Lewis

Latest Episodes

• Season 3 Episode 4: Counter Culture Blues

  The detective discovers his favourite Seventies band is on the verge of a comeback - along with their iconic singer, Esme Ford, who has made a shocking reappearance from beyond the grave, having faked her own death 35 years earlier. But when a young orphan is found dead on the other side of town, a forensic link leads Lewis and Hathaway to suspect the aged rockers are somehow involved. Joanna Lumley, David Hayman, Simon Callow and Helen Baxendale guest star. Last in the series

• Season 3 Episode 3: The Point of Vanishing

  Religious fanatic Steven Mullan is found beaten and drowned in his bath. Lewis and Hathaway discover he had been imprisoned for trying to kill well-known atheist Tom Rattenbury and had only recently been released. The inspector soon has reason to believe the Rattenbury family is hiding something from him - but nothing prepares him for the evidence Dr Hobson uncovers at the post-mortem. Kevin Whateley and Laurence Fox star, with guest appearances from Jenny Seagrove and Julian Wadham

• Season 3 Episode 2: The Quality of Mercy

  A student production of The Merchant of Venice is brought to an abrupt halt when the actor playing Shylock is murdered halfway through the performance, a prop knife plunged into his chest. Lewis and Hathaway are struck by the lack of grief among the cast and crew - especially the fiercely ambitious director Emma Golding, who wastes no time re-casting the lead role, determined the show must go on. The detectives soon discover the victim had an expensive lifestyle and not only owed money to his fellow students but was also suspected of stealing from them. However, the investigation has barely got under way before the killer strikes again. Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox star