл бұрын

    INDEED Inspector Japp is back... But where is his counterpart " LITTLE Belgium guy with grey cells, Hercule Poirot!?" 😅😊❤

  • @user-yn7yo1co3k

    @user-yn7yo1co3k

    5 ай бұрын

    👍❤

  • @jasanders5877

    @jasanders5877

    4 ай бұрын

    Mon Ami

  • @user-yn7yo1co3k

    @user-yn7yo1co3k

    4 ай бұрын

    @@jasanders5877 💕💕💕

  • @hart1625
    @hart16253 ай бұрын

    The Wimbledon Poisoner (TV Mini Series 1994) / 6.3 Henry Farr, a mild-mannered lawyer in London, decides to murder his overbearing wife Elinor to end her bullying. His attempts to poison her backfire, leading to escalating events.

  • @dizzydino1
    @dizzydino1 Жыл бұрын

    😅 blimey. !!!! Hilarious!!! Monty Python would be proud and amused!!!!!!

  • @rosemariemcgowan6388
    @rosemariemcgowan6388 Жыл бұрын

    Of course Citizen Smith x

  • @fredflintstoner596
    @fredflintstoner59610 ай бұрын

    Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"

  • @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    13 күн бұрын

    👍🏻👏😅❤️

  • @davidstankiewicz2049
    @davidstankiewicz2049 Жыл бұрын

    Actually very good.

  • @kittyblak393
    @kittyblak3936 ай бұрын

    This was insane 😶😹😹😹😹🐈‍⬛️🐈‍⬛️🐈‍⬛️

  • @viorelpiscanu9425
    @viorelpiscanu9425 Жыл бұрын

    Nice good classic english comedy....

  • @shelleywinters6763
    @shelleywinters6763 Жыл бұрын

    She was the wife in Wilt as well, he fantasized killing her too. Also Tom Sharp story?

  • @miladydewinter7770
    @miladydewinter7770 Жыл бұрын

    A sprinkling of Ajax powder under a pizza topping or in a curry does the trick -- slowly slowly

  • @margyeoman3564

    @margyeoman3564

    3 ай бұрын

    Hahaha!

  • @miladydewinter7770

    @miladydewinter7770

    3 ай бұрын

    Trust me --- it works!@@margyeoman3564

  • @ifaiful
    @ifaiful2 жыл бұрын

    Will check later. But recall when he’s munching the chicken in the supermarket.

  • @streaming5332
    @streaming5332 Жыл бұрын

    He shouldn't have poisoned the cat.

  • @lindaedgehill2066
    @lindaedgehill206614 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @fredflintstoner596
    @fredflintstoner59610 ай бұрын

    EVER SEEN THE FILM HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE ? IT'S VERY GOOD I'VE SEEN IT SIX TIMES !

  • @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    13 күн бұрын

    🤣❤️

  • @SimonFurber
    @SimonFurber Жыл бұрын

    He’s very handsome.

  • @streaming5332

    @streaming5332

    Жыл бұрын

    only in a pinched pommy way

  • @SimonFurber

    @SimonFurber

    Жыл бұрын

    Like you are in a cheap tawdry way.

  • @streaming5332

    @streaming5332

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SimonFurber someone is very sensitive

  • @user-yn7yo1co3k

    @user-yn7yo1co3k

    5 ай бұрын

    Little too defensive.

  • @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    13 күн бұрын

    @@streaming5332Absolutely, definitely not in a coarse aussie way. 😅

  • @fritula6200
    @fritula6200 Жыл бұрын

    Where's Hercule Poirot )

  • @dixiefleming518
    @dixiefleming518 Жыл бұрын

    Tried watching but couldn't take the wife any longer.

  • @johnsmith-rs2vk
    @johnsmith-rs2vk2 жыл бұрын

    Hen Pecked ? You haven't seen anything yet !

