The BEST episodes directed by Audrey Cooke
#1 - A Personal Murder
Death in Paradise - Season 5 - Episode 4
Dwayne's old mentor, Cedrik, is found dead and as he is being cremated a text message saying "I was murdered" from his phone that Dwayne had placed in the coffin, is received by Dwayne. Evidence from a pillow indicates murder. The suspects are Cedrik's three friends and his girlfriend. Goodman is also confused as to why the victim gave Dwayne a lucky necklace and had ordered a cheap mail order watch two days before he died.
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#3 - Speedy Death
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries - Season 1 - Episode 1
Mrs. Bradley attends a party to celebrate the engagement of her god-daughter, Eleanor Bing, to Everard Mountjoy. When Everard meets with an untimely death, the police conclude that it was a tragic accident. Mrs. Bradley is unconvinced and, aided by her trusted chauffeur, George, sets out to discover the truth. (Pilot)
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#5 - Posing in Murder
Death in Paradise - Season 5 - Episode 3
Fashion model Zoe Mackay is strangled moments after leaving the catwalk, leaving DI Goodman and his team stumped. All of her colleagues, dress designer, three other models and the photographer have watertight alibis and the backstage area was securely guarded at all times. The only clue was a stocking clasped in the victims hand. A series of catwalk photographs of the event from start to finish even provide an image of the actual murder.
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#6 - Episode 4
Bloodlands (2021) - Season 2 - Episode 4
With the origins of the gold confirmed, an American gangster arrives in Dunfolan to take back what is his. Birdy makes a shocking discovery.
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#7 - Happy Families
Midsomer Murders - Season 22 - Episode 3
Barnaby is investigating the murder of Victor Karras, a manufacturer of exclusive board games, who appears to have been poisoned.
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#8 - The Point of Balance
Midsomer Murders - Season 21 - Episode 1
When a former ballroom-dance champion is found dead, Barnaby and Winter go toe-to-toe with rival dancers, jealous partners, and suspicious corporate sponsors.
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#9 - Episode 5
Bloodlands (2021) - Season 2 - Episode 5
Tom is forced to deal with the killer in order to stay in the hunt for the gold, but a revelation from Izzy threatens to knock him off course.
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#10 - Episode 6
Bloodlands (2021) - Season 2 - Episode 6
Tom falters on the tightrope between his police investigation and his illicit pursuit of the murder weapon and the gold, as it all threatens to come tumbling down.
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#11 - Agatha Raisin & the Love from Hell (1)
Agatha Raisin - Season 3 - Episode 4
Tensions between Agatha and James run high ahead of a smooth jazz night at Barfield Hall. Then a woman James was seen arguing with turns up dead at Agatha's cottage, and James disappears. Working with James's sister, can Agatha find her love and clear his name?
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#12 - Fantasy Football
This Life - Season 1 - Episode 5
Egg takes his work worries to a therapist, but finds that football is the only way forward. Meanwhile, Miles thinks that his days are numbered when Delilah agrees to take an HIV test, and Anna gets an interesting offer when she uses her feminine charms to get work.
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#13 - Till Death Do Us Part
Midsomer Murders - Season 20 - Episode 5
Barnaby is less than impressed when Sarah drags him to a family friend's wedding. But things soon go from bad to worse when tragedy strikes and Barnaby is called into action to catch a murderer with an apparent penchant for local brides.
