Professor T backdrop
Crime•Mystery•Drama

The Best Episodes of Professor T

Every episode of Professor T ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Professor T!

Binge this in 19h 3m•Peaking at 8.4/10

Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name.

Airs on
ITV1BritBox
BestEpisodes
WorstEpisodes
BestSeasons
AllEpisodes

Seasons5

All12345

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Click to reveal
    Professor T Season 4 Episode 6 - The Warrior Gene
    8.4/10(345 votes)

    S4:E6

    A man staggers in front of a car, and confesses to killing a man before dying. But where is the body?

    Directors:Dries Vos, Kaat Beels
    Writers:Stephen Brady, Paul Piedfort

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  2. Professor T Season 3 Episode 6 - Attachment Issues
    8.3/10(518 votes)

    S3:E6

    When a body is found at the scene of a car crash, Professor T investigates and finds some uncomfortable resemblances to his own situation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  3. Professor T Season 2 Episode 6 - Swansong
    8.0/10(437 votes)

    S2:E6

    After discovering the body of an undercover police officer, the CID team blunder into a Drugs Squad operation against a major trafficker that appears to implicate one of their closest colleagues.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  4. Professor T Season 3 Episode 3 - Truth and Justice
    7.9/10(423 votes)

    S3:E3

    Professor T is up in court and must decide whether to save himself or his former lover, and there are no end of suspects in a prison officer's death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  5. Professor T Season 3 Episode 5 - The Conference
    7.9/10(391 votes)

    S3:E5

    Professor T must prove his innocence when he comes under suspicion after a murder at a criminology conference.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  6. Professor T Season 4 Episode 2 - September Gardens
    7.9/10(325 votes)

    S4:E2

    While Jasper visits a home for the elderly, a woman is killed by one of the people living there. But there may be more to the murder than meets the eye.

    Directors:Dries Vos, Kaat Beels
    Writer:Stephen Brady

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 WORST Episodes of Professor T

    READ
  7. Professor T Season 4 Episode 3 - The Inspection
    7.9/10(310 votes)

    S4:E3

    A school inspector is killed, first by five stab wounds, and then by being smothered. Why two different methods?

    Directors:Dries Vos, Kaat Beels, Jake Harvey
    Writers:Stephen Brady, Paul Piedfort

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  8. Professor T Season 4 Episode 5 - The Perfect Murder
    7.9/10(302 votes)

    S4:E5

    When a painting is destroyed, suspicions fall on a group of climate activists. But the next attack leaves a dead body behind.

    Directors:Dries Vos, Kaat Beels
    Writers:Stephen Brady, Paul Piedfort

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  9. Professor T Season 2 Episode 5 - The Trial
    7.8/10(411 votes)

    S2:E5

    Professor T conducts a series of lectures for his students detailing a high-profile court case in which a caretaker is accused of murdering his employer; the accused was found standing over the victim's body and his fingerprints on the murder weapon, but Professor T is convinced of his innocence, bringing him into conflict with the CID team and DI Paul Rabbits as the investigating officer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  10. Professor T Season 1 Episode 3 - Tiger Tiger
    7.7/10(592 votes)

    S1:E3

    A jeweller is run down in the street when he crosses in a hurry. In his bag he has a collection of very valuable diamonds. The police suspect there is more to it and visit his family.

    Director:Dries Vos
    Writers:Matt Baker, Malin-Sarah Gozin

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  11. Professor T Season 1 Episode 5 - Sophie Knows
    7.7/10(554 votes)

    S1:E5

    A girl with Downs Syndrome claims she knows who murdered her mother, but she doesn't want to say who it is. She only trusts the professor. Lisa is worried about her father and Dan has a surprise when he turns up for their date.

