The WORST episodes of Agatha Raisin

Every episode of Agatha Raisin ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Agatha Raisin!

Over the course of the fun and vibrant series, Agatha will attempt to solve a number of mysteries in the Cotswolds, from the death of a local witch to the demise of a flirtatious young vet. The will-they-won’t-they relationship between Agatha and on-off love interest James will continue, meanwhile, as the pair pose as a married couple in order to solve a crime.

Last Updated: 12/17/2024Network: Acorn TVStatus: Continuing
A Spoonful of Poison (2)
star
7.02
55 votes

#1 - A Spoonful of Poison (2)

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/14/2022

The police believe the latest death was an accident, but Agatha uncovers a possible connection to an earlier tragedy that may shine light on the motive in this case.

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There Goes the Bride (1)
star
7.13
60 votes

#2 - There Goes the Bride (1)

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/21/2022

It’s the wedding of the year, but nothing ever goes to plan in Carsely. Agatha must investigate when her ex-fiancé’s fiancée is murdered the night before their wedding.

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A Spoonful of Poison (1)
star
7.15
61 votes

#3 - A Spoonful of Poison (1)

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/14/2022

DCI Wilkes hires Agatha to investigate a mysterious death at a jam-making festival, when one of the judges for an event he was competing in plunges from a rooftop.

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Hell's Bells
star
7.24
294 votes

#4 - Hell's Bells

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/14/2016

Bell-ringer Amanda Ballard is found hanged in the belfry with a suicide note left beside her, but Agatha is not convinced she took her own life and enlists a reluctant Roy to help her research the case.

Directors: Geoffrey Sax
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Love, Lies & Liquor (2)
star
7.31
61 votes

#5 - Love, Lies & Liquor (2)

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/7/2022

Agatha begins to make connections between the killings and the long-ago robbery. But can she unravel the puzzle before another life is lost?

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Agatha Raisin & the Deadly Dance (2)
star
7.33
82 votes

#6 - Agatha Raisin & the Deadly Dance (2)

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/10/2020

The case grows more complex when a would-be assassin dies in Agatha's kitchen, but who was the target: him or Agatha? Toni continues her search for the missing dog, and Charles and Roy pull an all-nighter in the pub.

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The Wellspring of Death
star
7.40
272 votes

#7 - The Wellspring of Death

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/21/2016

Roy lures Agatha back into the world of PR. She represents a local mineral water company -- but a murder there throws a spanner in the works.

Directors: Paul Harrison
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The Walkers of Dembley
star
7.41
402 votes

#8 - The Walkers of Dembley

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/7/2016

A walker is found dead on a local baronet's land soon after he declares war on her rambling group for trespassing on his land. Eager to solve the crime, Agatha convinces James that they should pose as a married couple and go undercover in the victim's walking group.

Directors: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Chris Murray
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Kissing Christmas Goodbye
star
7.44
89 votes

#9 - Kissing Christmas Goodbye

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/20/2021

During the dark, grey days of early December, the sleuth is obsessed by two things - the looming festivities, and her ex James Lacey. In order to drive the latter from her thoughts, Agatha concentrates on planning the perfect Christmas for her friends, but when there's a poisoning in the village, it's down to her to solve the case before the 25th rolls around.

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Agatha Raisin: As the Pig Turns (1)
star
7.46
95 votes

#10 - Agatha Raisin: As the Pig Turns (1)

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/24/2020

To take her mind off her breakup with James, Agatha and the gang venture out to the Winter Fayre, where the highlight of the evening is the roast pig on a spit. The event turns into a crime scene, however, when the main course turns out to be a tattooed human torso. Newly promoted Bill is put in charge of the investigation, but he receives strict instructions not to discuss it with Agatha.

Directors: Matt Carter
Writer: Chris Murray
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Agatha Raisin & the Love from Hell (1)
star
7.50
90 votes

#11 - Agatha Raisin & the Love from Hell (1)

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/17/2020

Tensions between Agatha and James run high ahead of a smooth jazz night at Barfield Hall. Then a woman James was seen arguing with turns up dead at Agatha's cottage, and James disappears. Working with James's sister, can Agatha find her love and clear his name?

Directors: Audrey Cooke
Writer: Chris Niel
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Agatha Raisin & The Fairies of Fryfam
star
7.50
113 votes

#12 - Agatha Raisin & The Fairies of Fryfam

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/24/2018

Anxious to begin work on her book, Agatha rents a cottage in pretty Fryfam. She is soon interrupted by a series of odd goings-on in the village: strange lights appear in her back garden, a painting is stolen, and the local squire is found murdered, perhaps by his young wife. Agatha's nose for trouble ensnares her in a maelstrom of jealousy, blackmail and dangerous liaisons, especially with a murderer who plans to keep irrepressible Agatha permanently in Fryfam - as a resident corpse!

