The BEST episodes directed by Graham Linehan
#1 - Are You Right There, Father Ted?
Father Ted - Season 3 - Episode 1
Ted finally escapes to a new posting at Castlelawn Parochial House, Dublin, with civilised company and frequent jaunts to Paris. Unfortunately a slight misunderstanding over some expenses sends Ted back to his old compadres on the island. After a spot of lad's housecleaning results in Ted being mistakenly tarred as a racist, Ted holds a celebration of Chinese culture to clear his name (though 'Kung Fu Fighting' might not have been an inspired choice of soundtrack). Just when it looks like a happy ending might be in store, a mix-up over some soft furnishings and Nazi memorabilia leaves the Chinese community with a sweet'n'sour taste in the mouth.
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#2 - Kicking Bishop Brennan Up The Arse
Father Ted - Season 3 - Episode 6
A lost bet with Dick Byrne means Ted has to kick Bishop Brennan up the arse. On cue, Len arrives with PA Father Jessup, the world's most sarcastic priest. Elaborate preparations, a camera, a skirting board, a set of watercolours and some psychological warfare on Ted's part ensure a successful outcome... or do they?
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#3 - Limbo
The Walshes - Season 1 - Episode 3
The Walshes are getting ready to leave the house for a night out together at their favourite restaurant, but mobilising five people at the same time can prove tricky. No sooner are four of them ready to step outside than something has distracted the fifth. Rory becomes obsessed by a strange photograph and starts to question everything he has ever believed. Ciara and Graham's perfect 'never had a fight' record is tested, while Tony wrestles with something troubling that's been on his mind. With the early bird half-price menu deadline looming, the clock is ticking.
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#4 - Speed 3
Father Ted - Season 3 - Episode 3
Ted and Dougal turn detective to discover who's behind the bumper crop of hairy babies on Craggy Island. However when justice is done on the culprit he takes a terrible revenge. Dougal's moonlighting stint as island milkman is marred by a bomb set to go off if the milk float drops below 4 mph. Does 'The Poseidon Adventure' hold the key to his rescue, or would Father Jack's pet brick come in more useful?
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#5 - Episode 4
Big Train - Season 1 - Episode 4
The difficulties of being a police sketch artist are uncovered and there is an alternative interpretation of the famous film 'Matter of Life'. Adolf Hitler is in an unusually jovial frame of mind and the World Stare-Out Championships continue with Nanak versus Duran.
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#6 - Going to America
Father Ted - Season 3 - Episode 8
Ted performs a genuinely unselfish act, and is rewarded with the offer of a parish in California - his wildest dreams come true. However, parting from his long-time companions at the Parochial House proves tricky. Unless Ted can break the news of his departure tactfully to Dougal, Jack and Mrs Doyle, he won't be going to America...
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#7 - The Work Outing
The IT Crowd - Season 2 - Episode 1
Jen's heart soars when 'Philip from Six' visits the basement to borrow Heat, and invites her to the theatre. But her hopes of finding true love are dashed when Roy and Moss invite themselves along.
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#8 - The Speech
The IT Crowd - Season 3 - Episode 4
Jen makes enemies of Roy and Moss after trying to assert herself more after being named as Employee of the Month. Douglas discovers that the woman who he loves is not quite as she seems.
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#9 - Night of the Nearly Dead
Father Ted - Season 3 - Episode 7
Jumper-wearing pop sensation Eoin McLove comes to visit. Unfortunately his presence leads hundreds of infatuated middle-aged ladies to surround the house, and the usual hilarious mix-ups ensue. But McLove's easy-going stage persona masks a terrible secret..
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#10 - Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep
Father Ted - Season 3 - Episode 2
Ted gets mixed up in a web of intrigue and double-cross when he bets the Parochial House heating budget on Chris, the burping sheep. The lads bring Chris to stay at the house in an attempt to improve his chances at 'King of the Sheep 98', but can Ted quell his burping in time for the great day?
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#11 - Cooking the Books
Black Books - Season 1 - Episode 1
Bernard’s dodgy accountant has to go on the run, leaving him ill prepared to fill out his own tax return. In fact Bernard would rather do anything than fill it out.
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#12 - Grapes of Wrath
Black Books - Season 1 - Episode 3
Bernard and Manny accept a house-sitting job to get away from their new cleaner. They also drink some wine.
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#13 - The Blackout
Black Books - Season 1 - Episode 4
A hyper, coffee fueled Manny is mistaken for a policeman.
