The Best Episodes Directed By Edward Bennett

Every TV Episode Directed by Edward Bennett Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 6 Episode 1 - Hercule Poirot's Christmas
    8.1/10(23 votes)

    #1 - Hercule Poirot's Christmas

    S6:E1

    Poirot's Christmas is interrupted by Simeon Lee, who believes his life is threatened. Simeon is soon killed and his diamonds stolen.

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  2. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - Thin Air (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Thin Air (1)

    S2:E7

    Twelve years after Joanna Gold famously disappeared in broad daylight on Hampstead Heath, the dress she was wearing is found in a lock-up. The team begin the hunt for her killer.

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  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 8 - Thin Air (2)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Thin Air (2)

    S2:E8

    While under pressure to discover the truth behind the murder of young Joanna, DCI Boyd (Trevor Eve) slips up and makes possibly some irreversible mistakes. Joanna's killer begins stalking her sister.

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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - The Veiled Lady
    7.9/10(22 votes)

    #4 - The Veiled Lady

    S2:E2

    Poirot calls to see the veiled lady of the title (Lady Millicent Castle-Vaughn) at her London hotel. Lady Millicent is about to be married, but a mean blackmailer called Lavington has got hold of a love letter she wrote years before to another man. Lavington wants twenty thousand pounds, and Poirot makes up his mind to recover the letter himself, even if it means impersonating a Swiss locksmith.

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Murder in the Mews
    7.8/10(26 votes)

    #5 - Murder in the Mews

    S1:E2

    Within hours of the Bonfire Night fireworks beginning Poirot finds himself investigating a violent death in Hastings' mews garage.

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - The Third Floor Flat
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    #6 - The Third Floor Flat

    S1:E5

    Poirot discovers a murder in his own block of flats, and goes on the trail of boisterous neighbours and strange nocturnal noises in the lift shaft.

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - The Cornish Mystery
    7.8/10(19 votes)

    #7 - The Cornish Mystery

    S2:E4

    Poirot travels to Cornwall, summoned by a Mrs Pengelley, who suspects her dentist husband is poisoning her because he's fallen in love with his young assistant. Unhappily, Poirot finds Mrs Pengelley dead on his arrival, so he sets out to catch her killer.

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - The Dream
    7.8/10(19 votes)

    #8 - The Dream

    S1:E10

    Millionaire business man Benedict Farley, a well known eccentric, consults Poirot about bad dreams he has been having. Mr. Farley has dreamed repeatedly of killing himself. Sadly, he does not follow Poirot's advice. When Farley is found dead, Poirot fails to believe that it is suicide and suspects a murder plot relying on hypnosis.

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Last Seen Wearing
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #9 - Last Seen Wearing

    S2:E2

    The schoolgirl daughter of rich parents has been missing for six months. Morse believes she has been killed, and his investigations show curious goings on at the missing girl's school. But before Morse can unravel the mystery, he finds another.

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - In the Presence of the Enemy
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #10 - In the Presence of the Enemy

    S2:E2

    The relationship between Lynley and Havers reaches its all-time low when they investigate a case of kidnapping and murder involving the secret child of a member of parliament and a newspaper editor.

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
    7.7/10(35 votes)

    #11 - The Adventure of the Clapham Cook

    S1:E1

    A Mrs Ernestine Todd, from Clapham, asks Poirot to help her find her cook, Eliza, who has disappeared. Poirot, who aims to accept only really significant cases, is at first insulted by such a trivial request. However, after he sees the contents of the missing cook's trunk, he decides the case could prove to be worthy of his talents.

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  12. undefined Season 6 Episode 4 - Dumb Witness
    7.7/10(19 votes)

    #12 - Dumb Witness

    S6:E4

    Poirot and Hastings are at Lake Windermere for an attempt on the world speed-boat record. An elderly widow is hurt by falling down stairs, then later killed by poisoning with phosphorus.

