The BEST episodes written by Stephen Churchett

Murder Is Easy
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8.18
199 votes

#1 - Murder Is Easy

Agatha Christie's Marple - Season 4 - Episode 2

A village is plagued by a spate of seemingly accidental deaths, but Miss Marple is convinced a more sinister hand is involved when a villager on her way to Scotland Yard is conveniently dispatched.

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4:50 from Paddington
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8.17
272 votes

#2 - 4:50 from Paddington

Agatha Christie's Marple - Season 1 - Episode 3

A friend of Miss Marple claims to have seen a murder committed on a passing train, but the police dismiss it, as no body has been found in the train or surrounding area, so the two women begin an investigation of their own.

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The Sittaford Mystery
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8.03
224 votes

#3 - The Sittaford Mystery

Agatha Christie's Marple - Season 2 - Episode 4

Heavy snow is falling in Dartmoor and the shadowy guests in the local hotel decide to take part in a seance in order to amuse themselves. But the evening takes on a more sinister edge when the table-turning suggests that Clive Trevelyan, an eminent politician, is in danger. Meanwhile, at Sittaford House, Miss Marple discovers that poisoned Turkish Delight has been sent to Trevelyan. John Enderby, Trevelyan's loyal right hand man, is so concerned for his friend's safety that he wants to check on him. Unfortunately, Trevelyan is staying at the hotel - six miles away and, with snow drifts blocking the roads, someone will have to make the journey on foot...

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Sleeping Murder
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7.97
248 votes

#4 - Sleeping Murder

Agatha Christie's Marple - Season 2 - Episode 1

Miss Marple helps Gwenda and Giles Reed to solve an old crime when they move into their new home and Gwenda thinks that she has witnessed a murder there years before.

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Intelligent Design (2)
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7.97
155 votes

#5 - Intelligent Design (2)

Lewis - Season 7 - Episode 6

Lewis, Hathaway and Hobson look around the new crime scene as Carl Drew, Stella Drew, Martha Seager, Adam Tibbit, Graham Yardley and Adam’s girlfriend Rachel Cliff wait anxiously. The body is revealed to be that of Soo-Min Chong, a Korean student who vanished 15 years ago. Seager was the last person to see her alive, Carl Drew was her boyfriend, and she was Martha’s organ scholar at the chapel. Hathaway is later shocked to discover Adam’s body at the school, with a simple suicide note. Carl, Adam’s former teacher believes that he must have pushed the boy too hard. Forensics end up revealing a close relative of Adam’s had been in Seager’s car. After Martha is found stabbed to death, Lewis and Hathaway start to close in on the killer who is becoming more desperate to cover their tracks.

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The Murder at the Vicarage
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7.84
277 votes

#6 - The Murder at the Vicarage

Agatha Christie's Marple - Season 1 - Episode 2

A series of scandals in the village of St. Mary Mead seem to all revolve around Colonel Protheroe, and he is then found shot through the head at the vicarage. A young painter, Lawrence Redding, confesses to the crime, but then his lover also confesses. It is up to Miss Marple to unravel the mystery, and there is no shortage of people with a motive.

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Nemesis
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7.61
226 votes

#7 - Nemesis

Agatha Christie's Marple - Season 3 - Episode 4

Jason Rafiel, an old friend of Miss Marple's, dies and leaves her an unusual legacy, to grant his final wish: she has to uncover a possible murder that may or may not have happened already. All she gets are two tickets to a Mystery Bus Tour and the advice to invite someone trustworthy to the bus trip, the only thing she knows about the crime being the single word 'nemesis'.

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Intelligent Design (1)
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7.60
231 votes

#8 - Intelligent Design (1)

Lewis - Season 7 - Episode 5

The body of Richard Seager a former Biochemist, is found under a Jaguar Mark 2. The day before, the victim had been collected from prison by his wife, Martha Seager after serving a year for causing death by dangerous driving. Before his death, Seager managed to scratch the number ‘500’ into the car’s paintwork.

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Duty
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7.50
104 votes

#9 - Duty

Hornblower - Season 3 - Episode 2

Soon after getting married, Hornblower is sent on a search and rescue mission for a British ship (under the command of an old friend) last reported off the French coast. In the midst of the search, the HMS Hotspur picks up some unwanted passengers and attempts to discover the objective of a small French invasion force.

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Wild Justice
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7.34
356 votes

#10 - Wild Justice

Lewis - Season 5 - Episode 2

A female bishop visiting St Gerard's College is found dead after drinking poisoned wine, and when another two killings occur, both mirroring macabre murders from Jacobean revenge tragedy, it appears the culprit is targeting candidates in the election to become vice-regent. However, when Innocent learns one of the suspects is hiding a dark secret, Lewis and Hathaway realise the motive is much more twisted.

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Getting Involved
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5.50
2 votes

#11 - Getting Involved

The Bill - Season 7 - Episode 63

Stamp talks to a man about paint stripper on his car - 2nd time in a month. Ron knows him. Reg and June are later called to an industrial estate where a man is damaging the car. The man damaging the car turns out to be the son of a man supposedly killed by the owner of the car. Carver and Greig investigate a fight in a pub at closing time. The victim is not talking but the girlfriend knows who he might have been drinking with. Ron helps Carver and Greig catch him. The girlfriend wanted her boyfriend to stop thieving.