Phillips plays the amateur sleuth with scissors in an audacious show that, even by cosy crime standards, is an unyielding slab of snuggle. Bloomin\u2019 heck! <\/p>\n
Gather ye rosebuds and clench ye bumcheeks, for there be rumblings in rural Crimeshire. A hairdresser has arrived in the fictional village of Blossom Vale armed with a blow-dried backstory (worked with fancy types in London but apparently now wants peace, quiet and \u201ca place of me own\u201d) and the keys to the high street\u2019s dilapidated salon. Lily Petal (Sally Phillips) is cock-a-hoop with her purchase. \u201cIt\u2019s like a time capsule!\u201d hoots capable new assistant Clary (Charlotte Jordan), boggling at the salon\u2019s abundance of browns and oranges. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t been touched since the 1970s,\u201d grins Lily, who, with her corduroy flares, diaphanous headscarves and penchant for the collected works of Hot Chocolate, is something of a time capsule herself.<\/p>\n
But hark! A local busybody has been found, squished, next to her stepladder. Accident? Or murder most foul? Lily lunges for a magnifying glass.<\/p>\n
The Hairdresser Mysteries aired on BBC One and is on iPlayer now<\/p>\n
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