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  13. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - The Complex Murder
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #13 - The Complex Murder

    S5:E1

    Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman and his team are left stumped when millionaire environmentalist and scientist Dan Hagen is shot on his boat while out at sea. The evidence seems to point to a robbery gone wrong, but with no other boats reported in the area, Goodman suspects a member of Dan’s team, his wife of nine months, his ex-girlfriend, his scientist partner and a research graduate who were diving together in plain sight of one another at the time of the murder. A metal toy soldier with no fingerprints found at the scene is the only clue.

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Burn Out (2)
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Burn Out (2)

    S1:E2

    Boyd has Marinas uncle, Mike Coleman and her mother Gwen brought in for questioning while Frankie searches the house. The team find the items that were recovered from the car nine years ago and suspect that Perry Coleman was being blackmailed by Rod Brogan, a friend of Perry's. Boyd has the body exhumed and the DNA results surprise everyone.

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Burn Out (1)
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Burn Out (1)

    S1:E1

    A young woman, Marina sets fire to an abandoned car in a street and takes photographs of it as it burns. Boyd walks by and tackles her to the ground, attempting to shield her from the possible explosion. He later learns that Marina's father died in a car accident a few years earlier in that spot, and Marina refuses to accept that his death was an accident. Although not officially a cold case, Boyd is intrigued and reluctantly agrees to investigate. Frankie runs forensic tests on Marina's father's car and proves that he was still alive after the crash and could have escaped. The answers they uncover may mean that the danger to Marina is much greater than any of them had suspected.

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  16. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - The Lost Mine
    7.3/10(18 votes)

    #16 - The Lost Mine

    S2:E3

    Hastings and Poirot are playing Monopoly when they are interrupted by Lord Pearson, the elegant Chairman of the London and Shanghai Bank. The banker asks them to investigate the disappearance of a Mr Ling - a highly-valued customer who before he went missing had arranged to sell Lord Pearson a map showing the location of a long-lost silver mine. Ling is found murdered, a young stockbroker is implicated, and Poirot has to untangle a complicated plot.

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - The Incredible Theft
    7.2/10(21 votes)

    #17 - The Incredible Theft

    S1:E8

    Lord Mayfield, an aircraft manufacturer, tries to trap a spy at his country house, but his plan goes terribly wrong. Lady Mayfield sends for Poirot, who tells a few home truths.

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  18. undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - One for the Road
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #18 - One for the Road

    S5:E2

    The outgoing governor of Saint Marie is poisoned at her leaving party.

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Life Sentence (2)
    4.8/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Life Sentence (2)

    S2:E2

    Boyd and the team continue to begrudgingly rely on serial killer, Thomas Rice's assistance on the case, while also trying to protect Dr. Delaney from experiencing her terrifying ordeal once more at the hands of the copycat assailant. It becomes apparent that he might have help on the outside, so it's crucial that Boyd confronts one of Rice's intended victims, Dr Delaney, to find out what went on during her captivity. Why did he spare her life?

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  20. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Life Sentence (1)
    4.2/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Life Sentence (1)

    S2:E1

    The Cold Case team is forced to enlist the help of a psychotic serial killer named Thomas Rice, AKA "the Gambler" (because he left playing cards at the scenes of his murders). The one woman who escaped death at his hands, the cool and poised Dr Clare Delaney, gets a dreadful reminder of her past ordeal and a fearful shock when a playing card is flung at her car windscreen as she sets off to make a house call on a wet, windy, dark night. The team look again at the Gambler's crimes, prompted by Boyd's unshakeable belief that Rice had claimed other, hitherto undiscovered victims.Boyd - who has personal links to the case - and Grace decide to use detective constable Amelia Silver to lure a confession from Rice.

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Edward Bennett Ratings Summary

"Hercule Poirot's Christmas" is the best rated episode directed by Edward Bennett. It scored 8.1/10 based on 23 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 12/25/1994 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Thin Air (1)".