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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".

  • Poison Pen
    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

  • Lost Chords
    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

  • Runaways
    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

  • The Astral Plane
    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

  • A Rose by Any Other Name
    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

  • Woman of the Year
    8.1/10100 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