s . ▁ ▁O ften ▁his ▁work ▁has ▁a ▁com ic ▁edge , ▁such ▁as ▁with ▁the ▁com ic ▁murder ▁anth ology ▁Mur der ▁Most ▁Hor rid ▁( B BC ▁Two , ▁ 1 9 9 1 ) ▁and ▁the ▁comedy - d rama ▁The ▁Last ▁English man ▁( 1 9 9 5 ), ▁st arring ▁Jim ▁Broad b ent . ▁From ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁he ▁wrote ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁episodes ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁series ▁of ▁M ids omer ▁Mur ders . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁he ▁created ▁a ▁drama ▁anth ology ▁series ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁for ▁the ▁BBC , ▁Mur der ▁in ▁Mind , ▁an ▁occas ional ▁series ▁which ▁de als ▁with ▁a ▁different ▁set ▁of ▁characters ▁and ▁a ▁different ▁murder ▁every ▁one - hour ▁episode . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁less - f av ou rab ly ▁known ▁for ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁two ▁short - l ived ▁and ▁sometimes ▁der ided ▁science - f iction ▁shows , ▁Crime ▁Tra v eller ▁( 1 9 9 7 ) ▁for ▁BBC ▁One ▁and ▁The ▁Van ishing ▁Man ▁( p il ot ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁series ▁ 1 9 9 8 ) ▁for ▁I TV . ▁While ▁Crime ▁Tra v eller ▁received ▁fav ou rable ▁view ing ▁figures ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁renew ed ▁for ▁a ▁second ▁season , ▁which ▁Hor ow itz ▁accounts ▁to ▁temporary ▁personnel ▁transition ing ▁within ▁the ▁BBC . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁the ▁detect ive ▁series ▁Fo