Murder, She Wrote

Season 12 - Murder, She Wrote

• Season 12 Episode 24: Death By Demographics (1996) After a San Francisco radio station changes its music format from classical to rock, the promoter who engineered the switch dies; with David Ogden Stiers.
• Season 12 Episode 23: Mrs Parker's Revenge (1996) Jessica checks into an Atlanta hotel to judge a writing contest, but a room mix-up means that instead of having short stories delivered to her door, she receives a parcel of surveillance photos. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 12 Episode 22: What You Don't Know Can Kill You (1996) Jessica agrees to help a friend's niece prove that her fiance's death was not an accident. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 12 Episode 21: Race to Death (1996) Intense rivalry between two captains competing for a yachting trophy ends in murder - so Jessica attempts to apprehend the culprit. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 12 Episode 20: Southern Double-Cross (1996) Jessica attends a seminar in Australia and learns that she may have an inheritance claim to a piece of land there that has traditionally been used for sheep grazing. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 12 Episode 19: Evidence of Malice (1996) Jessica is called in to investigate the case of a deputy sheriff accused of murdering a businessman he held a grudge against - and soon finds there's more to it than meets the eye. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 12 Episode 18: Track of a Soldier (1996) During a visit to a lodge in the Grand Teton mountains, Jessica investigates a mystery involving a diamond, a dog and an old grudge
• Season 12 Episode 17: Something Foul in Flappieville (1996) Jessica is on hand to help a puppet designer when he runs into difficulties with his own creations - and his production company. Detective drama, guest starring Malcolm in the Middle's Bryan Cranston, with Angela Lansbury
• Season 12 Episode 16: Murder Among Friends (1996) Disaster strikes on the set of a TV sitcom as the producer is killed in cold blood - but Jessica struggles to determine which one of the show's actors might have done the deed, or whether somebody else bears a grudge
• Season 12 Episode 15: The Dark Side of the Door (1996) Details in a manuscript convince a young editor (Tracy Middendorf) that the author (Richard Beymer) kidnapped her 11 years earlier; with Marcia Strassman, Meg Foster, Richard Libertini.
• Season 12 Episode 14: Murder in Tempo (1996) Foul play disrupts preparations for a charity concert organised to save Maine Woods from dastardly developers intent on lining their own pockets at the expense of the environment. Jessica stuffs cotton wool in her ears and infiltrates the high-decibel world of rock music to investigate
• Season 12 Episode 13: Death Goes Double Platinum (1996) Jessica enters the exciting world of modern music, risking life, limb and eardrums to investigate the baffling murder of a low-life petty crook. Detective drama, starring Angela Lansbury, Tony Plana and Jason Bernard
• Season 12 Episode 12: Kendo Kill (1996) Jessica tackles a case in Osaka, Japan, where a motorcyclist romancing the daughter of a traditional family finds his life is on the line. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 12 Episode 11: Unwilling Witness (1995) Jessica is called to testify in a court case concerning a crooked investment firm - and sure enough, the key witness dies soon afterwards. Angela Lansbury stars as the scribbling sleuth, with Lisa Eichhorn and Larry Linville
• Season 12 Episode 10: Frozen Stiff (1995) Jessica uncovers a bitter rivalry at an ice-cream company, and it all appears to be tied in with the secret ingredient used to fortify the product
• Season 12 Episode 9: Deadly Bidding (1995) Detective Charlie Garrett's high bid on a mediocre painting puzzles Jessica; then, its second-rate artist is found dead; with Wayne Rogers.
• Season 12 Episode 8: Shooting in Rome (1995) Not for the first time, Jessica delves behind the scenes of the film industry, this time to investigate a stuntman's death in what should have been a routine car crash. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 12 Episode 7: Nan's Ghost - Part Two Part two of two. Jessica manages to break out of the castle dungeon - but the murderer is still at large. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 12 Episode 6: Nan's Ghost - Part One (1995) Part one of two. Jessica visits an old Irish castle, where she hears a mysterious tale about ghosts and hidden treasure. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury. Concludes tomorrow
• Season 12 Episode 5: Home Care (1995) Two elderly people, both under the care of the same visiting nurse, die almost simultaneously and Jessica is asked to get to the bottom of the mystery. Angela Lansbury stars, with William Windom and Audra Lindley
• Season 12 Episode 4: Big Easy Murder (1995) Fearless journalist Jim Nash is murdered in the swamps of New Orleans, where voodoo is still a force to be reckoned with. Jessica risks all the horrors of this world and the next to unmask the culprit. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 12 Episode 3: The Secret of Gila Junction (1995) Jessica helps an inexperienced sheriff investigate a murder in a small desert town where the government may have conducted dangerous chemical experiments.
• Season 12 Episode 2: A Quaking in Aspen (1995) Jessica visits Aspen, Colorado, where her friend Laney Boswell comes under suspicion for the murder of her estranged husband. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury and Leigh Taylor Young
• Season 12 Episode 1: Nailed (1995) Jessica rides to the rescue of a beauty salon owner suspected of murdering a rival who had been planning to poach one of her top hairdressers. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury

