Episodes

Hopjoy Was Here: Part 1

Travelling salesman Hopjoy has disappeared — to the relief of many husbands, the rage of innumerable creditors, and the alarm of two mystery men from London, who know him as a spy. Is he dead? Purbright investigates.

47m

Episode 2

Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2 / Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1

After solving the mystery of the missing Hopjoy, Purbright turns his attention to a 'lonely hearts' killer, whose next victim might be the fragile-seeming Miss Teatime. But she's deceptive.

50m

Episode 3

Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2

Miss Teatime and her mysterious suitor both get an unexpected comeuppance, but will the former escape being murdered? As Purbright appreciatively notices, she's tougher than she looks.

50m

Episode 4

The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1

Several otherwise reputable sexagenarian Flaxborough men seem to be under the influence of a potent aphrodisiac in a series of assaults on local women.

48m

Episode 5

The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2

Purbright traces the drug affecting the male senior citizens in Flaxborough to either a herb supplement or an experimental prescription drug.

49m

Episode 6

Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 1

After the death of Harold Carobleat, his wife Helen is shocked to find that he's left his estate to a neighbour who is subsequently found electrocuted.

48m

Episode 7