The BEST episodes directed by Ben Palmer
#1 - Episode 8
Bo' Selecta! - Season 3 - Episode 8
Myleene Klass, Vernon Kay, Dermot O'Leary... Craig Phillips. This week's guest list is as impressive as ever, although Avid is still crazy, and his backstage accomplice is still a toy bear.
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#2 - Episode 7
Bo' Selecta! - Season 3 - Episode 7
Craig David throws a party to launch his new single, Soda Pop, and The Odd Couple work-out to an exercise video. There's a chance for Avid to discuss Kelly with her parents Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne. There's also a chance that Nadine's rendition of Waterloo will be quite painful to listen to.
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#3 - Episode 6
Bo' Selecta! - Season 3 - Episode 6
A touch of Hollywood glitz as rehearsals get under way for 'Bear: The Movie' with co-star Jonathan Ross. It's recreation time with Michael Jackson in the prison yard, and Avid joins Coronation Street ladies Suranne Jones and Samia Ghadie on set.
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#4 - Episode 9
Bo' Selecta! - Season 3 - Episode 9
For the final episode, there's a new host! Well, it's the Bear, so not all that new, but he does start a new band with Steven and Charlie from Busted. Craig David is checking out a haunted house with Derek Acorah, and the usually demure Kat is shooting her mouth in Eastendings.
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#5 - Wee Frankie and the Funeral
London Irish - Season 1 - Episode 2
It's the morning after a wedding party and Bronagh wakes up wearing the bride's dress, Packy discovers he has shared a bed with his ex-girlfriend Steph, and Conor is left puzzled when he finds an unsettling message written on the ceiling. The friends hear that a man they all hated has died and Packy is determined to attend his wake because he's got his eye on the deceased's grieving girlfriend. Comedy, starring Kerr Logan, Sinead Keenan, Peter Campion and Kat Regan.
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Urban Myths - Season 1 - Episode 5
In the early 1980s, after his recent and high profile defeat to Larry Holmes, boxing legend Muhammad Ali takes it upon himself to talk a suicidal stranger down from a ledge. Using his unique brand of wit and wisdom, he succeeds in persuading the man that life is worth living, and learns a huge amount about himself in the process.
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#7 - The Trip to Warwick
The Inbetweeners - Season 3 - Episode 4
Simon and Tara visit pay her sister a visit at university and his friends decide to tag along. Will wants to take a look at the university. Jay decides to offer sex advice to Simon.
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#8 - Episode 4
Douglas Is Cancelled - Season 1 - Episode 4
The practice interview is underway as Douglas faces a battle with a woman who understands him better than he ever suspected.
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#9 - End of Term
The Inbetweeners - Season 2 - Episode 6
Will is stressed over his exams. Simon seems to be making some headway with Carli at last. Looking back on the year the boys realise that things have not been all that bad, but that if they ever had their time again Jay would be less sensitive, Simon would take Carli's word with a pinch of salt. Will would drink a lot fewer energy drinks and Neil would remember his kit for his PE exam
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#10 - Will's Dilemma
The Inbetweeners - Season 3 - Episode 3
Simon and his new girlfriend Tara go on a double date with Will and her friend Kerry. Simon ends up having his principles put to the test. Will has to balance up spending some time with a boring girl for the prospect of getting some real action.
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#11 - Field Trip
The Inbetweeners - Season 2 - Episode 1
It's a new term and the infamous sociology and geography field trip to Swanage is coming up; all the boys are on board. A new girl, Lauren, has joined the school, and Will has taken a particular shine to her. The only problem is that she has eyes for Simon. Jay is on the lookout for a legendary Swanage MILF, and Neil is desperately trying to deflect the advances of an over-friendly teacher, Mr Kennedy.
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#12 - Episode 1
Bo' Selecta! - Season 3 - Episode 1
See Patsy Kensit (it's really her!) and Mel B (er... not quite so sure) in The Odd Couple. The very odd couple, if truth be told. Baby Spice meets Avid, Paul McKenna meets the Bear and Craig David has one last crack at breaking America.
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#13 - Night Out in London
The Inbetweeners - Season 2 - Episode 4
Will decides the boys should reinvent themselves as trendy clubbers and they drive to London in Simon's car, though to gain entry to the best club in town Simon must swap his trainers for a tramp's filthy old shoes. Neil cuts his penis weeing into a can and when Jay inspects the damage they are ejected as perverts. Can things get any worse for the lads? The wheel-clamping of Simon's car might provide the answer.
