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The Worst Episodes of Campion

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Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. Two series were made, in 1989 and 1990, starring Peter Davison as Campion, Brian Glover as

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Campion Season 1 Episode 8 - Death of a Ghost (2)
    7.4/10(113 votes)

    S1:E8

    Campion is convinced that a third murder is imminent. The inquest into the death of Claire Potter reveals that she died from nicotine poisoning.

    Director:Michael Owen Morris
    Writer:Elaine Morgan

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  2. Campion Season 1 Episode 2 - Look to the Lady (2)
    7.5/10(164 votes)

    S1:E2

    When the safety of the ancient Gyrth Chalice is threatened, Campion embarks on a dangerous assignment to protect it. He soon discovers that his adversary will stop at nothing - even murder - in order to get the Chalice.

    Director:Martyn Friend
    Writers:Alan Plater, Margery Allingham

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  3. Campion Season 2 Episode 2 - Sweet Danger (2)
    7.5/10(110 votes)

    S2:E2

    Campion returns to Pontisbright in disguise in order to track down Savanke.

    Director:Robert Tronson
    Writer:Jill Hyem

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  4. Campion Season 2 Episode 4 - Dancers in Mourning (2)
    7.5/10(96 votes)

    S2:E4

    Influenced by his feelings for Linda Sutane, Campion refuses to believe the evidence against her husband Jimmy, and continues trying to clear his name. But when another murder occurs, Sutane's innocence becomes impossible to sustain.

    Director:Christopher Hodson
    Writer:Jeremy Paul

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  5. Campion Season 1 Episode 1 - Look to the Lady (1)
    7.6/10(215 votes)

    S1:E1

    Campion learns that a mediaeval relic called the Gyrth Chalice, which for hundreds of years has been in the care of the Gyrth family at the village of Sanctuary, is threatened by an international gang of art thieves. For the Gyrths the stakes are high - if they lose the Chalice, their country estate will revert to the Crown. Campion travels to Sanctuary with Val Gyrth, and almost at once Val's aunt Lady Diana is found dead in the middle of a wood, apparently frightened to death... it seems the gang is already on the job.

    Director:Martyn Friend
    Writers:Alan Plater, Margery Allingham

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  6. Campion Season 1 Episode 3 - Police at the Funeral (1)
    7.6/10(160 votes)

    S1:E3

    A murderer is on the loose at Cambridge, where the family of the late Professor John Faraday is being murdered. His niece's husband Andrew is found in the river with a bullet in his head, then his daughter Julia is poisoned and his son William is attacked. Campion is called in by a friend, and Caroline Faraday, the Professor's widow, retains hin to protect her eccentric children William and Kitty and to find the murderer. Campion finds himself working on the case with Inspector Stanislaus Oates.

    Director:Ronald Wilson
    Writer:Jeremy Paul

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  7. Campion Season 1 Episode 7 - Death of a Ghost (1)
    7.6/10(138 votes)

    S1:E7

    Campion, getting away from it all, visits his friend Belle Lafcadio, a rich art collector. Trouble begins with murder at an exhibition of pictures by a dead artist. First one body turns up, then another... and the identity of one of the departed comes as something of a surprise.

    Director:Michael Owen Morris
    Writer:Elaine Morgan

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  8. Campion Season 2 Episode 5 - Flowers for the Judge (1)
    7.6/10(112 votes)

    S2:E5

    Campion is drawn into the family feuds besetting the Golden Quill publishing business. One of the Barnabas family, who own the company, is found dead, leaving Campion's friend, Mike Barnabas, as the chief suspect.

    Director:Michael Owen Morris
    Writer:Brian Thompson

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  9. Campion Season 2 Episode 6 - Flowers for the Judge (2)
    7.6/10(89 votes)

    S2:E6

    Campion is determined to prove the innocence of his friend Mike Barnabas, arrested for the murder of Paul Brande, but in trying to do so he puts his own life in jeopardy.

    Director:Michael Owen Morris
    Writer:Brian Thompson

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  10. Campion Season 1 Episode 4 - Police at the Funeral (2)
    7.7/10(133 votes)

    S1:E4

    Campion receives a letter from an old Cambridge friend, asking him to help find a missing uncle of his fiancée. Campion is convinced that the murderer is part of the Faraday household.

    Director:Ronald Wilson
    Writer:Jeremy Paul

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  11. Campion Season 1 Episode 5 - The Case of the Late Pig (1)
    7.7/10(138 votes)

    S1:E5

    'Pig' Peters dies and is buried... but then he turns up dead again...

    Director:Robert Chetwyn
    Writer:Jill Hyem

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  12. Campion Season 1 Episode 6 - The Case of the Late Pig (2)
    7.7/10(121 votes)

    S1:E6

    Campion investigates the murder of 'Pig' Peters, whose funeral he attended three months earlier.

    Director:Robert Chetwyn
    Writer:Jill Hyem

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  13. Campion Season 2 Episode 1 - Sweet Danger (1)
    7.7/10(143 votes)

    S2:E1

    Campion searches for the crown of a lost kingdom. Campion is asked to find documents that will prove that the Frittons are the rightful owners of a tiny Dalmatian state where oil has been discovered.

    Director:Robert Tronson
    Writer:Jill Hyem

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  14. Campion Season 2 Episode 3 - Dancers in Mourning (1)
    7.7/10(109 votes)

    S2:E3

    Campion visits the country house of the famous dancer Jimmy Sutane to investigate a string of unpleasant practical jokes, and falls in love. On Campion's first night at White Walls, another guest, Chloe Pye dies - though whether by accident, murder or suicide remains to be seen. Then there are more deaths, and Campion finds himself under pressure.

    Director:Christopher Hodson
    Writer:Jeremy Paul

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  15. Campion Season 2 Episode 7 - Mystery Mile (1)
    7.7/10(124 votes)

    S2:E7

    American Judge Crowdy Lobbett has suffered several attempts on his life and has decided to leave the United States and travel to England in the hope of finding a safe haven. The Lobbett family meet Campion on board their transatlantic liner, and the Judge's son Marlowe asks him to help with their problems. Campion takes the Lobbetts to the village of Mystery Mile, where he has friends, but the Simister gang is on the Judge's trail and he soon disappears, leaving Campion and the Lobbetts with a kidnapping to solve in a hurry.

    Director:Ken Hannam
    Writers:John Hawkesworth, Margery Allingham

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  16. Campion Season 2 Episode 8 - Mystery Mile (2)
    7.7/10(100 votes)

    S2:E8

    Judge Lobbett mysteriously disappears, Biddy Pagett is kidnapped and Lugg tries to warn Campion off the Simister mob investigation, but he refuses to give in.

    Director:Ken Hannam
    Writers:John Hawkesworth, Margery Allingham

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Death of a Ghost (2)" is the worst rated episode of "Campion". It scored 7.4/10 based on 113 votes. Directed by Michael Owen Morris and written by Elaine Morgan, it aired on 3/12/1989. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Look to the Lady (2)".