Episode 1
Aired Oct 1, 1987
Lord Peter Wimsey: Strong Poison
Detective Wimsey falls for mystery writer Harriet Vane, on trial for her lover's murder.
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 8, 1987
Lord Peter Wimsey: Strong Poison
Wimsey (Edward Petherbridge) has just 30 days to save Harriet (Harriet Walter) from hanging.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 15, 1987
Lord Peter Wimsey: Strong Poison
Wimsey and Bunter unravel clues which reveal the perpetrator of an almost perfect crime.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 22, 1987
Lord Peter Wimsey: Have His Carcase
Mystery writer Harriet Vane (Harriet Walter) stumbles upon a corpse in the West Country.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 29, 1987
Lord Peter Wimsey: Have His Carcase
Harriet and Wimsey search for evidence to prove the victim's death was not suicide.
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Episode 6
Aired Nov 5, 1987
Lord Peter Wimsey: Have His Carcase
The police step up their search for witnesses after determining the gigolo was murdered.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 12, 1987
Lord Peter Wimsey: Have His Carcase
An encoded letter found on the corpse enables Harriet and Wimsey to solve the murder.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 19, 1987
Lord Peter Wimsey: Gaudy Night
Harriet learns at a reunion that obscene drawings and poison-pen letters plague her alma mater.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 26, 1987
Lord Peter Wimsey: Gaudy Night
Harriet is threatened and later attacked as she investigates malicious doings at the college.
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Episode 10
Aired Dec 3, 1987
Lord Peter Wimsey: Gaudy Night
Harriet asks Wimsey's help to find the person responsible for malicious acts at the college.
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Episode 11
Aired Dec 10, 1987
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple III: Nemesis
Miss Marple must solve an unnamed crime committed at an unspecified time and location.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 17, 1987
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, III: Nemesis
Miss Marple (Joan Hickson) discovers long-hidden secrets while staying with the Bradbury-Scott sisters.
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Episode 13
Aired Jan 7, 1988
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, III: Sleeping Murder
Bride Gwenda Reed insists she once witnessed a murder in the house she and her husband purchased.
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Episode 14
Aired Jan 14, 1988
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, III: Sleeping Murder
Miss Marple tries to reconcile Gwenda's memories with events, using Dr. Kennedy's letters from Helen.
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Episode 15
Aired Jan 21, 1988
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, III: At Bertram's Hotel
Miss Marple (Joan Hickson) suspects Lady Bess Sedgwick of secret evil deeds at Bertram's Hotel.
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Episode 16
Aired Jan 28, 1988
At Bertram's Hotel
A shady race-car driver and the disappearance of Canon Pennyfather seem connected to Gorman's murder.
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Episode 17
Aired Feb 4, 1988
Inspector Morse: Dead of Jericho
Morse's love interest, Anne Stavely, is found pregnant and dead, apparently of suicide.
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Episode 18
Aired Feb 11, 1988
Inspector Morse: Dead of Jericho
Morse's suspects in Anne's death include a peeping Tom and a neurotic music student.
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Episode 19
Aired Feb 18, 1988
Inspector Morse: Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
A deaf man dies shortly after lip-reading a secret conversation.
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Episode 20
Aired Feb 25, 1988
Inspector Morse: Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
Morse suspects Monica Height and her lover are responsible for Nicholas' death.
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Episode 21
Aired Mar 3, 1988
Inspector Morse: Service of All the Dead
Morse is called to investigate when a church warden is found stabbed to death.
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Episode 22
Aired Mar 3, 1988
Inspector Morse: Service of All the Dead
Morse believes attractive Ruth Rowlinson is not telling him the entire truth.
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Episode 23
Aired Mar 17, 1988
Rumpole & the Old, Old Story
A man's wife (Victoria Wicks) and business partner (Robin Sachs) are suspects in his death. With Leo McKern.
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Episode 24
Aired Mar 24, 1988
Rumpole & the Bright Seraphim
Trooper Danny Boyne stands trial in Germany for the murder of his sergeant, a widely disliked bully. With Leo McKern.
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Episode 25
Aired Mar 31, 1988
Rumpole & the Blind Tasting
Rumpole's (Leo McKern) home life and time in court turn rocky when he defends another member of the Timson family.
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Episode 26
Aired Apr 7, 1988
Rumpole of the Bailey, IV: Rumpole & the Official Secret
Rumpole (Leo McKern) suspects underhandedness in the huge number of biscuits reportedly eaten by the Civil Service.
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Episode 27
Aired Apr 14, 1988
Rumpole of the Bailey, IV: Rumpole & the Judge's Elbow
A young barrister plans to modernize; Rumpole (Leo McKern) tries a massage-parlor case before a reluctant judge.
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Episode 28
Aired Apr 21, 1988
Rumpole of the Bailey, IV: Rumpole's Last Case
Rumpole (Leo McKern) defends another Timson family crook; Hearthstoke (Nicholas Gecks) tries to replace Rumpole.
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Episode 29
Aired Apr 28, 1988
Dalgliesh: The Black Tower
A clergyman friend asks wounded detective Adam Dalgliesh's advice on affairs at a secluded nursing home.
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Episode 30
Aired May 5, 1988
Black Tower
Maggie worries the police will discover Victor Holroyd changed his will in her favor shortly before his death.
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Episode 31
Aired May 12, 1988
Dalgliesh: The Black Tower
A young patient disappears; Maggie learns of her husband's affair; Dalgliesh investigates Holroyd's death.
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Episode 32
Aired May 19, 1988
Dalgliesh: The Black Tower
Grace Willison tells why she and Father Baddeley withheld information pertinent to Dalgliesh's investigation.
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Episode 33
Aired May 26, 1988
Dalgliesh: The Black Tower
Julius realizes someone plans to cause him serious harm; Maggie plans revenge on Wilfred after he snubs her.
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Episode 34
Aired Jun 2, 1988
Dalgliesh: The Black Tower
Henry Carwardine offers new facts; Dalgliesh's life is threatened as his investigation makes progress.
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