British Mystery: Lewis

Years: 2006-2015
Broadcaster: ITV
Written by: Stephen Churchett, Helen Jenkins,
Russell Lewis, Alan Plater, Simon Block,
Noel Farragher, Nicholas Hicks-Beach, Guy Andrews,
Lucy Gannon, Tahsin Guner, Patrick Harbinson,
Dusty Hughes, Chris Murray, Paul Rutman,
Catherine Tregenna, Rachel Bennette, Daniel Boyle,
Nick Dear, Tom MacRae, David Pirie
Stars: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox
Episodes: 42
Episode Average: 6.881

BEST EPISODES:
Falling Darkness (2010), And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea (2008)

PILOT

(2006)

PILOT

REPUTATION

Originally broadcast: 29 January 2006
Directed by: Bill Anderson
Written by: Stephen Churchett, Russell Lewis

Lewis returns to Oxford after two years away in the British Virgin Islands, a mathematics student is killed while taking part in a sleep study, and a security key-code leads to a car crash that Morse was once investigating.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 7

SERIES ONE

(2007)
3 episodes
Series Score: 20
Episode Average: 6.67
Perfect 10's: 0

S1E1

WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY

Originally broadcast: 18 February 2007
Directed by: Marc Jobst
Written by: Daniel Boyle

A middle-aged Oxford graduate is found to have been clubbed to death, Lewis seeks help to translate something written in ancient Greek, and Hathaway finds that three men were once members of a secretive group.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S1E2

OLD SCHOOL TIES

Originally broadcast: 25 February 2007
Directed by: Sarah Harding
Written by: Alan Plater

A criminal turned author requests protection after being threatened, a member of his reception committee is found dead in a hotel room, and Lewis is reunited with a face from his past when fiction becomes reality.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 5

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S1E3

EXPIATION

Originally broadcast: 4 March 2007
Directed by: Dan Reed
Written by: Guy Andrews

Lewis is sure that a housewife was murdered despite evidence of suicide, a chat with a neighbour reveals that her life was not what it seemed, and a dying professor offers to provide information in exchange for a favour.

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 9

SERIES TWO

(2008)
4 episodes
Series Score: 32
Episode Average: 8.00
Perfect 10's: 1

S2E1

AND THE MOONBEAMS KISS THE SEA

Originally broadcast: 24 February 2008
Directed by: Dan Reed
Written by: Alan Plater

A gambling addict is found dead in the basement of the Bodleian Library, books recovered from the man's home are said to be of little value, and
Lewis is upset when a jogger discovers the body of a popular art student.

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

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S2E2

MUSIC TO DIE FOR

Originally broadcast: 2 March 2008
Directed by: Bill Anderson
Written by: Dusty Hughes

An Oxford don is found strangled to death after a drunken row at a club, identifying the murder weapon leads to the university boxing club, and a student dies in an apparent suicide after returning from a trip to Berlin.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S2E3

LIFE BORN OF FIRE

Originally broadcast: 9 March 2008
Directed by: Richard Spence
Written by: Tom MacRae

Hathaway is sent reeling when an old friend shoots himself in a church, the vicar who saw it happen is found tortured to death with a hot poker, and Lewis looks for answers about a Christian group called 'The Garden'.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S2E4

THE GREAT AND THE GOOD

Originally broadcast: 16 March 2008
Directed by: Stuart Orme
Written by: Paul Rutman

A girl who woke up in a field is found to have been drugged and raped, Hathaway feels guilty when an IT expert is garroted and castrated, and Lewis wonders why three men would lie about being at a supper party.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

SERIES THREE

(2009)
4 episodes
Series Score: 26
Episode Average: 6.50
Perfect 10's: 0

S3E1

ALLEGORY OF LOVE

Originally broadcast: 22 March 2009
Directed by: Bill Anderson
Written by: Stephen Curchett, David Pirie

A Czech barmaid is found slashed to death with a stolen antique mirror, investigations reveal that she came to the country as a sex worker, and a chapter in a newly released fantasy novel gives Lewis cause for concern.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S3E2

THE QUALITY OF MERCY

Originally broadcast: 29 March 2009
Directed by: Bille Eltringham
Written by: Alan Plater

An unpopular student actor is murdered during a preview performance, a journalist and theatre critic misses out on writing her big story, and an investigation into a petty con takes Hathaway somewhere unexpected.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 7

