The BEST episodes directed by Andy Hay

#1 - Everyone's Child

Judge John Deed - Season 2 - Episode 4

Deed has to give judgement in a court battle between a child and his parents. Jason Powell (who is represented by Jo Mills) has heart disease, and the doctors say his only hope of life is in a heart transplant - but he refuses to agree to the operation. His parents want the court to rule against an interim injunction supporting Jason, who clearly understands the risks he faces and who has a good legal case to decide for himself. His parents, Mel and Andy, plead for the heart transplant, and Deed lifts the injunction... but then Jason dies on the operating table, after spending his last moments pleading with the surgeons not to go against his wishes... Meanwhile, Deed's own life is running no more smoothly. Both he and Jo are accused of serious misconduct when she spends the night in his chambers...

#2 - Judicial Review

Judge John Deed - Season 3 - Episode 2

Deed gets angry when a brother judge deals leniently with a man convicted of political offences from whom the judge has had certain favours. He makes an accusation of corruption, despite Jo's misgivings.Meanwhile, Jan Dobbs is in Deed's own court charged with murder, and the hit-and-run case from the previous episode is still not concluded. Of course, the bigwigs of the legal profession are still busy scheming to marginalize both Deed and Jo Mills.

#3 - Health Hazard

Judge John Deed - Season 3 - Episode 1

Deed has two difficult new cases in his court. In one, a woman with a brain tumour claims it was caused by using her mobile phone. In another, the defendant in a hit-and-run case seems unfit to stand trial.Meanwhile, in a continuing story-line from the second series, Deed's lover Jo Mills faces a disciplinary tribunal prompted by Sir Ian Rochester and presided over by Sir Monty Everard. Both of them bear grudges against Deed, and he rides to Jo's defence.

#4 - The One That Got Away

New Tricks - Season 10 - Episode 8

Pullman seizes the chance to solve a murder that she believes is linked to her first ever case, and the team start putting together a jigsaw puzzle of suspects from a photograph taken in a London park in the 90s. Eventually faced with increasing pressure to hand over the investigation, Sandra makes a huge decision, which is going to change UCOS forever.

#5 - Christmas Special

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 2 - Episode 7

James and Helen spend their first Christmas together, but must agree on where to spend it. Despite all seeming idyllic, the vets are troubled as Tricki Woo is sick.

#6 - Home Truths

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 2 - Episode 6

As Chamberlain heads to meet with Hitler in Munich, James prepares to face his parents and give them some difficult news. Meanwhile, James's agenda is derailed by an emergency with the Alderson's pregnant mare, Candy.

#7 - Broodiness

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 4 - Episode 1

It's Easter 1940 and, with Tristan away, Skeldale House is busier than ever. Everyone looks to the future, and James tries to save a dog from its owner.

#8 - Episode 16

Dickensian - Season 1 - Episode 16

Honoria goes into labour in the family home, leaving her feeling stranded and vulnerable with only her older sister Frances there to help - a woman with whom she had been arguing only minutes before. Not knowing the first thing about childbirth, Frances sends a note out with a messenger boy requesting a doctor, but as the minutes pass, emotions run high and the intensity of the situation brings the sisters closer together.

#9 - A Cure For All Ills

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 1 - Episode 6

James celebrates his birthday, but personal and professional worries but a dampener on the event. James and Tristan ignore Siegfried's advice and operate on a prized cow.

#10 - Honeymoon's Over

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 3 - Episode 2

Everyone is trying to get along as best they can in the face of changes at Skeldale House. Helen has moved into the bedsit upstairs with James.

#11 - Christmas Special

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 1 - Episode 7

James is trying to bury his pain over Helen and has invited his new girlfriend Connie to the annual Skeldale Christmas party. Preparations are well under way!

#12 - Episode 20

Dickensian - Season 1 - Episode 20

Arthur is determined to finally become the man his father intended him to be, so he goes to see Fagin and acquires the services of Bill Sikes - but is it too late to put a stop to the wedding? Meanwhile, Compeyson hopes his heartfelt confession to Amelia will be enough to convince her of his feelings.

#13 - What a Balls Up!

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 3 - Episode 4

Tristan decides that he is outgrowing running the small animal surgery and a shock departure from Darrowby brings James's feelings about his place in Darrowby to the surface for Helen.

#14 - Hostage Takers (2)

Spooks - Season 5 - Episode 7

The terrorists start to execute hostages in pursuit of their demand for the release of Al-Qaeda prisoners held in Saudi Arabia, but suspicion arises as to the true identity of the terrorists.

#15 - Carpe Diem

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 4 - Episode 2

Siegfried hires an experienced bookkeeper, but her efficient approach doesn't suit everyone. James and Helen arrive at a decision, and a ferret presents a challenge for the practice.

#16 - A Hero of Our Time

Stan Lee's Lucky Man - Season 2 - Episode 10

Harry is forced to choose between stopping Isabella or losing everyone he loves, and his decision becomes all the more urgent when a member of his family disappears.