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#15 - 2009-11-06
EastEnders - Season 25 - Episode 178
The fire in the barrel store starts to take hold, but when Archie hears Peggy shout, he quickly extinguishes the flames. Peggy’s suspicious but Archie insists the fire must have been started by kids, claiming he saw them run away. Janine tells Archie no one can prove he’s anything but a hero, but Archie’s haunted by the thought he could have killed Peggy. Peggy finds Billy’s wallet and summons Archie back to the Vic. Sure Archie started the fire, Peggy plies him with drink and shows him Billy’s wallet. Archie admits nothing. They kiss. Masood makes light of the kiss, but tells Jane it’s probably best if Ian and Zainab never find out. Lucy’s worried that Jane’s going to leave, but Ian reassures her. Jane and Ian talk, he tells her he’s willing to give the adoption a go. Jane’s excited, but soon realises Ian’s only doing it for her. Jane decides she needs to go away to think things through. Ian gives her an ultimatum, if she leaves now, she never comes back. He doesn’t understand why she would choose a child that might not exist yet, over him and three children who love her. In floods of tears Jane gets into a taxi and Ian watches as she’s driven away. Denise visits Owen to apologise; once again he tries to warn her about Lucas. Unaware that Lucas saw her leaving the Brannings’, Denise doesn’t tell Lucas she visited Owen. Knife in his pocket, Lucas visits Owen, who tells Lucas exactly what he said to Denise. Lucas puts his hand in his pocket and squeezes the blade of his knife. Owen tries to goad Lucas into hitting him. Lucas tells Owen he’s got one week to leave, he shakes Owen’s hand and leaves. Owen looks at his hand; it’s covered in Lucas’ blood.
#16 - 2009-11-05
EastEnders - Season 25 - Episode 177
The fire in the barrel store starts to take hold, but when Archie hears Peggy shout, he quickly extinguishes the flames. Peggy’s suspicious but Archie insists the fire must have been started by kids, claiming he saw them run away. Janine tells Archie no one can prove he’s anything but a hero, but Archie’s haunted by the thought he could have killed Peggy. Peggy finds Billy’s wallet and summons Archie back to the Vic. Sure Archie started the fire, Peggy plies him with drink and shows him Billy’s wallet. Archie admits nothing. They kiss. Masood makes light of the kiss, but tells Jane it’s probably best if Ian and Zainab never find out. Lucy’s worried that Jane’s going to leave, but Ian reassures her. Jane and Ian talk, he tells her he’s willing to give the adoption a go. Jane’s excited, but soon realises Ian’s only doing it for her. Jane decides she needs to go away to think things through. Ian gives her an ultimatum, if she leaves now, she never comes back. He doesn’t understand why she would choose a child that might not exist yet, over him and three children who love her. In floods of tears Jane gets into a taxi and Ian watches as she’s driven away. Denise visits Owen to apologise; once again he tries to warn her about Lucas. Unaware that Lucas saw her leaving the Brannings’, Denise doesn’t tell Lucas she visited Owen. Knife in his pocket, Lucas visits Owen, who tells Lucas exactly what he said to Denise. Lucas puts his hand in his pocket and squeezes the blade of his knife. Owen tries to goad Lucas into hitting him. Lucas tells Owen he’s got one week to leave, he shakes Owen’s hand and leaves. Owen looks at his hand; it’s covered in Lucas’ blood.
#17 - 2009-11-03
EastEnders - Season 25 - Episode 176
Archie’s decided against torching the Vic, even though Janine tells him if it looks like an inside job, the insurance won’t pay up and the Mitchells will be forced to sell. Janine tells Peggy that Billy’s living with Archie. Peggy’s angry and confronts Billy; she’s surprised when he stands up to her. Archie realises the Vic is going to be empty that night as the Vic is ‘on tour’ at the firework party. As Billy and Jay toast Archie, he visits Janine and hands her some matches, telling her he’s had a change of heart. They’re going to do it - and pin it on Billy. Ian’s time with Oscar goes well, and he tells Jane he’ll consider adopting. Then Lucy arrives home. When Ian finds out Lucy’s mugger was after her phone, he’s angry with Jane for giving it back to her. They argue and Jane’s upset when Ian refers to Lucy as ‘my’ daughter. Ian tells Jane no one will give her a child while she’s in a state like this. When Masood falls asleep in the café, Christian retrieves a card from the blackmailer from a pile of post. Christian decides to tackle the problem head on, and when Syed accidentally leaves his phone, Christian uses it to call the blackmailer. The phone rings in a bin and Christian’s surprised to see Masood answer it. Christian follows Masood to the pub, the phone rings again, it’s Ian – Lucy’s been mugged. Denise isn’t happy that Owen has decided to stay in Walford. Liz makes Owen show Denise his bruises. Denise can’t believe that Lucas hit Owen and is furious when Lucas admits that he did. Jay helps Lucy home without admitting he was the one who attacked her. He dumps her phone in a bin.
