Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Aug 2, 1987
One evening, someone messes up a love-nest on a side street in a small country town. The carpet is soaked with human blood, but there is no body to be found. Meanwhile, a beautiful, promiscuous woman goes missing - as does the bundle of cash she was carrying. But Wexford and Burden have different theories about the disappearance of the eccentric Anita Margolis.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Aug 9, 1987
Who is Ann? Who is Geoff Smith? Who sent the anonymous letter? Inspector Wexford and his team appear nowhere nearer solving the mystery. Perhaps if the missing girl's body was found, things would becomes clearer. But where to begin?
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Aug 16, 1987
A gold lighter is found and provides a vital clue to the girl's disappearance. Its inscription reads 'For the girl who lights up my life' but which girl? And where is the body?
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Aug 23, 1987
Wexford and his colleagues now knows the identity of Anita Margolis's killer, but there is a problem - he died some 18 months before the murder. Are the detectives investigations at a halt?
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jun 19, 1988
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jun 26, 1988
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jul 3, 1988
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1988
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1988
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1988
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Dec 23, 1988
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Oct 22, 1989
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Oct 29, 1989
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1989
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1989
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1989
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Nov 26, 1989
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Dec 17, 1989
Season 4
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1990
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1990
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1990
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1990
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Oct 28, 1990
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1990
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1990
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Nov 18, 1990
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Dec 24, 1990
When a world-famous flautist is murdered, Wexford wonders if his recently returned daughter had anything to do with it. He becomes obsessed with proving that she is an imposter, even getting permission to travel as far afield as the USA and France to do so.
Season 5
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Sep 29, 1991
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1991
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Oct 13, 1991
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Oct 20, 1991
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1991
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Nov 3, 1991
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Nov 10, 1991
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Nov 17, 1991
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Nov 24, 1991
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Dec 1, 1991
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Dec 26, 1991
Season 6
Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1992
Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1992
Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1992
Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1992
Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1992
Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1992
Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1992
Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1992
Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1992
Episode: 6x10 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1992
Episode: 6x11 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1992
Episode: 6x12 | Airdate: Dec 27, 1992
A man's obsession with his estranged wife hits boiling point when the investigation into his sister's murder is re-opened.
Season 7
Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Sep 2, 1994
Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Sep 9, 1994
Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Sep 16, 1994
Season 8
Episode: 8x01 | Airdate: Mar 24, 1995
When wealthy middle-aged divorcée Alice Fielding, marries a handsome younger man, her best friend Nesta, who has fallen on hard times, begins to resent her.
Episode: 8x02 | Airdate: Mar 31, 1995
Further revelations about Nesta's private life begin to emerge, leading Alice to believe she has been murdered.
Episode: 8x03 | Airdate: Apr 7, 1995
Nesta's affair comes to light, while Alice begins to suspect that the letters she received have been faked.
Episode: 8x04 | Airdate: Apr 21, 1995
Episode: 8x05 | Airdate: Apr 28, 1995
Season 9
Episode: 9x01 | Airdate: Jan 1, 1996
Sisters plot to get rid of their father's fiancée - but their plan goes awry when the woman's death leaves their dad shattered.
Episode: 9x02 | Airdate: Jan 8, 1996
Luke's death intensifies Elvira's anorexia, while Spinny's outward displays of good spirits belie depression and anxiety.
Episode: 9x03 | Airdate: Jan 26, 1996
Episode: 9x04 | Airdate: Feb 2, 1996
Episode: 9x05 | Airdate: Feb 9, 1996
Episode: 9x06 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1996
Episode: 9x07 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1996
Episode: 9x08 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1996
Episode: 9x09 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1996
Season 10
Episode: 10x01 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1997
Episode: 10x02 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1997
Episode: 10x03 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1997
Episode: 10x04 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1997
A single mother refused shelter at the estate of her aunt becomes a prime suspect when the aunt is poisoned.
Episode: 10x05 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1997
Sisters May Thrace and June Symonds end a long estrangement after June's husband, whom May also coveted, dies unexpectedly. But when May moves in after the funeral, June finds old wounds are not so easily healed.
Episode: 10x06 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1997
After accepting her sister's offer of reconciliation, May emerges from her mousy shell and seduces her sister's lover.
Episode: 10x07 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1997
While on holiday, an aging busybody becomes obsessed with solving a half-century-old murder, much to the chagrin of her husband.
Episode: 10x08 | Airdate: Aug 15, 1997
Season 11
Episode: 11x01 | Airdate: Jun 2, 1998
Episode: 11x02 | Airdate: Jun 9, 1998
Episode: 11x03 | Airdate: Jun 16, 1998
Episode: 11x04 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1998
Episode: 11x05 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1998
Episode: 11x06 | Airdate: Dec 24, 1998
Episode: 11x07 | Airdate: Dec 31, 1998
Episode: 11x08 | Airdate: May 3, 1999
Episode: 11x09 | Airdate: Aug 6, 1999
Season 12
Episode: 12x01 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2000