The BEST episodes directed by Brian Farnham

#1 - Save The Last Dance For Me

The Bill - Season 4 - Episode 16

A dangerous escaped prisoner is supposed to visit his girlfriend in Sun Hill, and a massive obbo is in place to catch him when he turns up. A bored relief waits in the canteen with P.T.17, and P.C. Ramsey suggests a little game of cards to pass the time. Sgt. Peters and D.C. Carver wait in a van, and while Peters is answering a ""call of nature"", Carver nicks a boy for damaging cars. D.C. Dashwood and W.P.C. Ackland wait in a dance school, where they each take a turn in partnering a dance student. The jealous husband of Dashwood's dance partner storms in and attacks them, taking Mike's gun, which fortunately is unloaded. Ch. Insp. Conway nearly blows the obbo when his impatience causes him to break radio silence, despite D.S. Roach's warnings, but his radio call is just the diversion Dashwood needs to overpower his assailant.

#2 - Here We Go Loopy Lou

The Bill - Season 4 - Episode 29

Bob. Claire and Taffy investigate the report of a man carrying a cross which is found hanging from a crane. They come across a lady driving a car with a small white dog on her knee which is knocked down by a truck after escaping from the car. Taffy swims across a canal after a religious nutter who tries to strangle Bob while thinking he is Christ.

#3 - Repercussions (2)

The Bill - Season 5 - Episode 15

Because of a screwup, Burnside has put back community relations 30 years. Conway yells at Burnside before burnside goes to see Brownlow. Conway then goes to see Cryer who tells him what he thought the situation was. Yorkie is accused of making racist remarks while arresting one of the girls but Ramsey is the real culprit. The headmaster of the school comes to talk to Brownlow.

#4 - For Better or Worse

Heartbeat - Season 8 - Episode 3

Just after buying a car young Brian Rider has a serious solo accident and his mother blames the owner of the Motor Company. Greengrass takes over a couple of racing pigeons after the owner's funeral.

#5 - Past Crimes

Heartbeat - Season 8 - Episode 4

A respectable bank manager finds his past coming back to haunt him. Greengrass fixes the outcome of a local golf tournament - much to Blaketon's annoyance.

#6 - Give a Dog a Bad Name

Heartbeat - Season 8 - Episode 7

At a roadside 'shop' David sells some sheepskin rugs for Greengrass very cheaply. Craddock and the local veterinarian have grave disputes on drunk driving, and a fleas' epidemic gives a dog a bad name.

#7 - All in the Mind

Heartbeat - Season 8 - Episode 20

Blaketon loses focus on Greengrass because an even worse crook enters the area with some racing ferrets. Jackie Lambert visits Maggie Bolton to finish the paperwork on Dr. Bolton's death. An old woman witnesses a kidnapping. A young man annoys ordinary citizens intensely while presenting himself as PC Ventress.

#8 - Appearances

Heartbeat - Season 7 - Episode 19

A couple of thieves are looking at the 'wanted' adverts in the paper then robbing these items from houses in the area and selling them on. During one burglary a young girl is hurt. Greengrass and Bernie take up an interest in sculpture. Nick and Jo make a life changing decision - they have decided to emigrate to Canada.

#9 - Heroes and Villains

Heartbeat - Season 7 - Episode 23

A war heroes home is broken into by two local children, nothing is really taken but the youngest boy finds himself becoming interested in the various army items he finds. He ends up befriending the war hero and asks him many questions about his life in the army. The same two boys are pinching golf balls and selling them to Greengrass - but his scheme is discovered when, in the pub he drops golf balls everywhere, right in front of Blaketon!

#10 - Lord Edgware Dies

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Season 7 - Episode 2

Poirot solves the case of a wealthy man whose estranged wife wanted him gone

#11 - The Trap

The Bill - Season 4 - Episode 18

D.I. Burnside sets up a trap on a residential street: an open vanload of video recorders. He, Carver, Roach and Dashwood sit in wait for some villains to take the bait. Eventually, a man pulls up in a BMW and takes one of the videos into his house. Roach and Dashwood arrest him, and back at the station he turns out to be Julian Pembridge, a slimy solicitor well known to Burnside. Pembridge claims he was merely exposing a police entrapment campaign, and manages to escape with a fine. With Sgt. Peters on leave, Sgt. Cryer and Insp. Frazer are concerned about Sgt. Penny's state of mind. Ch. Insp. Conway has a word with him and asks him to take some leave. Penny insists he's fine and refuses, but when the air conditioning breaks down in the CAD room, Penny's temper rises with the temperature. He spills a coffee on his keyboard, and tries to attack the electrician - taking leave is no longer optional.

