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The Best Episodes of Campion Season 1

Every episode of Campion Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Campion Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Campion Season 1 Episode 4 - Police at the Funeral (2)
    7.7/10(134 votes)

    S1:E4

    Campion receives a letter from an old Cambridge friend, asking him to help find a missing uncle of his fiancée. Campion is convinced that the murderer is part of the Faraday household.

    Director:Ronald Wilson
    Writer:Jeremy Paul

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  2. Campion Season 1 Episode 5 - The Case of the Late Pig (1)
    7.7/10(139 votes)

    S1:E5

    'Pig' Peters dies and is buried... but then he turns up dead again...

    Director:Robert Chetwyn
    Writer:Jill Hyem

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  3. Campion Season 1 Episode 6 - The Case of the Late Pig (2)
    7.7/10(122 votes)

    S1:E6

    Campion investigates the murder of 'Pig' Peters, whose funeral he attended three months earlier.

    Director:Robert Chetwyn
    Writer:Jill Hyem

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  4. Campion Season 1 Episode 1 - Look to the Lady (1)
    7.6/10(215 votes)

    S1:E1

    Campion learns that a mediaeval relic called the Gyrth Chalice, which for hundreds of years has been in the care of the Gyrth family at the village of Sanctuary, is threatened by an international gang of art thieves. For the Gyrths the stakes are high - if they lose the Chalice, their country estate will revert to the Crown. Campion travels to Sanctuary with Val Gyrth, and almost at once Val's aunt Lady Diana is found dead in the middle of a wood, apparently frightened to death... it seems the gang is already on the job.

    Director:Martyn Friend
    Writers:Alan Plater, Margery Allingham

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  5. Campion Season 1 Episode 3 - Police at the Funeral (1)
    7.6/10(162 votes)

    S1:E3

    A murderer is on the loose at Cambridge, where the family of the late Professor John Faraday is being murdered. His niece's husband Andrew is found in the river with a bullet in his head, then his daughter Julia is poisoned and his son William is attacked. Campion is called in by a friend, and Caroline Faraday, the Professor's widow, retains hin to protect her eccentric children William and Kitty and to find the murderer. Campion finds himself working on the case with Inspector Stanislaus Oates.

    Director:Ronald Wilson
    Writer:Jeremy Paul

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  6. Campion Season 1 Episode 7 - Death of a Ghost (1)
    7.6/10(138 votes)

    S1:E7

    Campion, getting away from it all, visits his friend Belle Lafcadio, a rich art collector. Trouble begins with murder at an exhibition of pictures by a dead artist. First one body turns up, then another... and the identity of one of the departed comes as something of a surprise.

    Director:Michael Owen Morris
    Writer:Elaine Morgan

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  7. Campion Season 1 Episode 2 - Look to the Lady (2)
    7.5/10(164 votes)

    S1:E2

    When the safety of the ancient Gyrth Chalice is threatened, Campion embarks on a dangerous assignment to protect it. He soon discovers that his adversary will stop at nothing - even murder - in order to get the Chalice.

    Director:Martyn Friend
    Writers:Alan Plater, Margery Allingham

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  8. Campion Season 1 Episode 8 - Death of a Ghost (2)
    7.4/10(113 votes)

    S1:E8

    Campion is convinced that a third murder is imminent. The inquest into the death of Claire Potter reveals that she died from nicotine poisoning.

    Director:Michael Owen Morris
    Writer:Elaine Morgan

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Police at the Funeral (2)" is the best rated episode of Campion season 1. It scored 7.7/10 from 134 votes. Directed by Ronald Wilson and written by Jeremy Paul, it aired on February 12, 1989.