This post details the instalments in the very funny murder mystery series, The Draper’s Tours Trilogy by Jason Cook. Starring Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson.
Starting as a TV movie series with 3 films, which is now available to watch online for US and UK viewers.
Update July 2023: If you’re looking to watch this series online in the UK, they are available BBC iPlayer. For US viewers you can stream them with BritBox’s Prime Video channel – free 7 day trial available. Plus details of the sequel series, Murder, They Hope included in my post below.
For more top new crime comedy UK TV shows, see my posts listed below.
The Draper’s Tours Trilogy
The Draper’s Tours Trilogy, a series of murder mystery comedy specials written by Jason Cook and starring Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson. (Each chapter title a spoof on a famous mystery story or reference!)
1. Murder on the Blackpool Express
First Aired: November 2017 | Duration: 92 minutes | Director: Simon Delaney | Writer: Jason Cook | IMDb Rating: 6.2/10 (960) | Watch in US: BritBox Amazon Channel.
Plot: A Blackpool coach driver and a female tour guide get caught up in a whodunit mystery when someone starts bumping off their passengers – the elderly fans of a crime novelist who’s showing them places that inspired his works – one by one. [Source: Amazon]
2. Death on the Tyne
First Aired: May 2018 | Duration: 91 minutes | Director: Ed Bye | Writer: Jason Cook | IMDb Rating: 6.0/10 (577) | Watch in US: BritBox Amazon Channel.
Plot: There is a serial killer loose on the overnight ferry from Newcastle to Amsterdam.
Draper’s Tours hostess Gemma Draper & her trusty coach driver Terry must help identify the killer before the sabotaged ship sinks. [Source: Amazon]
3. Dial M for Middlesbrough
First Aired: December 2019 | Duration: 92 minutes | Director: Ed Bye | Writer: Jason Cook | IMDb Rating: 5.7/10 (439) | Watch in US: BritBox Amazon Channel.
Plot: Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson are back on board their macabre tour bus for another deadly trip, this time heading to Middlesbrough.
Terry and Gemma of Draper’s Tours find themselves forced to take refuge at a sinister and dilapidated caravan park. [Source: Amazon]
Murder, They Hope
For details of the sequel series: Murder, They Hope Crime Comedy Series – New on iPlayer.
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