The BEST episodes directed by Ken Hannam
#1 - Ghosts
Colditz - Season 2 - Episode 2
Simon gets an idea to hide prisoners to effect a dummy escape which would then take pressure off any genuine escape, but Major Mohn is highly suspicious and starts to impose further restrictions on the prisoners and this impacts Simon's plan and puts the lives of 2 men in danger.
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#2 - The Guests
Colditz - Season 2 - Episode 4
The town jail is being used as an overflow for Colditz prisoners and while Dick Player is there he observes an intake of three new prisoners – but these men are British commandos and Hitler has given instructions for all commandos to be shot. An escape plan is hatched using the best route – but Major Mohn is taking more than a passing interest in these commandos and has ideas of his own.
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#3 - Episode 1
The Day of the Triffids - Season 1 - Episode 1
Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...
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Sherlock Holmes (1984) - Season 4 - Episode 2
Reluctantly, after an illness, Holmes takes a holiday in Cornwall, with Watson for company. Then one day he finds himself investigating a mysterious death... after a quiet evening at home playing cards, three local inhabitants have been found in the morning in a terrible way: the two brothers overtaken by sudden mental illness, babbling incoherently, and their sister dead, with her face twisted into a look of terror. Holmes is delighted with the chance to bury his holiday boredom by taking on the case.
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#5 - Thug on the Tyne, Part 1
The Bill - Season 16 - Episode 3
Northumbria Police arrest one 'Frank Bentley' with a boot full of drugs and a handgun, after a high speed car chase through Newcastle. 'Bentley' and his 'lawyer' Liz McAuley are actually DCI Frank Burnside and DS Liz Rawton on an undercover assignment to investigate corrupt CID officers in Newcastle.
#6 - Thug on the Tyne, Part 2
The Bill - Season 16 - Episode 4
Burnside and Rawton's cover is nearly blown due to Rawton's family connections in Newcastle.
#7 - Trust: A Sprat to Catch a Mackerel (1)
The Bill - Season 16 - Episode 39
Operation Trident is called in after a drug-related murder by Yardie street gangs. An overzealous cabbie brings a suspect, who is found to be connected to Leroy Jones, and PC Rickman is sent undercover to contact Jones.
#8 - Trust: The Hare and the Hounds (2)
The Bill - Season 16 - Episode 40
To finance Leroy Jones' buy-in to the Bronte drug-dealing syndicate, PC Rickman accompanies Jones and his gang to rob a bank. Rumours begin to circulate round the relief that Rickman has "gone native".
#9 - Trust: The Deep Blue Sea (3)
The Bill - Season 16 - Episode 41
Rickman emerges from her undercover assignment and briefs Trident. PC Harker fears Rickman and Leroy Jones have fallen in love.
#10 - Home and Away
The Bill - Season 17 - Episode 13
Supt. Chandler is outraged when he finds out about the aggravated burglary of a deaf and blind woman in the local paper rather than from CID. Reg Hollis overhears Matt Boyden gossiping to Vicky Hagen about Dave and Polly, and soon the news of their affair is all over the station. Accompanied by a reporter from the newspaper, CID and Uniform raid the house of suspected burgler Mick Corcoran, but when Corcoran attacks Polly Page, he is brutally beaten by Quinnan and requires hospital treatment. Sgt. Boyden arranges tickets for a charity ball, but the limo breaks down and they all take refuge in a country pub, where Jenny Quinnan finally works out that Dave is having an affair.
#11 - Going Under
The Bill - Season 17 - Episode 14
Dave Quinnan arrives late after rowing with Jenny all night. Ever the troublemaker, Sgt. Boyden sends him out on patrol with Polly Page, Tony Stamp and Vicky Hagen. Quinnan and Page have trouble keeping their mind on the job, and this gets dangerous when Stamp is attacked by a gang of thugs on the DLR and Quinnan is nowhere to be seen. When Jenny leaves him and returns to Dublin, Dave starts to crack up. He puts on his uniform after his shift and goes on a vigilante mission to find the gang responsible for the attack on Stamp. DC Webb gets an anonymous call and finds some of the gang members tied up and sprayed with pepper spray.