Season 11 - Murder, She Wrote

• Season 11 Episode 21: Game, Set, Murder (1995) Jessica helps a top tennis player whose desire to win is being ruined by her domineering father and a tragedy in her past. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 11 Episode 20: Another Killing in Cork (1995) While Jessica is enjoying her stay at a fishing lodge in Ireland, she finds out the owner is being harassed by a consortium wanting to buy his land for a strip mine. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 11 Episode 19: School for Murder (1995) The heads of a swanky private college tempt fate by inviting Jessica to lecture their pupils - and it isn't long before the body count starts rising. Angela Lansbury stars as the sleuthing author
• Season 11 Episode 18: The Dream Team (1995) The beleaguered Cabot Cove residents fall victim to a callous scheme - all except Jessica, who resolves to get to the bottom of the mystery. Angela Lansbury stars as the amateur sleuth, with William Windom, Ron Masak and Michael Horton
• Season 11 Episode 17: Murder a la Mode (1995) Jessica enters the world of haute couture to solve a series of murders committed in the seedy surroundings of a Parisian sweatshop. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 11 Episode 16: Flim Flam (1995) A film fan is dispatched to the great movie set in the sky : and Jessica is quick to link his death with the supposed suicide of a leading Hollywood director 35 years previously. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 11 Episode 15: Twice Dead (1995) A scientist hits on the cunning idea of faking his own death, then is murdered for real - leaving Jessica to prove the innocence of the police's chief suspect. Angela Lansbury, Bradford Dillman and Bruce Weitz star
• Season 11 Episode 14: Murder in High C (1995) Jessica visits Genoa in Italy, where she finds her sleuthing skills called upon in the world of opera when a soprano is threatened. Murder mystery, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 11 Episode 13: Death 'n' Denial (1995) Jessica Fletcher tries to clear a friend implicated in the theft of a priceless Egyptian relic - and a murder to boot. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury, James Read and Lee Meriwether
• Season 11 Episode 12: The Scent of Murder (1995) Jessica learns her old friend Seth Hazlitt's rich cousin has been unceremoniously bumped off and vows to get to the bottom of the mystery. Angela Lansbury and William Windom star
• Season 11 Episode 11: An Egg to Die For (1994) Jessica joins forces with a Russian detective to solve a case of art theft and murder at a book fair in Miami. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 11 Episode 10: Murder of the Month Club (1994) Jessica hits the road to promote a new book club, but promptly finds herself plunged into a messy case involving plagiarism, blackmail and murder. Angela Lansbury stars, with a guest appearance by Ian Ogilvy
• Season 11 Episode 9: Murder by Twos (1994) The discovery of a body in Jessica's garage leads to all manner of accusations, prompting her to embark on a determined quest to unmask the culprit. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 11 Episode 8: Crimson Harvest (1994) Jessica puts her investigative skills to the test once more, this time delving into two suspicious deaths at a winery. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 11 Episode 7: Fatal Paradise (1994) While taking a well-earned break in Martinique, Jessica comes to the aid of old friend Charlie Garrett, a private investigator who has been accused of murdering the woman he's been trying to locate for a client. Wayne Rogers guest stars
• Season 11 Episode 6: The Murder Channel (1994) A surprise birthday present sets Jessica off on yet another murder investigation - and this time, she faces a race against time to save a friend's life before the body count doubles. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 11 Episode 5: Dear Deadly (1994) Internal wranglings at a San Francisco newspaper turn deadly : but luckily Jessica Fletcher is on the scene to play agony aunt and solve the mystery all in one go. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 11 Episode 4: Death in Hawaii (1994) Dark deeds disturb the idyllic atmosphere of Honolulu as the son of a hotel magnate is found standing over a corpse with a smoking gun in his hand. However, Jessica soon considers that the suspect's involvement in his estranged brother's political campaign may have prompted someone to frame him for the crime
• Season 11 Episode 3: To Kill a Legend (1994) During the making of a film, an old document comes to light which could tarnish the reputation of a Cabot Cove folk hero - and it's also connected with a murder. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 11 Episode 2: Amsterdam Kill (1994) Jessica attends a writers' seminar in Amsterdam and ends up investigating the singular disappearance of an old friend. Starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 11 Episode 1: A Nest of Vipers (1994) Jessica visits the zoo, where a poisonous snake escapes from captivity and puts paid to the campaigning career of an animal rights activist. She attempts to discover whether the slippery customer acted on its own, or if there was a human hand behind the incident. Angela Lansbury stars

