The WORST episodes of Pie in the Sky
Every episode of Pie in the Sky ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Pie in the Sky!
Pie in the Sky was a light-hearted British police drama starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman (much against his will), is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.
#1 - Brown Bread
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/1995
A diner collapses and dies in the restaurant's toilet. But when the police arrive the body has disappeared. Soon on the scene are two detectives from the Crime Squad, who have a long standing interest in the dead man, and in his missing car. Crabbe tracks down the car before they do and finds a huge sum of money in the boot.
#3 - The Truth Will Out
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/20/1994
A delusional cop seeks to bring Fisher's ally down, and Henry recruits a new waiter.
#4 - Endangered Species
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/15/1994
Margaret and Henderson side with Reynard the Fox in opposing a new bypass, while Henry must question his loyalties.
#6 - An Innocent Man
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/27/1994
Pie in the Sky becomes the scene of a corruption sting, but Henry acts in favour of his customer.
#7 - Once a Copper
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/3/1994
Henry cooks a banquet for a visiting Japanese delegation, and tracks down a criminal from his past, who was presumed dead.
#8 - Undesirable Elements
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/17/1994
Steve investigates the burglary of Pie in the Sky, while Henry does battle with murderous private sector cops.
#9 - Passion Fruit Fool
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/24/1994
The girlfriend of Henry's dry cleaner is kidnapped by a psychotic ex-lover.
#10 - A Matter of Taste
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/1/1994
Henry uncovers two separate wine scams in Middleton.
#11 - Who Only Stand and Wait
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/8/1994
Henderson's neighbour finds a dismembered corpse, which may prove the innocence of an imprisoned man.
#12 - The Policeman's Daughter
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/1995
Fisher's younger daughter has left home after a row and thrown in her lot with a group of squatters. He asks Crabbe to find the girl and try and persuade her to return home. Henderson has bought a new field to add to his market garden, but is horrified to find that it has been invaded by travellers. He appeals to Henry for help, whereupon Henry finds that the two cases have a common thread.
#13 - Dead Right
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/12/1995
Medium Faith Revelle has received a number of threatening letters and seeks police help. Freddy Fisher, having once sought advice from her in solving a case, wants the whole matter dealt with quietly. But someone has alerted the press. Henry Crabbe and Sgt. Cambridge are assigned to guard Miss Revelle.
#14 - This Other Eden
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/28/1996
Di Crabbe and DS Cambridge are assigned to investigate a spate of garden thefts carried out while the owners are away for a few days. It's not just a few plants that are being stolen - whole gardens are being stripped. The only person appearing to benefit is landscape designer Alan Wellbeloved, who becomes the prime suspect for the robberies. Returning home, Henry is horrified to discover that Margaret has hired Wellbeloved to redesign the restaurant's back garden to provide an outdoor dining area.
#15 - Chinese Whispers
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1996
The Chen family appear to be victims of racial harassment when their Chinese takeaway is set fire to but widowed Mr. Chen will not go to the police so his daughter Mei asks Henry for help, It turns out that Chen is a gambler deeply in debt to a restauranteur in London's Chinatown who has been has been threatening him for the money he owes. When Pie in the Sky makes it to the final of the Great British Grub contest being held in London, Henry uses the trip to visit Chinatown and act as go-between. A winner and a loser return to Middleton come the end of the day.
#16 - Breaking Bread
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1996
The 'Happy Ploughman' food chain has won the franchise for the Police canteen, but is being subjected to deliberate vandalism. An obvious suspect is Flora McKee, a local baker who was not only rejected as a supplier to the firm, but was upset by improper advances made to her by its manager, Geoff Reece. Spurred on by Fisher, Henry tracks down the culprit and solves an old mystery into the bargain.
#17 - Cutting the Mustard
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/20/1997
Henry and his team are called to a private boarding school where police Commander Colin Stilwell's son Alex has been beaten up by local youths. Henry initially encounters a wall of insular hostility from the establishment before Alex points him to another pupil, who has blackmailed the Chemistry teacher into manufacturing Ecstasy tablets, which he is selling around the school. Gary meanwhile creates a new blend of mustard and attracts the attention of a large food manufacturer who offer to market it. However, they want to alter the recipe, making it taste more bland, whereupon Gary, taking a leaf from Henry's book, puts his culinary principles first and tells them that the deal is off.
#18 - Doggett's Coat and Badge
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/21/1996
Charles Rider, a wine-loving regular at Pie in the Sky, is being threatened. It turns out he is really Joseph Webb, an ex-burglar turned supergrass, and now in witness protection. His collection includes many valuable bottles of wine, some of them stolen property and formerly owned by a bent policeman. His cronies have tracked Webb down and want the most priceless bottle back. So Rider comes to Henry Crabbe for help. Can Crabbe restore justice while keeping his friend safe?
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#19 - In the Smoke
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/10/1997
The Crabbes holiday in London in a flat owned by ex-policeman Nick Spencer whilst he is in America on business. However Margaret finds his packed suitcase under the bed and hears an answer-machine message from his daughter warning that her violent ex-con boyfriend Danny is on his way to see him. Henry discovers Nick in hiding whilst Margaret discovers Danny's corpse in the dust-bin, killed in self-defence by Nick. Henry's loyalty is put to the test, as is the patience of Sally and Gary when the agency staff turn out to be a quarrelsome married couple.
#20 - Smelling of Roses
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/17/1997
As Henry mysteriously loses his sense of smell he is intrigued when Fisher seems obsessed with arresting tyre exporter Peter Watson and suspects that Fisher, about to divorce his wife, is having an affair with Mrs. Watson. In fact she has discovered that her husband is defrauding her charity and is using Fisher to trap him. Having seen the case through Henry, feeling used by Fisher to catch Watson, resigns from the police and immediately regains his sense of smell. With Gary turning down the offer of work at another kitchen, Henry and his staff and colleagues have every reason to drink to the continuing success of Pie in the Sky.
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#21 - Coddled Eggs
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/4/1996
Car crime is on the rise, with most of the vehicles being stolen from the car park at the railway station. Henry's problems mount as he not only has to deal with two separate sets of thieves, but also with a hostile new female Superintendent. Things come to a head when Fisher's car is nicked at the station right under his nose. Back at the restaurant Gary and Margaret are being given a hard time by an over-zealous Food Inspector. Will she do as she is threatening and close the restaurant down?
#22 - The One That Got Away
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/5/1995
Bill Pritchard, an old friend of Henry's and the supplier of fish to the restaurant, is accused of murder when his girl friend's car is found abandoned and the ashes in his smokehouse show traces of human remains. Henry investigates and uncovers an amazing plot to frame Bill and steal the profits from the subsequent sale of his business.
#23 - Black Pudding
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/19/1995
In a moment of weakness famous cookery writer Hilary Smallwood has given her unscrupulous nephew Colin a Power of Attorney. He has sold her house and put her into a retirement home; now he is trying to steal her recently written memoirs. Hilary calls on Henry Crabbe and her lifelong friend Seymour to help. Meantime there is friction behind the scenes in the restaurant between Steve and John.
#24 - Swan in His Pride
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/26/1995
Fisher drags Crabbe down to the West Country to investigate the apparent murder of an undercover woman police officer. While Henry is away a burst pipe causes havoc in the restaurant's kitchen.
#25 - The Mild Bunch
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/5/1995
The man who shot PC Ian Lefebvre is due for release so Fisher wants to keep Lefebvre busy. What better than sending him off with Crabbe in search of two OAP con-women and the perfect bread and butter pudding?