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The Worst Episodes of The Agatha Christie Hour

Every episode of The Agatha Christie Hour ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Agatha Christie Hour!

Worst episode
S1E6 Magnolia Blossom
6.3197 votes
Best episode
S1E9 Jane in Search of a Job
7.3197 votes
Top season
Season 1
6.9avg
Binge time
8h 39m
10 episodes
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Agatha Christie Hour Season 1 Episode 6 - Magnolia Blossom
    6.3/10(197 votes)

    S1:E6

    Theo Darrell is eloping to South Africa with her lover but, having heard that her uncaring husband Richard's financial empire is collapsing and he's in danger to be exposed as an embezzler, she prefers to return out of sheer loyalty. But is it really the right thing to do?

    Director:John Frankau
    Writer:John Bryden Rodgers

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  2. The Agatha Christie Hour Season 1 Episode 2 - In a Glass Darkly
    6.5/10(242 votes)

    S1:E2

    A man has a vision of a scarred man strangling his wife. At an engagement party, he discovers with horror that the future victim and her murderer are the two betrothed. How he can stop the impending and deadly marriage?

    Director:Desmond Davis
    Writer:William Corlett

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  3. The Agatha Christie Hour Season 1 Episode 7 - The Mystery of the Blue Jar
    6.7/10(184 votes)

    S1:E7

    A law student finds his morning golf games repeatedly disturbed by a woman's cries of 'murder, help murder' — pleas that only he can hear.

    Director:Cyril Coke
    Writer:T.R. Bowen

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  4. The Agatha Christie Hour Season 1 Episode 3 - The Girl in the Train
    6.8/10(244 votes)

    S1:E3

    Finding adventure after getting sacked, George Rowland helps hide a young girl named Elizabeth on a train. She's escaping from her 'uncle', an hulking brute who may very possibly be a foreign spy. Before vanishing, Elizabeth gives George an odd parcel.

    Director:Brian Farnham
    Writer:William Corlett

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  5. The Agatha Christie Hour Season 1 Episode 8 - The Red Signal
    6.8/10(193 votes)

    S1:E8

    Dermot West has fallen in love with his best friend Jack's wife Claire but his uncle, renowned psychiatrist Sir Alington West, informschim that the highly nervous young woman is affected from homicidal mania. When the doctor is mysteriously killed, Dermot and Claire are the likeliest suspects.

    Director:John Frankau
    Writer:William Corlett

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  6. The Agatha Christie Hour Season 1 Episode 4 - The Fourth Man
    6.9/10(253 votes)

    S1:E4

    On a railway, tree learned men—a doctor, a lawyer and a priest—debate a young woman's recent suicide. They are joined by a fourth man who possesses intimate knowledge of the case.

    Director:Michael Simpson
    Writer:William Corlett

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  7. The Agatha Christie Hour Season 1 Episode 10 - The Manhood of Edward Robinson
    7.2/10(178 votes)

    S1:E10

    A mousy clerk named Edward Robinson, completely dominated by his stern fiancée, buys a flamboyant sports car as an act of independence and embarks himself in a romantic adventure when he hides a beautiful cat burglar and her loot, a priceless diamond collier.

    Director:Brian Farnham
    Writer:Gerald Savory

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  8. The Agatha Christie Hour Season 1 Episode 5 - The Case of the Discontented Soldier
    7.2/10(220 votes)

    S1:E5

    With the intervention of Parker Pyne, retired Major Charles Wilbraham finds love and adventure helping beautiful Freda Clegg locate a very precious African treasure.

    Director:Michael Simpson
    Writer:T.R. Bowen

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  9. The Agatha Christie Hour Season 1 Episode 1 - The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife
    7.2/10(320 votes)

    S1:E1

    Parker Pyne helps a middle-aged wife recover the attention of her husband, a philandering business-man too interested in his pretty young secretary.

    Director:Michael Simpson
    Writer:Freda Kelsall

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  10. The Agatha Christie Hour Season 1 Episode 9 - Jane in Search of a Job
    7.3/10(197 votes)

    S1:E9

    Unemployed Jane Cleveland is the spitting image of the Grand Duchess of Ostravia, who is feared to be the next target of an anarchist group. Jane accepts the job of impersonator in a charity fête, risking her life for a very big sum of money.

    Director:Christopher Hodson
    Writer:Gerald Savory

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Magnolia Blossom" is the worst rated episode of The Agatha Christie Hour. It scored 6.3/10 from 197 votes. Directed by John Frankau and written by John Bryden Rodgers, it aired on October 12, 1982. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "In a Glass Darkly".

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