Season 10 - Murder, She Wrote

• Season 10 Episode 21: Wheel of Death (1994) A travelling circus visits Cabot Cove, bringing burglary and murder in its wake and presenting Jessica with another opportunity to exercise her deductive powers
• Season 10 Episode 20: A Murderous Muse (1994) A man is accused of killing the conductor who acted as tutor to his musically gifted son - leaving Jessica to convince the police that someone else orchestrated the murder. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 10 Episode 19: Roadkill (1994) Jessica visits an old friend who runs a trucking company. However, she soon finds herself having to prove his son innocent of murder - while tangling with a gang of dastardly hijackers. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 10 Episode 18: The Trouble with Seth (1994) Fresh blood stains indicate foul play when Seth (William Windom) disappears; a proliferation of strangers in town raises Jessica's suspicions.
• Season 10 Episode 17: The Dying Game (1994) A chief accountant is found murdered just as the historic New York store where he worked is about to be sold to a museum of cultural history. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury, with Peter Donat and Kate Mulgrew
• Season 10 Episode 16: Time to Die (1994) Jessica is shocked to discover one of her writing students has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his stepfather, and makes a bid to help clear the boy's name. Angela Lansbury, Stan Shaw and William Gallo star
• Season 10 Episode 15: Murder on the 30th Floor (1994) Sooner or later, anyone who knows Jessica Fletcher turns up stone-cold dead - and today it's the turn of her book editor. His untimely demise is put down to suicide, but Jessica remains unconvinced and doggedly sets out to uncover the truth. Angela Lansbury stars as the amateur sleuth, with Dennis Boutsikaris and Robert Desiderio
• Season 10 Episode 14: Deadly Assets (1994) A local fisherman gets ensconced in shady dealings. When he goes on the run, Jessica finds herself mixed up with dodgy detective Charlie Garrett, who has arrived to investigate. Angela Lansbury stars, with Wayne Rogers, Matt Mulhern and William Windom
• Season 10 Episode 13: Portrait of Death (1994) A friend of Jessica's wins a fortune in a sweepstake. However, her new-found wealth brings a host of problems in its wake when she realises she can trust no one. Loretta Swit guest stars
• Season 10 Episode 12: Proof is in the Pudding (1994) Jessica investigates when a gangster's attempt to take over a chef's new restaurant leads to murder. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 10 Episode 11: Northern Explosion (1994) The conflict between a mining company and a group of Native Americans over land rights leads to murder. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury as the crime writer with a sideline in solving mysteries
• Season 10 Episode 10: Murder in White (1993) Jessica visits London to help with a stage adaptation of one of her novels - but the show's producer soon meets a grisly fate, and the leading actress is accused of murder. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury, Jean Marsh and Ian Ogilvy
• Season 10 Episode 9: Murder at a Discount (1993) A chain-store owner claims his business has dwindled because of his trial and acquittal for the murder of his wife - and blames Jessica, who's mentioned him in one of her books. Angela Lansbury stars, with guest appearances by George Segal and Morgan Fairchild
• Season 10 Episode 8: Love and Hate in Cabot Cove (1993) Jessica investigates the murder of a crooked deputy. However, she soon has not one but three suspects - an illegal casino owner, her own accountant and his daughter's jilted lover. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury, Ron Masak and William Windom
• Season 10 Episode 7: A Killing in Cork (1993) Jessica pays a social call on her friend Tom Dempsey, an American expatriate living in Ireland - but it isn't long before her uncanny nose for trouble leads her to a corpse concealed in an old ruin. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 10 Episode 6: Bloodlines (1993) Jessica's work on a new novel leads her to unravel the mystery behind the death of a friend, racehorse trainer Matt Cleveland. Guest starring Mickey Rooney and Tippi Hedren
• Season 10 Episode 5: A Virtual Murder (1993) Jessica is fascinated by a demonstration of a video game based on one of her books, but when she plays it, she apparently witnesses a real murder. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 10 Episode 4: The Phantom Killer (1993) A journalist preparing a profile on Jessica takes the blame for the murder of a media tycoon in a bid to protect the woman he loves. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 10 Episode 3: The Legacy of Borbey House (1993) Amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher enters the realm of black magic to investigate how the new owner of a Victorian house came to be killed in the manner befitting a vampire - a wooden stake in his chest. Starring Angela Lansbury and William Windom
• Season 10 Episode 2: For Whom the Ball Tolls (1993) Jessica joins the fight to save a house in New York where Ernest Hemingway once wrote, only to find herself investigating a murder. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 10 Episode 1: A Death in Hong Kong (1993) A businessman working on a merger is poisoned at a Chinese banquet in Hong Kong. David Warner guest stars

