Murder on the Croydon Express: Part 1

A murder mystery story set in the 1960's filmed on a model railway. Cluedo


Episode 1

Murder On the Croydon Express




By Ben Pole




Murder on the Croydon Express

(Opening Title Scene)

Scene 1

(Outside Stamford Ebbourne Station)

(Ice cream Van pulls up)

Geraldine Price: Oh Norman (High pitch voice (welsh)

Gillian Price: I want strawberry!

Norman Price: I want Orange!

Geraldine Price: Oh Norman, You are a naughty boy!

Scene 2

Nurse Bernie: The victim died between 9-10pm yesterday evening.

WPC Sharpe: Cause of death?

Nurse Bernie: The victim was struck with a large object round the head.

WPC Sharpe: We have reason to believe that the victim was flung from the train after death.

Scene 3

(In the Goods Yard)

Vladimir Rascalov: I am from Russia; I come from old country to clean trains.

Dmitri Murdovik: And so is I.

WPC Sharpe: What is your name?

Vladimir Rascalov: My name is Vladimir Rascalov, I most successful Russian in planet, I clean trains.

Dmitri Murdovik: Name of mine is Dmitri Murdovik, I 2nd most successful Russian, I clean trucks.

WPC Sharpe: Where were you between 9-10pm last Monday evening?

Vladimir Rascalov: I was on travelling capsule, it very fascist.

WPC Sharpe: you mean train.

Vladimir Rascalov: yes

WPC Sharpe: Did anything strange happen on that train, anything you would not expect

Vladimir Rascalov: Well... If I remember rightly...

(Flash-back)

(Train meets sheep on-line)

(Sudden brake) (Screeching noise) (Screams)

(Voices from inside the train)

Mr Derrumer: Oh, good gracious me (shocked) what on earth could that have been

(Passengers get off the train)

Frank Mac: (states the obvious) there appears to be a flock of sheep on the line.

(Frank Mac goes into train laughing evilly)

Farmer Ted: Oohh Ahhh, I cant read and I cant read but I can round up sheep all right.

(Pathetic attempt to round up sheep)

Farmer Ted: I have tried everything, they wont budge.

Vladimir Rascalov: This bring me back to the time when I was travelling on the Orient Express and we got stuck in snow, and that was when we discovered that aboard our train there had been...

(Blood-curdling screams)


Dmitri Murdovik: Where did that come from?

(Mr Derrumer gets off the train)

Mr Derrumer: Its Mr Harris. He has been murdered.




Scene 4

(Stokes Garage)

Evie Johannson: Hello.

Jim: Hi

Evie Johannson: Have you heard about the murder!

Jim Stokes: A murder. (Yeh) In Stamford Ebbourne. (Yeh) But, that is the 15th this month. Oh well, it beats last months 48 murders. We had to re-cast all the characters in Midsomer, I mean Cluedo. Ha!

Jim Stokes: Oh hello Frank Mac, have you heard the news.

Frank Mac: About the murder? (Boring voice)

Jim Stokes: Yes...

Evie Johansson: Oh, I have got to go. (Distressed) (Drives off)

Frank Mac: It is not good news; rumour has it he was flung from the Hornby Fowler 2-6-4T Class 4P number 2321 in LMS Black livery, featuring sprung buffers, and a 5 pole skew wound motor.

Jim Stokes: Anyway how can I help you? (Enthusiastic voice)

Frank Mac: Its my mini; I am in need of new set of brake pads. Can you do that?

Jim Stokes: Leave the car with me and I will have them fitted by the end of the day.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• australian open
• snow
• england
• fred
• animation
• model
• railway
• credit
• crunch
• gordon
• brown
• lms
• police
• car
• train
• russians
• trucks
• stamford
• ebbourne

[AnimatronicLive]

Hello everyone, i need you to post comments so i know how i can improve in up coming episodes. yes there will be alot more from me so please post!

[sarahminty]

Oh and the credits are brilliant.

[sarahminty]

Terrible terrible death character is a very good actor. The plot is a bit confusing though.

[ECKBOFFM59]

It"s OK. Go on!

[rjconnolly64]

Norman Price's mother sounds like Dilys Price from Fireman Sam, who, coincidentally, has a son called Norman!!!!

[MissNooboo]

What season is this??

[bravofilms1]

i love this video! the sound quality is not brilliant but a part from that it is gud!