Directors: Matt Carter
Writer: Chris Murray
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Love, Lies & Liquor (1)
star
7.51
63 votes

#13 - Love, Lies & Liquor (1)

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/7/2022

When James whisks Agatha away on a seaside trip to work on his new book, the last thing she expects is to end up in Snoth-on-Sea-and be suspected of murder.

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Agatha Raisin & The Wizard of Evesham
star
7.51
124 votes

#14 - Agatha Raisin & The Wizard of Evesham

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/19/2018

Agatha Raisin returns to her old home in the Cotswolds to be the talk of the town. Charles is still hanging around but James is nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile, the lothario hairdresser sets his sights on Agatha.

Directors: Roberto Bangura
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There Goes the Bride (2)
star
7.53
53 votes

#15 - There Goes the Bride (2)

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/2022

Having lost their lead, Agatha and the gang return to the list of suspects. Could Eirwen’s death be linked to the family business? Or were her two prior fiancés involved?

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Agatha Raisin & the Deadly Dance (1)
star
7.53
88 votes

#16 - Agatha Raisin & the Deadly Dance (1)

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/10/2020

Agatha investigates a death threat to a young woman about to get married– however, the case takes an unexpected turn when the would-be assassin is found dead.

Directors: Roberto Bangura
Writer: Chris Murray
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Agatha Raisin & The Curious Curate
star
7.54
103 votes

#17 - Agatha Raisin & The Curious Curate

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/28/2019

When a handsome and popular new curate is murdered, Sarah is arrested, and Agatha must dig into his unsavory past to clear her friend's name.

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Agatha Raisin & The Haunted House
star
7.55
106 votes

#18 - Agatha Raisin & The Haunted House

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/28/2019

Agatha and James Lacey are still happily together, although not engaged. She has officially started her new detective agency, but she is sitting around waiting for some action. James suggests that they "drum up business" by investigating a "legendary haunted house." This turns into a very spooky mystery for Agatha to solve.

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Agatha Raisin & the Love from Hell (2)
star
7.56
82 votes

#19 - Agatha Raisin & the Love from Hell (2)

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2020

Unbeknownst to Agatha, Charles helps James, who is still on the run from the police. Agatha attends the viewing of the victim's living will, and her list of suspects grows shorter when a charity auction turns deadly.

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Agatha Raisin: As the Pig Turns (2)
star
7.60
83 votes

#20 - Agatha Raisin: As the Pig Turns (2)

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/24/2020

After Agatha's life is threatened and a decapitated head is mailed to her home, Bill suggests they all stick together. While Bill investigates missing farm machinery, Agatha worries that Charles is becoming too close to Sarah.

Directors: Matt Carter
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The Potted Gardener
star
7.63
226 votes

#21 - The Potted Gardener

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/28/2016

On the eve of the village's best kept garden contest many of the entrants' gardens are sabotaged. Shortly afterwards James' other half Mary, a keen contestant, is murdered, following a row between the couple. Since Mary's garden was left virtually untouched Agatha initially suspects one of the other contestants, all of whom hated her, but switches her opinion upon meting Mary's spoilt daughter and sole heir, Beth., being wrong on both counts. However a new lead is opened up on the discovery that Mary used to be a singer and music provides a clue to Agatha solving the murder - and for good measure she also identifies the garden vandals.

Directors: Paul Harrison
Writer: Chris Murray
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The Day the Floods Came
star
7.63
210 votes

#22 - The Day the Floods Came

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/12/2016

The day after Kylie Stokes' wedding to Zac Leeson the bride is murdered and Agatha promises her mother Freda she will find the killer. There are many intrigues surrounding the bridal party, including Kylie's affair with an older businessman whom she was seemingly blackmailing, a mysterious money gift given by Charlie Fraith and a jealous bridesmaid who apparently hated Kylie for stealing Zac from her . However it is an old photo in a local art exhibition which puts Agatha on the road to unmasking the killer.

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The Vicious Vet
star
7.66
219 votes

#23 - The Vicious Vet

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/5/2016

Agatha dates handsome vet Paul Bladen but next day he is murdered, injected with an overdose of horse tranquillizer whilst at Lord Pembury's stable. Agatha spots that Pembury has a motive, as do Percy Parr, whose wife Harriet was seeing Paul, and spurned receptionist Chloe Mabbs. Then a villager about to divulge a secret about the deceased to Agatha is also killed in the same way. When the murderer kidnaps Agatha's cat in an effort to get her to back off with her investigation this inadvertently provides a clue, enabling Agatha to solve the killings.

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Murderous Marriage
star
7.77
235 votes

#24 - Murderous Marriage

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/26/2016

The Murderous Marriage: When Agatha's first husband is found dead in a ditch the day after stopping her wedding to James, she must race to prove her innocence.

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The Witch of Wyckhadden
star
7.77
232 votes

#25 - The Witch of Wyckhadden

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/19/2016

Love is in the air for Agatha, but when a local mystic is found bludgeoned to death, she becomes embroiled in a most mysterious case.

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