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TV Series Ratings Analysis

Hamish Macbeth Episode Ratings Heatmap

1995 · 3 Seasons · 20 Episodes · Overall Score: 6.3/10 (13 rated)

Highest Rated Episode
8.0/10

S2E5: No Man Is an Island (1 votes)

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Best Season
6.80/10

Season 2 holds the highest collective average score across the series.

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Most Consistent Season
Season 3

Lowest score variance (σ = 0.5), maintaining an average of 5.8.

Strongest Finale
6.0/10

Season 1 finale: "A Bit of an Epic"

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Key Ratings Insights

  • Best season by average: Season 2 averaged 6.80/10 across 5 rated episodes.
  • Ratings fell from Season 1 (average 6.25/10) to Season 3 (average 5.75/10), a decline of 0.50 points.

Complete Episode Rating Matrix

Interactive score chart by season and episode number. Darker green indicates higher ratings; amber and red denote lower reception.

8.5+ (Outstanding) 7.5 – 8.4 (Great) 6.0 – 7.4 (Average) < 6.0 (Underwhelming) Few votes

Ratings Analysis & Trajectory

Across 3 seasons and 20 episodes, Hamish Macbeth has earned an overall series rating of 6.3 out of 10. The series reached its critical peak early, showing a slight contraction in audience satisfaction in later chapters.

The single highest-rated hour of television in the series is Season 2, Episode 5 ("No Man Is an Island"), rated at an extraordinary 8.0/10 with 1 ratings. Conversely, the lowest-rated installment is Season 3, Episode 2 ("Deferred Sentence"), landing at 5.0/10.

The most precipitous single-episode shift occurred in Season 1 between Episode 1 ("The Great Lochdubh Salt Robbery", 7) and Episode 2 ("A Pillar of the Community", 5), a swing of 2 points.

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Top 10 Highest Rated Episodes of Hamish Macbeth

Rank Episode Title Score Votes Air Date
#1 Season 2, Ep 5 No Man Is an Island 8.0 1 Apr 21, 1996
#2 Season 1, Ep 1 The Great Lochdubh Salt Robbery 7.0 2 Mar 26, 1995
#3 Season 1, Ep 5 Wee Jock's Lament 7.0 1 Apr 23, 1995
#4 Season 2, Ep 1 A Perfectly Simple Explanation 7.0 1 Mar 24, 1996
#5 Season 2, Ep 4 Radio Lochdubh 7.0 1 Apr 14, 1996
#6 Season 1, Ep 6 A Bit of an Epic 6.0 1 Apr 30, 1995
#7 Season 2, Ep 3 Isobel Pulls It Off 6.0 1 Apr 7, 1996
#8 Season 2, Ep 6 The Lochdubh Deluxe 6.0 1 Apr 28, 1996
#9 Season 3, Ep 6 More Than a Game 6.0 1 Apr 20, 1997
#10 Season 3, Ep 7 Destiny (1) 6.0 1 Apr 27, 1997
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