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Murder in Mind

TV·2001–2003·3 seasons, 23 episodes·BBC One·Drama, Crime·1h·Created by Anthony Horowitz

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Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from the perspective of the murderer.

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  1. 01Murder in Mind S01E02FlameS01E02 · 9.0Fireman Joe Waterman believes his wife Sandra is two-timing him with a colleague and wants revenge, the perfect opportunity arising when a mystery man called Napeman agrees to kill her whilst Joe has an alibi. Unfortunately,once the deed has been done there is no evidence of Napeman ever having existed and Joe is squarely in the frame for murder.
  2. 02MercyS01E04 · 9.0The symptoms are distressing; the diagnosis is a shock and the future a lingering, undignified and distressing death. How many of us would rather make a quick, painless exit? The vexed question of euthanasia is at the core of Mercy as Dr Collins , a country doctor married for thirty years helps his wife Margaret with a so-called assisted suicide. After suffering from what they assume to be a bout of flu, the Collins' world is turned upside down at the devastating news that Margaret Collins has been diagnosed with a rare degenerative brain disorder. With the only prospect being a long slow painful death, Margaret takes the decision to end her life, turning to her husband for his assistance. To the police, he is potentially a criminal. To the public and to the community that know him, Dr Collins is a hero. But what is the truth?
  3. 03TeacherS01E01 · 8.0In a moment of madness respectable head teacher Edward Palmer approaches a rent boy on a council estate but the boy pulls a knife and is killed in the struggle. Palmer fears he has been seen and turns to his quick-witted daughter who devises a way out for him. However the dogged Inspector Quarry is breathing down his neck and he needs to keep his resolve if he is to escape detection

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode7Episodes2001Aired 8.0Season avg
  1. S01E01TeacherApril 22, 2001 8.0In a moment of madness respectable head teacher Edward Palmer approaches a rent boy on a council estate but the boy pulls a knife and is kil
  2. S01E02Murder in Mind S01E02Season's bestFlameApril 29, 2001 9.0Fireman Joe Waterman believes his wife Sandra is two-timing him with a colleague and wants revenge, the perfect opportunity arising when a m
  3. S01E03MotiveMay 6, 2001 8.0One evening a man kills his baby-sitter. He convinces his wife to go along with it. She is the daughter of one of his workers. Is that the m
  4. S01E04MercyMay 13, 2001 9.0The symptoms are distressing; the diagnosis is a shock and the future a lingering, undignified and distressing death. How many of us would r
  5. S01E05VigilanteJune 3, 2001 8.0When close friends Liam, David, and Jack read in a newspaper that there is a paedophile living on their estate, they decide that it is their
  6. S01E06NeighboursJune 10, 2001 7.0An Englishman's home is his castle, and woe betide anyone who breaches the moat. But just how far should one go if their next door neighbour
  7. S01E07Murder in Mind S01E07SleeperJune 17, 2001 7.0Deborah is a history postgraduate student, living with three flatmates, one of whom is her long-term boyfriend James. The relationship becom

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season028Episodes2002AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01PassionJanuary 5, 2002A lonely call-centre supervisor, who has become obsessed with her married boss, decides that he is having an affair with one of her co-worke
  2. S02E02DisposalJanuary 26, 2002Barry Coates, a married man after a long time discovers that his wife, Angela is having an affair with his brother-in-law. He is unwilling t
  3. S02E03RageMarch 2, 2002Edward Buttimore is a single man in his 40s living with his mother, Rose. One day, in a moment of a road rage he kills a man on isolated cou
  4. S02E04Swan SongMarch 20, 2002Tara Stevens, a young night-club singer is lately feeling stifled by her rich husband Derek, so she plans to have him murdered. She ha san a
  5. S02E05FlashbackMarch 23, 2002Successful barrister, Nicholas Chadwack, plots to murder Angela Stephenson, his mistress, when she wants from him to give her money, so she
  6. S02E06Murder in Mind S02E06VictimApril 6, 2002Emily Stapleford and Lucy Slater, a longtime friends, move in as lodgers with reclusive writer Colin Edwards in his house. Recently, there's
  7. S02E07MemoriesApril 20, 2002Stuart Wisher, a successful paediatric surgeon, is haunted by ghosts from his past. The happily married father of three appears to have the
  8. S02E08RegretsMay 28, 2002When Ken Grendle's own company is plunged into a financial crisis, he makes a desperate plea for help to his bank. But, with mounting bills

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season038Episodes2003AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01EchoesJanuary 25, 2003When a centuries old male body is accidentally discovered in her garden by couple of builders, Elizabeth Marton becomes convinced that her o
  2. S03E02FavoursFebruary 2, 2003Jamie Holt, on runaway from the police, hides away in a small unknown village. There he makes a whole new life for himself and he starts run
  3. S03E03StalkersFebruary 16, 2003A female author for children books, Hat Vezey, gets terrorised by an obsessive stalker that won't leave her in peace. After she gets enough
  4. S03E04SuicideFebruary 22, 200325 years after her son commited a suicide as a result of school bullying, Jill Craig decides to take revenge on the bully that made her son
  5. S03E05ContractApril 3, 2003Three city dealers' scheme to siphon off money from their company's accounts is suspected by Simon's boss so he and his friends hire ageing
  6. S03E06LandlordMay 11, 2003Alan Willis is a lazy, unscrupulous property owner leasing dilapidated homes to unsuspecting tenants. When Australian student Claire MacGreg
  7. S03E07JusticeJune 19, 2003Tom is in a state of despair. He still loves wife Helen and daughter Holly, but he's responsible for his marriage breaking down. Tom spent t
  8. S03E08CornershopJune 29, 2003Decent, hardworking and respectable, Sanjay Patel is a corner shop owner facing financial ruin when regularly forced to pay protection money

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

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