Season 9 - Murder, She Wrote

• Season 9 Episode 22: Love's Deadly Desire (1993) A writer's assistant is mistaken for her employer and murdered - but it's all in a day's work for Jessica Fletcher, who takes it upon herself to solve the case and begins by investigating the intended victim's complex relationships. Angela Lansbury and William Katt star
• Season 9 Episode 21: The Survivor (1993) Amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher investigates the murder of an undercover detective who was killed while trying to find a mole within the police department. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 9 Episode 20: Ship of Thieves (1993) Jessica decides to get away from it all and sets off on what's supposed to be a relaxing Caribbean cruise - until the murder of a fellow passenger presents her with a fresh mystery to solve. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 9 Episode 19: Lone Witness (1993) A delivery boy at the local grocery store witnesses a murder and finds himself accused of the crime - but Jessica resolves to prove his innocence. Angela Lansbury and Neil Patrick Harris star
• Season 9 Episode 18: Dead to Rights (1993) Jessica has virtually built a career on proving old colleagues innocent of murder - but the latest, who happens to be a pathological liar, presents her with a special challenge. Angela Lansbury stars as the snooping scribe, with Molly Hagan, Vincent Pulaski and Edward Winter
• Season 9 Episode 17: The Big Kill (1993) A tycoon sets out to save the company he's built up from scratch, but his efforts result in murder and mayhem off the coast of Cabot Cove. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 9 Episode 16: Threshold of Fear (1993) Jessica befriends an agoraphobic neighbour whose mother was mysteriously stabbed to death five years previously, and joins forces with an obliging cop to crack the case. Margot Kidder, Cynthia Nixon and David Soul guest alongside Angela Lansbury
• Season 9 Episode 15: The Petrified Florist (1993) A florist delivers a bouquet to Jessica and is later found murdered, prompting the crime writer to embark on her own investigation - an inquiry that takes her into the backbiting world of the gossip columns. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 9 Episode 14: Killer Radio (1993) The prospective owner of a radio station in the prairies is killed, and the finger of suspicion points to one of Jessica's close friends. Starring Angela Lansbury as the amateur sleuth, with Stephen Caffrey and Lindsay Crouse
• Season 9 Episode 13: Dead Eye (1993) Jessica grows tired of examining small-time cases and applies her deductive powers to a case that has baffled investigators for decades - the assassination of President Kennedy. Angela Lansbury stars as the ambitious amateur sleuth
• Season 9 Episode 12: Double Jeopardy (1993) A student in Jessica's writing class is wrongly arrested for murder, prompting her to find the real killer and clear the innocent man's name. Robert Beltran guest stars
• Season 9 Episode 11: Final Curtain (1993) A Broadway production comes to Cabot Cove and it isn't long before the main star's manager is dispatched to meet his maker. Fortunately, Jessica is in the stalls to see justice done. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 9 Episode 10: The Sound of Murder (1993) Jessica records one of her novels as a talking book for the blind, but a murder takes place while she is listening to a rock band in a neighbouring studio. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 9 Episode 9: A Christmas Secret (1992) A murder attempt disrupts Cabot Cove's Christmas festivities and jeopardises a local wedding - so Jessica resolves to find out whodunit before the holiday season is completely ruined. Angela Lansbury, Ron Masak and Sean O'Bryan star
• Season 9 Episode 8: The Classic Murder (1992) A psychic predicts the death of a missing tycoon and the location of his body, but the corpse that is found is not that of the businessman. Murder mystery, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 9 Episode 7: Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice (1992) MI6 Agent Michael Haggerty is found standing over the body of his estranged daughter's fiance - but Jessica believes there's more to the case than meets the eye and sets out to clear his name. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou
• Season 9 Episode 6: Night of the Coyote (1992) The owner of a Wild West show is murdered in New Mexico, so Jessica sets out to investigate, helped by a Navajo sheriff with excellent tracking skills. Angela Lansbury stars, with Graham Greene, Steve Forrest and Mariette Hartley
• Season 9 Episode 5: The Dead File (1992) Jessica is caricatured in a libellous comic strip and visits the artist to demand an explanation - but the Grim Reaper beats her to it. Patrick Macnee guest stars
• Season 9 Episode 4: The Wind Around the Tower (1992) Jessica visits Ireland to help her friend Sean Cullhane protect an estate owner who has heard the cry of the banshee and become convinced he's about to be killed. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 9 Episode 3: The Mole (1992) Crime-writer-cum-amateur-sleuth Jessica Fletcher has one of those days, getting caught up in a case of mistaken identity at the airport and being kidnapped by bungling crooks. Starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 9 Episode 2: Family Secrets (1992) A former student of Jessica's, now working as a reporter, brings the crime writer new evidence on a 30-year-old scandal involving Cabot Cove's founding families. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 9 Episode 1: Murder in Milan (1992) Jessica puts on her well-worn thinking cap to investigate the death of a famous film producer - and soon brings the villain to book. Mystery, starring Angela Lansbury and Susan Blakely

