The BEST episodes directed by Brian Percival

Episode 4
star
8.62
185 votes

#1 - Episode 4

North & South - Season 1 - Episode 4

Frederick safely reaches Spain. After her father's death, Margaret leaves Milton to live with her aunt in London. Thornton learns that Frederick is Margaret's brother. With the money that she inherited from Mr. Bell, her godfather, she decides to help Mr. Thornton's mill from closing.

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Episode 3
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8.45
178 votes

#2 - Episode 3

North & South - Season 1 - Episode 3

Deeply hurt at the refusal of his marriage proposal, Thornton and Margaret's relationship becomes more tense and difficult. Just in time, Frederick comes home to visit his dying mother. Thornton mistakes him for Margaret's lover. As Margaret realizes that she might have been mistaken in her harsh and hasty criticism of Thornton, she has to sadly observe his opinion of her altering. Shortly after the death of her mother, Margaret's friend Bessy also dies.

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Episode 2
star
8.43
189 votes

#3 - Episode 2

North & South - Season 1 - Episode 2

Maria Hale's health ceases and her daughter Margaret decides to contact her brother Frederick - who had to leave England years earlier due to a wrongful court decision. The mill workers in Milton go on strike. In order to get his orders done in time, Thornton hires Irish workers. The angry strikers hear of this and in an attempt to threaten Thornton they hurt Margaret. Overwhelmed at her willing help to save Thornton from the strikers, he decides to propose to Margaret.

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Episode 7
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8.17
2950 votes

#4 - Episode 7

Downton Abbey - Season 1 - Episode 7

The family is astonished when Lady Cora Crawley finds that she is pregnant, and the announcement leaves Mary wondering how to answer Matthew's proposal.

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Episode 1
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8.06
211 votes

#5 - Episode 1

North & South - Season 1 - Episode 1

Margaret Hale, a 19-year-old lively young girl, and her parents leave the south, when her father Richard resigns as the clergy in Helstone on a matter of conscience. The family moves to Milton in the north of England where Mr. Hale starts working as a private tutor. Margaret and her mother find it difficult to adapt to the north. While Margaret tries to deal with her new home and thereby befriends Bessy Higgins and her father Nicholas, poor local mill workers, she becomes aware of the social inequalities. On seeing John Thornton, a cotton-mill owner, badly treating one of his workers, Margaret's prejudices are reinforced. Thornton, on the other hand, forms a more positive opinion of Margaret.

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Episode 6
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7.98
2965 votes

#6 - Episode 6

Downton Abbey - Season 1 - Episode 6

Sybil's interest in politics gets her in trouble, Matthew and Mary's relationship takes an unexpected turn, and Bates makes a shocking revelation.

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To All Our Boys
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7.97
115 votes

#7 - To All Our Boys

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 5 - Episode 1

A medical scare keeps James's feet firmly on the ground, Siegfried and Carmody get their wires crossed over an animal, Helen assists an old family friend, and Mrs Hall tries to help the war effort.

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Second Time Lucky
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7.96
221 votes

#8 - Second Time Lucky

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 3 - Episode 1

It is now spring 1939 and a potential world war looms. Tristan is now a qualified vet, while James enters a new stage of his life with Helen and at the practice. After being made joint business partner by Siegfried, James pushes to take on more responsibility via the Ministry of Agriculture's new bovine TB testing scheme, but its unexpected challenges risk pushing him to breaking point.

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Episode 1
star
7.95
2794 votes

#9 - Episode 1

Downton Abbey - Season 3 - Episode 1

Cora’s mother arrives for Matthew and Mary’s wedding. New footman Alfred strives to meet Carson’s high standards, under the watchful eye of his aunt O’Brien.

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Surviving Siegfried
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7.94
193 votes

#10 - Surviving Siegfried

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

Siegfried receives some difficult news and becomes even more irascible than usual. Helen gets a new insight into how hard James works, but feels reluctant to help him by asking her father.

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Episode 1
star
7.92
3763 votes

#11 - Episode 1

Downton Abbey - Season 1 - Episode 1

It is April 1912, and news arrives of the sinking of the Titanic with the loss of Downton's heir James and his son Patrick.

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Semper Progrediens
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7.84
247 votes

#12 - Semper Progrediens

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

With Tristan's encouragement, James asks Helen if she'd like to go to the local spring dance. But village resident Gerald's arrival with his injured dog, Rock, puts a spanner in the works. Meanwhile, Tristan worries that Siegfried is in danger of losing his edge.

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Episode 2
star
7.80
2772 votes

#13 - Episode 2

Downton Abbey - Season 3 - Episode 2

Hoping for a bailout from her American grandmother, Mary makes sure Downton puts on a bigger show than ever before. Mrs Hughes gets worrisome news. Thomas disapproves of O'Brien's attempts to boost Alfred's progress.

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Where the Heart Is
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7.73
245 votes

#14 - Where the Heart Is

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 2 - Episode 1

It’s spring in 1938, and a trip back home to Glasgow presents James Herriot with a dilemma that will mean choosing between the people he loves when he is offered a position at his old mentor's forward-thinking practice.

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You've Got to Dream
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7.66
345 votes

#15 - You've Got to Dream

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

James Herriot, under pressure from his mother to take a job on the docks, follows his dream when he is selected for an interview as a veterinary assistant in Yorkshire.

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Another Farnon?
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7.65
304 votes

#16 - Another Farnon?

All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Season 1 - Episode 2

Skeldale House descends into chaos with the arrival of Siegfried's wayward brother Tristan. Helen provides James with a reason to stay in the Dales.

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Much Ado About Nothing
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7.58
33 votes

#17 - Much Ado About Nothing

ShakespeaRe-Told - Season 1 - Episode 1

When the bickering between broadcasters Beatrice and Benedick gets too much to take, their colleagues at South West TV come up with a cunning plan to shut the pair up. Meanwhile, lovely weathergirl Hero and dashing reporter Claude are a match made in heaven - but does everyone want to see them so happy?

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The Ruby In The Smoke
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0.00
0 votes

#18 - The Ruby In The Smoke

The Sally Lockhart Mysteries - Season 1 - Episode 1

Armed with a pistol, a thorough grounding in the principles of military tactics and a working knowledge of Hindustani she embarks on a journey to discover the truth behind her father's death, and unravel why his colleague dies of fear after she utters the three little words: "The Seven Blessings".

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