The BEST episodes directed by Christopher Barry

#1 - Merry Gentlemen

All Creatures Great and Small - Season 2 - Episode 14

Christmas at Skeldale House can be a formidable undertaking, what with sick foals, overfed dogs and a skeleton guarding Siegfried's secret hoard of goodies.

#2 - Ways and Means

All Creatures Great and Small - Season 2 - Episode 11

James concludes that the drawbacks of a vet's life -- long hours, fierce dogs and a cunning sow named Prudence -- pale in comparison to the rigors of making a speech to the Darrowby Youth Club.

#3 - The Brain of Morbius (3)

Doctor Who - Season 13 - Episode 19

While the Doctor goes to confront the Sisterhood to seek a cure for Sarah Jane's blindness, Solon realizes that he must transfer Morbius' brain into a new body before it is too late.

#4 - Plenty to Grouse About

All Creatures Great and Small - Season 3 - Episode 1

James is busy with tuberculin testing but is summoned to the Ministry of Agriculture when the test results don't quite add up. Siegfried has to deal with a dog owner who only believes in strict discipline in dealing with his dog. He also has to deal with dying sheep, but the owners may not have the means to save them. Helen gets a job as a secretary, but James isn't quite sure he approves. Siegfried, on the other hand, thinks it's a wonderful idea. Tristan is less than enthused however when he realizes he will have to take over Helen's duties in the partnership. Mrs.Hall tells Siegfried that she has to leave to help her brother, who is now alone to work his farm.

#5 - Attendant Problems

All Creatures Great and Small - Season 2 - Episode 2

The return of lambing season brings a boost to Siegfried's spirits, but James, laid up in the surgery, is reminded of the harsher realities of a vet's life.

#6 - Pride of Possession

All Creatures Great and Small - Season 2 - Episode 8

The atmosphere is tense as James prepares to perform groundbreaking surgery. Meanwhile, Siegfried wrestles with a disinterested prize bull, and Tristan's hormones run riot over Darrowby's merry widow.

#7 - The Power of the Daleks (4)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 12

Lesterson is driven insane when he discovers that the Daleks are reproducing themselves, and are preparing to seize control of the colony.

#8 - The Brain of Morbius (2)

Doctor Who - Season 13 - Episode 18

The Doctor is captured by the Sisterhood, and Sarah Jane is blinded freeing him. The Doctor has no choice but to go back for a cure, unaware that he is leaving Sarah Jane in the hands of a treacherous Dr. Solon and the renegade Time Lord Morbius.

#9 - Judgement Day

All Creatures Great and Small - Season 2 - Episode 5

The Darrowby Show is a much-anticipated event for the whole community, except for the duty vet. This mixed honor falls to James this year.

#10 - The Brain of Morbius (4)

Doctor Who - Season 13 - Episode 20

Morbius lives once more, but as a rampaging beast. The Doctor is forced to ally with Dr. Solon to bring him to heel, but the two disagree about what should happen to Morbius.

#11 - The Brain of Morbius (1)

Doctor Who - Season 13 - Episode 17

The storm-lashed planet Karn. Near a graveyard of crashed starships, the demented surgeon Solon hides in his castle, the last acolyte of the Time Lord despot Morbius. He only needs one final item to make his master live again... and then the Doctor and Sarah arrive...

#12 - Will to Live

All Creatures Great and Small - Season 3 - Episode 13

Siegfried takes Tristan to task for not mending a hole in the fence. Tristan announces that he now refuses to subject himself to Siegfried's tyranny but he is given 24 hours to mend the fence or face the consequences. Tristan tries to recruit James in his battle with Siegfried, but James will have nothing to do with it. Siegfried comes up with the perfect response. James operates on a sick calf but those assisting him are worse off than the calf. As a result, James comes down with a bad case of the flu. James is also concerned at having to give bad news to Andrew Vine about his dog, given his recent experience with Paul Cotterell.

#13 - Be Prepared

All Creatures Great and Small - Season 3 - Episode 7

The possibility of war is on everyone's mind with Helen preparing for the privations ahead and Tristan tasked to tape the windows in the event of bombing. Siegfried decides that they should conserve food and heating by eating their meals together, but Mrs. Hall takes his instructions to economize a bit too seriously. James treats Hamish, a sick dog who requires an operation and Tristan, who is tasked with overseeing his recovery, loses him. The vets forgo a posh evening out to treat a stray dog who has had an accident. Tristan is aghast at Siegfried's attempt to pair him with Deirdre Headingley, one of his crony's less-than-attractive daughters.

#14 - Episode 4

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 4

Ross learns that Demelza is pregnant and goes looking for her. Demelza gets into terrible trouble with her Puritan father and step-mother who can't stand the scandal. Before this Elizabeth finally agreed to run away with Ross and leave Francis whom she doesn't love.

#15 - Episode 5

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 5

Ross decides to marry Demelza because she is pregnant to Elizabeth's great displeasure. Ross'daughter Julia is born and he holds a party to celebrate. Elizabeth is very unhappy and not nice to Demelza.

#16 - The Power of the Daleks (5)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 13

Bragen leads the rebellion and takes control of the colony, killing Governor Hensell. But the Daleks are also ready to make their final move.

#17 - The Power of the Daleks (2)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 10

Posing as an Examiner from Earth, the Doctor warns the scientist, Lesterson about the dire consequences of reactivating the dormant Daleks.

#18 - The Romans: The Slave Traders (1)

Doctor Who - Season 2 - Episode 12

After relaxing at a Roman villa the Doctor is mistaken for a murdered lyre player and targeted by an assassin. Meanwhile, Ian and Barbara are captured by slave traders.

#19 - The Daleks: The Survivors (2)

Doctor Who - Season 1 - Episode 6

The dead planet is not uninhabited after all. The Doctor is about to meet what will become his greatest enemies. And he and his crew are dying of radiation sickness.

#20 - The Power of the Daleks (6)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 14

As a battle rages between the rebels and the loyal colonists, the Daleks begin their attack. The only chance of survival for the colony rests with the Doctor.

#21 - The Power of the Daleks (3)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 11

Polly is taken prisoner by the rebels who intend to use the Daleks to take control of the colony. The Doctor discovers that all three Daleks have now been reactivated.

#22 - The Romans: All Roads Lead to Rome (2)

Doctor Who - Season 2 - Episode 13

Barbara is sold as a slave and Ian is to be trained as a gladiator. The Doctor and Vicki arrive at the Emperor's court with the Doctor still masquerading as Maximus Pettulian.

#23 - The Daemons (4)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 24

The Doctor is captured by the villagers who are under the Master's control. Jo goes to the church to prevent the Master from summoning Azal for the final time, but is too late.

#24 - Episode 2

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 2

Verity, Ross' cousin, is considered by everyone to be an old maid. They are all astonished when she attracts the attention of Captain Blamey at a ball. Unfortunately her father strongly disapproves of the match because the Captain is an ex-prisoner and former alcoholic. He forbids them to meet but Ross and Demelza take pity on Verity and encourage them to meet secretly so that Verity can get to know him better. Verity also tells Ross that Demelza is in love with him which amazes him. He still has feelings for the exquisite Elizabeth but he feels a growing affection for Demelza.

#25 - Robot (2)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 2

England, the near future. Sarah Jane Smith meets a gigantic robot, and the Doctor finds himself struggling for his life.

#26 - The Romans: Inferno (4)

Doctor Who - Season 2 - Episode 15

Inspired by the Doctor, Nero sets Rome ablaze. Ian must fight his way out of the arena and rescue Barbara. The Doctor and Vicki hurry to flee the city and escape to the TARDIS.

#27 - Robot (1)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 1

England, the near future. Something inhumanly strong and resilient is raiding scientific establishments across the country. Can the new Doctor help UNIT? And what are the staff of the secret government think tank working on in their spare time?

#28 - The Daleks: The Ambush (4)

Doctor Who - Season 1 - Episode 8

The time travellers work desperately to both escape the Dalek city and prevent a bloody massacre.

#29 - The Rescue: The Powerful Enemy (1)

Doctor Who - Season 2 - Episode 10

Sometime in the 25th century, the Doctor and his friends land on the planet Dido and happen across a spaceship (from Earth) that has crash-landed. Its two occupants - a man named Bennett and a young girl called Vicki - are living in fear of a creature called Koquillion, a native of Dido possibly responsible for murdering other members from the spaceship. However, the Doctor realises after a while that Koquillion is in fact Bennett in disguise; it was Bennett who killed the others so as to conceal an earlier murder that he had performed on ship. In a confrontation with Dido humanoid inhabitants Bennett dies as he falls from a cliff. Not wishing the girl Vicki to be alone, the Doctor takes her with him in the TARDIS as a new companion.