Season 8 - Murder, She Wrote

• Season 8 Episode 22: Murder on Madison Avenue (1992) Jessica creates a board game with a murderous theme - but soon finds herself immersed in a deadly mystery that appears similar to her invention. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 8 Episode 21: Badge of Honour (1992) An outbreak of murder and mayhem sweeps through Cabot Cove - and it coincides with the arrival of one of Seth's old Army buddies, who immediately becomes the prime suspect. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 8 Episode 20: Angel of Death (1992) Jessica goes to California to help famous playwright Martin Tremaine come to terms with his wife's suicide - but the killing of a second family member makes her realise he was the intended victim. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 8 Episode 19: Day of the Dead (1992) Jessica's investigation into the theft of a valuable artefact from a museum in Mexico City reveals a more grisly affair. James Coburn guest stars
• Season 8 Episode 18: Programmed for Murder (1992) A computer expert's sudden death from bleeding ulcers presents Jessica with another brain-teasing mystery to solve. Starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 8 Episode 17: To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee (1992) Jessica's sleuthing skills come into play as she sets out to clear a university colleague of a murder charge. Angela Lansbury and George Hearn star
• Season 8 Episode 16: Ever After (1992) A daytime soap queen's husband is shot dead - but luckily, one of her neighbours just happens to be amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher. With Angela Lansbury and guest stars Kevin McCarthy and Kate Mulgrew
• Season 8 Episode 15: Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief (1992) Jessica visits London, where she is introduced to an MP, a meeting that proves to be the kiss of death for the unfortunate fellow. However, the mystery surrounding his murder deepens as the corpse goes missing - only to reappear with a new identity. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury, with Trevor Eve, Derrick O'Connor and Sharon Maughan
• Season 8 Episode 14: The Monte Carlo Murders (1992) Exhausted by a European book tour, Jessica stops off to see an old friend who owns a luxurious Monte Carlo hotel, but it isn't long before a murderer checks in. Starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 8 Episode 13: Incident in Lot Seven (1992) Jessica investigates the discovery of a body on the set of the film Psycho while visiting Hollywood to see her latest mystery turned into a movie. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 8 Episode 12: The Witch's Curse (1992) The Cabot Cove residents put on a play about a witch who cursed the town before being executed - which leads to an intriguing case for Jessica. Robert Vaughn guest stars
• Season 8 Episode 11: Danse Diabolique (1992) A ballerina tempts fate by performing in a production rumoured to be cursed - and it isn't long before she's exchanging her tutu and tights for a wooden overcoat. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury and Marisa Berenson
• Season 8 Episode 10: The List of Yuri Lermentov (1991) Chance possession of a secret intelligence document lands Jessica in the middle of international intrigue and murder. Angela Lansbury stars as the amateur sleuth, with Brian McNamara and Theodore Bikel
• Season 8 Episode 9: The Committee (1991) Jessica investigates the committee of an elite club to find out which of them murdered an unpopular member. Starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 8 Episode 8: A Killing in Vegas (1991) Jessica investigates foul play while promoting her new mystery novel in the gambler's paradise of Las Vegas. Angela Lansbury stars, with guest appearances by Howard Keel and David Soul
• Season 8 Episode 7: Terminal Connection (1991) A womanising businessman is murdered and suspicion immediately falls on his timid, abused wife - but as the evidence mounts, Jessica becomes convinced someone else is the killer. Angela Lansbury, Chad Everett and Lois Nettleton star
• Season 8 Episode 6: Judge Not (1991) The funeral of a rhythm-and-blues legend and subsequent killing of his former bass player plunges Jessica into the middle of a murder mystery that has remained unsolved for 20 years. Angela Lansbury, William Atherton, Logan Ramsay and Olivia Cole star
• Season 8 Episode 5: Lines of Excellence (1991) New computer owner Jessica discovers tappers gathering information for blackmail, a crime that leads to murder.
• Season 8 Episode 4: Thicker Than Water (1991) Sheriff Metzger asks Jessica to help clear his no-good younger brother, who stands accused of murdering his boss. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 8 Episode 3: Unauthorised Obituary (1991) Jessica sets out to prove a close friend is innocent of murdering the best-selling author of a series of revealing biographies, who has been found dead in a hot tub. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 8 Episode 2: Night Fears (1991) Jessica Fletcher accepts a challenge from a policeman-turned-professor to investigate a series of muggings committed on a college campus - but the case soon takes a far more sinister turn. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 8 Episode 1: Bite the Big Apple (1991) Amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher stumbles into another murder investigation, this time centred on her new apartment building in New York. Angela Lansbury stars