#17 - Lamb to the Slaughter

Stan Lee's Lucky Man - Season 2 - Episode 9

When Eve is put into a desperate situation she makes a decision she will quickly come to regret. Suri becomes uneasy as she and Orwell investigate Harry's accident and Anna makes DSI Winter doubt his judgement.

#18 - Edward

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 3 - Episode 5

Siegfried and Tristan are left in charge of Skeldale House, when Mrs Hall takes time off to meet up with an important person from her past.

#19 - The Pale Horse

Agatha Christie's Marple - Season 5 - Episode 1

Miss Marple’s old friend Father Gorman is brutally murdered after visiting the dying Mrs Davis. When Miss Marple receives a mysterious list of names through the post, sent by Gorman moments before his death, she heads to London to investigate. Detective Inspector Lejeune and Police Surgeon Edward Kerrigan puzzle over the killing. But when Lejeune dismisses Marple’s list she is determined to find justice for her friend.

#20 - Episode 19

Dickensian - Season 1 - Episode 19

As the final preparations are made for the Havisham wedding, Arthur and Matthew put their plan in place to stop the ceremony going ahead. While Arthur distracts Compeyson in the pub, Matthew arrives at Satis House with members of the brewery board. How will Compeyson react when he arrives? Meanwhile, Edward arranges for Sir Leicester to visit and Honoria knows she faces a difficult decision - one that affects her entire family.

#21 - Episode 18

Dickensian - Season 1 - Episode 18

Inspector Bucket has identified Jacob Marley's killer but faces a moral dilemma. Arthur Havisham is devastated - not only has he set his sister up with Compeyson, he can see no way of ever being reconciled with her. But then, out of the blue, his possible salvation arrives in the shape of Matthew Pocket, back from America and determined to prevent Amelia's wedding.

#22 - The Hunger

The Musketeers - Season 3 - Episode 2

The corrupt Governor of Paris conspires with the Duke de Beaufort, primary provider of food for Paris, to stage a robbery of the city's granary and pin it on the refugees, only to later sell the stolen grain back to the King at an inflated price. D'Artagnan is taken captive along with the rioting refugees, and the other Musketeers (along with D'Artagnan's wife Constance, now in charge of the Musketeer garrison) must rescue them from the hands of the Red Guard before they are executed.

#23 - The Last Man In

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 2 - Episode 5

When a familiar face from Helen's past returns to Darrowby, James worries that he has to vie for her attention and steps up to compete against them at Mrs Pumphrey's annual cricket match. The rest of Skeldale House are apprehensive as the game can be brutal. Siegfried tries his best to train James and get a reluctant Tristan to step in, but it's not looking good for their Darrowby Eleven team.

#24 - Spoils of War

The Musketeers - Season 3 - Episode 1

Athos, Porthos and D'Artagnan are fighting on the battlefront while Aramis has trouble living in contemplation as a monk. The Musketeers' search for missing gunpowder lead them to follow bandits to Aramis' monastery, where circumstance force them to collaborate to save the monastery's children and brothers. Aramis' finally accepts his true calling as a Musketeer and rejoins his brothers-in-arms in Paris.

#25 - Death Has No Dominion (1)

Silent Witness - Season 15 - Episode 1

When Leo's friend commits suicide, Harry and Nikki are called to the scene of a violent and calculated murder, which is thought to be the work of an apparently dormant serial killer.

#26 - Emilie

The Musketeers - Season 2 - Episode 4

A woman claims to have visions from God which instruct her to start a war with Spain.

#27 - Death Has No Dominion (2)

Silent Witness - Season 15 - Episode 2

Harry and DI James deviate from the original investigation to secretly test DNA evidence from the rival Chesham laboratory to try to solve this stalled case.

#28 - A Tricki Case

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 1 - Episode 4

When Mrs Pumphrey's Tricki Woo takes a turn for the worse, James takes drastic action. But things do not go to as expected. Tristan prepares to return to Edinburgh University.

#29 - Episode 17

Dickensian - Season 1 - Episode 17

Prior to being taken off the case of Jacob Marley's murder, Inspector Bucket determines to have one last shot at solving the conundrum. Retracing Marley's last steps with Mr Venus, Bucket arrives at a new theory - the killer was neither a criminal nor a thug, but a frightened individual who had been the victim of Marley's punishing debt-collecting tactics. Meanwhile, unaware that Amelia saw him kissing Sally, Compeyson arrives at Satis House and is surprised by the frosty reception he receives from Miss Havisham.

#30 - Bermondsey Boy

New Tricks - Season 11 - Episode 1

Family ties affect both Gerry Standing and Sasha Miller. While Sasha is forced to work with ex-husband Ned as he fills in for Strickland, Gerry returns to his roots in Bermondsey to help arrange his daughter's wedding. As a consequence he is thrown into a case involving the possible murder of an architecture student who is also the grandson of an old friend. Meanwhile, Danny Griffin has been on an FBI course in reading body language.

#31 - Through a Glass Darkly

The Musketeers - Season 2 - Episode 6

An astronomer gathers the royal party to see an eclipse, but events take a dramatic turn.