#30 - The Forest of Death

The Tripods - Season 2 - Episode 12

Will and Beanpole pretend to be clowns in Ali Pasha´s circus. Their goal now is to get back to the White Mountains and tell the free men about what the Masters are going to do to Earth. They are doublecrossed by Ali, though, who intends to give them all to the Tripods to finally receive their capping.

#31 - Will is Arrested

The Tripods - Season 2 - Episode 3

Will is arrested after a fight while drunk, Beanpole is missing, and Fritz may head for the games without them. Will and Beanpole end up on the run from Goetz.

#32 - The Daemons (5)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 25

UNIT have penetrated the heat barrier and launch an attack on the gargoyle, Bok. In the cavern, the Daemon Azal confronts the Doctor and the Master to decide the fate of mankind.

#33 - The Daleks: The Dead Planet (1)

Doctor Who - Season 1 - Episode 5

Time Unknown, Planet Unknown. The TARDIS lands in an eerie petrified forest overlooking a magnificent steel city. The Doctor wants to explore the city – but what is waiting there?

#34 - Help from Friends

The Tripods - Season 2 - Episode 4

With some help from Zerlina and Papagena, Will and Beanpole escape from Goetz, and make their way to the stadium just in time for the games.

#35 - The White Mountains - November, 2089 A.D.

The Tripods - Season 1 - Episode 13

A Tripod is destroyed. Racing towards the White Mountains, the black guards capture the boys and an interrogation begins.

#36 - The Rescue: Desperate Measures (2)

Doctor Who - Season 2 - Episode 11

Ian and Barbara discover that the paralysed Bennett has gone missing from his cabin. The Doctor discovers the truth about Koquillion, but endangers his own life in doing so.

#37 - Robot (4)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 4

England, the near future. The Robot grows to gigantic proportions and goes on a rampage. The Doctor finds the solution in a test tube.

#38 - The Power of the Daleks (1)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 9

Ben and Polly suspect that the 'new' Doctor is really an imposter. The TARDIS lands on the planet Vulcan where a murder has been committed.

#39 - Episode 1

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 1

Ross returns from fighting for Britain in the American Revolution to his native Cornwall only to find his ex-fiance, Elizabeth, now engaged to his cousin Francis.

#40 - The Mutants (6)

Doctor Who - Season 9 - Episode 20

Despite the Doctor's arguments, the Earth Investigator reinstates the Marshal as commander of Skybase. Bombarded by thaesium radiation, Ky begins an incredible transformation.

#41 - The Daemons (3)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 23

The Doctor attempts to help the Brigadier penetrate the heat barrier, but is attacked by the Master's servant in a helicopter. The Master prepares to summon the Daemon Azal.

#42 - The Daemons (2)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 22

Devil's End is sealed off from the outside world by a heat barrier. The Doctor and Jo return to the barrow where they are confronted by the gargoyle, Bok.

#43 - Escape from the City of Gold

The Tripods - Season 2 - Episode 11

Fritz chooses to stay in the City, and Beanpole saves Will from drowning during his escape. They make it to a nearby town, and hide from the black guards in a circus.

#44 - Travel

The Tripods - Season 2 - Episode 2

All the boys have been chosen to participate in the games. Now comes a trip to Germany, to reach the games stadium.

#45 - The Daemons (1)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 21

The Doctor tries to prevent Professor Horner from breaking into an ancient barrow near the village of Devil's End. Posing as the village vicar, the Master summons dark forces.

#46 - The Romans: Conspiracy (3)

Doctor Who - Season 2 - Episode 14

Poppaea plans to poison Barbara who has become the object of Nero's affections. The Doctor is to be thrown to the lions and Ian and Delos are set against each other in the arena.

#47 - The Creature from the Pit (4)

Doctor Who - Season 17 - Episode 12

The truth about the creature is revealed. But its imprisonment may have already set in motion a terrible revenge.

#48 - Robot (3)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 3

England, the near future. The Doctor attempts to thwart the plans of a group of unscrupulous scientists who threaten the Earth's destruction, and plan to use their giant robot to obtain the power they need to blackmail the world into obeying them.

#49 - The Savages (1)

Doctor Who - Season 3 - Episode 38

#50 - Episode 3

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 3

Ross' former employee, Jim Carter, stands trial for poaching and Ross gives evidence in his defence. Demelza, taken in as a maid by Ross, falls in love with him but learns that Ross still loves Elizabeth. She seduces him and becomes pregnant, running away because she knows that he isn't likely to want the child.