The BEST episodes directed by James Kent
#1 - With or Without You
Lost Boys and Fairies - Season 1 - Episode 2
With preparations for the adoption well under way, a shocking event changes this new-found family’s life forever.
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#2 - We're All Just Children
Lost Boys and Fairies - Season 1 - Episode 1
Queer performance artist extraordinaire Gabriel and his partner Andy long to adopt a child. But Gabriel’s own history of childhood trauma threatens to completely derail the process.
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#3 - Promise You Won't Write
Fellow Travelers - Season 1 - Episode 5
Roy Cohn's obsession with David Schine leads to the televised Army-McCarthy hearings and national scandal as McCarthy's allies attack Senator Smith, threatening to expose family secrets. Hawk tries to protect Smith while hiding his secret life from Lucy, although a tragedy brings them closer. Marcus must decide between his love for Frankie and his new job at the Post. Exposed to McCarthy's – and Hawk’s – true natures, Tim makes a life-changing decision about his future.
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#4 - Your Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Fellow Travelers - Season 1 - Episode 4
As the government’s purge of homosexuals continues, Hawk faces a polygraph test about his sex life and publicly courts Lucy while involving Tim in a desperate plot to destroy McCarthy and Cohn. Marcus makes peace with his attraction to Frankie's feminine persona. David has been drafted and Roy threatens to destroy the Army. In 1980s San Francisco, Hawk meets Marcus and Frankie's adopted son and Tim recruits Hawk to help his AIDS activist group.
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#5 - Episode 3
Marchlands - Season 1 - Episode 3
In 1968, Ruth and Paul fight after discovering they are unlikely to have any more children, while in 1987 Eddie unearths intriguing details about Alice and an increasingly isolated Scott has a seizure. In 2010 Ruth is shocked when she hears Nisha intends to name her baby Alice.
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#6 - Charlie Foxtrot
The Capture - Season 2 - Episode 3
In the aftermath of a television hack, a major suspect makes a getaway. Time is against DCI Carey as she tries to act before the invisible assassins strike again.
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#7 - Episode 2
Marchlands - Season 1 - Episode 2
In 1968, Ruth is determined to find out the truth about Alice's death, while in 1987 Helen and Eddie take Amy to see a psychiatrist. In 2010, Mark arranges for a local woman to help out around the house for an increasingly unnerved Nisha.
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#8 - Made in China
The Capture - Season 2 - Episode 2
In the wake of a shocking broadcast hack during an interview with Isaac Turner, Carey must work out who is responsible and whom she can trust.
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#9 - Episode 1
Inside Men - Season 1 - Episode 1
John, the manager of a cash counting house, faces his worst fear - an armed robbery.
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#10 - Cat Among the Pigeons
Agatha Christie's Poirot - Season 11 - Episode 2
Poirot searches for priceless jewels belonging to a princess at school in England.
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#11 - Episode Nine
American Crime - Season 2 - Episode 9
Following the on-campus murder of a fellow Leyland student, the entire community is forced to re-examine all of the choices they have made in the wake of the sexual encounter between Eric and Taylor; leaked personal information implicates both Kevin and Becca to the shooting; Sebastian targets the Leyland school by releasing its most sensitive information online, which causes Leslie to take drastic measures; and at Marshall High, Chris finds himself at a career crossroads when he faces a school review board.
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#12 - The Price of Power
The White Queen - Season 1 - Episode 2
After Elizabeth's coronation, an extravagant display designed to silence critics of their marriage, Edward needs a son to secure his reign. Soon tensions at court escalate into outright war, and Edward must fight those closest to him to retain his crown. Elizabeth faces devastating loss as the full force of Warwick's hatred and power is revealed.
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#13 - Episode 8
MotherFatherSon - Season 1 - Episode 8
Caden leaves the rehabilitation centre, returning to London and an uncertain future. Kathryn ponders the offer that Max has made to her. How will Caden react to the news? Can she ever trust Max to keep his word? And where will the nation find itself after the most divisive of election campaigns?
