Part bawdy bedroom farce, part zany crime caper, this saucy British romp stars Martin Clunes as a charming underachiever on the run from the law. Sure, he's manipulative, moneygrubbing and completely amoral. But is he a murderer? Absolutely not, he insists, despite the pesky corpses piling up.

After befriending an accountant (Neil Dudgeon), he beds the man's randy wife, Karen (Julie Graham), before a wealthy widow (Lindsay Duncan) next catches his eye. When Karen meets an untimely demise, a plodding police detective (James Bolam) gets involved and things take a decidedly dicey turn.

Winner of an International Emmy for best drama and based on the book by Michael Dibdin, Dirty Tricks sends up modern marriage and more with wit as crisp and intoxicating as the best British gin.