#12 - Personal Imports

The Bill - Season 4 - Episode 33

P.C. Melvin sees a chemist being robbed, but he has powder thrown in his face and the thieves escape. D.C. Carver is conducting an obbo in the house of a lonely, amourous woman. He spots what looks like a drug exchange and pursues the car, but is told to relinquish the pursuit to the drugs squad from the Yard. W.P.C. Martella investigates a truancy case, where 14-year-old Turkish boy Omir is being looked after by his cousin ""Auntie"". D.S. Roach is pushed over in a public toilet by a man picked up by another bloke. He gets a tip-off from his transvestite snout, Roxanne, about a local barmaid running rent-boys in the area. Martella recognises the address as that of her missing Turkish boy, and she and Roach raid the flat and arrest Auntie.

#13 - Cock-Up (1)

The Bill - Season 5 - Episode 14

P.C. Hollis is referee for a five-a-side football match between two schools organised by the Met. One of the players is Sgt. Cryer's son Danny, and Cryer breaks up a fight in the locker room when Danny accuses one of his team-mates of taking drugs. It turns out there is a big drug problem at Danny's school, Medway Comprehensive, and a local shopkeeper is found to have form for dealing. The shop is put under observation, and when two girls from Medway are seen leaving the shop, D.I. Burnside orders a raid. The girls are arrested and searched, but it turns out they were just buying fags, and they are also underage to consent to a search. No drugs are found in the shop, and the owner threatens to sue Burnside.

#14 - No Strings

The Bill - Season 5 - Episode 28

Roxanne is helping Roach and Viv catch bag snatchers at a disco. They get barracaded in the ladies loo with the suspects. Lines investigates a break-in at a medium's who has lost both her crystal balls. She warns him to be careful on the stairs.

#15 - Furthers

The Bill - Season 7 - Episode 18

A man is murdered by a shotgun after talking to Dashwood. A man who has escaped from prison turns up in Dashwood's flat after he has put the safety chain on the door. A gunshot has been reported at Dashwood's because the escapee's girlfriend was shot. He turns the gun on himself after making Dashwood look like a prat.

#16 - Scoop

The Bill - Season 16 - Episode 8

Ch. Insp. Conway encounters the "Sun Hill Angels" at a function, an escort service which DS Boulton believes is also dealing in drugs. Their investigation and sting operation against the Angels goes wrong when Conway's 'escort' turns out to be an undercover reporter, conducting her own sting on a senior police officer.

#17 - Nightwork

The Bill - Season 16 - Episode 17

PC Worrell goes undercover as a prostitute after a punter is assaulted and robbed.

#18 - The Squad

The Bill - Season 16 - Episode 34

PC Tony Stamp has been brought in as a driver for the Flying Squad, as they investigate the abduction of a bank manager and his family.

#19 - Bad Habits

The Bill - Season 16 - Episode 47

PC Smith carries out the wrongful arrest of a drugs rehabilitation worker for possession of illegal substances, and is forced to confront his racial prejudice.

#20 - And No Birds Sing

Rosemary & Thyme - Season 1 - Episode 1

Rosemary Boxer goes to visit her friend Daniel Kellaway, who suffers from eczema, to receive a cash grant for her university but is asked by him to investigate the dying trees in the grounds of his mansion home. Laura Thyme has left her home after being cheated on by her husband and goes to see her friend Sam, who is later killed in a car accident whilst driving home one night. After meeting one another and forming a firm friendship, Rosemary and Laura begin to investigate into the accident and the dying trees.

#21 - How Does Your Garden Grow?

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Season 3 - Episode 1

Poirot investigates when a woman he met at the Chelsea Flower Show dies from poisoning.

#22 - The Memory of Water (1)

Rosemary & Thyme - Season 2 - Episode 1

Rosemary and Laura are called to Lyvedon manor to restore the now derelict wall gardens by the request of the garden's owner Martin Frazer. As a source of cheap labor to assisst Rosemary and Laura work on the gardens, Martin enlists the help of a group of inmates from the local prison. Initially Rosemary is suspicious of working with prisoners but soon gets used to it, but a greater shock awaits her when she witnesses Martin's odd cousin Jim jumping into the local fast flowing river, killing himself. Soon after at the local market, Rosemary is shocked to see Jim walking around, despite his body being found and identified by Martin himself.

#23 - Dead Man's Mirror

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Season 5 - Episode 7

Poirot investigates the mysterious death of a despised art dealer.

#24 - Evil Under the Sun

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Season 8 - Episode 1

After a young bride is found strangled on a beach, old lovers are revealed.

#25 - They Understand Me in Paris

Rosemary & Thyme - Season 2 - Episode 4

Rosemary and Laura are called to Paris by Rosemary's old friend Dorothy, to catalog the plants in the 150 year-old gardens at her Riviera Villa (Villa Galavany) in order for them to be opened to the public. The duo realize they will face problems when one of Dorothy's neighbors called James Pretty makes it known he feels strongly against hordes of visitors coming to the area. Things get more hostile when Dorothy's husband Kasper is found dead, and one of her valuable pieces of silver is stolen...

