The BEST episodes directed by Charles Palmer

Hallowe'en Party
star
8.42
534 votes

#1 - Hallowe'en Party

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Season 12 - Episode 3

Novelist Ariadne Oliver calls in her old friend Poirot to investigate a drowning.

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Episode 3
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8.31
167 votes

#2 - Episode 3

Lark Rise to Candleford - Season 1 - Episode 3

Widow Old Amos announces that he has decided to get married again to his maid Patty. His friends are worried that she is just marrying him for his money. Robert manages to upset his family and the residents of the village when he refuses to let his children sing a song in praise of the Tories at the local church concert.

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The Family of Blood (2)
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8.24
2743 votes

#3 - The Family of Blood (2)

Doctor Who (2005) - Season 3 - Episode 9

1913, and war comes to England a year in advance, as the terrifying Family hunt for the Doctor.

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Episode 5
star
8.14
101 votes

#4 - Episode 5

Lark Rise to Candleford - Season 1 - Episode 5

Dorcas looks after the inspector after he gets injured and he soon realises his evaluation of her may have been wrong. Elsewhere, Emma is annoyed with Robert's kindhearted gesture.

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Episode 1
star
8.10
198 votes

#5 - Episode 1

Lark Rise to Candleford - Season 1 - Episode 1

Laura Timmons moves from her home in Lark Rise to Candleford, where not everyone is ready to welcome her in.

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The Mind Has Mountains
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8.08
317 votes

#6 - The Mind Has Mountains

Lewis - Season 5 - Episode 3

When a student is found dead during a college-based clinical trial for a new anti-depressant, Lewis and Hathaway struggle to determine whether the incident was murder or suicide, and receive little assistance from the institution's evasive psychiatric professor. A second student's death then leads to the revelation that the trial's participants are all operating under the influence of mind-altering drug ketamine, and that the lines between love, obsession and madness have become dangerously blurred.

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Human Nature (1)
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8.07
2667 votes

#7 - Human Nature (1)

Doctor Who (2005) - Season 3 - Episode 8

England, 1913, and a schoolteacher called John Smith dreams of adventures in time and space.

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The Clocks
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8.05
453 votes

#8 - The Clocks

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Season 12 - Episode 1

Poirot goes to Dover to help determine who is responsible for a man's murder.

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An Unholy Death
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7.92
695 votes

#9 - An Unholy Death

Death in Paradise - Season 2 - Episode 2

DI Richard Poole is perplexed by a fatal fire at the island convent. Will he and his team manage to unravel the many mysteries at the heart of this seemingly impossible murder? And will DS Bordey get to the root of the inspector's nun phobia?

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Education, Education, Education
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7.92
317 votes

#10 - Education, Education, Education

Doc Martin - Season 7 - Episode 4

Louisa and Martin have their first therapy session together - though neither of them was expecting they would be given homework - while Morwenna is not happy about it when a teenager on work experience starts trying to boss her around in the surgery. Mrs Tishell is surprised when her husband Clive returns and tells her he wants to give things another go, and Louisa has to call Martin when one of her pupils collapses during a school excursion.

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Predicting Murder
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7.87
990 votes

#11 - Predicting Murder

Death in Paradise - Season 1 - Episode 3

Dwayne thinks he has seen a ghost after the team goes to a local school to deal with the murder of Angelique Morel. The previous night Angelique had predicted her own murder by a scarred man. Angelique was a local voodoo priestess, but Richard finds it hard to understand his team's belief that her prediction must have become a reality. Richard believes that it has nothing to do with voodoo and that cyanide poisoning is responsible.

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The Murder at the Vicarage
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7.85
271 votes

#12 - The Murder at the Vicarage

Agatha Christie's Marple - Season 1 - Episode 2

A series of scandals in the village of St. Mary Mead seem to all revolve around Colonel Protheroe, and he is then found shot through the head at the vicarage. A young painter, Lawrence Redding, confesses to the crime, but then his lover also confesses. It is up to Miss Marple to unravel the mystery, and there is no shortage of people with a motive.

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Episode 2
star
7.84
177 votes

#13 - Episode 2

Lark Rise to Candleford - Season 1 - Episode 2

Laura is getting settled when Mrs Macey's husband finds a way out of prison which becomes hot gossip in town. Caroline has to go to court and possibly debtor's prison, something Laura's father is trying to avoid.