  • @rosemariemcgowan6388
    @rosemariemcgowan6388 Жыл бұрын

    Guy needs headphones xx

  • @cristinadasilva9519
    @cristinadasilva9519 Жыл бұрын

    Fun. Very British 😊

  • @crouton0077
    @crouton0077 Жыл бұрын

    why does the theme music sound like the simpson s

  • @MadofaA
    @MadofaA Жыл бұрын

    This is a depiction of the neurodiverse marriage from before the expression even existed!

  • @anastasia10017
    @anastasia10017 Жыл бұрын

    why is he poisoning the cat ????

  • @margyeoman3564

    @margyeoman3564

    3 ай бұрын

    Didn't he give the cat some antidote when the Dr. flung it away.

  • @j.b.9260
    @j.b.92603 жыл бұрын

    Alison Steadman is gorgeous.

  • @adrianaheiler9794
    @adrianaheiler97943 жыл бұрын

    As much as I enjoy discovering new things with Robert Lindsay I haven't seen yet, I'm still surprised and annoyed by how much cringy slapstick he has done over the years. I saw him first in Hornblower where he was this great, dignified Captain, but it seems that truly was his peak performance back then 😣

  • @susiefoxy8130

    @susiefoxy8130

    Жыл бұрын

    He will always be Wolfie to me!

  • @fourstarfuel9702

    @fourstarfuel9702

    Жыл бұрын

    GBH iis a good one, but yes RL is basically Wolfie 😂

  • @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    13 күн бұрын

    Loved Hornblower.❤

  • @vikramadoddamani
    @vikramadoddamani Жыл бұрын

    That guy reminds me of Kevin Spacey. Similar temperament and personality 😅

  • @fourstarfuel9702

    @fourstarfuel9702

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, I wonder if they share the same interests?

  • @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    13 күн бұрын

    @@fourstarfuel9702That’s below the belt, and Spacey was acquitted.

  • @jasanders5877
    @jasanders58774 ай бұрын

    😂 soz this is an absolute load of CRAP 😱🤧😎💯 my head hurts so bad 😱🤢

  • @clivekemp1153
    @clivekemp1153 Жыл бұрын

    Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, it did. Boring, boring, boring is right.

  • @Margaret-hs3zb
    @Margaret-hs3zb Жыл бұрын

    Too much swearing

  • @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    13 күн бұрын

    I know, after all no one swears in real life!🤣

  • @SimonFurber
    @SimonFurber Жыл бұрын

    Ghastly London suburbia. So mediocre. So dreary. So dangerous.

  • @Maisiewuppp

    @Maisiewuppp

    17 күн бұрын

    That‘s the point, Sherlock!

  • @footfault
    @footfault4 жыл бұрын

    Unfunny, slow, ugly waste of time. The writers must be demented, and the actors desperate for work. Give it a miss.

  • @cruisepaige

    @cruisepaige

    4 жыл бұрын

    I couldn’t agree more. It’s horrible. Unless you want to cringe for hours and hours while a guy portrays an obnoxious narcissistic sociopath.

  • @ProfoundMisunderstanding

    @ProfoundMisunderstanding

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cruisepaige That's exactly what I want (after I've had a lonely drink)!

  • @ifaiful

    @ifaiful

    2 жыл бұрын

    Different times; it was thought acceptable then.

  • @sharonthomas9929

    @sharonthomas9929

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ProfoundMisunderstanding and me Sergey

  • @sharonthomas9929

    @sharonthomas9929

    2 жыл бұрын

    OK

  • @reinadegrillos
    @reinadegrillos2 жыл бұрын

    Overacting. Repulsive. Not funny. Farsical at it's worst.

  • @Maisiewuppp

    @Maisiewuppp

    17 күн бұрын

    It‘s called satire. Well acted, harmless and witty. There’s no accounting for taste but no call for ugly comments.

  • @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    13 күн бұрын

    It’s ‘Farcical’.

  • @Mr71paul71
    @Mr71paul7123 күн бұрын

    Over acted Trippe

  • @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    @user-fq8rs7rz3i

    13 күн бұрын

    Do you mean ‘tripe’?😅

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