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The Best Episodes of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Season 3

Every episode of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Season 3!

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 pocketbook, this senior sleuth takes on all the cases the police deem too minor.

Genres:DramaCrime
Network:BBC One

Season 3 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" season 3 is "All Stitched Up", rated 7.7/10 from 97 user votes. It was directed by David Giles and written by N/A. "All Stitched Up" aired on 11/28/1997 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Daughter of the Regiment".

  • All Stitched Up
    7.7/10 97 votes

    #1 - All Stitched Up

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/28/1997

    When a teenage pyromaniac terrorizes a neighborhood, the police are helpless as frightened victims refuse to testify against him. Enter Hetty, posing as the Irish sister-in-law of one of the residents. Her plan: infiltrate the local sewing circle and get the lowdown on Lenny the firebug and his gang.

    Director: David Giles

    Writer: N/A

  • Daughter of the Regiment
    8.1/10 95 votes

    #2 - Daughter of the Regiment

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 12/5/1997

    A military wife hires Hetty when a mysterious photographer starts stalking the woman's daughter and her fiancé. Tipped that an Australian is involved, Hetty and Geoffrey go undercover as "Aussies." They track down the mastermind and learn more than their client wants to know.

    Director: David Giles

    Writer: Brian Finch

  • Serving the Community
    8.1/10 95 votes

    #3 - Serving the Community

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 12/12/1997

    Called to investigate a string of robberies targeting Indian restaurant owners, Hetty herself is mugged! The plot thickens when Robert is the unwitting receiver of stolen goods. As Hetty delves deeper into the activities of the masked bandits, Geoffrey, sporting a stunning new hair-do, rides shotgun for her protection.

    Director: Don Leaver

    Writer: Philip Martin

  • Fisticuffs
    7.8/10 99 votes

    #4 - Fisticuffs

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 12/19/1997

    Hetty seeks compensation for the victim of a road rage incident in which a female driver hit another in the face.

    Director: Don Leaver

    Writer: N/A

  • Childsplay
    7.9/10 104 votes

    #5 - Childsplay

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 1/2/1998

    Hetty looks into a case of bullying when her great nephew is suspended from school, after someone plants an Ecstasy tablet in his blazer.

    Director: John Glenister

    Writer: Brian Finch

  • Pursuit by Proxy
    8.0/10 99 votes

    #6 - Pursuit by Proxy

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 1/9/1998

    Hetty represents a neighbour at a creditors' meeting and her agency is asked to find a missing company director and his money.

    Director: John Glenister

    Writer: N/A

  • A Minor Operation
    8.0/10 95 votes

    #7 - A Minor Operation

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 1/16/1998

    During a quiet hospital stay for surgery, Hetty uncovers a robbery ring run by nurses and helps clear D.C.I. Adams in a sexual assault frame-up. Meanwhile, Hetty's brother-in-law, Frank, gets mixed up with a lusty widow.

    Director: Jim Goddard

    Writer: Philip Martin

  • Helping Hansi
    8.2/10 92 votes

    #8 - Helping Hansi

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 1/23/1998

    Hetty is approached by Hansi, a German gentleman whose golden years have been hampered by a painstaking search for his sister, whom he lost contact with during World War II. However, Hetty passes the case off to Geoffrey and Janet, when it comes to light that this is not the only pain Hansi has been suffering. Someone at his retirement community has been making pointed references to Nazism at Hansi, something he had never been a part of. The person is going so far as to deface Hansi's garden in the shape of a Swastika. Hetty goes undercover as a potential tenant of the retirement community, where she comes into contact with characters that seem to come right out of the mystery novel she's reading: a regimental romantic, a frail woman who has remained alone since her fiance's death in the war, among others. All seem to have motives for harming Hansi. Geoffrey and Janet find Hansi's nephew, only to find that he is ashamed of his uncle's German heritage and prefers to continue hiding. Mea

    Director: Jim Goddard

    Writer: Philip Martin

  • How Time Flies
    7.8/10 91 votes

    #9 - How Time Flies

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/30/1998

    A clock aficionado suspects he's been handed stolen goods when two thugs bring him a valuable antique timepiece for repair. Meanwhile, Frank and Janet break Hetty's number-one rule by getting mixed up in a marital dispute. Oddly enough, the two cases turn out to be linked.

    Director: David Giles

    Writer: N/A