#26 - The Memory of Water (2)

Rosemary & Thyme - Season 2 - Episode 2

#27 - Mickey Would Have Wanted It

The Bill - Season 5 - Episode 39

Burnside goes to the funeral of an old villian, father of man suspected of the robbery. A dog digs up the loot. Melvin is talking to a boy playing hookey when he spota an armed robbery. He wrestles with the gunman but is knocked out. An Irish plumber in for drunk and disorderly offers to unblock the toilets. After unblocking them, he charges the station a call out fee.

#28 - The Last Interview

Bergerac - Season 4 - Episode 1

An American telejournalist comes to Jersey to interview a retired gangster who has gone into hiding because of a contract on his life.

#29 - Echoes of the Past

Heartbeat - Season 8 - Episode 16

Jane Hayes is nervous of her pregnancy and some mysterious incidents related to the past make her fear she's haunted. A Christmas Charity Dance is arranged in Aidensfield, and Greengrass gets the responsibility for a trophy at the event.

#30 - Wasps' Nest

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Season 3 - Episode 4

Poirot suspects that an old friend's son and his fashion-model girlfriend are in danger.

#31 - Rumpole and the Man of God

Rumpole of the Bailey - Season 2 - Episode 1

Rumpole defends a vicar who is charged with stealing three shirts from a department store, but the troubled clergyman refuses to take the stand in his own defense. George Frobisher, who is in line to be appointed as a Circuit Judge, comes to dinner with the Rumpoles and introduces his new girlfriend. Rumpole remembers seeing her in court and advises his friend to think again.

#32 - The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Season 5 - Episode 5

Poirot is drawn into the world of London's Little Italy when Hastings looks for a new car.

#33 - The Italian Rapscallion

Rosemary & Thyme - Season 2 - Episode 7

Rosemary and Laura travel to Italy to prepare the gardens for Emma Standish's new Italian restaurant but find themselves behind with the work. They decide to relax themselves and are recommended to go on a guided tour of Giardini Tremonti by the local fixer Fabrizio Biaggi. The tour however is halted when a lady named Janice Alexander is found dead. Fabrizio is arrested but Rosemary and Laura are asked to prove his innocence by Emma. As events unfold, a murderous trend emerges when retired Foreign Office diplomat Basil Slavinski is also found dead at the bottom of his cliff top garden...

#34 - Loss

The Bill - Season 5 - Episode 25

Ch. Insp. Conway wants to see P.C. Smith and W.P.C. Martella about a special assignment: going through the missing persons register and following up some of the cases. A cynical Sgt. Penny tells them the initiative is politicially-motivated. A woman who has been harassing her local MP about her missing daughter only wants her back so she can get a three bedroom house. The girl turns up dead. The wife of a missing man who has been onto the Chief Constable is found to have killed herself after seeing his ad in a lonely hearts magazine. Smith is quite excited about his new role, and is hoping to set up a specialised missing persons unit at Sun Hill, but as soon as the politically-sensitive cases are solved, Smith and Martella's unit is disbanded.

#35 - Suffocation Job

The Bill - Season 5 - Episode 38

June calls on a lady who claims her husband wants to kill her but the threat is 4 years old. Her husband smothered the baby with a pillow. Melvin investigates a break-in of a building which has both outside doors wedged open and all the windows open including a display window. Melvin is called to another break-in with the same m.o. but the burglar was surprised before he could open all the doors.

#36 - Rumpole and the Course of True Love

Rumpole of the Bailey - Season 2 - Episode 5

Rumpole defends a flamboyanty romantic young schoolteacher who is accused of seducing a pupil. Meanwhile, Rumpole's colleague in chambers Guthrie Featherstone pursues his ambition of becoming a High Court judge, while Phyllida has a secret to keep from a former lover.

#37 - The Wrong Horse

The Bill - Season 15 - Episode 5

Garfield and Hagen are assigned to protect a horse jockey due to give evidence against a corrupt bookmaker.

#38 - On Air

The Bill - Season 15 - Episode 16

Conway gets beginner's nerves on his first radio talk show, but has to find his feet fast when a caller starts confessing to a crime.

#39 - The Only Way Is Up

The Bill - Season 15 - Episode 52

Meadows has a crisis on his hands when he fails to hear a cry for help.

#40 - Skeletons

The Bill - Season 7 - Episode 53

WPC June Ackland finds a man stabbed in his car, and DC Lines' investigation into the incident are impeded by the victim's unhelpful wife. PC Reg Hollis and PC Tony Stamp discover a number of human skeltons in a supposedly vacant flat. Hollis and DI Burnside think they have stumbled across a mass murderer on the manor, but upon arresting the flat's resident, they discover he has legally imported the skeletons from the Philippines in the hope of selling them to medical laboratories.

#41 - Inquest

The Bill - Season 10 - Episode 117

Sun Hill are at the Coroner's Court for the inquest on Stone, who died in custody. Did the Great Bullion Robber die of natural causes or are Sun Hill officers in some way to blame for his death?

#42 - Without a Prayer

The Bill - Season 14 - Episode 32

#43 - Lucky Find

The Bill - Season 14 - Episode 33

When a girl goes missing by the river, Deakin sees an opportunity to nail an old adversary.