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20 Episodes 2000 - 2001
Episode 1
Thu, Oct 12, 2000 60 mins
A two-part adaptation of "The Wyvern Mystery," J.S. Le Fanu's 1869 gothic-horror novel about a woman (Naomi Watts) in jeopardy on a seriously sinister English country estate. It's known as Wyvern, where Charles Fairfield has taken his pregnant bride, Alice, to live. Actually, they're escaping his father, who took in Alice as a girl and has, in recent years, lusted after her. But cold and empty Wyvern proves no refuge for Alice, who encounters ravens, rodents and a blind woman with a knife.
Episode 2
Thu, Oct 19, 2000 60 mins
In the conclusion of "The Wyvern Mystery," Alice (Naomi Watts) gives birth, but Charles doesn't survive his knife wounds. Then Alice's baby dies. Or does he? After five years, Alice begins to suspect otherwise after an unsettling encounter with Harry (Jack Davenport). One person who could help clear up the mystery is her blind attacker, Vrau (Aisling O'Sullivan). Squire: Derek Jacobi.
Episode 3
Thu, Oct 26, 2000 60 mins
Matronly Midlands sleuth Hetty Wainthropp (Patricia Routledge) solves six cases. First up: Hetty investigates a string of robberies from her hospital bed. In the hospital for varicose veins, she hears about robberies at the homes of patients. Then DCI Adams (John Graham Davies), who's there to investigate, is accused of attempted rape by a nurse(Gillian Kearney) Geoffrey: Dominic Monaghan.
Episode 4
Thu, Nov 2, 2000 60 mins
Hetty Wainthropp is "Helping Hansi" (Richard Pasco), a retired German gardener, find his sister and nephew. They were separated by WWII, and Hansi is still paying for Hitler's sins at the retirement home where he lives. "Someone hates me," he tells Hetty (Patricia Routledge). "Who and why is a mystery." So Hetty poses as a resident at the home to unravel it. Cyril Sopwith: James Taylor. Alice Marsden: Jean Anderson. Ted Edison: Alan Thompson.
Episode 5
Thu, Nov 9, 2000 60 mins
Clock restorer Monty Francis (Charles Kay) needs Hetty Wainthropp's urgent assistance in "How Time Flies": he suspects that a clock he's restoring is stolen, particularly since two seedy characters are chasing him. Meanwhile, Frank (Frank Mills) and Janet (Suzanne Maddock) get mixed up with the philandering father (Tom Chadbon) of a friend of Janet's and the woman (Shirin Taylor) with whom he's been philandering, who happens to be the sister of the scoundrels chasing Monty.
Episode 6
Thu, Nov 16, 2000 60 mins
Hetty Wainthropp (Patricia Routledge) and her assistant Geoffrey (Dominic Monaghan) go undercover---and underground---in search of "Something to Treasure," a book that an iron-ore miner was writing when he was killed. It might contain a "treasure map" indicating the location of a cache of gems in the mine. Meanwhile, Robert (Derek Benfield), back from Australia, gets a rude surprise when he returns to his garden. Moira Pridwell: Lesley Dunlop.
Episode 7
Thu, Nov 23, 2000 60 mins
In "Family Values," a drowned man's brother (Tom Georgeson) hires Hetty Wainthropp because he suspects his late brother's housekeeper (Dinah Stabb) of theft and, maybe, murder. So Hetty (Patricia Routledge) enlists Robert (Derek Benfield) to gather information by posing as the dead man's wheelchair-using South African cousin. Meanwhile, Janet (Suzanne Maddock) is looking for a roommate. Geoffrey (Dominic Monaghan) could certainly fill the bill. But would the Wainthropps object?
Episode 8
Thu, Nov 30, 2000 60 mins
Hetty Wainthropp (Patricia Routledge) is "Digging for Dirt" when an elderly widow (Jean Heywood) refuses to leave her condemned public-housing apartment. "The smell of corruption is very pungent," Hetty tells her assistant, Geoffrey (Dominic Shawcross). But this case isn't the only thing on Geoffrey's mind---his girlfriend, Janet (Suzanne Maddock), has taken in a male lodger. Gordon Gregson: Keith Barron. Brian Weston: Geoffrey Lesley.
Episode 9
Thu, Jan 18, 2001 60 mins
Robson Green is detective Dave Creegan, who's almost as crazy as the psycho killers he pursues, in two two-part "Touching Evil" dramas. The first concerns a man (Michael Hodgson) Creegan arrested for the ritual killing of his wife. He has been released on appeal, and Creegan---now convinced of the man's innocence---wants to make sure that he remains free. But the local police won't cooperate. No wonder. There has been another murder. Taylor: Nicola Walker. Rivers: Shaun Dingwall.
Episode 10
Thu, Jan 25, 2001 60 mins
As this "Touching Evil" drama concludes, Creegan (Robson Green) offers a controversial hypothesis on the ritual murders of women. The killer, he believes, has nothing against the victims. He wants to hurt their husbands or boyfriends. Taylor: Nicola Walker. Rivers: Shaun Dingwall. DCI Wheelan: Charles Dale. Lawler: Andy Serkis. Fitten: James Hooton. Carl Laing: Ian Kelsey.