Season 7 - Murder, She Wrote

• Season 7 Episode 22: The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane (1991) Jessica joins in the hunt for a missing manuscript, but the sudden death of author Nick Cullhane turns her quest into a murder investigation. Jerry Orbach guest stars
• Season 7 Episode 21: Tainted Lady (1991) Three people in a small town die of poisoning - and soon one of Jessica's friends is accused of serving arsenic at her diner. Crime drama, starring Angela Lansbury, Dee Wallace Stone and Nina Foch
• Season 7 Episode 20: Murder, Plain and Simple (1991) Jessica travels to Amish country in search of a special hand-made quilt, but soon finds herself embroiled in yet another baffling investigation. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 7 Episode 19: Thursday's Child (1991) A woman accused of various dodgy dealings turns up out of the blue and causes a stir by claiming Jessica's late husband was her son's father. Vera Miles guest stars
• Season 7 Episode 18: Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy? (1991) Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton is drawn into a murder case while investigating a bizarre missing persons report involving a ventriloquist's dummy, and asks for Jessica's help in clearing it up
• Season 7 Episode 17: The Prodigal Father (1991) A man accused of a bank robbery 20 years ago returns to Cabot Cove to find his daughter, only to wind up murdered. Fortunately, Jessica Fletcher is around to shed light on the mystery. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 7 Episode 16: From the Horse's Mouth (1991) Jessica Fletcher continues to attract murder and mayhem wherever she goes, this time visiting Kentucky, where she and old friend Harry McGraw soon find themselves on the trail of a killer. Crime drama, starring Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach and Kevin McCarthy
• Season 7 Episode 15: The Taxman Cometh (1991) Jessica tries to clear a factory owner suspected of murdering her ex-husband to inherit the money she needs to pay a tax bill. Crime drama, starring Angela Lansbury and Phyllis Newman
• Season 7 Episode 14: Who Killed JB Fletcher? (1991) A fan assumes Jessica's identity to investigate goings-on at a dog show, and the crime writer is mistakenly reported dead. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 7 Episode 13: Moving Violation (1991) Sheriff Metzger defies political pressure and arrests an ambassador's son who's later found dead - and Jessica is left to prove her law-abiding friend hasn't taken to killing suspects. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 7 Episode 12: Suspicion of Murder (1991) Reformed jewel thief Dennis Stanton spends a romantic evening with a married woman, only to find himself the prime suspect in a puzzling murder case. Keith Michell guest stars, alongside Angela Lansbury and Dennis Cole
• Season 7 Episode 11: Family Doctor (1991) Jessica and her old friend Dr Seth Hazlitt are kidnapped by the vengeful son of a mobster who died of his wounds while in the medic's care. Angela Lansbury and William Windom star
• Season 7 Episode 10: Murder in F Sharp (1990) Jessica helps a reformed jewel thief who has uncovered a mystery involving arson, fraud and unrequited love. Angela Lansbury and Keith Michell star
• Season 7 Episode 9: Ballad for a Blue Lady (1990) Jessica takes a break from her home town of Cabot Cove to visit a country music star she knows - but with her around, it isn't long before a simmering feud leads to murder. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 7 Episode 8: The Great Twain Robbery (1990) A missing Mark Twain manuscript proves to be only the first chapter in a story of forgery, arson and murder. Angela Lansbury stars as the amateur sleuth
• Season 7 Episode 7: The Return of Preston Giles (1990) Jessica discovers her former boss, who was previously jailed for murder, is in the dock again, accused of stabbing a man to death. His passionate pleas of innocence convince her he could be telling the truth, and this time she resolves to get to the bottom of the matter. Spinal Tap's Michael McKean guest stars
• Season 7 Episode 6: A Body to Die For (1990) Cabot Cove's new physical fitness instructor is accused of murdering a con-artist interested in property, presenting Jessica with a fresh mystery to solve. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 7 Episode 5: The Family Jewels (1990) Jessica investigates the possible connection between a wealthy woman's penchant for jewellery and the murder of the chauffeur she was having an affair with. Crime drama, starring Angela Lansbury, with guests Brenda Vaccaro, John Considine and Mike Farrell
• Season 7 Episode 4: Hannigan's Wake (1990) Jessica is asked to finish the book started by a dead journalist who was trying to clear the name of a man unjustly convicted of murdering his wife 16 years previously. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 7 Episode 3: See You in Court, Baby (1990) Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton gets involved in the case of a murdered lawyer and tries to find out whether he was killed by the husband of a client involved in a messy divorce. Mystery, guest starring Keith Michell and Vera Miles
• Season 7 Episode 2: Deadly Misunderstanding (1990) Jessica is injured in an accident and hires an assistant to help her meet a publisher's deadline. Unfortunately, her temporary typist's husband promptly turns up dead and she finds herself with yet another mystery to solve. David McCallum guest stars
• Season 7 Episode 1: Trials and Tribulations (1990) Jessica is sued for the wrongful conviction and subsequent death of a prison escapee, and acts quickly to get herself off the hook. Angela Lansbury stars as the amateur sleuth, with Kim Hunter and Carrie Hamilton

