The Worst Episodes of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

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   3.3/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Poison Pen

   S2:E111/29/1996

   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:John Bowen

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   Director:Roger Bamford

   Writer:John Bowen
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   3.3/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Childsplay

   S3:E51/2/1998

   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

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   Director:John Glenister

   Writer:Brian Finch
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   4.0/10(3 votes)

   #3 - Something to Treasure

   S4:E17/24/1998

   Missing gems and precious metals drive a mining community to madness as Hetty searches for buried treasure stashed by a miner killed in a cave-in. Hot on the trail of the lost loot, Geoffrey, too, is caught in an underground accident.

   Director:David Giles

   Writer:Philip Martin

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   Director:David Giles

   Writer:Philip Martin
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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - Fingers

   S1:E31/17/1996

   A restaurant owner in Italy is sent a package apparently containing his son's index finger plus a photo of him in front of graffiti art in Manchester and a warning: Silence and await instruction. The distraught family finds solace when who should be taking a holiday in Italy than Hetty Wainthropp? After snooping at her passport and learning she's a detective, they come to her and she accepts their case. As Hetty investigates, she discovers that Gianni may be involved in a bad loan connected to the mafia.

   Director:Robert Tronson

   Writers:David Cook, John Bowen

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   Director:Robert Tronson

   Writers:David Cook, John Bowen
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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #5 - Widdershins

   S1:E41/24/1996

   Hetty and Robert travel to the small village of Readsby, where his revered elderly uncle, a former professional soccer player, has apparently committed suicide. But Hetty doesn't believe it -- for one thing, where's the suicide note? And when she begins to suspect that the villagers of Readsby, once a notorious haven for witches, are engaged in satanic practices, she's determined to prove that they were somehow involved -- with surprising results!

   Director:Robert Tronson

   Writers:David Cook, John Bowen

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   Director:Robert Tronson

   Writers:David Cook, John Bowen
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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - Runaways

   S2:E312/13/1996

   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

   Writers:David Cook, John Bowen

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   Director:Robert Tronson

   Writers:David Cook, John Bowen
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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - The Astral Plane

   S2:E412/20/1996

   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

   Writers:David Cook, John Bowen

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   Director:Roger Bamford

   Writers:David Cook, John Bowen
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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - Woman of the Year

   S2:E61/10/1997

   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:John Bowen

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   Director:David Giles

   Writer:John Bowen
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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - All Stitched Up

   S3:E111/28/1997

   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:Jeremy Paul

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   Director:David Giles

   Writer:Jeremy Paul
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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Pursuit by Proxy

    S3:E61/9/1998

    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:Peter Gibbs

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    Director:John Glenister

    Writer:Peter Gibbs
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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Helping Hansi

    S3:E81/23/1998

    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

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    Director:Jim Goddard

    Writer:Philip Martin
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - For Love Nor Money

    S4:E69/4/1998

    Robert's brother Frank comes to stay, and brings Hetty the case of a missing Victorian school ma'am.

    Director:Mike Vardy

    Writer:Jeremy Paul

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    Director:Mike Vardy

    Writer:Jeremy Paul
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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Digging for Dirt

    S4:E38/7/1998

    A reclusive senior is holding up a real estate deal by refusing to leave her condemned apartment building. Hetty is offered a fabulous bribe when she discovers something suspicious about the structure.

    Director:Mike Vardy

    Writer:Peter Gibbs

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    Director:Mike Vardy

    Writer:Peter Gibbs
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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - The Bearded Lady

    S1:E11/3/1996

    Hetty Waintthropp is annoyed at the cards celebrating her sixtieth birthday--they all offer her well wishes for ""joining the club"" of senior citizens and old-age pensioners, even though she's not entitled to a pension. Determined to make something of herself, Hetty gets a job at the local post office, where she proves her mettle quite quickly by throwing out a troublemaking biker and chasing down a shoplifter.

    Director:John Glenister

    Writers:David Cook, John Bowen

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    Director:John Glenister

    Writers:David Cook, John Bowen
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Eye Witness

    S1:E21/10/1996

    Hetty is called on by a pair of worried parents whose deaf-mute son, Malcolm, has disappeared while out bird-watching on the day he was to meet his mail-order bride from Thailand.

    Director:John Glenister

    Writers:David Cook, John Bowen

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    Director:John Glenister

    Writers:David Cook, John Bowen
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - A High Profile

    S1:E51/31/1996

    A desperate Hetty takes Geoffrey up and down the streets and sidewalks of town advertising the detective agency. This proves to be a wise method of business, as they pick up a client: a woman whose estranged son, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, has disappeared from his sheltered housing unit. As Hetty investigates, she discovers that the woman's son, Reg, has had a hard time being accepted by society, as well as his stepfather, who turns out to have been the person who threw Reg into the streets in the first place. As it becomes clear that Reg has gone off his medicine, Hetty finds herself in a race against the clock to try and find the man before he hurts himself or others in his delusional state.

    Director:John Glenister

    Writers:David Cook, John Bowen

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    Director:John Glenister

    Writers:David Cook, John Bowen
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Safe as Houses

    S1:E62/7/1996

    An old friend of Hetty's - her partner in a music-hall routine years ago -- seeks her help in locating her troubled foster daughter, Chrissie. A teenage mother, Chrissie has disappeared just as a series of arson attacks on local homes have occurred --and Chrissie has a history of setting fires! As Hetty and Geoffrey look for Chrissie, a local newspaper photo competition reveals more than the photographer intended, prompting Geoff to dress in drag -- blonde wig, high heels and all -- to confront the arsonist. Hetty picks up a much-needed reward for her work in this case, and at the presentation of the check, proves that the new gumshoe hasn't lost her knack for the ol' soft-shoe!

    Director:Robert Tronson

    Writers:David Cook, John Bowen

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    Writers:David Cook, John Bowen
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Lost Chords

    S2:E212/6/1996

    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

    Writers:David Cook, John Bowen

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    Writers:David Cook, John Bowen
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - A Rose by Any Other Name

    S2:E51/3/1997

    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:Jeremy Paul

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    Writer:Jeremy Paul
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Daughter of the Regiment

    S3:E212/5/1997

    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

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    Director:David Giles

    Writer:Brian Finch
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Serving the Community

    S3:E312/12/1997

    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

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    Director:Don Leaver

    Writer:Philip Martin
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Fisticuffs

    S3:E412/19/1997

    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:Jeremy Paul

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    Director:Don Leaver

    Writer:Jeremy Paul
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - A Minor Operation

    S3:E71/16/1998

    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

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    Director:Jim Goddard

    Writer:Philip Martin
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - How Time Flies

    S3:E91/30/1998

    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:Jeremy Paul

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    Director:David Giles

    Writer:Jeremy Paul
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Mind Over Muscle

    S4:E48/14/1998

    Hetty sends Geoffrey undercover when it comes to light that the owner of a local gym and fitness centre may be supplying people with dangerous anabolic steroids.

    Director:Robert Tronson

    Writer:Peter Gibbs

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    Director:Robert Tronson

    Writer:Peter Gibbs