#18 - 2009-11-02
EastEnders - Season 25 - Episode 175
Archie invites Sam to lunch and tries to persuade her to move in, she’s tempted but Ricky thinks it’s a bad idea. Archie then asks Billy to move in. When Peggy refuses to give Billy a job, he decides to take up Archie’s offer. Janine arrives with a man from the council to sort out Archie’s wasps’ nest. She wonders what Archie’s plans are. When Archie mentions that in his day they used to smoke wasps out, Janine decides that’s exactly what they should do to the Mitchells’. Billy and Jay need somewhere to live, but they need a deposit first. Lucy taunts Jay about being homeless and later brags about how much her new phone cost. Lucy tells Ian she won the phone, but he confiscates it. Lucy persuades Jane to give the phone back. A hooded boy mugs Lucy. She falls to the floor injured, the mugger hesitates and pulls back his hood – it’s Jay. Syed waits nervously for the post. When he receives a text ‘Today £300 cash’, Syed complies, leaving the money in a phone box. Blackmailer Lucy uses the money to buy her new phone. Christian thinks Syed was stupid to pay the blackmailer, but ends up comforting him. The men jump apart when Amira walks in and claim they’re discussing the wedding. Lucas gives Denise an engagement ring and they set a wedding date. They celebrate in the Vic with Pat, Patrick and Liz and discuss the dance competition. Lucas is shocked when Owen walks in. Realising that Jane is avoiding book club because Heather and George will be there, Tanya invites her over for a drink. Jane tells Tanya how much she wants a baby. She borrows Oscar and leaves him with Ian, in an attempt to win Ian round.
#19 - 2010-01-25
EastEnders - Season 26 - Episode 15
Pat is on the floor gasping for breath but just manages to cry out Janine’s name before passing out. Ricky arrives and asks Bianca what is going on. The paramedics enter the kitchen and inform them that Pat has gone into cardiac arrest. Pat is wheeled into the ambulance, while Bianca demands to know what Janine said to Pat. Janine refuses to tell Bianca anything and gets into the ambulance with Pat. Jane and Masood rush over to help and Jane offers to look after the children, while Bianca and Ricky go to Walford General. Masood runs to tell Peggy what has happened. In the living room, Jane asks Bianca what Janine and Pat were fighting about and Bianca tells her she doesn’t know but that she will get to the bottom of things. At the hospital, Janine, Bianca and Ricky are told that Pat has had a heart attack. While explaining how it happened, Bianca again asks Janine what she said to Pat to upset her in such a way, but the doctor informs them that Pat had an underlying condition which triggered the heart attack. When the doctor leaves, Janine and Bianca argue over Pat but Ricky is caught in the middle. Jane arrives and asks how Pat is and Jane comments on the attack being ‘a bit sudden’, whilst looking at Janine and trying to get a reaction from her. Max is babysitting Liam, Tiffany and Morgan but he convinces Janine to babysit after he spots her in the café. Janine walks into the lounge and finds Morgan and Liam re-enacting Pat being treated by the paramedics. Janine shouts at them as Liam tries to explain that he was trying to help Morgan understand what happened to Pat. Bianca and Ricky walk in whilst Janine is still shouting at Liam and Bianca is furious and throws Janine out. In the kitchen, Bianca and Ricky talk about Janine and realise they need to tell Simon in New Zealand about Pat so Bianca offers to call him, while Ricky goes back to the hospital. Back at the hospital, Janine walks in and sees Ricky reading a magazine, and apologises for shouti
#20 - 2010-01-26
EastEnders - Season 26 - Episode 16