Season 6 - Murder, She Wrote

• Season 6 Episode 22: The Sicilian Encounter (1990) After a great many successful investigations, Jessica Fletcher takes a back seat for this episode, bringing her old British agent friend Michael Haggerty to the fore as he travels to Sicily and looks into a bizarre case of a double and triple-cross involving the widow of a Mafia gangster
• Season 6 Episode 21: The Szechuan Dragon (1990) Jessica continues to stumble over corpses wherever she goes, continuing by discovering the body of a mysterious seafaring man with a wooden leg in her own front room. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury.
• Season 6 Episode 20: Shear Madness (1990) Jessica is invited to her cousin's wedding, but the groom is murdered well before he reaches 'till death us do part'. The amateur sleuth immediately sets out to unmask the culprit and wonders whether the gruesome event could be linked to the release of the bride's brother from a mental institution. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 6 Episode 19: Always a Thief (1990) A former jewel thief spends a romantic evening with a woman, only to find himself the prime suspect in a puzzling murder. Angela Lansbury and Dina Merrill star
• Season 6 Episode 18: O'Malley's Luck (1990) Jessica comes to the aid of old friend and New York cop James O'Malley, who is investigating a suicide he believes was in fact a murder. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 6 Episode 17: Murder According to Maggie (1990) A show cancellation coincides with a network executive's murder; guests Diana Canova, Gary Sandy, Dwayne Hickman.
• Season 6 Episode 16: Big Show of 1965 (1990) An all-star variety show reunion culminates in the appearance of a mystery woman intent on naming the culprit of a murder committed 25 years previously. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 6 Episode 15: The Fixer-Upper (1990) Unfortunately for estate agents everywhere, Jessica ventures into the world of property, uncovering a trail of feuding and intrigue inevitably leading to murder. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 6 Episode 14: How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying (1990) Foul play looms large in the world of finance as Jessica's Wall Street stockbroker meets his maker. Sleuthing drama, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 6 Episode 13: If the Shoe Fits (1990) An unscrupulous landlord breathes his last, and suspicion falls on an impoverished factory worker whose life he made hell. However, Jessica Fletcher isn't convinced of the woman's guilt, and sets out to unmask the real killer. Lorna Luft guest stars
• Season 6 Episode 12: Goodbye Charlie (1990) Jessica applies her deductive powers to the mystery of three claimants vying for the body of an unidentified man discovered on a railway line. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 6 Episode 11: Town Father (1989) Cabot Cove's mayoral election campaign is disrupted by the unscheduled appearance of a woman who claims one of the candidates is the father of her five children : and sure enough, it isn't long before she's pushing up daisies. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 6 Episode 10: Class Act (1989) Jessica meets an old friend who just happens to be one of the best homicide detectives in Los Angeles, and helps provide the vital clue in the case that ended his career. Starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 6 Episode 9: Test of Wills (1989) A multimillionaire begins to fear for his life, and tempts fate by inviting Jessica to spend the weekend at his isolated island retreat. Drama, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 6 Episode 8: When the Fat Lady Sings (1989) Jessica goes behind the scenes at an opera house to clear a world-famous tenor accused of murder. Angela Lansbury and Keith Michell star
• Season 6 Episode 7: Night of the Tarantula (1989) The son of a Jamaican plantation owner marries the daughter of a local voodoo priest, leading to accusations, recriminations and murder - which is just the ticket for Jessica Fletcher, who happens to be on the island at the time. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 6 Episode 6: Dead Letter (1989) A volunteer fireman is found dead in a burnt-out furniture store, propelling Jessica headlong into a case of murder and arson. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 6 Episode 5: Jack and Bill (1989) Jessica Fletcher recounts the bizarre tale of a private eye who reluctantly recruited a new partner in the form of a French poodle, which once belonged to a murder victim. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury
• Season 6 Episode 4: The Error of Her Ways (1989) Jessica visits Palm Springs to check on an investment and finds herself drawn into solving the murder of a real estate developer. She quickly suspects the dead man's wife of the crime, but her subsequent suicide complicates matters further. Elliott Gould guest stars
• Season 6 Episode 3: The Grand Old Lady (1989) The death of an elderly writer prompts Jessica to recall an intriguing mystery that happened on the Queen Mary some 50 years previously. Guest starring Robert Vaughn, with Angela Lansbury and June Havoc
• Season 6 Episode 2: Seal of the Confessional (1989) A priest must decide whether to absolve a distraught parishioner of murder and allow an innocent man to stand trial Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 6 Episode 1: Appointment in Athens (1989) A trip to Paris - and a chance encounter with a British agent friend - sees Jessica re-routed to Athens, where she gets embroiled in an intriguing mix of murder and espionage. Richard Todd and Ian Ogilvy guest star