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S3E3

THE POINT OF VANISHING

Originally broadcast: 5 April 2009
Directed by: Maurice Phillips
Written by: Paul Rutman

A man drowned in a scalding hot bath is identified as a religious fanatic, the investigation leads to the family of a girl he put in a wheelchair, and Lewis's realises that the victim might not be who they thought he was.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S3E4

COUNTER CULTURE BLUES

Originally broadcast: 12 April 2009
Directed by: Bill Anderson
Written by: Guy Andrews, Nick Dear

A rock star returns from the dead thirty-five years after killing herself, the body of a teenage orphan turns up with every bone smashed, and Lewis feels certain that an apparent drug overdose is actually murder.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 5

SERIES FOUR

(2010)
4 episodes
Series Score: 30
Episode Average: 7.50
Perfect 10's: 1

S4E1

THE DEAD OF WINTER

Originally broadcast: 2 May 2010
Directed by: Bill Anderson
Written by: Russell Lewis

An academic found dead on a tour bus turns out to have been murdered,
enquiries lead Hathaway back to an estate where he lived as a child, and Lewis expresses doubts about a series of love letters linked to a suicide.

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 9

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S4E2

DARK MATTER

Originally broadcast: 9 May 2010
Directed by: Bille Eltringham
Written by: Stephen Churchett

A professor and amateur astronomer is found dead in the observatory, a notebook recovered from the scene turns out to belong to a student, and the head porter offers details about an affair following a second murder.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 5

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S4E3

YOUR SUDDEN DEATH QUESTION

Originally broadcast: 16 May 2010
Directed by: Dan Reed
Written by: Alan Plater

A schoolteacher is found murdered during a Bank Holiday quiz weekend, a rival reveals how sexual harassment ended a career as a lecturer, and Lewis isn't convinced that a second killing points to a crime of passion.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S4E4

FALLING DARKNESS

Originally broadcast: 30 May 2010
Directed by: Nicholas Renton
Written by: Russell Lewis

Laura's stunned when an old flatmate is found dead on Hallowe'en night, a young woman is murdered in the house they lived in as students, and a strange message on a fridge leads to a nurse who was tortured to death.

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

SERIES FIVE

(2011)
4 episodes
Series Score: 29
Episode Average: 7.25
Perfect 10's: 0

S5E1

OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR OFF THINGS

Originally broadcast: 3 April 2011
Directed by: Nicholas Renton
Written by: Russell Lewis

A woman is found dead during a farewell reunion at an all-girls college, Laura tells of an attack ten years earlier that left a girl in a coma, and a second murder leaves Lewis blaming himself for looking the other way.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S5E2

WILD JUSTICE

Originally broadcast: 10 April 2011
Directed by: Hettie Macdonald
Written by: Stephen Churchett

A female bishop dies in an ambulance soon after drinking poisoned wine, a message suggests that the bottle was a gift from an election candidate, and a friar fighting for the same college post is found buried to the waist.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S5E3

THE MIND HAS MOUNTAINS

Originally broadcast: 17 April 2011
Directed by: Charlie Palmer
Written by: Patrick Harbinson

A student who dies during a drug trial is found to have been murdered, a suspect decides to run to avoid questions about alleged harassment, and the doctor in charge is confronted about an inappropriate relationship.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 7

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S5E4

THE GIFT OF PROMISE

Originally broadcast: 24 April 2011
Directed by: Metin Hüseyin
Written by: Dusty Hughes, Stephen Churchett

A businesswoman is killed after presenting an award to a child prodigy, a student who falls to his death from a rooftop is found to have taken LSD, and a tutor is rushed to hospital after a period of systematic poisoning.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

SERIES SIX

(2012)
4 episodes
Series Score: 25
Episode Average: 6.25
Perfect 10's: 0

S6E1

THE SOUL OF GENIUS

Originally broadcast: 16 May 2012
Directed by: Brian Kelly
Written by: Rachel Bennette

A professor with a Lewis Carroll obsession is found buried in woodland, the delivery of a rare manuscript reveals a bitter rivalry with his brother, and an amateur sleuth is warned about impersonating a police officer.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S6E2

GENERATION OF VIPERS

Originally broadcast: 23 May 2012
Directed by: David O'Neill
Written by: Patrick Harbinson

