The Best Episodes Directed By Peter Hammond
Every TV Episode Directed by Peter Hammond Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Peter Hammond Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Peter Hammond is "The Master Blackmailer", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by N/A". "The Master Blackmailer" aired on 1/2/1992 and is rated 1.5 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Golden Pince-Nez".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - The Master Blackmailer
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/1992
Holmes and Watson attempt to thwart the schemes of the infamous blackmailer Charles Augustus Milverton from blackmailing Lady Eva Blackwell. But things do not seem as easy as they do and Holmes must sacrifice his morality and his honourable career to stop Milverton from wrecking her marriage.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: N/A
8.5/10 2 votes#2 - The Golden Pince-Nez
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 3/21/1994
The police are baffled by the murder of Willoughby Smith, and Inspector Hopkins looks to Holmes to solve the case.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 4 votes#3 - The Abbey Grange
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/16/1986
Holmes is called in to investigate a murder. Lady Brackenstall says she saw a gang of men kill her bullying husband, Sir Eustace, but on Holmes's arrival the case seems to have been solved. Holmes is uneasy and returns to the scene of the crime, where he finds things are not as they appear to be. And Watson is curious to hear about the lady's love affair with a sea captain during a long voyage.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 1 votes#4 - Service of All the Dead
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1987
Morse investigates murder on hallowed ground. A quiet country church is an unlikely setting for the killing, and a vicar and his voluntary helpers are the unlikely suspects. Among them is Ruth Rawlinson, whom Morse is attracted to. Then it appears that a serial killer is at work.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: Julian Mitchell
8.0/10 1 votes#5 - The Settling of the Sun
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/15/1988
Oxford is shocked when a a Japanese student dies in what seems to be a brutal ritual killing. Then Morse finds he has unwittingly given all his suspects a watertight alibi.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: Charles Wood
8.0/10 2 votes#6 - The Mazarin Stone
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 4/4/1994
The Mazarin Stone, a famous jewel, acts as a magnet for crime. Holmes investigates the latest and perhaps most curious episode in its adventures.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 3 votes#7 - The Three Gables
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 3/7/1994
Holmes investigates when a man dies and the manuscript of his recently-completed book is stolen. He has to discover who was behind an unusual proposal to buy a house and all of its contents.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 2 votes#8 - The Sign of Four
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 12/29/1987
For years after her father's disappearance, the beautiful Miss Mary Morstan receives anonymously every year one large and valuable pearl. When, finally, an invitation arrives to meet the mysterious pearl-giver, Mary Morstan seeks Holmes's advice, and he begins to unravel some remarkable clues, including a poison dart and a man with a wooden leg. What Holmes finds is an old soldier who is determined to punish those who betrayed him and his friends by stealing their oriental treasure.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#9 - Warlock
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1963
Steed is entrusted with the safe-keeping of a new fuel formula when its inventor is found in a coma. The scientist had been involved in a black magic circle which leads Steed and Cathy into the world of hexes and magic powers.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#10 - The Sins of the Fathers
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/1990
Morse investigates the murder of Trevor Radford, managing director of the family-owned Radford's Brewery, who was attacked and killed while working late. Morse becomes immersed in the implications of a hostile take-over bid by another company. Then Helen Radford goes to the brewery to look for her missing husband Stephen and finds him also murdered.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: N/A
6.8/10 5 votes#11 - Wisteria Lodge
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 4/20/1988
On a visit to Wisteria Lodge, Scott Eccles gets a strange reception. A mysterious note arrives for his host, Garcia, and the next morning Garcia and his servants have vanished without trace. Eccles consults Holmes, who decides to treat the case as a murder investigation, but it appears that Holmes and Watson are on a wild goose chase.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: N/A
6.5/10 2 votes#12 - The Moles
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 5/30/1982
Two cash-strapped business owners tunnel their way into a bank – only to find they missed a crucial notice on the door.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: Chaim Bermant
6.5/10 2 votes#13 - The Mugger
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 10/14/1984
When a married politician falls in love with a woman at a party, things soon go wrong and his entire career and reputation are put in jeopardy.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: Robin Chapman
6.0/10 2 votes#14 - Who's Got the Lady?
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 8/15/1982
When a piece of art is stolen, the gallery owner gets his girlfriend to make copies of it to sell.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: Jeremy Paul
6.0/10 2 votes#15 - Hit and Run
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 5/10/1983
Dr Roger Ashburn's beautiful wife tells him their marriage is over. Devastated, he begins a new life.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: Robin Chapman
5.5/10 2 votes#16 - The Last of the Midnight Gardeners
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 6/16/1984
Walter is a vain writer and publisher with a wife and a mistress, based in London, and he likes to show off. He stages a story writing competition, with a £5,000 prize, to find the plot for a perfect murder.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: Gerald Savory
5.0/10 1 votes#17 - The Frighteners
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/27/1961
To stop his daughter seeing suspected conman Jeremy de Willoughby, Sir Thomas Waller has hired arch-criminal the Deacon to 'put the frighteners on'. Steed is on the trail of the Deacon and, with the aid of Dr. Keel, stops two thugs from seriously wounding de Willoughby. They set a trap for the Deacon and the lovers.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: N/A