Season 5 - Murder, She Wrote

• Season 5 Episode 22: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall - Part Two (1989) Part two of two. As Seth lies critically ill in hospital, the doctor reveals he was poisoned, but Jessica suspects someone else was the intended victim and decides to confront Eudora. Jean Simmons guests
• Season 5 Episode 21: Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall - Part One (1989) Part one of two. A failing crime writer, who sees Jessica as her rival, arrives in Cabot Cove bearing gifts - an encounter which leaves the canny old-timer thinking fact may be stranger than fiction. Jean Simmons guest stars
• Season 5 Episode 20: Three Strikes, You're Out (1989) Jessica takes time out from writing to visit her nephew - but has to get her thinking cap on when a TV sports personality is murdered. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury and Paul Sorvino
• Season 5 Episode 19: Double Exposure (1989) Jessica is delighted to run into an old friend while on a shopping expedition in Boston - until he unaccountably denies knowing her. Jerry Orbach guest stars
• Season 5 Episode 18: Trevor Hudson's Legacy (1989) Jessica travels to Montana to celebrate the publication of a dead colleague's final novel and embarks on yet another murder investigation, forcing her to read between the lines to discover the identity of the culprit. Angela Lansbury stars, with Steve Forrest and Michael Learned of The Waltons fame
• Season 5 Episode 17: The Sins of Cabot Cove (1989) One of Jessica's former students publishes a best-selling novel, much to the excitement of the citizens of Cabot Cove - but their delight turns to dismay as reality begins to mirror fiction. Murder mystery, starring Angela Lands
• Season 5 Episode 16: Truck Stop (1989) A breakdown leaves Jessica and a fellow writer stranded at a run-down desert motel, where one of the other guests has unwittingly made a reservation with murder. Angela Lansbury stars
• Season 5 Episode 15: Alma Murder (1989) Double bill. For once, Jessica Fletcher actually turns up at a murder scene after the event, answering a student's plea to look into a mysterious killing at her college - a crime to which a well-respected professor has inexplicably confessed. Later, she and a fellow writer find themselves stranded at a run-down desert motel. Angela Lansbury stars. Includes RTE News
• Season 5 Episode 14: From Russia with Blood (1989) Jessica jets off to attend a prestigious international literary conference in Moscow, where she soon comes under suspicion of espionage. David McCallum guest stars
• Season 5 Episode 13: Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble (1989) Double bill. The spirit of Old Salem comes to Cabot Cove as the townsfolk embark on a witch-hunt following bizarre goings-on involving a woman who's been dead for three centuries. The super sleuth also jets off to attend a literary conference in Moscow, where she comes under suspicion of espionage. Guest starring Roddy McDowall, Dee Wallace Stone and David McCallum. Includes RTE News
• Season 5 Episode 12: Smooth Operators (1989)