6.6/1024 votesLoading...#1 - Walking with Ghosts
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/18/2024
Halloween gets even spookier when a ghost tour guide sees a body being buried on the beach in Whitstable. But Pearl wants to know where the body's gone?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1045 votesLoading...#2 - Oysters Kilpatrick
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/4/2024
Just as Pearl allows herself a luxury weekend away with Tom, a food critic drops dead in the Whitstable Pearl. Will she come home or stay with Tom?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10304 votesLoading...#3 - The Free Waters
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/24/2021
Restaurant owner Pearl Nolan discovers the body of her friend and oyster supplier chained to the anchor of his ship. The police, led by out-of-towner Chief Inspector Mike McGuire, believe it was an accident, but Pearl, who also runs a private detective agency, suspects foul play.
Director: David Caffrey
Writer: Øystein Karlsen, Julie Wassmer
7.2/10255 votesLoading...#4 - Random Acts
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/24/2021
Working with local cop DS Nikki Martel, Mike investigates the death of a diabetic estate agent force-fed marmalade. When a woman hires Pearl to look into a large sum of cash left in her mailbox, Pearl discovers Whitstable may have a mysterious benefactor-but are they connected to the murder?
Director: David Caffrey
Writer: Alastair Galbraith
7.2/10226 votesLoading...#5 - The Man on the Blue Plaque
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/21/2021
A 30-year-old skeleton washes up on the shore, and the victim has a very personal connection to Pearl; Pearl's budding romance with Mike is threatened when he identifies a suspect close to home.
Director: Chanya Button
Writer: Mike Walden
7.2/10167 votesLoading...#6 - The Gumshoe and the Femme Fatale
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/5/2022
When 1970s movie icon Zelda St John changes her will, leaving her fortune to her housekeeper, Natalia, the young woman seeks out Pearl, fearing that Zelda's family might hurt her. Not long afterward, Zelda is found unconscious at her home, attacked with a croquet mallet, and Natalia disappears. Clashing over who they believe is responsible, Mike and Pearl lead separate investigations.
Director: Matt Carter
Writer: Mike Walden
7.2/10144 votesLoading...#7 - Hidden Treasures
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/12/2022
Mysterious happenings at Dolly's (shower left running, smoke alarms going off, money missing) has Pearl worried about her mother's state of mind. Meanwhile a burglary has Mike determined not to involve Pearl at any cost.
Director: Matt Carter
Writer: Mike Walden
7.3/10238 votesLoading...#8 - Civil War
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/31/2021
When a recently retired DCI is shot dead during an English Civil War reenactment, Mike immediately suspects the victim’s wife, but she hires Pearl to find out if someone could be targeting her, too. Pearl and Mike plan a date, but a miscommunication puts them at odds.
Director: Jon Jones
Writer: Mike Walden
7.3/10233 votesLoading...#9 - Disappearance at Oare
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/7/2021
Pearl agrees to help a woman who received a note claiming her missing husband did not die from suicide. Pearl connects the case to a grief-counseling church group and a drowning years ago. As Christmas approaches, Mike sinks into a depression, despite taking on a new flat in Whitstable.
Director: Jon Jones
Writer: MyAnna Buring
7.3/10145 votesLoading...#10 - To Those We Love
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/12/2022
Pearl is missing Charlie. Mike is missing Pearl, but a death at a wedding brings them together as Pearl is a witness to family rivalry, angry ex-girlfriends and lies.
Director: Matt Carter
Writer: Kam Odedra
7.4/10228 votesLoading...#11 - A Cup O' Kindness
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/14/2021
When a mother takes her daughter out for a boat ride despite the father’s wishes, the boat starts taking on water and the two need to be rescued. Was it an accident, or were they targeted? Pearl investigates while Mike tries to enjoy his time off from police duty in the days before New Year’s Eve.
Director: Chanya Button
Writer: Mike Walden, Rachel Flowerday
7.4/10206 votesLoading...#12 - Babylon
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/28/2022
While returning from visiting his young son, Kruz, in France, Whitstable local and former soldier Dan Tomlin crashes his car. When he wakes in the hospital, Dan learns that Kruz had been hiding in the trunk of his vehicle—and he"s now gone missing. With his ex-wife accusing him of kidnapping their son, Dan hires Pearl to track him down, and she teams up with Mike to find the missing boy.
Director: Jon Jones
Writer: Mike Walden
7.4/1073 votesLoading...#13 - Girl, Whitstable Beach
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/21/2024
After a young mother vanishes for seven years, she resurfaces on Whitstable Beach, leaving Pearl determined to uncover where she's been and her reasons for returning.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10196 votesLoading...#14 - Night Terrors
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/28/2022
Laid up at home with a broken ankle, Mike passes time by observing his neighbors in the complex across the way. After witnessing one man"s violent night terrors, Mike becomes convinced that his supposed episodes are part of a plot to murder his wife. When Mike"s police colleagues dismiss his concerns, he hires Pearl to do the legwork he can"t.
Director: Jon Jones
Writer: Mike Walden
7.5/10152 votesLoading...#15 - The Offer
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 12/5/2022
After inheriting a beloved local pub from her mother, Molly Stratton puts it up for sale to the highest bidder, rather than selling it back to the community. She turns to Pearl for help to deal with the anonymous threats she's been receiving--including a dead seagull on her doorstep. When the pub is sold, the situation takes an even darker turn.
Director: Jon Jones
Writer: Jess Williams
7.5/1057 votesLoading...#16 - Death, the Devil and the Fool
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/28/2024
A little girl goes missing at the Whitstable Psychic Fair and skeptical Pearl has to join forces with a psychic to help find her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1039 votesLoading...#17 - Prisoners of the Past
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/2024
Why hasn't Charlie told Pearl that he is back from Canada and living in London? Her search for him leads her to find out more about Mike's past.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Whitstable Pearl
Every episode of Whitstable Pearl ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Whitstable Pearl!
With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from...
Genres:CrimeMystery
Network:Acorn TV
Worst Episodes Summary
"Walking with Ghosts" is the worst rated episode of "Whitstable Pearl". It scored 6.6/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/18/2024. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Oysters Kilpatrick".