The Best Episodes Written By Sally Wainwright
Every TV Episode Written by Sally Wainwright Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Sally Wainwright Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Sally Wainwright is "Personal", rated 8.2/10 from 4 user votes. It was "directed by N/A". "Personal" aired on 6/12/2011 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Let's Have Another Look at Your Past Perfect".
8.2/10 4 votes#1 - Personal
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/12/2011
When a rape and murder case goes to trial, DCI Gill Murray is determined to see the defendant, Georgios Stelikos, convicted. But the case is made more complicated because only one of the alleged victims is prepared to testify. When Rachel gives evidence, she is horrified to discover that her ex Nick is the defence barrister. Nick's cross examination shakes her when he uses information which passed between them when they were together. But as the verdict is delivered, events take a shocking turn.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sally Wainwright
8.0/10 9 votes#2 - Let's Have Another Look at Your Past Perfect
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/20/2019
The widowed Reverend Ainsworth arrives in Halifax with his sights set on Ann Walker's hand in marriage. Aware that Ainsworth's attentions are stirring up painful memories for her lover, Anne sets out to deal with the clergyman in her own inimitable manner. However, she soon realizes that there are greater demons inside Ann Walker's troubled mind.
Director: Jennifer Perrott
Writer: Sally Wainwright
8.0/10 9 votes#3 - Are You Still Talking?
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/10/2019
Following a four-week journey from Paris to Copenhagen, Anne finds acceptance and appreciation in Danish high society, stepping out of her sartorial comfort zone to attend a birthday ball hosted by Queen Marie. When difficult news arrives from Shibden, Anne is faced with the decision to stay in Europe or go back home.
Director: Sally Wainwright
Writer: Sally Wainwright
7.9/10 9 votes#4 - Do Ladies Do That?
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/27/2019
With Ann Walker's mental health in an alarming downward spiral - and her overprotective relatives watching over her – Anne Lister is forced to contemplate travelling alone, despite her family's warnings that to do so would raise eyebrows. Meanwhile, Anne reopens her coal-mine negotiations with the Rawson brothers, and Thomas Sowden's secret casts a cloud over his budding relationship with Suzannah Washington.
Director: Jennifer Perrott
Writer: Sally Wainwright
7.7/10 10 votes#5 - I Just Went There to Study Anatomy
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/29/2019
Anne begins a playful but dangerous courtship of shy local heiress Miss Walker, who quickly finds herself captivated by the attention of her charismatic and unusual neighbour. Anne's plan to renovate Shibden Hall is also stepping up a gear, and her determination to sink her own coal mines brings her into the path of local magistrate Christopher Rawson and his brother Jeremiah.
Director: Sally Wainwright
Writer: Sally Wainwright
7.6/10 9 votes#6 - Why've You Brought That?
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/3/2019
Before setting off for Europe to escape the heartache of her doomed relationship with Ann Walker, Anne invites Christopher Rawson to Shibden to rebuke him for publicly insulting Marian. Undeterred by his warnings that her accusations will have dangerous repercussions, Anne comes up with a bold, reckless strategy to finally sink her own pit and expose the Rawsons' industrial-scale theft of her coal.
Director: Sally Wainwright
Writer: Sally Wainwright
7.5/10 4 votes#7 - Congratulations
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/29/2011
DC Rachel Bailey, DC Janet Scott and the team take on a new case - a young Turkish woman has been killed, and her murder made to look like suicide. Rachel finds out that the woman's husband was having an affair, and takes a risk when it comes to interviewing the man's mistress. Will her high-stakes approach get results? She also uses her police privileges to carry out an investigation into her own ex - and is horrified to discover that he is married with two children. Meanwhile, Janet agrees to take another look at the case of an old school friend, Veronica, who was abducted and murdered when they were children.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sally Wainwright
7.5/10 4 votes#8 - Surprise
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/5/2011
Rachel's personal life gets even more complicated when she reveals to Nick that she is pregnant. At work, the team face a particularly gruesome case - a mother of two has been brutally raped and left to bleed to death in the boot of her car. A sharp piece of detective work from Rachel leads to teenager Luke Farrell being charged, but horrific events start to unravel as a result of his arrest. Janet steps up her investigation into her childhood friend Veronica's death and meets up with an officer who investigated the murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sally Wainwright
7.5/10 2 votes#9 - Tracks Less Well Trod
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/29/2024
On the run from the law, Nell, Roxy and George turn to highway robbery to survive.
Director: Ben Taylor
Writer: Sally Wainwright
7.5/10 2 votes#10 - A Private Joke with the Queen
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/29/2024
Poynton's dark magic catches up with Nell. One of her sisters is dangerously wounded in the escape.
Director: Amanda Brotchie
Writer: Sally Wainwright
7.5/10 2 votes#11 - Devil's Dung
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/29/2024
Nell risks capture to find a doctor, and the gang receive help from some unlikely sources.
Director: Amanda Brotchie
Writer: Sally Wainwright
7.5/10 2 votes#12 - Excuse Me, I'm a Doctor
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/29/2024
Nell goes to Newgate Prison to try and rescue Devereux, and Roxy and George meet their Uncle Jack.
Director: Amanda Brotchie
Writer: Sally Wainwright
7.2/10 6 votes#13 - Don't Call Me "Nelly"
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/29/2024
England, 1705: Nell Jackson's supernatural fighting skills stir up trouble on her return from war.
Director: Ben Taylor
Writer: Sally Wainwright
7.0/10 12 votes#14 - I Was Just Passing
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/22/2019
Halifax, 1832. Anne Lister returns from Hastings to Shibden Hall, having discovered that her would-be companion and lover, the aristocratic Vere Hobart, has accepted a marriage proposal from a man. Despite her affection for her elderly aunt, Anne is frustrated by the shabbiness of her ancestral home and finds her father and long-suffering sister difficult to live with.
Director: Sally Wainwright
Writer: Sally Wainwright
7.0/10 11 votes#15 - Oh Is That What You Call It?
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/6/2019
Despite mutual acquaintances begin to chatter about their relationship, Anne confides her hopes for a future with Ann Walker to her aunt. Meanwhile, the Rawson brothers step up their attempts to out-maneuver her in the coal business, and Marian grows annoyed that her sister is treating Shibden like a hotel.
Director: Sarah Harding
Writer: Sally Wainwright
7.0/10 10 votes#16 - Most Women Are Dull and Stupid
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/13/2019
During a visit to York, Anne is delighted when Doctor Belcombe confirms that she is the perfect tonic for Ann Walker's nervous disorder. When the news of a bereavement arrives at Cliff Hill, Ann's desperate reaction makes Anne suspect that there's more to it and that Ann has secrets of her own. As her rivalry with Christopher Rawson heats up, Anne plans to re-open her old coal mines and sink her own shaft.
Director: Sarah Harding
Writer: Sally Wainwright