Christian wakes up in his flat annoyed and confused as a very annoying guy called Leyton he met at a club the previous night sings in the kitchen. Leyton tells Christian that he carried him home after he drank too much and eventually, to Christian’s relief, he leaves. However Christian spends the next hour trying to avoid Leyton in the Square before Chelsea warns him that his stalker is back. Ducking behind the bar in the Vic, Christian’s admirer sees him and gives him a smile. Outside, Christian tries to get Leyton to leave when he spots Amira and Syed. Amira sees Christian and rushes over to hug him. Amira brags to Christian about their honeymoon, while Syed tries to pull her away. Christian then introduces Leyton to the couple and tells them that he is his new boyfriend which upsets Syed. In the flat, Leyton comments about Syed being really handsome making Christian even more heartbroken. In the Slaters’ kitchen, Bradley is making breakfast trying to hide an engagement ring in a boiled egg for Stacey. Realising it is not going to work he washes the ring as Stacey walks in and conceals what he was doing. Later Bradley and Max get the keys to the car lot and they are shocked at how messy the premises are. Clearing out the office, Bradley tells Max he never gets any time with Stacey alone because Becca is always around. Later, over dinner Max grills Stacey about spending more time with Becca than Bradley. Stacey is annoyed at Bradley for talking to Max about their relationship. At the Vic, Peggy tells Roxy that the family liaison officer brought round a pathology report on Archie. Upstairs, the Mitchells and Dr Al gather in the lounge to hear Roxy read the pathology report. To everyone’s shock it reveals Archie had terminal cancer. Peggy exclaims ‘he was telling the truth’, revealing he had told her but she had not believed him. Roxy is furious with Peggy for keeping Archie’s illness a secret and Dr Al tries to calm Roxy down, but she tells Peggy she
#21 - 2010-01-28
EastEnders - Season 26 - Episode 17
It is Archie's funeral, and Marsden is watching the suspects like a hawk. Will the murderer slip up? A surprise guest turns up at the wake.
#22 - 2010-01-29
EastEnders - Season 26 - Episode 18
Glenda is summoned to the Vic as the Mitchells grill the surprise arrival. Bradley plucks up the courage to propose to Stacey, but she has other worries on her mind. Janine has an offer for Pat, and is refusing to take no for an answer.
#23 - On the Road
The Bill - Season 15 - Episode 23
DCs Lennox and Rawton go to Salisbury to bring in a con-man for questioning, but he proves to be a slippery customer.
#24 - Close To Home
The Bill - Season 19 - Episode 91
The staff at St Hugh's Hospital fall under suspicion when an elderly patient, Florence, has her house burgled with the keys that were in her bedside cabinet. Jim and Ramani trace it back to one of the nurses but a discrepancy in the amount of money that has been stolen makes them wonder whether Florence is really as innocent as her frail exterior might suggest. Terry arranges a rehabilitation programme for paedophile Ian Forrester but is unsettled by his progress. Eva begins to sympathise with Ian's situation and is convinced that he is desperate to control and conquer his desires. However, it is Terry's cynical outlook and cautious approach that proves to be most effective as it transpires that Ian has been getting a young girl to text him naked pictures of herself. Terry and Eva rescue Ian from a suicide attempt and are left wondering whether saving him will ultimately do more harm than good. Honey is on a mission to fix Tony up with a girlfriend and is shocked to discover that a su
#25 - Last Orders
The Bill - Season 20 - Episode 68
Jack, Bob Cryer and Alec Peters attend the funeral of old friend and colleague, ex-Sun Hill DS Ted Roach, and are soon drawn to investigate the suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. Back at Sun Hill, Terry is driven to break into his brother's home in desperation, to save his nephews from further abuse.
#26 - Ulterior Motive
The Bill - Season 20 - Episode 69
Sam becomes worried when she is sent a video message from her missing daughter, Abi, but Phil suspects an ulterior motive to the whole situation. Meanwhile, Suzie and Debbie investigate a stabbing outside the flat of a prostitute, and Rob believes he has the information required to bring the Radfords to justice once and for all.
#27 - What He Would Have Wanted
Holby City - Season 6 - Episode 19
Tom and Ed are caught in a dilemma over a transplant, whilst Rosie fears that her relationship with Mubbs has alienated her children. A quirky but handsome new arrival brightens Kath's day.
#28 - Protection
Holby City - Season 6 - Episode 20
A shock admission to Darwin finds Chrissie struggling to keep a secret from Ed, and Ric has some surprising news for Jess.