The BEST episodes directed by Brian Grant
#1 - Roots
New Tricks - Season 10 - Episode 9
Feathers are ruffled when new boss DCI Sasha Miller arrives to take over the running of UCOS. An unexploded World War II bomb is unearthed on an urban allotment in west London, dredging up a long-hidden murder weapon, and the team find themselves investigating a ritualistic killing of an Italian immigrant from 25 years ago.
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#2 - Wild Justice
New Tricks - Season 10 - Episode 10
Miller is faced with a dilemma when the investigation of a corrupt senior officer calls into question the conviction of Edward Monroe - who she believes to be guilty of murdering her old work partner. Pre-empting an appeal, UCOS must carry out preliminary investigative work for Strickland. As things begin to look like someone else could be guilty of the crime in question, can Miller hide a key fact from the team or will she do the right thing?
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#3 - The English Defence
New Tricks - Season 11 - Episode 8
When a teenager is caught throwing a brick from a motorway bridge, his DNA provides a partial match with the murderer of an interpreter in 2010. Steve is faced with the chance to lay some ghosts to rest when his terminally ill father comes to stay.
#4 - The Wolf of Wallbrook
New Tricks - Season 12 - Episode 4
Ted leads an investigation into the apparent suicide of a city trader embroiled in the cut-throat world of London's financial district back in the '80s. With Ted capitalizing on his acting talents, the team delve deeper into the macho fraternity of 'the Wolfpack' and soon find a darker side to the debauchery, secret hand signals and all-nighters that bonded the traders together - including a strict hierarchy that might just be worth killing for. Sasha's nose is put out of joint when she returns to a different kind of boys' club, and Steve tries to learn some trade secrets on the job, amid his own financial crisis.
#5 - The Rock (2)
New Tricks - Season 10 - Episode 2
The team unlock over three decades of secrets and lies on the Rock of Gibraltar and find the link which solves the murder of a playboy shipping heir from '98 and a young local boy from '82. With both cases solved, they return to England where Lane faces a disciplinary hearing, dragging up a death in custody from his past which threatens his career in UCOS.
#6 - With a Little Help from My Friends (1)
Hex - Season 2 - Episode 5
With Ella locked up in a mental hosipital, and growing worse by the hour, Thelma desperately tried to correct her harm. In her bid to save Ella, Thelma is forced to make contact with Leon.
#7 - Hole
Hex - Season 2 - Episode 11
Ella realises the enormity of her task. Killing Malachi won't be easy; he is feeding off Alex, so could she be the key? Or is it someone closer?
#8 - In Vino Veritas
New Tricks - Season 11 - Episode 7
The arrest of a Turkish barmaid working in London illegally reopens the cold case of a landlord who died in a suspected arson attack on his City pub. Gerry and Steve take a trip out to a vineyard in Kent while Griffin indulges his passion for fruit machines. When Miller decides to get the boys match fit for a charity football game it proves more difficult than she imagined.
#10 - Spiral
Hex - Season 2 - Episode 3
Thelma must find Cassie's baby and deal with the wrath of Azazeal. But Medenham Hall is a bleak place for ethereal beings and mortals alike; she needs Ella's help.
#11 - The Curate's Egg
New Tricks - Season 12 - Episode 3
Danny and Steve 'welcome' new boss Ted Case into the UCOS office in Sasha's absence, but for all his wealth of experience, keen eye for detail and a killer instinct for detecting liars, they aren't quite as sold on his superstitious quirks.
#12 - The Rock (1)
New Tricks - Season 10 - Episode 1
Lane's future at UCOS is threatened by a death in custody which emerges from his past. The discovery of a mysterious gun in the Thames re-opens the unsolved 1998 murder of a playboy shipping heir and leads the team to the Rock of Gibraltar.
#15 - Ella Burns
Hex - Season 2 - Episode 4
Azazeal begins his torture of Ella, leaving Thelma to find out how he's doing it. Meanwhile, Roxanne's suspicions are growing...
#16 - The Long Game
Doctor Who (2005) - Season 1 - Episode 7
Adam discovers the wonders of travelling in the Tardis. In the far future, Satellite 5 broadcasts to the entire Earth Empire, but anyone promoted to Floor 500 is never seen again, and the Doctor suspects mankind is being manipulated. Does Adam have what it takes to become the Time Lord's companion?
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#17 - The Story Begins (1)
Hex - Season 1 - Episode 1
Cassie must face her destiny when she is unwittingly led to unleash a curse at her public school. Then Cassie begins to have disturbing dreams, and a sacrifice is made.
#18 - The Showdown
Hex - Season 2 - Episode 13
It's Ella versus Malachi in the final showdown. But could Leon have what it takes to get tough, get killing and get the girl?