A feminist professor is found dead after humiliation on a gossip website, a newspaper she was clutching points to a man buying up land in Oxford, and comments beneath her dating agency video lead to a married man.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 7

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S6E3

FEARFUL SYMMETRY

Originally broadcast: 30 May 2012
Directed by: Nicholas Renton
Written by: Russell Lewis

A couple return home to find their babysitter dead and tied to their bed, pictures on her phone and a flyer point straight to a fetish photographer, and Lewis is told of how a fantasy foursome didn't exactly go as planned.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 5

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S6E4

THE INDELIBLE STAIN

Originally broadcast: 6 June 2012
Directed by: Tim Fywell
Written by: Simon Block

An American academic is found strangled after being accused of racism, emails about a business sideline point to a dispute over a fake vase, and an administrator reveals why she was involved in bringing him to Oxford.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 5

SERIES SEVEN

(2013)
6 episodes
Series Score: 49
Episode Average: 8.17
Perfect 10's: 2

S7E1

DOWN AMONG THE FEARFUL

PART 1
Originally broadcast: 7 January 2013
Directed by: Brian Kelly
Written by: Simon Block, Catherine Tregenna

A psychology researcher moonlighting as a psychic is found murdered, Laura finds evidence of barbiturates and a powerful paralysing agent, and a female colleague reveals the reasons for the strange double life.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S7E2

DOWN AMONG THE FEARFUL

PART 2
Originally broadcast: 14 January 2013
Directed by: Brian Kelly
Written by: Simon Block, Catherine Tregenna

An equine centre reports a theft of Etorphine following a second murder, a professor is questioned about his involvement in military trials, and a disapproving mother-in-law admits to keeping things from her daughter.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S7E3

THE RAMBLIN' BOY

PART 1
Originally broadcast: 21 January 2013
Directed by: Dan Reed
Written by: Lucy Gannon

Lewis is forced to work with a new DC when an embalmed body turns up, a funeral parlour owner claims that his missing wife is on holiday with a copper, and a doctor is found dead in his surgery surrounded by tablets.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 7

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S7E4

THE RAMBLIN' BOY

PART 2
Originally broadcast: 28 January 2013
Directed by: Dan Reed
Written by: Lucy Gannon

Letters found at the doctor's home suggest he fathered a stillborn baby, Laura panics when Lewis risks his life to save a girl from a boat fire, and suspicions about Croatia see Hathaway dragged away from his holiday.

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

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S7E5

INTELLIGENT DESIGN

PART 1
Originally broadcast: 4 February 2013
Directed by: Tim Fywell
Written by: Helen Jenkins, Stephen Churchett

A professor is repeatedly run over by his own car after a year in prison, his wife immediately accuses the sister of the girl he killed while drunk, and investigations reveal that their marriage was anything but happy.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S7E6

INTELLIGENT DESIGN

PART 2
Originally broadcast: 11 February 2013
Directed by: Tim Fywell
Written by: Helen Jenkins, Stephen Churchett

Lewis insists that a discovery in a college roof is in some way connected, the sister faces questions when a hair is found on the driving seat, and a suicide leaves Hathaway questioning the role he plays as a police officer.

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

SERIES EIGHT

(2014)
6 episodes
Series Score: 39
Episode Average: 6.50
Perfect 10's: 1

S8E1

ENTRY WOUNDS

PART 1
Originally broadcast: 10 October 2014
Directed by: Nicholas Renton
Written by: Helen Jenkins

The shooting of a neurosurgeon gives Hathaway his first murder as DI, Laura's unhappy when Lewis accepts an offer to come out of retirement, and a junior surgeon reveals how alcohol left a young protester disabled.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S8E2

ENTRY WOUNDS

PART 2
Originally broadcast: 17 October 2014
Directed by: Nicholas Renton
Written by: Helen Jenkins

Ballistics insist that a gun held by police was used in a second shooting, Lewis asks for checks to be made after spotting a problem with an alibi, and a search of a local swimming pool turns up a vital piece of evidence.

HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4

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S8E3

THE LIONS OF NEMEA

PART 1
Originally broadcast: 24 October 2014
Directed by: Nicholas Laughland
Written by: Noel Farragher, Tahsin Guner

A postgraduate classics student is stabbed to death while out on a run, a call to the police suggests that she intentionally drove into a cyclist, and a note found at her home leads to an unfaithful astrophysics professor.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 5

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S8E4

THE LIONS OF NEMEA

PART 2
Originally broadcast: 31 October 2014
Directed by: Nicholas Laughland
Written by: Nicholas Hicks-Beach, Tahsin Guner

Laura finds that a second victim was murdered in a more frenzied attack, Hathaway uses the stars above to prove that a Euripides play is fake, and a fingerprint match threatens to destroy a carefully crafted reputation.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 5

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S8E5

BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL

PART 1
Originally broadcast: 7 November 2014
Directed by: David Drury
Written by: Noel Farragher

Lewis is unhappy when new evidence threatens to set a cop killer free, the death of an officer in similar circumstances adds further doubt, and Hathaway is handed an undisclosed alibi from the original investigation.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 9

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S8E6

BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL

PART 2
Originally broadcast: 14 November 2014
Directed by: David Drury
Written by: Noel Farragher

Lewis is put back on the case when an attack leaves Maddox in hospital, a check of her phone sees a journalist questioned about a series of calls, and a psychiatrist insists that a dangerous man has just been released.

HOLY GODIVA 5 - ONION JACK 5
TOTAL: 10

SERIES NINE

(2015)
6 episodes
Series Score: 32
Episode Average: 5.33
Perfect 10's: 0

S9E1

ONE FOR SORROW

PART 1
Originally broadcast: 6 October 2015
Directed by: Nicholas Laughland
Written by: Helen Jenkins

A group of archaeology students retrieve a human skeleton from a well, a young artist is found dead in what looks like a staged heroin overdose, and a taxidermist explains his absence from his assistant's exhibition.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 5

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S9E2

ONE FOR SORROW

PART 2
Originally broadcast: 13 October 2015
Directed by: Nicholas Laughland
Written by: Helen Jenkins

A disturbing video held in police custody offers a number of fresh leads, Lewis finds the identity of the person responsible for a trolling campaign, and Hathaway works out the significance of the items in the exhibition.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S9E3

MAGNUS OPUS

PART 1
Originally broadcast: 20 October 2015
Directed by: Matthew Evans
Written by: Chris Murray

A college dean is found dead in woodland in very unusual circumstances, Hathaway investigates the meaning of a tattoo on the victim's chest, and an alchemy professor suggests that the murder may be the first of four.

HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 1
TOTAL: 3

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S9E4

MAGNUS OPUS

PART 2
Originally broadcast: 27 October 2015
Directed by: Matthew Evans
Written by: Chris Murray

Stage two turns out to be a linguistics lecturer tied to a post in the river, Moody isn't impressed by Hathaway's idea of keeping him informed, and a woman linked to both victims answers questions about a crisis of faith.

HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4

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S9E5

WHAT LIES TANGLED

PART 1
Originally broadcast: 3 November 2015
Directed by: David Drury
Written by: Nicholas Hicks-Beach

A maths professor taking part in DNA research is killed by a parcel bomb, a series of threatening letters lead to a disgruntled former student, and his wife tells of one of many affairs that led to a girl committing suicide.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S9E6

WHAT LIES TANGLED

PART 2
Originally broadcast: 10 November 2015
Directed by: David Drury
Written by: Nicholas Hicks-Beach

Laura's not happy when Lewis gets himself caught up in a second blast, doubts grow about whether the first bomb killed its intended target, and a colleague with a gambling problem admits being part of a casino scam.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

DETECTIVE INSPECTOR

ROBERT LEWIS

Played by Kevin Whately

42 episodes
(2006-2015)
in... Whom the Gods Would Destroy (S1E1)

DETECTIVE SERGEANT

JAMES HATHAWAY

Played by Laurence Fox

42 episodes
(2006-2015)
in... Life Born of Fire (S2E3)

PATHOLOGIST

DR. LAURA
HOBSON

Played by Clare Holman

42 episodes
(2006-2015)
in... Old School Ties (S1E2)

CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT

JEAN INNOCENT

Played by Rebecca Front

36 episodes
(2006-2014)
in... Expiation (S1E3)

DETECTIVE SERGEANT

LIZZIE MADDOX

Played by Angela Griffin

12 episodes
(2014-2015)
in... The Lions of Nemea: Part 2 (S8E4)

CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT

JOE MOODY

Played by Steve Toussaint

6 episodes
(2015)
in... Magnus Opus: Part 2 (S9E4)