Murder, She Wrote
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes is the
Murder, She Wrote pilot episode that first aired
September 30,
1984 on
CBS.
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest is the first
Murder, She Wrote TV movie that first aired
November 2,
1997 on
CBS.
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For is the second
Murder, She Wrote TV movie that first aired
May 18,
2000 on
CBS.
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man is the third
Murder, She Wrote TV movie that first aired
May 2,
2001 on
CBS.
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle is the fourth and last
Murder, She Wrote TV movie that first aired
May 9,
2003 on
CBS.
DVD Releases
On
July 12 2006 it was confirmed by Universal Home Entertainment that
Murder, She Wrote The Complete Fourth Season is going to be released on
October 17 2006 [
1].
The Bonus Material on the Season 4 DVD has been announced as being an episode from Season 5!
See here...Season | Release Date |
Region 1 | |
DVD Box Art
Image:Msws1.jpg|The Complete First SeasonImage:Msws2.jpg|The Complete Second SeasonImage:Msws3.jpg|The Complete Third SeasonImage:Msws4.jpg|The Complete Fourth SeasonMurder, She Wrote has been broadcast in many countries around the world, and is repeated regularly in many of them.
| Country | Channel | Title | Translation | Language | Seasons on DVD |
|---|
| Australia | Network Ten & TV1 | Murder, She Wrote | Murder, She Wrote | English | 1, 2 & 3 |
| Brasil | Universal Channel | Assassinato por Escrito | Written Murder | Portuguese dubbed |
| Canada | | Murder, She Wrote | Murder, She Wrote | English | 1, 2 & 3 (4 from October 17) |
| Czech Republic | TV Nova | To je vražda, napsala | Murder, She Wrote | Czech dubbed |
| Finland | YLE TV1 | Murhasta tuli totta | Murder became true |
| France | La Cinq | Arabesque | | French dubbed | 1 |
| Germany | RTL & Super RTL | Mord ist ihr Hobby | Murder is her hobby | German dubbed |
| Ireland | RTÉ ONE | Murder, She Wrote | Murder, She Wrote | English | 1, 2 & 3 |
| Italy | Rai Uno | La signora in giallo | The lady in yellow | Italian dubbed |
| Japan | NHK, Mystery Channel, LaLa TV, Chiba TV & Gunma TV | Jessica obasan no jikenbo | Aunt Jessica's case files | Japanese dubbed |
| Latin America | Reportera del crimen | The crime reporter |
| Netherlands | RTL 7 | Murder, She Wrote | Murder, She Wrote | English, Dutch subtitles | 1 |
| Spain | TVE & Calle 13 | Se ha escrito un crimen | A crime has been written | Spanish dubbed | 1 |
| Spain: Catalonia | TV3 | S'ha escrit un crim | A crime has been written | Catalan dubbed |
| Spain: Galicia | TVG | Escribeuse un crimen | A crime has been written | Galician dubbed |
| Sweden | TV3 | Mord och inga visor | Murder without melodies |
| UK | BBC ONE, UKTV Gold & UKTV Drama | Murder, She Wrote | Murder, She Wrote | English | 1, 2 & 3 |
| USA | A&E & The Biography Channel | Murder, She Wrote | Murder, She Wrote | English | 1, 2 & 3 (4 from October 17) |
*Though it might be difficult for fans of the series to picture anyone other than Lansbury in the lead role,
Murder, She Wrote was originally conceived as a vehicle for
Jean Stapleton, who had just finished a nine-year run on
All in the Family; when Stapleton decided she didn't want to commit to another television series, the role was offered to Lansbury.
*In the beginning, Fletcher was not even interested in publishing her first novel, and definitely not interested in sleuthing real-life cases. However, trouble usually followed her, and the formerly peaceful life she lived in Cabot Cove became a rarity, only showing up from time to time before she was involved in her next investigation.
*Despite Angela Lansbury's success in
Murder, She Wrote, she was not the
producer's original choice of star.
Jean Stapleton and
Doris Day were offered, and consecutively turned down, the main part.
*The show enjoyed a wide audience, and was for several years the longest-running mystery show on television. Throughout its run, countless notable stars played guest parts. In total there were 264 weekly episodes, and Lansbury subsequently reprised the character in four (to date) T.V. movies between
1997 and
2003.
*Although Lansbury was the show's main star, the series was arranged so that several episodes each year would focus upon one of her friends and their mystery-solving exploits, allowing Lansbury to appear only briefly in the episodes and take a break in filming. One of these recurring characters, a
private detective named Harry McGraw (
Jerry Orbach) was popular enough to garner his own, short-lived spinoff series in
1987,
The Law & Harry McGraw. The character of Jessica Fletcher also appeared in an episode of
Magnum, P.I. in
1986.
*Lansbury holds the record for the most Prime-time
Emmy Nominations for an
outstanding lead actress in a drama series: 12, one for every season 1984-1996â€"she never won (which is also a record).
*A series of original novels based upon
Murder, She Wrote began in the late 1980s and new books continue to be written and published; in keeping with the spirit of the TV show, the author credit for these books, which are written by
Coffee, Tea, or Me? author
Donald Bain, is shared with the fictitious "Jessica Fletcher".
*Exterior shots of "Cabot Cove" were filmed in
Mendocino, California.
*In Series 2, Episode 5,
Sing a Song of Murder, we learn Jessica has a cousin, Emma McGill, a music hall singer from London (who is also played by Angela Lansbury). She was named after Lansbury's mother, Moyna McGill. Emma appeared in two other episodes.
*In the UK some episodes were networked (shown nationally) by the
ITV Network and others were shown regionally.
Yorkshire Television were the most consistent and had the privilege of being the first ITV region to screen many episodes in their Tuesday 8pm slot. Other regions preferred
Falcon Crest in this slot.
*During the original ITV run in the UK, two commercial breaks were inserted into each episode. The first break always occurred at the point where the body had been discovered.
The Complete Third Season on DVD was originally going to have an episode from Season Four in its Bonus Materials section but was changed to the
Magnum, P.I. crossover episode "Novel Connection", thanks to the site owner of the
tvshowsondvd.com website, Gord Lacey. [
2]
*The fourth
Murder, She Wrote TV movie,
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle, was based on a novel by
Lyn Hamilton,
The Celtic Riddle.
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List of Murder, She Wrote episodes*[[List_of_fictional_books#From_Murder.2C_She_Wrote|List offictional books by J.B. Fletcher]]
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