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7 Episodes 1988 - 1988
Episode 1
60 mins
When Elizabeth Nightingale is murdered, DCI Wexford has to sort his way through quite a number of suspects - from the gardener to the household staff, to a permanent Dutch house guest, to the husband Quentin and the victim's brother and his wife. While trying to figure out what really happened on that fateful night that cost Elizabeth's life, Reg Wexford uncovers that the Nightingales' marriage was not as happy as it seemed and that there is a dark secret to be revealed.
Episode 2
23 mins
Reg Wexford tries to get to the bottom of Elizabeth Nightingale's baffling murder. While he doesn't realize that he has held the clue to solving the case in his hand for quite some time, it's vital information provided by an old friend that sets him on the right track and lets him have a clearer picture. But then there is Elizabeth's will, and things become even more complicated.
Episode 3
23 mins
A long, sleepless night provides DCI Wexford with the long sought, final clue to solving the mystery of Elizabeth Nightingale's murder. But as he visits his main suspect, he is in for a surprise. A dark secret about love and deception and murder is revealed at last before Wexford can close the file on yet another solved murder case.
Episode 4
142 mins
Robert Hathall brings his mother home for a visit, and she finds her daughter-in-law murdered. Inspector Wexford ]is puzzled and annoyed by the attitude of both Hathall and his mother and some oddities in the physical evidence.
Episode 5
43 mins
Reg Wexford becomes obsessed with Angela Hathall's murder case. He is sure he has his killer but he can't prove anything. All he has to go by is a hunch. And his suspect takes steps to get Wexford off his back. Soon, Wexford's job is on the line as DCC Griswold orders him to stop further investigation in the case. But Reg Wexford still has a few cards up his sleeve. When attractive Nancy Lake sets her eye on Wexford and tries to seduce him, things become complicated - will Wexford be able to resist the advances of a beautiful woman?
Episode 6
43 mins
Wexford's murder suspect is about to slip away. For Wexford and his team a race against time begins and the DCI has to pull all stops to solve a murder case that left him with only one single clue - a woman's hand print. Relying on the help of his nephew and a trusted colleague, Wexford finally proves that his hunch was right. Will he and his team be able to stop a murderer and his accomplice before it's too late? But Reg Wexford doesn't realize that he is in for yet another surprise.
Episode 7
75 mins
Wexford is called in when a woman's baby is taken from the High Street, and substituted for another.