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A Pocket Full of Rye
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7.80
178 votes

#14 - A Pocket Full of Rye

Agatha Christie's Marple - Season 4 - Episode 1

When a business magnate is killed, Miss Marple realises the circumstances of his death recall a nursery rhyme - but what does it mean?

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Oxygen
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7.80
2544 votes

#15 - Oxygen

Doctor Who (2005) - Season 10 - Episode 5

'Space - the final frontier. Final because it wants to kill us.' Trapped on a space station with no oxygen, the Doctor, Bill and Nardole are horrified to discover the automated spacesuits keeping them alive are also trying to kill them!

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Arriving in Paradise
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7.75
1071 votes

#16 - Arriving in Paradise

Death in Paradise - Season 1 - Episode 1

When a British policeman is found murdered in a locked room on the tiny paradise island of Sainte-Marie, Detective Inspector Richard Poole is sent to investigate. He's the perfect man to solve the case. Unfortunately for Richard, he hates sun, sea and sand...

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Smith and Jones
star
7.68
2870 votes

#17 - Smith and Jones

Doctor Who (2005) - Season 3 - Episode 1

When Martha Jones finds herself on the moon, she meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor, and her life will never be the same again.

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The Shakespeare Code
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7.68
2704 votes

#18 - The Shakespeare Code

Doctor Who (2005) - Season 3 - Episode 2

The Doctor takes Martha to Elizabethan England, where William Shakespeare is under the control of deadly witch-like creatures.

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Control-Alt-Delete
star
7.63
272 votes

#19 - Control-Alt-Delete

Doc Martin - Season 7 - Episode 5

After reaching breaking point with being followed around by Buddy, Martin resolves to find a vet to have it put down, while Ruth finds out that Bert has been trying to make his own whisky. Clive is suspicious of Mrs Tishell and who she might be cooking meals for, Penhale makes a hash of asking Janice out, and Louisa and Martin's therapy homework results in a picnic on the beach, where they are interrupted by local vet Angela Sim - who appears to be hallucinating.

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The Eaters of Light
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7.46
2244 votes

#20 - The Eaters of Light

Doctor Who (2005) - Season 10 - Episode 10

A hunt for the lost Ninth Roman Legion leads the Doctor, Bill and Nardole into the middle of an ancient battle that could cast humanity into the dark forever. What is inside the cairn? And how far will they have to go defeat the terrifying alien Eaters of Light?

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Moment of Surrender (2)
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7.35
218 votes

#21 - Moment of Surrender (2)

Silent Witness - Season 21 - Episode 2

Nikki's suspicions about David Cannon are roused further when she discovers blood in the boot of his car an with Thomas's support she takes samples to process. Does it belong to Sally Vaughn? Meanwhile, the uncovering of the body from the 16-year-old murder shines the spotlight on three people who went to the same school. Emilia Fox stars, with Julian Rhind-Tutt and Alex Macqueen.

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Episode 2
star
7.28
209 votes

#22 - Episode 2

By Any Means - Season 1 - Episode 2

A young girl is murdered in what is apparently an open and shut case, but Helen is convinced that all is not as it seems and calls on the help of Jack and his team to prove that an innocent man has been set up by a disgruntled former policeman, who will stop at nothing in his quest for vengeance.

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Episode 1
star
7.28
316 votes

#23 - Episode 1

By Any Means - Season 1 - Episode 1

When an innocent family is terrorised and their father murdered in cold blood, everyone knows that ruthless criminal Nick Mason is behind it. But when Mason, the "Teflon Man", walks free from his trial - the third time in five years he has evaded justice - Helen calls on Jack Quinn and his team for help.

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Moment of Surrender (1)
star
7.20
252 votes

#24 - Moment of Surrender (1)

Silent Witness - Season 21 - Episode 1

Nikki struggles to come to terms with life back home and seeks out fellow pathologist Sally Vaughan for support, only to learn she is nowhere to be found. National Crime Agency investigator Guy Bernhardt asks Nikki to help him by employing pathologist David Cannon, the chief suspect in Sally's disappearance. As Jack, Clarissa and Thomas share concerns about Nikki's wellbeing, a body found in a reservoir is linked to a murder case from 16 years previously. Return of the crime drama, starring Emilia Fox, with Julian Rhind-Tutt and Alex Macqueen.

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