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The trial scene may owe a debt to The Trial of Daniel Webster but it lifts this episode over the mediocrity of the rest of the series. A story about a priest that has some religious content. Who would have thought it! Tom Bosley must have been overjoyed to finally have something to get his teeth into. But I can't hide the fact that the bulk of this episode is just as pedestrian as we have come to expect from this series.

As this story is the kind of thing that can only be done once, fans of clerical murder mysteries should watch the more recent BBC series Father Brown to see how this sort of thing should be done. It has an interesting cast of characters , no one is there to provide light relief, the guest characters are well-developed and there is always a genuine mystery.

The good: the unexpected twist to the "whodunnit" and some interesting mysteries throughout the series.

The bad: substantial parts of the story were like Mills & Boon romances, including the ending.

The even worse: The final part of the story was like a Jacobean tragedy. Sterhill-1's title was definitely meant literally.

I'm pleased that I watched all three series, and full marks to the makers for trying to do something different with the ending even though it will leave a lot of unhappy campers in the audience. Balthazar himself is a likable character but so larger-than-life that it was sometimes difficult to believe in him.

An interesting episode - unless you have seen the film The Wicker Man. This episode embellished the Pagan ritual but added little to the story.