Murder In Successville

Celebrity Mark Wright wanders into Successville this week to help DI Sleet crack another crime. As ever, poor old Mark has no idea what's happening and has no script to work from. The Towie star-turned-radio DJ just has to be game for a laugh and willing to play along with a relatively straight face.

Sleet and his new recruit get to know one another with some chat about their various approaches to lovemaking, with Sleet saying after he's "laid down some sex" he likes to issue feedback forms. He asks Wright to explain some adventurous positions, and the poor man can't help but break character and giggle. Then the "sexual warriors" go off to track down a drug dealer, with help from local grass Daniel Radcliffe. And when they try to interrogate a crook he sneers, in a wild Scottish accent: "Ah've had a mair thorough grilling than that aff a set of fairy lights!"

Murder in Successville, review

The show's format has the potential to get stale quite quickly. But it still feels like it's at the sharper end of comedy's cutting edge.

Preview: Murder In Successville, BBC3

There is certainly a lot of improvisation about at the moment. We reviewed this yesterday and there is this show at the Soho Theatre. But there is nothing quite like BBC Three's Murder In Successville, which features real celebrities winging it to crack a fictional killing alongside comedians playing it for laughs.

Tom Davis interview

I couldn't turn down the chance to speak to the very talented Tom Davis again to find out more about making the second series, what this year's celebrities were like and why it's the best job he's ever had. Here's what he had to say...

How the most complicated comedy on TV made it big

It crosses a cop show with reality TV and the lead doesn't have a clue what's going on. So why are stars like Paul Whitehouse desperate to get involved?

Meet the new inhabitants of Successville

To celebrate, the good folk at Tiger Aspect have let us in on a little more about this year's murder victims and the suspects, who is playing who, and exactly when you'll be able to see them... plus a set of exclusive images across this post of most of our regulars in action. You'll probably notice there's a distinct lack of Paul Kaye in this images, but more on that one soon... until then, here's a run-down of each episode!

Will Successville be back for a second series?

Murder in Successville star Tom Davis has revealed he wants David and Victoria Beckham to guest on a second series.

Disused university accommodation used by Successville

A BBC comedy series has made a disused students accommodation in Trent Park its makeshift set.