    Director:Dries Vos
    Writers:Matt Baker, Malin-Sarah Gozin

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  12. Professor T Season 2 Episode 2 - The Mask Murders
    7.7/10(448 votes)

    S2:E2

    A prominent barrister and his wife are found shot dead in a crime that has uncanny similarities to a double murder that the barrister successfully prosecuted 15 years earlier.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  13. Professor T Season 3 Episode 1 - Heir to the Throne
    7.7/10(475 votes)

    S3:E1

    When Professor T is jailed and finds the sights, sounds and smells of prison hard to take, Dan and Lisa try to distract him with a murder case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  14. Professor T Season 4 Episode 1 - Overboard
    7.7/10(384 votes)

    S4:E1

    A woman mysteriously disappears from a yacht, during a trip with her boyfriend and friends. Dr. Goldberg tries to convince Professor Tempest to resume collaboration with the police.

    Directors:Dries Vos, Kaat Beels
    Writer:Stephen Brady

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  15. Professor T Season 3 Episode 4 - A Little Drop of Poison
    7.6/10(389 votes)

    S3:E4

    Professor T is desperate to get back to his work when he is called on by the police to investigate a series of unexplained deaths.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  16. Professor T Season 4 Episode 4 - You Can't Kill Me
    7.6/10(314 votes)

    S4:E4

    A stage prop knife is substituted by a real knife. Who did the switch and why?

    Directors:Dries Vos, Kaat Beels
    Writers:Stephen Brady, Paul Piedfort

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  17. Professor T Season 2 Episode 3 - The Family
    7.5/10(444 votes)

    S2:E3

    The Professor is asked to decipher a macabre puzzle when a doctor and her family are found dead in a grisly tableau on their living room sofa, each having died by different means. But in which order and by whom?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  18. Professor T Season 3 Episode 2 - The Perfect Picture
    7.5/10(416 votes)

    S3:E2

    When a body is found floating in a hotel swimming pool, the police suspect foul play and decide to get Professor T's help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  19. Professor T Season 1 Episode 2 - A Fish Called Walter
    7.4/10(650 votes)

    S1:E2

    There is a poisoning at a reception. The police start to think that the real target is a civil servant who forged an environmental report who also was present at the reception. Due to the forged report, the daughter of a young family is very sick in hospital. The child's father might have something to do with the death.

    Director:Dries Vos
    Writers:Matt Baker, Malin-Sarah Gozin

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  20. Professor T Season 1 Episode 6 - The Dutiful Child
    7.4/10(520 votes)

    S1:E6

    There is a hit on prominent businessman during an official function. The shooter fails but the intended victim is found dead a few days later. A family feud reminds Jasper of his past

    Director:Dries Vos
    Writers:Matt Baker, Malin-Sarah Gozin

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  21. Professor T Season 2 Episode 1 - Ring of Fire
    7.4/10(489 votes)

    S2:E1

    When a student is left badly burnt and in a coma after a house fire, the CID team call in Professor T after it emerges the victim was drugged.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  22. Professor T Season 2 Episode 4 - DNA of a Murderer
    7.4/10(408 votes)

    S2:E4

    When an artisan baker is found dead after receiving death threats, the police appear to have an open and shut case against the son of a convicted murderer who was sent to prison thanks to the baker's testimony.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  23. Professor T Season 1 Episode 1 - The Anatomy of a Memory
    7.3/10(815 votes)

    S1:E1

    Diana Tyson was violently attacked on the university campus where Professor T has tenure. DI Lisa Donckers suspects that the assault is very similar to one that occurred years beforehand, and, having been a previous student of Professor T's, she thinks he can help.

    Director:Dries Vos
    Writers:Matt Baker, Malin-Sarah Gozin

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  24. Professor T Season 1 Episode 4 - Mother Love
    7.3/10(546 votes)

    S1:E4

    An au pair comes home after an evening off to find her employer unconscious in the living room. His daughter has vanished. The investigation leads the police to his business partner.

    Director:Dries Vos
    Writers:Matt Baker, Malin-Sarah Gozin

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

Best Episodes Summary

"The Warrior Gene" is the best rated episode of "Professor T". It scored 8.4/10 based on 345 votes. Directed by Dries Vos, Kaat Beels and written by Stephen Brady, Paul Piedfort, it aired on 9/28/2025. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Attachment Issues".