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#14 - The Dinner Party
The IT Crowd - Season 2 - Episode 4
Jen's hopes for a sophisticated dinner party are dashed when she has to invite Roy, Moss and Richmond, and, for some reason, Roy finds something hilarious about her new boyfriend's name: Peter File.
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#15 - Friendface
The IT Crowd - Season 3 - Episode 5
Jen introduces Roy and Moss to a new social networking website, and then finds out why some friendships are best left in the past.
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#16 - The Final Countdown
The IT Crowd - Season 4 - Episode 2
Moss becomes a celebrity by beating all records on a popular puzzle show. Roy is mistaken for a window cleaner. Jen is preoccupied with Douglas's secret meetings.
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#17 - Safari Park
Count Arthur Strong - Season 3 - Episode 7
Michael finds himself with a whole new family on a birthday outing, but Arthur's money-saving schemes cause chaos.
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#18 - Aunt Irma Visits
The IT Crowd - Season 1 - Episode 6
Jen is subject to powerful mood swings around a certain time every month, and Moss and Roy develop similar symptoms. Can a big bar of chocolate, Dirty Dancing on DVD and a girly night out help?
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#19 - Untrue Detective
Count Arthur Strong - Season 3 - Episode 3
A knock on the head results in Arthur joining the police force as a high-ranking detective. It's up to Michael and the gang from the cafe to bring him back to reality.
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#20 - Are We Not Men?
The IT Crowd - Season 3 - Episode 2
A new football website allows Roy and Moss to pass as 'proper' men for a momentous couple of days. Meanwhile, Jen is trying to date a man who looks like a magician.
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#21 - Bad Boys
The IT Crowd - Season 4 - Episode 5
Roy and Moss become juvenile delinquents for the day and have an uncomfortable experience at a shopping centre.
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#22 - Manny's First Day
Black Books - Season 1 - Episode 2
After Manny’s help with the tax return Bernard is persuaded to hire him in the shop. Unfortunately he actually sells some books, much to Bernard’s annoyance.
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#23 - Italian for Beginners
The IT Crowd - Season 4 - Episode 4
Roy gets obsessed by his latest girlfriend's sad family history, while Jen tells an absolute whopper to get some attention.
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#24 - The Three Wishes
Count Arthur Strong - Season 3 - Episode 5
Arthur attempts to build bridges with a surprising figure from his past.
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#25 - Tramps Like Us
The IT Crowd - Season 3 - Episode 3
Jen, Roy and Moss find their lives moving in different directions after a disappointing settlement to a sexual harassment suit. Jen seeks pastures new, and Roy ends up out in the cold.
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#26 - The Big Lock-Out
Black Books - Season 1 - Episode 5
The shop gets a new security system that no-one can work.
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#27 - Men Without Women
The IT Crowd - Season 2 - Episode 6
Douglas hires Jen as his new PA, giving Moss and Roy free rein in the office. How will they cope without her, and how will she cope with Douglas's unwelcome advances?
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#28 - He's Leaving Home
Black Books - Season 1 - Episode 6
Manny runs away from the bookshop into the arms of a beard loving photographer.
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#29 - Count Arthur's House of Horrors
Count Arthur Strong - Season 3 - Episode 1
Eternally optimistic ex-variety star Arthur Strong is enlisted to rid a haunted house of its demonic occupants. However, his bid requires spending an evening in the problematic property.
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#30 - Jen the Fredo
The IT Crowd - Season 4 - Episode 1
Jen applies for the post of Entertainment Manager. When she finds out that amusing her boss Douglas's business connections has its darker side, she has to turn to Moss and Roy for help.
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#31 - Moss and the German
The IT Crowd - Season 2 - Episode 3
Jen tries to escape the romantic attentions of Douglas, Roy tries to watch a film, and Moss's attempt to meet new people backfires dramatically when he answers an online ad for a cookery course.
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#32 - Yesterday's Jam
The IT Crowd - Season 1 - Episode 1
In the very first episode, new recruit Jen is appointed head of the IT department, but her staff Moss and Roy soon discover that she knows nothing about computers.
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#33 - Calendar Geeks
The IT Crowd - Season 3 - Episode 6
Reynholm Industries are proud to announce their first naked calendar. Enough said, probably.
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#34 - Calamity Jen
The IT Crowd - Season 1 - Episode 2
The team face their first test during Reynholm Industries' so-called 'war on stress'. The office is on fire, Roy has an attack of kleptomania, and Jen's shoes don't fit.
