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The Best Episodes of Magpie Murders Season 1

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

An editor gets drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she receives an unfinished manuscript.

Genres:DramaMysteryCrime
Network:BritBox

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Magpie Murders" season 1 is "Episode 1", rated 7.4/10 from 513 user votes. It was directed by Peter Cattaneo and written by Anthony Horowitz. "Episode 1" aired on 2/10/2022 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 2".

  • Episode 1
    7.4/10 513 votes

    #1 - Episode 1

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/10/2022

    Editor Susan Ryeland is eagerly awaiting the manuscript from Clover Books' number one best-selling author Alan Conway, whose hero Atticus Pünd regularly solves murder mysteries in the fictional village of Saxby on Avon. Susan is drawn into her own mystery when she and her boss realise that the final chapter is missing and Conway is found dead in his shrubbery.

    Director: Peter Cattaneo

    Writer: Anthony Horowitz

  • Episode 2
    7.6/10 438 votes

    #2 - Episode 2

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/10/2022

    Staying with her sister Katie while searching for the missing last chapter, Susan visits Abbey Grange, the grand home of Alan Conway, where she discovers that his notes are also missing. Meanwhile, Atticus Pünd and his faithful assistant Fraser are in Saxby on Avon investigating the murder of Sir Magnus Pye.

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  • Episode 3
    7.5/10 402 votes

    #3 - Episode 3

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/10/2022

    Susan finds herself under pressure to make decisions as CityWorld need to know if she wants to be CEO, but Andreas wants to go back to Crete. She is still determined to find the missing last chapter of Alan Conway's book, and her suspicions are further aroused about his untimely end.

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  • Episode 4
    7.6/10 389 votes

    #4 - Episode 4

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2022

    As Susan and Charles attend the funeral of Alan Conway, his creation Atticus Pünd and his faithful secretary Fraser are also attending the funeral of Sir Magnus Pye. Much to Susan's horror, she realises that her world and Conway's fiction have more in common than mere coincidence.

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  • Episode 5
    7.5/10 373 votes

    #5 - Episode 5

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/10/2022

    Susan confronts Andreas about the incriminating photograph that has been e-mailed to her. In Saxby on Avon, Atticus Pünd assists Inspector Chubb in the investigation of the murders of Mary Blakiston and Magnus Pye by suggesting that police divers search the lake.

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  • Episode 6
    8.0/10 394 votes

    #6 - Episode 6

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2022

    Susan is put under more pressure by Charles, who tells her that he has approached someone else for the CEO job at Clover Books, but she is seemingly no closer to finding the missing chapter. Atticus Pünd is confident that he has at last discovered the identity of the Saxby on Avon murderer.

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