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#14 - Duke of Edinburgh
The Inbetweeners - Season 2 - Episode 5
Will is asked to co-ordinate the school's Duke of Edinburgh award scheme, and immediately turns the situation to his advantage, using it as an opportunity to volunteer at an old peoples home to try and snare his former babysitter. The other boys help out, except for Simon who has problems of his own.
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#15 - Avid Surprises... Penny
Bo' Selecta! - Season 1 - Episode 2
Britney Spears tells us what she does on her day off. Enrique Iglesias berates Gareth Gates for his drunken behaviour. The Bear interviews Tess Daly. Michael Jackson and his assistant Bubbles (Caroline Flack) compete in blind boxing. Elton John learns to use the internet. Craig David takes on the world of medieval jousting. David Blaine helps a woman overcome her fear of chickens. Avid surprises Penny Smith in her dressing room on the set of GMTV.
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#16 - Work Experience
The Inbetweeners - Season 2 - Episode 2
Following a disappointing Valentines Day a mix-up in the work experience programme means that Neil gets to work in a newspaper office whilst Will is stuck in a garage, where he gets stripped and thrown in a pond as an initiation ceremony. Unwisely he inadvertently invites a work colleague to the school disco, where Simon gets a pleasant surprise from a female admirer.A run-in with a younger boy, however, means that ultimately the boys end up facing their customary public humiliation.
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#17 - The Fashion Show
The Inbetweeners - Season 3 - Episode 1
It's the start of term and Carli is organising a charity fashion show, and like every school fashion show it's only for the coolest and best looking kids. This means our four heroes aren't involved - or at least not until the last minute when Carli's desperate, but their help proves to be a bigger hindrance than anyone could have imagined.
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#18 - Avid Loves... Davina
Bo' Selecta! - Season 1 - Episode 1
Avid Merrion gives a tour around his studio flat, where his dead mother, Angelika, is in a wardrobe and Craig Phillips is chained up in a cupboard. Michael Jackson introduces his family. The Bear interviews Liberty X in his treehouse on Hampstead Heath. Mel B advertises her new book. Craig David provides an insight into 7 days of his life. David Blaine performs street magic for some lucky shoppers. Avid harasses Jade Goody in the street, then interviews Davina McCall.
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#19 - Episode 1
Bo' Selecta! - Season 2 - Episode 1
Jordan goes off on one about how Mel B went off on one about Girls Aloud saying they were the new Spice Girls. Craig David gets excited by his shiny new tour bus, Ant and Dec are given a mystery task and Avid meets Rod Stewart at celebrity soccer.
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#20 - Will's Birthday
The Inbetweeners - Season 2 - Episode 3
It's Will's seventeenth birthday and he is planning a dinner party but it clashes with a more popular bash so that his only guests are Neil, Jay, Simon and Simon's exchange student Patrice. Out of boredom they gate-crash the other party but only one of them is asked to stay and then bedded by the hostess as a sex object. The other four are sent packing. Needless to say none of those four are French.
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Urban Myths - Season 1 - Episode 2
Enigmatic playwright engages exasperating builder, one of whose inventive excuses is dissolved when Sam drives Andre the Giant to school. Sam sees what others do not and thereby helps Andre become his own self. Touching, funny, brilliant.
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Urban Myths - Season 1 - Episode 1
Music legend Bob Dylan decides to fly to the U.K. one day to visit his mate Dave Stewart. Soon he finds himself waiting for Dave in his flat dutifully being served tea by his girlfriend. But is he really in the right place? You decide.
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#23 - The Gig and the Girlfriend
The Inbetweeners - Season 3 - Episode 2
Simon wants to date a girl in the year below and to try and impress her, he goes to his first gig since his mum took him to see Take That at Wembley Arena. Will, Jay and Neil end up going as well which spoils Simon's chances.
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#24 - Episode 3
Douglas Is Cancelled - Season 1 - Episode 3
Madeline and Douglas's first encounter three years ago took an unexpected turn, but there are explosive consequences as a result in the present day.
