8.2/104 votes#1 - The Priory School
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/1986
The Duke of Holdernesse needs Holmes's help when his son, Lord Arthur Saltire, is kidnapped from the Priory School. Holmes finds the connection between an old mystery and a teacher who has also gone missing.
Director: John Madden
Writer: N/A
8.0/102 votes#2 - The Infernal Serpent
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/1990
Morse investigates a tangled web of university intrigue which surrounds the baffling murder of Dr Julian Dear, a college don and famous environmentalist who was killed just minutes before he was due to give a controversial lecture. It seems that the most respectable of academic families can have skeletons in the cupboard, and Morse has to put his job on the line to get at the truth.
Director: John Madden
Writer: N/A
7.7/1013 votes#3 - The Lost Child
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 4/30/1995
Following her promotion, Jane Tennison returns to Southampton Row to head an investigation into the murder of a young child.
Director: John Madden
Writer: Paul Billing
7.7/103 votes#4 - The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2/21/1991
Watson, on holiday in the Lake District, meets the enigmatic Lady Frances Carfax, who is being haunted by the ghost of a horseman. Holmes decides to come up to join Watson, but by the time he arrives Lady Frances has vanished without trace. Holmes investigates and becomes very curious about the ghost.
Director: John Madden
Writer: N/A
7.1/1017 votes#5 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2013
Dr. William Masters, Washington University’s foremost OB/GYN, runs a successful medical practice by day and conducts a secret study of human sexuality by night. Former nightclub singer Virginia Johnson joins the hospital secretarial staff and proves herself to be an asset to Masters’ work.
Director: John Madden
Writer: Michelle Ashford
7.0/101 votes#6 - Promised Land
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 3/27/1991
The search for a retired 'supergrass' takes Morse and Lewis from Oxford to the Australian outback. Strangely, Lewis is less at home down under than Morse himself is.
Director: John Madden
Writer: Julian Mitchell
7.0/102 votes#7 - Dead on Time
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 2/26/1992
Morse investigates the apparent suicide of a terminally ill Oxford don and finds he has a personal connection with the family. As the case develops, Lewis worries that Morse's professionalism is being undermined.
Director: John Madden
Writer: N/A
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"The Priory School" is the best rated episode directed by John Madden. It scored 8.2/10 based on 4 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 8/13/1986 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Infernal Serpent".