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Ten contestants play the role of "special investigators" attempting to solve the murder of Catherine Prior, brutally stabbed in a church while preparing for her sister's wedding. Each episode, the investigators search for evidence and interact with actors filling the roles of the suspects and other people involved in the case; doing well in the investigation earns an investigator a "pass" which reduces their risk of being eliminated at the end of the episode. Each episode, two people are selected to play "the Killer's Game", with one surviving to continue the investigation and the other being "murdered", supposedly after a run-in with the murderer.

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Ten contestants play the role of "special investigators" attempting to solve the murder of Catherine Prior, brutally stabbed in a church while preparing for her sister's wedding. Each episode, the investigators search for evidence and interact with actors filling the roles of the suspects and other people involved in the case; doing well in the investigation earns an investigator a "pass" which reduces their risk of being eliminated at the end of the episode. Each episode, two people are selected to play "the Killer's Game", with one surviving to continue the investigation and the other being "murdered", "killed", supposedly after a run-in with the murderer.
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Ten contestants play the role of "special investigators" attempting to solve the murder of Catherine Prior, brutally stabbed in a church while preparing for her sister's wedding. Each episode, the investigators search for evidence and interact with actors filling the roles of the suspects and other people involved in the case; doing well in the investigation earns an investigator a "pass" which reduces their risk of being eliminated at the end of the episode. Each episode, two people are selected to play "the Killer's Game", with one surviving to continue the investigation and the other being eliminated, supposedly after a run-in with the murderer.

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Ten contestants play the role of "special investigators" attempting to solve the murder of Catherine Prior, brutally stabbed in a church while preparing for her sister's wedding. Each episode, the investigators search for evidence and interact with actors filling the roles of the suspects and other people involved in the case; doing well in the investigation earns an investigator a "pass" which reduces their risk of being eliminated at the end of the episode. Each episode, two people are selected to play "the Killer's Game", with one surviving to continue the investigation and the other being eliminated, "murdered", supposedly after a run-in with the murderer.
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* EliminationHoudini: [[spoiler:Andrew gets gets selected for the Killer's Game in every episode except the first and one about halfway through. He comes back alive every time, and eventually identifies the murderer and wins the game.]]
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''The Murder Game'' is a British murder-mystery themed reality/game show based on the format of the US show ''Series/MurderInSmallTownX''. It ran for a single season in 2003.

Ten contestants play the role of "special investigators" attempting to solve the murder of Catherine Prior, brutally stabbed in a church while preparing for her sister's wedding. Each episode, the investigators search for evidence and interact with actors filling the roles of the suspects and other people involved in the case; doing well in the investigation earns an investigator a "pass" which reduces their risk of being eliminated at the end of the episode. Each episode, two people are selected to play "the Killer's Game", with one surviving to continue the investigation and the other being eliminated, supposedly after a run-in with the murderer.

In the final episode, the field has been narrowed to two investigators and two suspects, and the investigator who correctly identifies the murderer wins the game.

!!This series provides examples of:

* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: Used to keep the suspense going. Several suspects, including the last to be eliminated before the endgame, turn out to have solid alibis that they neglected to mention earlier either because they didn't want to explain what they were up to or just because it slipped their mind in the excitement.
* BigSecret: At least one of the suspects lies about their whereabouts during the murder because what they were really doing would have got them in trouble of a different kind.
* ChaseScene:
** There's a car chase in an early episode.
** The final episode has two gratuitous chase scenes, involving boats and motorcycles, one for each of the remaining suspects.
* ConfessionCam: The investigators' HQ is equipped with a sound-proofed room which is used during elimination voting and in the final episode when the surviving contestants lay out their answers to the mystery, but also throughout the series for confession cam monologues.
* CreepyCrows: There's one in the title card at the beginning and end of each episode.
* CriminalMindGames: The murderer engages in this, leaving taunting messages and clues for the investigators.
* DaChief: Retired real-life homicide detective Bob Taylor plays this role for the investigators. He's a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, but with a good line of snark when an investigator lets the side down.
* EliminationHoudini: [[spoiler:Andrew gets gets selected for the Killer's Game in every episode except the first and one about halfway through. He comes back alive every time, and eventually identifies the murderer and wins the game.]]
* EnhanceButton: Used to determine where the kidnapper's ransom video was filmed.
* {{Facecam}}: People sent out to play the Killer's Game are equipped with one to capture their reactions.
* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: One of the locations for the Killer's Game is Dead End Farm.
* LaserSight: During the stand-off with the kidnapper, the kidnapper uses one.
* MurdererPOV: Used at various points when the murderer is lurking around the investigators, distinguished by being green-tinted night-vision footage. (Most of the lurking happens at night, but there's at least one occurrence that happens in broad daylight but is still green-tinted so the audience is in no doubt about who it is.)
* NeverOneMurder: One of the suspects is done in by the real murderer about halfway through after being too helpful to the investigation. Not to mention all those eliminated investigators...
* PreviouslyOn: Used in each episode after the first to recap the most recent progress of the investigation and remind the audience how many contestants and suspects are left.
* TentativeLight: During the final Killer's game, one of the contestants' flashlights fails. Possibly not intended, but played for all it's worth anyway.
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