Episode 11
Thu, Feb 1, 2001 60 mins
"Touching Evil III": Creegan and Taylor (Robson Green and Nicola Walker) are on the trail of that most psychotic of killers: the one who kills by fire. Making things even more eerie: the first victim is found in a mental hospital. After another arsonist-killer tells Taylor that "purification" is the key to the crime, Creegan devises this theory: "Maybe [the killer] sees these people as sinful, then has to cleanse them of their sins."
Episode 12
Thu, Feb 8, 2001 60 mins
As this "Touching Evil" drama concludes, Creegan and Taylor (Robson Green and Nicola Walker) are hot on the trail of the person who's torching people to death. The first breakthrough: the killer's motive. Fire, Creegan surmises, is "a magical element which turns him from victim to victor." It turns out that he's almost completely on the mark. Simmons: Andrew Scarborough. Van Der Tewst: Andrew Powell. Lynn Southy: Alison Newman. Dutronc: Alain Bourgouin.
Episode 13
Thu, Feb 22, 2001 60 mins
"The Last Morse: A Documentary" reviews---and celebrates---the "Inspector Morse" series, which is concluding its run after 13 years (and 64 episodes). Interviewed: star John Thaw, who describes his character as "a poor policeman but a good detective," as well as costar Kevin Whately and author Colin Dexter, who created the character. Dexter offers one reason why the series is ending. "I think," he chuckes, "that we've killed enough people in Oxford."
Episode 14
Thu, Feb 22, 2001 120 mins
"Inspector Morse: Remorseful Day," the 64th and final case taken on by the crafty and cranky Oxford detective (John Thaw) is both poignant and personal. The victim---the first victim, actually---is a 48-year-old nurse whose naked, battered body is found tied to her bed. She was known for enjoying the company of men, and one of the men she knew was Morse, who could use medical attention.
Episode 15
Thu, Apr 5, 2001 60 mins
A "Second Sight" thriller featuring Chief Inspector Ross Tanner (Clive Owen), the smoldering London police detective who's slowly---and secretly---losing his sight. As the two-part "Hide and Seek" begins, Tanner has just been named head of an elite unit that handles particularly sensitive cases. His chief deputy: his private "eyes," Catherine Tully (Claire Skinner), who has become his lover as well.
Episode 16
Thu, Apr 12, 2001 60 mins
As "Second Sight: Hide and Seek" concludes, Tanner (Clive Owen) continues to probe the murder of a pop-star violinist, but he must do so without Tully (Claire Skinner), who has resigned from the SMU. Her replacement: ambitious DI Boyd (Mark Bazeley), who's "so fast-track," Tanner marvels, "that he leaves a vapor trail." Boyd could be a threat to Tanner, who is having increasing difficulty hiding his condition---and his future on the force. "I'm not so blind that I can't see it," he tells Tully.
Episode 17
Thu, Apr 26, 2001 60 mins
"Second Sight: Parasomnia" (Part 1 of two). A well-to-do young woman (Josephine Butler) wakes up wearing a blood-soaked nightgown just after her fiancé is found murdered. She's also captured on her building's security video leaving the building and returning (wearing the nightgown). However, she has a history of sleep disorders, and she had no reason to kill him. Meanwhile, the police training department is requiring everyone (Tanner included, of course) to take a "firearms refresher."
Episode 18
Thu, May 3, 2001 60 mins
"Second Sight: Parasomnia" (Conclusion). Tanner (Clive Owen) suspects that Kerry Roddam's sleepwalking history might hold a key to her fiancé's murder. Mysteriously, he also has a nightmare similar to one Kerry (Josephine Butler) described, which is also similar to a scene depicted in an 18th-century Italian painting in her flat. Lord Roddam: Michael Kitchen. Pewsey: Rupert Holliday Evans. Boyd: Mark Bazeley.
Episode 19
Thu, May 10, 2001 60 mins
"Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind" (Part 1 of two). The head of a community center that Tanner's son Sam (Benjamin Smith) attends is murdered. Race hatred seems to be the motive (the man was a black community leader), but a blind ex-gangster (Peter Vaughan) with whom Tanner (Clive Owen) comes to feel a strange kinship has another explanation. Meanwhile, Marilyn Tanner's fiance has a job opportunity in Toronto---a prospect that doesn't please Sam. Pewsey: Rupert Holliday Evans.
Episode 20
Thu, May 17, 2001 60 mins
Tanner (Clive Owen) plays a game of chess (or maybe it's blind-man's bluff) with Harold King (Peter Vaughan) as "Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind" concludes. One pawn: Tanner's son Sam (Benjamin Smith), who turns up with King. Tanner suspects that Sam's disappearance and reappearance are tied to the Harris slaying. But all the leads in the case lead nowhere. As for Tanner's "Little problem," "I'm onto it," Boyd (Mark Bazeley) tells him. And this time he really is.