8.1/1014 votes#1 - The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/3/1991
Poirot is summoned to Marsdon by the owner of a country inn there to solve a murder. But the inn-keeper is a would-be thriller writer, and to Poirot's dismay the murder turns out to be fictional. Thankfully, though, there is soon a real (if seemingly supernatural) murder at the big house. Things get even more interesting when a young wife claims that a tree in her garden is haunted by a laughing ghost, and there are also signs of black magic from East Africa. Poirot lays a clever ambush to smoke out the killer,confident that he or she will turn out to be human.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: N/A
8.0/105 votes#2 - Down Among the Dead Men
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 3/12/2006
Barnaby and Jones investigate the shooting of a blackmailer, Martin Barrett. But he had so many victims, they are spoiled for choice for a suspect. Then one of his victims, Sir John Waverley, gets another demand. The trail leads them to the seaside and diving for treasure on an uncataloged wreck.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: Douglas Watkinson
8.0/105 votes#3 - The Animal Within
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/2007
Faith Alexander arrives in Midsomer Deverell to visit her estranged Uncle Rex, much to the surprise of his friends and associates who had been told she was dead. The problem is Rex is missing and Barnaby's initial investigation into his disappearance becomes more sinister when Rex's body is found at the bottom of the weir. The case becomes more complicated as it appears the eccentric Rex left several different wills and everyone wants a slice of his estate. Was this the reason for murder, or is it related to a family feud from 40 years ago? What was the secret of the feud? Those who know are not saying but someone is prepared to commit further murders to ensure it is not revealed.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: David Hoskins
7.9/1013 votes#4 - The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 3/10/1991
Hercule Poirot accompanies his friend Captain Hastings on a weekend shooting party at the home of Harrington Pace, but he isn't having a very good time. He comes down with the flu and takes to his bed but when Pace is shot dead in his study, he rises to the occasion to assist Inspector Japp in solving the case.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: N/A
7.6/1022 votes#6 - Peril at End House
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/1990
Poirot and Hastings take a holiday in Cornwall, looking for peace and quiet. They meet Miss Nick Buckley, who lives near their hotel at End House, and she tells Poirot she has had three near-fatal accidents in a few weeks. He then finds a bullet hole in her hat, returns with her to End House and is drawn into a complex murder investigation.....
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: N/A
7.5/101 votes#7 - Ghosts of Christmas Past
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 12/25/2004
An elderly woman is found dead in her cottage and DCI Tom Barnaby is convinced the death is not down to natural causes.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: David Hoskins
7.5/104 votes#8 - Left for Dead
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 5/24/2008
The building of a new road attracts protesters to a small Midsomer village, and it seems to be motive for murder. As Barnaby and Jones delve into the complicated nature of this Midsomer village, they realise the key to solving the case lies under a well-concealed pact between several of the villagers.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: Michael Crompton
7.4/105 votes#9 - Dead Letters
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 2/26/2006
The village of Midsomer Barton is celebrating Oak Apple Week when a local single mother, Marion Slade, is found drowned in the village stream. It looks like suicide, and that she was driven to it by grief over the death, eight years before, of her daughter, Bella, a local beauty pageant winner. Barnaby investigates and is shaken by two villagers who look like murder victims from his past. Then another body is discovered and it appears that the festivities have stirred up a cocktail of adultery, contempt, unrequited love and revenge in the village. And it all appears to center around Bella Slade.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: Peter J. Hammond
7.4/1018 votes
7.4/1018 votes#11 - Problem at Sea
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/1989
Poirot and Hastings are on board a ship steaming towards Alexandria. Poirot recovers from his usual sea-sickness to take an interest in some fellow passengers, especially the Clappertons. On arrival at Alexandria, Mrs Clapperton is found murdered in her cabin.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: N/A
7.3/105 votes#12 - Sauce for the Goose
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 4/3/2005
Barnaby and Scott investigate when the dead body of rival employee, Dexter Lockwood, is found in the Plummer family's factory steriliser.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: Andrew Payne
7.3/1019 votes#13 - Four and Twenty Blackbirds
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/1989
At a London restaurant where he often eats, Poirot notices that another regular customer has diverted from his usual meal. As old Anthony Gascoigne lies dying in Brighton, his estranged twin brother, Henry, falls to his death. A tragic accident, or murder? Poirot begins to see connections and decides the answer to the mystery lies in a blackberry pie.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: N/A
7.3/1016 votes#14 - The Affair at the Victory Ball
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 3/3/1991
Poirot attends the Victory Ball, a costume party where you are expected to dress as someone famous, as himself. However, when two members of a party of six dressed as characters from classical Italian comedy are subsequently found dead, Poirot finds himself working with Chief Inspector Japp to solve the case. The solution to the deaths of Viscount Cronshaw and Coco Courtney is to be found in determining the correct time of death and identifying an impostor at the ball. Poirot takes to the airwaves and reveals the identity of the killer on a live BBC radio broadcast.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: N/A
7.3/107 votes#15 - The Ballad of Midsomer County
Season 17 Episode 3 - Aired 2/11/2015
Could a ballad made famous by late, lamented folk singer Johnny Carver be an inspiration for murder? Did someone want to kill Toby Winning for threatening to take the Little Crosby Folk Festival away from Midsomer – or is the true motive something hidden for 20 years?
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: Paul Logue
7.2/1016 votes#16 - The King of Clubs
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/12/1989
Lovely young actress Valerie St Clair, engaged to marry Prince Paul of Maurania, is the only witness to the murder of Henry Reedburn, a shady and overbearing producer. Prince Paul appeals to Poirot to save Valerie from police suspicion, and the great detective finds he has a conundrum to ponder on, 'When is a murder not a murder?'
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: N/A
6.8/106 votes#17 - Dead in the Water
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2004
The Midsomer Regatta is halted by the discovery of the body of the chairman of the Midsomer Rowing Club floating at the finishing line.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: Douglas Watkinson
6.7/1019 votes#18 - The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/1989
Country squire Marcus Waverly calls on Poirot for help in dealing with kidnap threats against his son. Hastings is appalled by the thought of someone going around kidnapping children and it becomes a race against time to find the identity of the mystery letter writer.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: N/A
6.6/107 votes#19 - The Axeman Cometh
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2007
Barnaby rocks!!! Barnaby dusts off his LPs and reminices about his younger days as a member of a rock band, (much to the amusement of Jones) when his former rock idols Hired Gun', reform to play the Midsomer rock festival. Backstage, however, the old tensions which caused the group to split quickly resurface, and there is still the unexplained mystery of the band member who disappeared 30 years ago. It becomes evident that not everybody shares Barnaby's enthusiasm for the group when one of their members is electrocuted on stage at their opening gig. Who is responsible? Is it one of the band or their sinister butler. Barnaby has to cast aside his fan cloak for his professional one to investigate.
Director: Renny Rye
Writer: Michael Aitkens
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"The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor" is the best rated episode directed by Renny Rye. It scored 8.1/10 based on 14 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 2/3/1991 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Down Among the Dead Men".