#19 - A New Start
Waterloo Road - Season 10 - Episode 11
It’s a new term and Waterloo Road is under threat, as the council wants to merge it with Havelock High. But Vaughan is ready for battle, and his plan involves volatile new pupils Kenzie and Scott. Now all he’s got to do is let the staff in on his radical strategy.
#20 - You Lose
Hex - Season 2 - Episode 10
Thelma wants to help Leon save Ella, but it will mean losing Maya. Will she sacrifice the love of her life to rid the world of evil?
#21 - Seven Deadly Sins
Hex - Season 2 - Episode 12
Most of the school bears the mark of Malachi. Can Leon stop the spread of evil and win back Ella's trust?
#22 - Scott's Bike Ride
Waterloo Road - Season 10 - Episode 12
It's the start of Waterloo Road's new bike bank scheme, which Vaughan hopes will show the school off to the community. But Scott Fairchild has other ideas and it's Kevin who suffers the consequences. Christine and Lorna fight over who should lead the new PTA.
#24 - Cursed
Hex - Season 2 - Episode 1
Cassie finds herself staring into a hell worse than she imagined when she discovers that the nephilium are stalking her, which can only mean one thing; her baby is alive.
#26 - Possession
Hex - Season 1 - Episode 5
There is no doubt that Cassie has changed. She wears sexy tighter clothes; she is hostile with Thelma and exudes attitude. She barely takes notice of young Troy but it only makes him even more desperate to be with her. His friends can't understand why he is allowing himself to be treated this way but he can't resist her.
#27 - Deeper Into the Darkness
Hex - Season 1 - Episode 4
Azazeal, desperate, manipulates Cassie through her mother.
#28 - Doomed
Hex - Season 2 - Episode 9
With Ella and Malachi in love the Powers That Be punish them, by giving Ella boils and making Malachi blind. Also Thelma is besotted with Maya, however, she knows that Malachi can take her away from her anytime...
#31 - Life Goes On
Hex - Season 1 - Episode 3
Cassie continues to have sightings of Azazeal, and Thelma is worried. Troy, meanwhile, begins to finally show interest in Cassie.
#32 - The Manipulator
Highlander: The Raven - Season 1 - Episode 19
A young journalist, Tim Helfet, hires Nick and Amanda to protect him from assassins, sent by his father's killer, Rankov. Rankov is the advisor to a Balkan Prime Minister who is trying to negotiate a peace treaty. Helfet needs a laptop computer that Rankov keeps vital information on. Nick and Amanda break in, but it turns out that Rankov is an Immortal, and the duo are forced to flee when he senses Amanda. Rankov crossed Amanda's path centuries earlier and killed a moral protege of hers. They soon find out that Helfet is a Watcher and knew about the connection between Amanda and Rankov. The duo decide to help him anyway, and Nick has to break into the manor while Amanda guides him by remote control (so Rankov can't ""sense"" her). Helfet goes in and gets captured, and Rankov kills the Prime Minister and frames Tim for it. In the end, Amanda and Rankov fight it out (Amanda wins) while Nick takes out the guards. At the end, the Watchers suggest that Tim ""disappear"" before they catch up to
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#33 - War and Peace
Highlander: The Raven - Season 1 - Episode 21
A reporter interviewing Father Liam spots Amanda being killed and resurrecting. Amanda was fighting Sean, an Immortal who has sworn vengeance on Liam for killing his adopted mother during the Revolutionary War. This event drove Liam to become a priest, which he promised to do if the mother pulled through. She didn't but Amanda lied to him. Now Liam finds out the truth from her, and gives himself up to Sean and his motorcycle gang of Immortals. Despite Nick and Amanda's attempts to protect Father Liam, he refuses to defend himself against Sean, who relents. The reporter witnesses all of this, but realizes no one will believe her...at least, until she writes up the events as a fictional novel. Copyright 2002 Steve Crow
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#34 - The Release
Hex - Season 1 - Episode 6
Cassie discovers some shocking news as she struggles to resist the advances of Azazeal. While Thelma attempts to save the day, but can she?
#35 - Out of the Night
The Hitchhiker - Season 1 - Episode 15
A young man on the run from the police takes refuge in a mysterious building where a bizarre woman, Angelica, torments him with visions of his past life while another woman tries to help him. Condemned by jeering circles of audience members, the young man is jeered on to give one final performance...only to wake up to find he is on the verge of death on an operating room table. He is at St. Angelica's Hospital, and the statue of the woman looks strangely familiar.
#36 - One Last Prayer
The Hitchhiker - Season 1 - Episode 26
Miranda and Sean are two desperate songwriters trying to make a career in the record business. When a record executive, Robbie shows interest in one of their songs, they think they are on their way. Miranda becomes a ruthless businesswoman and must face the alter ego she has created for the video.
#37 - The Cake
Red Shoe Diaries - Season 3 - Episode 3
A woman tries to spice up her love life by turning herself into a cake for her husband's birthday