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The Best Episodes of The Piglet Files

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The Piglet files is a British espionage satire produced by LWT. The show consisted of three series totalling 21 episodes broadcast from 7 September 1990 to 10 May 1992. The programme follows the life of reluctant

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Piglet Files Season 1 Episode 4 - The Ice-Man Cometh
    9.0/10(8 votes)

    #1 - The Ice-Man Cometh

    S1:E4

    Piglet is the victim of mistaken identity, with potentially fatal consequences.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Piglet Files Season 1 Episode 2 - Fair Exchange
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    #2 - Fair Exchange

    S1:E2

    Piglet is tricked into temporarily housing a recently defected electronics specialist. Agents are sent to kidnap and return her. However, they take Piglet's wife instead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Piglet Files Season 1 Episode 6 - Now You See It
    8.2/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Now You See It

    S1:E6

    The French have developed a top secret device for use on their military aircraft. During a test flight, the plane crashes. Everybody wants to get their hands on the device when the debris is recovered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Piglet Files Season 1 Episode 7 - A Private Member's Bill
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #4 - A Private Member's Bill

    S1:E7

    Sir Desmond wants to make budget cuts by amalgamating MI5, MI6 and other agencies. Piglet and his colleagues use their espionage skills to try to find the skeletons which might persuade Sir Desmond to reconsider.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Piglet Files Season 1 Episode 5 - The Beagle Has Landed
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #5 - The Beagle Has Landed

    S1:E5

    Piglet must use all his espionage skills to infiltrate an activist group and plant bugs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Piglet Files Season 1 Episode 3 - A Room with a View
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #6 - A Room with a View

    S1:E3

    The team is assigned to monitor a couple suspected of transmitting information to East Germany. But are they watching the right people?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Piglet Files Season 1 Episode 1 - A Question of Intelligence
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #7 - A Question of Intelligence

    S1:E1

    MI5 needs a new electronics expert, and Peter Chapman is the one they want. After unexpectedly losing his lecturing job at the polytechnic, Peter is left with little option but to accept MI5's offer, and become Piglet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Piglet Files Season 3 Episode 3 - Sex, Spies and Videotape
    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #8 - Sex, Spies and Videotape

    S3:E3

    Flint finds a new boyfriend, while Maxwell and Drummond prepare a promotional video.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Piglet Files Season 2 Episode 1 - The Wright Stuff
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - The Wright Stuff

    S2:E1

    A book 'The Coldest of Wars' is due to be published about 'Cold War' espionage. When Piglet reveals that his wife Sarah, who works for a publisher, has just been reading a manuscript by the same name, he and Dexter are ordered to intercept before it hits the shops.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Piglet Files Season 2 Episode 2 - Red Spy at Night
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Red Spy at Night

    S2:E2

    Questions of loyalty are asked when a former agent returns and points the finger of suspicion at Maxwell.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Piglet Files Season 2 Episode 3 - Piglet in a Trough
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Piglet in a Trough

    S2:E3

    All of a sudden, Piglet has a drinking problem...and a gambling problem...and financial difficulties...and marital strain. What's going on? Well, Drummond has ordered him to put on the show as a ploy to see if Maxwell is a KGB mole.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Piglet Files Season 2 Episode 4 - The Wrong Combination
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - The Wrong Combination

    S2:E4

    Which is better, MI5 or MI6? After a disastrous training exercise, Drummond is challenged by his MI6 counterpart to answer that very question.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Piglet Files Season 2 Episode 5 - The Hunt for Red Decoder
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - The Hunt for Red Decoder

    S2:E5

    MI5 has acquired a Russian decoding device, but it won't work. Piglet uses his electronics skills to try to understand why.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Piglet Files Season 2 Episode 6 - Under Cover Activity
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Under Cover Activity

    S2:E6

    Piglet has been encouraged to get very close to a female KGB operative. What steps must he take to make sure his wife doesn't find out?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Piglet Files Season 2 Episode 7 - Trouble with Reception
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Trouble with Reception

    S2:E7

    Piglet and his colleagues are attending a foreign Embassy reception. As they attempt to plant some bugs, terrorists storm the party and take guests hostage. Can Piglet and Dexter save the day?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Piglet Files Season 3 Episode 1 - Guerrilas in the Mist
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Guerrilas in the Mist

    S3:E1

    Piglet discovers an arms stash in a remote farmhouse. When caught, he's taken to the manor house, and is surprised to find Drummond already there.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Piglet Files Season 3 Episode 2 - Sweet and Sour Piglet
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Sweet and Sour Piglet

    S3:E2

    The Chinese have used advanced surgical techniques to create a perfect copy of Piglet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Piglet Files Season 3 Episode 4 - In Which We Serve
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - In Which We Serve

    S3:E4

    Piglet is undercover in a hotel, when Sarah appears with her colleagues.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Piglet Files Season 3 Episode 5 - The Plane Truth
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The Plane Truth

    S3:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Piglet Files Season 3 Episode 6 - Under New Mangement
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Under New Mangement

    S3:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Piglet Files Season 3 Episode 7 - With Friends Like These
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - With Friends Like These

    S3:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Ice-Man Cometh" is the best rated episode of "The Piglet Files". It scored 9/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/28/1990. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Fair Exchange".