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#14 - Episode 7
MotherFatherSon - Season 1 - Episode 7
Max is under the spotlight as a nation stands on the brink. And Kathryn must decide whether to sacrifice Caden for the sake of exposing Max.
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#15 - Soldier Boy
11.22.63 - Season 1 - Episode 7
The end is near, and Jake is not up to the task. Sadie scrambles to pick up the pieces, but no one knows the mission as well as Jake. Kennedy and the assassin are on a collision path - but has Jake changed things enough in the past to alter the course of events? The days are counting down as 11.22.63 draws near.
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#16 - The Storm
The White Queen - Season 1 - Episode 3
Desperate to further her son's claim to the throne, Margaret Beaufort joins Warwick's rebellion against Edward. The rebellion fails, and the traitors must run for their lives. Jasper Tudor escapes into exile, while Warwick and George sail for France. Elizabeth and her mother turn to witchcraft to stop them, but it is Isabel who is punished.
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#17 - In Love with the King
The White Queen - Season 1 - Episode 1
After meeting beautiful widow Elizabeth Woodville, young King Edward IV must choose between love and loyalty. Will a country divided by war and a court divided by jealousy be destroyed by a woman many consider a witch?
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#18 - Episode 1
Marchlands - Season 1 - Episode 1
In 1968, Ruth is haunted by the memory of the death of her young daughter Alice. In 1987, parents Helen and Eddie are increasingly worried about their daughter Amy, who claims to have an imaginary friend called Alice. In 2010, Mark and his pregnant girlfriend Nisha move in. While stripping wallpaper, Nisha finds a photograph of a young girl - just before she falls off a ladder and breaks her ankle.
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#19 - Episode 2
MotherFatherSon - Season 1 - Episode 2
With their son fighting for his life in the hospital, the story of Max and Kathryn’s relationship and their battles for control over the future of their son are revealed.
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#20 - Episode 1
MotherFatherSon - Season 1 - Episode 1
A fractured family at the heart of politics and power is pulled together under catastrophic circumstances.
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BBC Documentaries - Season 2001 - Episode 61
The murder of Gianni Versace in July 1997 on the steps of his Miami mansion sent shockwaves around the fashion world. Versace's name had become associated with the best in designer fashion, and he was the couturier of choice for celebrities including Diana, Princess of Wales, Madonna and Elton John. This film, from the documentary strand Storyville, tells the strange story of his life and death.
#22 - Chopin Saved My Life
Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries - Season 2013 - Episode 71
Chopin's Ballade Number One is an extraordinary piece of piano music. This moving film tells the story of how the Ballade has transformed the lives of two young pianists. Chopin's Ballade Number 1 is less than 10 minutes long but has become one of the most iconic and influential pieces in piano repertoire. It is considered extremely challenging, demanding extraordinary feats of dexterity, control, speed, memory and power. It's also an internet sensation with more than 2000 versions on YouTube alone. One by the legendary Vladimir Horowitz has received over 3.5 million hits. Before this programme, pianist James Rhodes discusses memory techniques and the enduring appeal of classical music with Benedict Cumberbatch. Afterwards, Rhodes and Derren Brown talk about performance nerves and learning to play the piano. This hour-long documentary, directed by BAFTA and Emmy award-winning director James Kent, meets Japanese teenager Momoka and Scottish music student Paul Murray to explore how Chopin’s extraordinary Ballade Number 1 transforms the lives of ordinary people and illustrates how classical music still penetrates contemporary life in unexpected and powerful ways. It introduces Momoka, a 15-year-old pianist from Sendai, Japan, whose community was decimated by the 2011 tsunami and earthquakes. For Momoka, the Ballade embodies the anguish and rebellion she feels but doesn’t allow to surface. For 22-year-old Paul from Glasgow, the piece is life-changing. Paul grew up in Bellshill, a poor, working class suburb of Glasgow. He first played piano at 15, and it opened up a whole new world for him. During his first term at uni Paul was diagnosed with a brain tumour and then MS, which both eventually caused him to lose the ability to walk and to play with his right hand. Waiting in his hospital bed in between operations over three months, he played the Ballade again and again on the iPod his dad Stephen had given him. It was that single piece’s emotional pul