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#35 - Arthur the Hat
Count Arthur Strong - Season 3 - Episode 2
Some of John the Watch's old criminal associates take an interest in Bulent's cafe.
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#36 - The Haunting of Bill Crouse
The IT Crowd - Season 1 - Episode 5
Moss goes to extraordinary lengths to help Jen escape the unwanted attention of potential suitor Bill Crouse. These lengths include Jen's untimely death...
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#37 - Smoke and Mirrors
The IT Crowd - Season 2 - Episode 5
When a bad bra makes Jen lose concentration in a board meeting, Moss overcomes his fear of ladies' underwear and invents a bra that will never fail.
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#38 - Return of the Golden Child
The IT Crowd - Season 2 - Episode 2
Denholm's death means trouble for Jen, Roy and Moss, until support appears in the form of a mysterious, albeit libidinous, stranger.
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#39 - Episode 6
Big Train - Season 1 - Episode 6
The World Stare-Out Championships reach a thrilling climax as Kampagnola takes on Spatsky. Florence Nightingale is shown in a whole new light, a group of office workers react to the appointment of their new boss and Chairman Mao is found in another unusual setting.
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#40 - The Red Door
The IT Crowd - Season 1 - Episode 4
What lies behind the mysterious red door in the IT department? What has happened to Moss's new mug? And why is Roy in danger of becoming known as a 'desk rabbit'?
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#41 - From Hell
The IT Crowd - Season 3 - Episode 1
While boss Douglas does his best to run Reynholm Industries into the ground, Jen has to deal with a builder from hell, Roy loses 20 quid and Moss learns how to stand up to ruffians.
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#42 - 50:50
The IT Crowd - Season 1 - Episode 3
Jen has a new admirer, but her inability to tell the truth results in humiliation. Roy decides to improve his love life by adopting a sterner attitude, and Moss recommends a romantic restaurant.
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#43 - Episode 2
Big Train - Season 1 - Episode 2
Unwilling policeman; something's spooked the jockeys; My Name is Paul, I'm 52-and-a-half-years-old; (costume) cat and mouse fight; The Monk and the statued nipple; wanking in the office; jockeys in the will being preyed-upon by The Artist Formerly Known as Prince; "I've turned into a ventriloquist's dummy"; Stare-Out Stare-Break; Small Train, Big Hand, Size-Perception Issues; horse suicide; dating agency - going for the opposite to normal type of date; postman-hitman; hypnotists; Stare-Out Richard Gere; uh-huh-huh, hu-huh, uh-uh-uh-huh-huh.
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#44 - Something Happened
The IT Crowd - Season 4 - Episode 3
Douglas becomes a Spaceologist, Roy's life is changed by a bad back, and Jen gets involved with a rock band.
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#45 - Episode 3
Big Train - Season 1 - Episode 3
Missing Persons Appeal on a fairground ride; Dr. Jekyll and Very Tart; 43rd World Stare-Out Championships; Misters; Ming the Domesticated; Nuns in Captivity; fake psychiatrist; Professor BBQ Pictures; Ming the Unwell; permanent squirrel costume; The Monks and The Johnny; Shakespeare Lookalikes; fake magician; teaching son to ride his bike with varying successes; the hymnast.
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#46 - The Lucky Streak
Count Arthur Strong - Season 3 - Episode 6
Arthur makes some unlikely new friends while in search of biscuits, and sees his life and luck change overnight.
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#47 - Arthur's Big Moment
Count Arthur Strong - Season 1 - Episode 4
When a riot forces everyone into a back room in the café, Arthur takes the opportunity to stage his one-man tribute to The Musical.
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#48 - Reynholm vs Reynholm
The IT Crowd - Season 4 - Episode 6
Douglas finds marriage agrees with him - for all of two weeks. He's then in court - defending himself - with the help of Jen, Roy, Moss and others.
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#49 - Arthur.com
Count Arthur Strong - Season 1 - Episode 2
When Michael makes the mistake of getting Arthur online, he ends up being mistaken for a murderer.
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#50 - Episode 5
Big Train - Season 1 - Episode 5
A visit from Darryl Hall and John Oates to a deprived council estate causes as much anger as optimism. A daredevil embarks on some crazy antics and Chairman Mao is in 'Top of the Pops' mode. The World Stare-Out Championships features Wallace versus Popstopolous.
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