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#27 - Home Alone
The Inbetweeners - Season 3 - Episode 5
Will is left home alone when his mother goes away for the weekend with an old schoolfriend, so he decides to take advantage of the situation. After a wild time with the boys ordering items off the internet and raiding the fridge, he wakes up to an unpleasant shock.
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#32 - Episode 2
Bo' Selecta! - Season 2 - Episode 2
David Beckham talks Disney, and Craig David meets Michael Jackass and Martin Bashir in a hotel hallway. The punters at a market are treated to a live look at the Ricky Gervais disco dance, and the viewers of GMTV are treated to Lorraine's meeting with Dale Winton. Celebrity enthusiast Avid Merrion corners Myleene Klass at the FHM awards, and finds Russian pop girls Tatu at HMV.
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#33 - Episode 4
Bo' Selecta! - Season 2 - Episode 4
Competition winner Avid gets to meet his heroes Westlife. And then he gets to meet Keane. Meanwhile, Trisha is out and about, helping a motorist in distress to feel 'a lickle bit betta'.
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#34 - Episode 5
Bo' Selecta! - Season 2 - Episode 5
The Bear makes chat with Edith Bowman on Hamster Heath. Back in the centre of town, Avid eagerly attends the movie premiere of Charlie's Angels. This show also features Take That's Mark Owen and actor Sean Pertwee.
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#35 - Episode 6
Bo' Selecta! - Season 2 - Episode 6
Vernon Kay joins the Bear in his treehouse, and some fool has let Avid behind the scenes at Party in the Park. When Avid challenges Meat Loaf to vocal showdown, he gets more than he bargained for - climaxing in an operatic bidding-war for Kylie's underwear.
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#36 - Episode 7
Bo' Selecta! - Season 2 - Episode 7
Mel B gives a guided tour of her swanky crib, and Michael Jackass scatters Barry White's ashes, which looks like it may take a while. The Bear visits presenters Davina and Dermot in the Big Brother studio, and Chris Moyles has the dubious honour of meeting a big fan, Avid Merrion.
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#37 - Episode 8
Bo' Selecta! - Season 2 - Episode 8
To avoid confusion, be prepared to see two Craig Davids, and another Craig (from Big Brother), and another David (from Fame Academy). Richard explains how Judy's best assets first burst into his life. Judy keeps quiet because she'll only make a fool of herself.
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#41 - One Handed Pub Quiz
London Irish - Season 1 - Episode 1
Packy bumps into Ryan, an old friend from home; a lovely polite fella whose hand got shot off during a hold-up at a garage where he worked with Packy, while covering Packy's shift. Still feeling guilty about it, Packy decides to donate the proceeds of the pub quiz to Ryan's cause. And, of course, you'd think a good deed would lead to good things...
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#46 - Episode 2
Douglas Is Cancelled - Season 1 - Episode 2
When the furore around the joke continues to mount, Douglas needs to be coached on handling the questions he faces.
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#47 - Episode 1
Douglas Is Cancelled - Season 1 - Episode 1
TV news legend Douglas Bellowes faces a career crisis when he's overheard making a sexist joke at a wedding.
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#48 - Michael Jackson's Family Tree
Bo' Selecta! - Season 1 - Episode 4
Michael Jackson introduces Janet Jackson for the first time; he tells The Osbournes to tone down their swearing. The Bear interviews Christine Hamilton. Avid's odd neighbour Ozzey discovers that he is keeping Craig Phillips hostage. Avid tries to meet Geri Halliwell at a book signing but is ejected but security guards. Craig David wants to break America, but mistakenly flies to Majorca instead. Avid meets Keith Duffy in a pub. David Blaine performs a trick in the street. Will Young is interviewed by a computer for Celebrity Test.
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#49 - Craig David's Homecoming
Bo' Selecta! - Season 1 - Episode 6
David Blaine tries to stay in a suspended ice block for a week; while Craig David comes home to Leeds and introduces his friends and family.
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#50 - Episode 3
Bo' Selecta! - Season 2 - Episode 3
Avid gets arrested for stalking Vanessa Feltz, and Kerry McFadden joins the Bear in his house on Hamster Heath to talk family. Tranny and Suzannah discuss the latest fashion trends, and Kelly tells us about her fashionable new trainers - oh, she's pals with Pink and Avril by the way. Anouska from Big Brother chats to Davina about her time in Oz.
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