The Best Episodes Written By Julian Mitchell

Every TV Episode Written by Julian Mitchell Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Julian Mitchell Ratings Summary

The best episode written by Julian Mitchell is "Masonic Mysteries", rated 9/10 from 1 user votes. It was "directed by Danny Boyle". "Masonic Mysteries" aired on 1/24/1990 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Service of All the Dead".

  • Masonic Mysteries
    9.0/10 1 votes

    #1 - Masonic Mysteries

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/1990

    Morse finds himself at the top of the suspect list when his lady friend, Beryl Newsome, is stabbed at a dress rehearsal for the local amateur dramatic society's production of The Magic Flute. Then Lewis starts uncovering more incriminating evidence, and Morse becomes the target of direct attacks. Who is it that wants to get at Morse so badly?

    Director: Danny Boyle

    Writer: Julian Mitchell

  • Service of All the Dead
    8.0/10 1 votes

    #2 - Service of All the Dead

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1987

    Morse investigates murder on hallowed ground. A quiet country church is an unlikely setting for the killing, and a vicar and his voluntary helpers are the unlikely suspects. Among them is Ruth Rawlinson, whom Morse is attracted to. Then it appears that a serial killer is at work.

    Director: Peter Hammond

    Writer: Julian Mitchell

  • The Ghost in the Machine
    8.0/10 2 votes

    #3 - The Ghost in the Machine

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1989

    Morse investigates the reported theft of erotic paintings belonging to Sir Julius Hanbury, a local baronet who is one of those standing for election as the new Master of Courtney College, Oxford. As well as the pictures, Sir Julius himself has also disappeared. Morse finds Sir Julius's dead body, and at first it looks like murder, but the new police pathologist, Dr Grayling Russell, believes he killed himself. Then there is another death which is undoubtedly a murder - but how is it connected with the late Sir Julius Hanbury?

    Director: Herbert Wise

    Writer: Julian Mitchell

  • Cherubim and Seraphim
    7.3/10 3 votes

    #4 - Cherubim and Seraphim

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 4/15/1992

    "Cherubim and Seraphim" is an episode of the British television detective mystery show Inspector Morse dramatized on ITV. It was first broadcast in 1992. Cherubim and Seraphim are both Biblical words and their origin is described in Christian angelic hierarchy.

    Director: Danny Boyle

    Writer: Julian Mitchell

  • The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
    7.0/10 2 votes

    #5 - The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1987

    Someone at Oxford's Foreign Examination Syndicate is selling exam secrets. Nicholas Quinn, a member of the board, overhears something he shouldn't know about and is soon found dead at his cottage, poisoned with cyanide - but Nicholas was deaf. Then crossword compiler Philip Ogleby has his skull smashed in. During his investigations, Morse is attracted to Monica Height. She works for the Syndicate and may be mixed up in the corruption which led to Quinn's murder, and perhaps to Ogleby's as well.

    Director: Brian Parker

    Writer: Julian Mitchell

  • Promised Land
    7.0/10 1 votes

    #6 - Promised Land

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 3/27/1991

    The search for a retired 'supergrass' takes Morse and Lewis from Oxford to the Australian outback. Strangely, Lewis is less at home down under than Morse himself is.

    Director: John Madden

    Writer: Julian Mitchell

  • Twilight of the Gods
    6.0/10 3 votes

    #7 - Twilight of the Gods

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1993

    A nasty but very rich businessman and a world-famous opera singer are in Oxford to receive honorary degrees from the Chancellor of the University. However, the ceremony has to be abandoned when a sniper opens fire on the procession of dignitaries. The singer is seriously wounded, but was she the intended target?

    Director: Herbert Wise

    Writer: Julian Mitchell

  • Shadow in the Sun
    3.0/10 2 votes

    #8 - Shadow in the Sun

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/3/1971

    Elizabeth meets an interesting suitor, the Duke of Anjou, much to the Puritans' disapproval. Now Elizabeth must decide whether to follow her head or her heart.

    Director: Richard Martin

    Writer: Julian Mitchell

  • The Wolvercote Tongue
    N/A/10 1 votes

    #9 - The Wolvercote Tongue

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 12/25/1987

    Laura Poindexter, a rich American tourist, dies in the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, apparently from a heart attack, but Morse suspects foul play. Laura was due to return a historic jewel to an Oxford museum, and it has gone missing. Then Dr Kemp, who is a womanizing historian, dies of a fall, Lucy Downes is crushed to death in a telephone box, and Dr Kemp's widow appears to take a fatal overdose of Paracetomol.Morse believes the deaths are all linked.

    Director: Alastair Reid

    Writer: Julian Mitchell