#12 - Night Games (1)
The Bill - Season 17 - Episode 83
Part One - Night Games: Liz Rawton, now an Acting DI with the OCG, arrives at the station to head up an operation into catching a dangerous rapist who has been murdering prostitutes. Meanwhile, Ackland is unable to attend the final of the "Ask a Policeman" quiz hosted by Tony Blackburn, forcing Monroe to replace her with Spears. Spears saves the day and wins the relief a weekend away at a grand hotel. However, unwilling to go, she asks to be seconded to Rawton's investigation, but her request is denied by Cullen. Rickman and Clarke take a shine to local DS Pete Cork, but he only has eyes for a certain DC. By bribing a hotel rep, Cork ensures that his blind date for the salsa evening is Spears.
#13 - Night Games (2)
The Bill - Season 17 - Episode 84
Part Two - Aftershock: A traumatized Spears attempts to escape the horrific events of the weekend, but her efforts are hindered by the surprise re-appearance of her tormentor. Once she is sure that would-be rapist Cork has gone, Spears hesitantly emerges from her hotel bathroom. At breakfast the next morning, Monroe notices a police presence at the hotel. He liaises with DS Greg Georgiou, and discovers that one of the hotel reps has been found dead, and the other missing. After being questioned by the local police, Spears's relief at being seconded to work with Rawton on the serial rapist case soon turns to despair when she is introduced to the case profiler - none other than DS Pete Cork.
#14 - Episode 5
The Day of the Triffids - Season 1 - Episode 5
Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...
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#15 - Episode 4
The Day of the Triffids - Season 1 - Episode 4
Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.
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#16 - Episode 3
The Day of the Triffids - Season 1 - Episode 3
Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.
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#17 - Episode 6
The Day of the Triffids - Season 1 - Episode 6
Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids...
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#20 - To Sleep No More
Lovejoy - Season 1 - Episode 6
Sam Wendell, an old forger, dies of a heart attack while being pursued by a mysterious priest, leaving behind one of his small forgeries. Sam had told his wife it was the key to a fortune, and the priest soon tries to break into the Wendell house. Lovejoy aims to unravel the puzzle, by way of helping Sam's widow (who's left with very little) to recover anything of value. Along the way, Lovejoy dresses up as a priest.
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#21 - Episode Twenty-One
The House of Eliott - Season 2 - Episode 9
Following Ralph's disappearance to Germany, the House of Eliott's finances are in dire straights. Bea moves back in with Evie following her separation from Jack but has difficulty focusing on work. Meanwhile, Jack throws himself into film making as a way to forget his troubles. When the General Strike takes place it proves to be a superb subject for a documentary, especially when there is such an attractive leading lady. Elizabeth Montford will not give up her husband without a fight.
#22 - Episode Twenty-Eight
The House of Eliott - Season 3 - Episode 4
Tilly and Norman's baby is born but the celebrations are short lived. Bea and Evie express concerns to Larry Cotter about the quality of the Ready To Wear collection and he does his best to reassure them. As Bea preparers for motherhood she worries about how it will impact on her life and Jack's. will he really take the responsibilities of being a father seriously? Evie's artist protege Daniel succeeds in having a gallery showing of his latest work but the exhibition is rocked by scandal when an old patron causes quite a scene.
#23 - Episode 2
The Day of the Triffids - Season 1 - Episode 2
His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...
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#24 - Episode Twenty-Two
The House of Eliott - Season 2 - Episode 10
There is stiff competition for the sisters when Maison Gille opens a fashion house near theirs. As their finances are so terrible, it appears that accepting Gille's offer to buy the House Of Eliott is the only solution. Things go from bad to worse when the press gets hold of news about Evie and Alexander's affair. Neither Jack nor Alexander want to see the House of Eliott close but will Bea and Evie be prepared to accept their offers of financial support?