Partners in crime
JOHNNY VEGAS AND SIAN GIBSON return in the witty whodunnit
ANOTHER BATCH OF baffling murder cases challenge private detectives Terry and Gemma to their limits in the second series of Gold’s offbeat comedy Murder, They Hope.
As the new three-parter begins, the former coach-tour operators, who now run their own detective agency, are getting ready to tie the knot.
First, however, the pair (played by Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson) have to go undercover at a relationship counselling retreat in the wilderness, after the course leaders receive death threats and a killer soon starts picking off the group…
‘Gemma and Terry are now preparing for their wedding, but Gemma decides to fit in one last case before the big day,’ reveals Gibson, 46, who came to fame in Car Share. ‘And, as always, trouble seems to follow them around.’
WEDDING WOES
Later in the run, a death at their wedding causes further turmoil, plus Terry’s past comes back to haunt him. To add to their woes, imprisoned serial killer Willy Watkins (Lee
Mack), who Gemma and Terry unmasked in the first series, vows that the couple haven’t heard the last of him…
‘Gemma and Terry begin the series as a team but there’s a huge test to their relationship,’ teases Gibson. ‘There’s much more drama between them both. But then they become embroiled in an even bigger plot.’
A host of famous faces play the outlandish
murder suspects. Hugh Dennis, Tamzin Outhwaite, Vicki Pepperdine and Claire Skinner guest in the opening episode, while Sally Phillips and Sandi Toksvig appear later in the run.
NEW FACES
Sherrie Hewson also joins the cast this series as Gemma’s mum, Patricia, and Sarah Hadland is back as Gemma’s sister, Monica, along with Jason Manford as their brother, Freddie, and Shobna Gulati as Freddie’s police-officer wife, Vicky.
For Gibson, the show’s secret of success is its blend of intriguing murder mystery, high farce and endearingly silly gags.
‘Hopefully, it gives everyone some light relief and a bit of a laugh,’ she says. ‘It doesn’t take itself too seriously, and, after the rubbish couple of years we’ve had, I think it’s just what people need.’