7.4/10125 votes#1 - Poison Pen
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/29/1996
Helga Allowby, a self-described spinster, has been accused of sending noxious poison pen letters to the residents of her village and she wants Hetty to prove her innocence. Hoping to penetrate the mistrust that pervades the village, Hetty goes undercover as Tara Hall, a visiting painter. When Hetty turns up next on the mailing list, she suspects that Miss Allowby is guilty of bad penmanship.
Director: Roger Bamford
Writer: N/A
7.8/10104 votes#2 - Lost Chords
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 12/6/1996
Hetty is called in to investigate when one by one, the contestants in the Blainthorp Muiscal Festival lose their voices. The sponsor of the festival, Oliver Hardiman wants the mystery solved but Hetty only has five days.She finds herself caught up in a battle between rival pharmacists who may be using their skills to harm the finalists.
Director: Robert Tronson
Writer: N/A
7.8/10114 votes#3 - Runaways
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 12/13/1996
Hetty is called in by the Mayor of Titterslow to look for his daughter who has runaway. She has learning difficulties and the Mayor and his wife want the matter of her disappearance to be kept very quiet. Hetty discovers that she left with her boyfriend, Bernard, who also has learning difficulties and that they were making their way to a country hotel.
Director: Robert Tronson
Writer: N/A
7.8/10105 votes#4 - The Astral Plane
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/20/1996
Hetty gets mystical as she investigates Maurika Rome, a spiritualist suspected of using séances and blackmail to prey on the savings of the recently widowed. When Hetty goes undercover and invents a late husband she wishes to contact, she begins to wonder if Mrs. Rome isn't the real thing - until a woman claiming to be her "late husband's" illegitimate daughter shows up demanding money. Geoffrey's secret romance with Rome's daughter, Sara, threatens to undermine Hetty's carefully laid trap and nearly causes him to quit the agency.
Director: Roger Bamford
Writer: N/A
7.9/1098 votes#5 - A Rose by Any Other Name
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/3/1997
The children of well-to-do widow Gillian Snape are worried that her photographer-fiancé Lester Rose is marrying her for her money, and hire Hetty to investigate Rose's past. With Geoffrey's help, Hetty learns that Rose is a gambler and a gigolo with several previous identities. Surprising facts revealed by two women from his past and Hetty's tense undercover visit to his studio expose a somewhat less thorny side of the man. Still, is he the marrying kind?
Director: David Giles
Writer: N/A
8.2/1099 votes#6 - Woman of the Year
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/10/1997
Hetty goes undercover to a women's shelter in a confidential location - and where no man may enter. Detective Chief Inspector Adams suspects that the shelter's security has been severely compromised by an inside informer. Hetty's quest to find the leak opens her eyes to the terrifying realities of spousal abuse, and results in a gripping conclusion as she leads the women in defending their sanctuary against a violent motorcycle gang.
Director: David Giles
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Season 2
Every episode of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Season 2!
Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her husband, and her...
Genres:DramaCrime
Network:BBC One
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Poison Pen" is the best rated episode of "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" season 2. It scored 7.4/10 based on 125 votes. Directed by Roger Bamford and written by N/A, it aired on 11/29/1996. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Lost Chords".