#32 - Knight Takes Queen

The Musketeers - Season 1 - Episode 9

Queen Anne’s taking of the waters is cut short when her life is put in mortal danger. King Louis dines with wealthy German banker Count Mellendorf, who is looking for a French match for his beautiful daughter. As the Musketeers try to spirit Anne back to Paris, they’re forced to seek refuge in a fortified convent, where Aramis comes face to face with his past.

#33 - Episode 2

Jamestown - Season 3 - Episode 2

Henry and Winganuske clash when their daughter falls ill, while a rebellious boy arrives in town and Meredith takes an instant shine to him. To spite Yeardley, Jocelyn forges a relationship with the Pamunkey.

#34 - Facing Your Demons

Stan Lee's Lucky Man - Season 3 - Episode 1

Following the explosion at MIS, DI Harry Clayton and the team are just getting back on track when his 'informer' Eve is accused of murder.

#35 - Things Can Only Get Better

New Tricks - Season 10 - Episode 7

When the team investigate the death of an MP's researcher and find themselves in hot pursuit of a mysterious Bosnian woman, Strickland introduces Pullman to a war crimes prosecutor who proves to be more than helpful to their case.

#36 - Episode 6

Jamestown - Season 2 - Episode 6

Jamestown is spooked as ghostly happenings fuel rumours Samuel has risen from the grave. Reddick gets everyone battle ready as news comes in of a Spanish attack.

#37 - Tender Loving Care

New Tricks - Season 11 - Episode 2

The team investigate the unsolved killing of brilliant young doctor Lydia Dryden in a case that takes them into the two very different worlds of public and private medicine. Danny Griffin is bereft when daughter Holly leaves home to start university, so his UCOS colleagues throw some fun distractions his way. And he might even be about to acquire a pet...

#38 - Episode 1

Jamestown - Season 3 - Episode 1

Jocelyn proves nothing can hold her back and Silas's new life forces Alice to make a terrible decision.

#39 - The Exiles

The Musketeers - Season 1 - Episode 6

Aramis and D’Artagnan have troubles transporting a young woman and her baby from a village outside Paris. The King’s royal hunting party is disrupted by the appearance of Louis’ banished mother seeking royal protection from an unknown assassin.

#40 - Choices (1)

Silent Witness - Season 9 - Episode 3

The team are called to the scene of a drive-by shooting, but the case proves less clear-cut than expected when evidence emerges that someone returned fire. The vehicle used is soon traced to an abandoned industrial unit, where a decomposing corpse is uncovered - and Nikki resolves to find out the true cause of death.

#41 - The Trojan Horse

Stan Lee's Lucky Man - Season 2 - Episode 4

Harry investigates a bizarre case in East London's technology district when a driverless car is hacked, causing it to crash, killing its passenger. Eve tells Harry about her history with Isabella.

#42 - Double Bluff

Stan Lee's Lucky Man - Season 2 - Episode 3

Harry gets caught up in a dangerous investigation involving a modern-day Sweeney Todd and is shocked to discover the butcher could have links to Golding. Things take a dramatic turn when Eve is kidnapped.

#43 - Episode 5

Jamestown - Season 2 - Episode 5

There's a big revelation when Secretary Farlow returns from England with a charming alchemist. Marie turns to the Rutters when she gets framed for a crime.

#44 - Schooled in Murder

Midsomer Murders - Season 15 - Episode 6

At the factory where the world-famous Midsomer Blue Cheese is made, a dairy worker is brutally murdered by a giant round of weaponized cheese.

#45 - Choices (2)

Silent Witness - Season 9 - Episode 4

#46 - Fear (1)

Silent Witness - Season 15 - Episode 9

One of Delaney’s patients, Eve Gilston, is discovered dead in her bed. The coroner’s verdict is sudden arrhythmic death syndrome but Delaney is not convinced and gets Leo to investigate. Suspicion soon falls on Eve’s dad Anthony, who lost the family fortune, and his wife Beth.

#47 - Hostage Takers (1)

Spooks - Season 5 - Episode 6

Adam and Zaf try to find a group of terrorists who have infiltrated Britain. Ros oversees a visit by a delegation of Saudi princes offering a guaranteed oil supply in exchange for nuclear expertise, but the Saudi Trade Centre is attacked by terrorists.

#48 - Fear (2)

Silent Witness - Season 15 - Episode 10

Leo is determined to learn the circumstances about the death of Eve Gilston. Nikki and Harry manage to find the nun who performed the exorcism but are surprised by what they find. Eve’s mother Beth Gilston is confronted by Leo and che omes close tod iscovering the truth about what actually happened the night before her daughter died.

#49 - Ethiopia

Hooten & the Lady - Season 1 - Episode 5

When Ella is kidnapped in Ethiopia, Lady Alex and Hooten head to Africa where they they must overcome crazed bandits and surly camels in order to save the day.

#50 - Episode 27

Hotel Babylon - Season 4 - Episode 3

The staff take part in a treasure hunt around the hotel searching for valuable emeralds claimed to be hidden there. Gino finds himself being conned by a man staying at the hotel. Tony discovers that a former film star staying at the hotel isn't quite as she seems.