The BEST episodes directed by John Gorrie
#1 - The Bruce Partington Plans
Sherlock Holmes (1984) - Season 4 - Episode 5
The body of one Cadogan West is found in an underground tunnel near Aldgate Station, with his skull smashed, and Holmes is puzzled by the interest his brother Mycroft is showing in the case. Mycroft explains that the top secret plans for a new submarine were in the dead man's pocket, but three of the ten pages were missing when the body was found. Mycroft, on behalf of the British Government, asks his brother to find the missing pages.
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#2 - The Orderly World of Mr Appleby
Tales of the Unexpected - Season 2 - Episode 15
Arthur Appleby's orderly world centres on his quiet antique and curio shop. He has just married for the fourth time, and his new wife, Martha, discovers Appleby's dark secret - he murdered all her predecessors. But the new Mrs Appleby has a plan to turn the tables on her husband.
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Tales of the Unexpected - Season 5 - Episode 2
Donald Henderson gives his wife, Moira, a unique watch, and then it goes missing, so Donald offers to replace it. As a result, Moira is in a store looking for a similar watch when she overhears a young woman telling a friend about her affair. It seems the stranger is meeting a married man - and she goes on to show her friend the beautiful watch he has given her. Unhappily, it looks just like Moira's. Moira puts two and two together and gets herself into a rage, and things soon get terribly out of hand...
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#4 - Fat Chance
Tales of the Unexpected - Season 2 - Episode 6
The husband of a fat, greedy woman has a clever plan to get rid of her - but the plan is flawed.
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#5 - Never Speak Ill of the Dead
Tales of the Unexpected - Season 4 - Episode 8
David Rankin is a country doctor with a flighty young wife. Irene's affairs with other men were the talk of the town before she was married - and they still are. No one knows for sure if the gossip has reached the doctor. And then no one knows where Irene has gone... Sim and Bob accuse Dr Rankin of killing his wife and burying her in the cellar - but they have made a big mistake.
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#6 - The Last Bottle in the World
Tales of the Unexpected - Season 4 - Episode 10
Kyros buys the last bottle of a superb 1864 claret - an anniverary present for his beautiful but unfaithful wife. He pays a tremendous price, and plans a dinner party - but Kyros is planning to use the wine for more than just drinking...
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#7 - The Facts of Life
Tales of the Unexpected - Season 9 - Episode 5
Nicholas Lillie is a naive fencing enthusiast from the country, constantly held back by his parents. Thanks to a national fencing contest he travels to the bright lights of London and gets caught up in a bizarre adventure.
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#8 - The Sound Machine
Tales of the Unexpected - Season 4 - Episode 7
A botanist called Klausner invents a machine which can translate the conversations of trees and plants... and what he hears gives him a nasty shock.
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#9 - Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Tales of the Unexpected - Season 6 - Episode 7
Gerry Armstrong, an American veteran of World War II, makes a nostalgic return trip to England and visits the town in Norfolk where he served as an airman forty years before. Carol is a pretty young woman Armstrong meets in a dance hall - which is where the sheltering palms come in. But the past can yield secrets and surprises, and Carol brings it all disturbingly alive...
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#10 - The Reign of Terror: A Change of Identity (3)
Doctor Who - Season 1 - Episode 39
Barbara and Susan are saved from the guillotine by two royalists, Jules and Jean, but Susan has fallen ill. At the prison, a stroke of luck provides Ian with a chance to escape.
#11 - The Keys of Marinus: The Velvet Web (2)
Doctor Who - Season 1 - Episode 22
In the city of Morphoton, the Doctor, Barbara, Ian and Susan are welcomed as honoured guests and given anything they want. But Barbara soon discovers that paradise is an illusion.
#12 - The Keys of Marinus: The Sea of Death (1)
Doctor Who - Season 1 - Episode 21
The TARDIS lands on a remote island, surrounded by a sea of acid. They meet Arbitan, keeper of the Conscience of Marinus who forces the travellers to go in search of five keys.
#13 - The Keys of Marinus: Sentence of Death (5)
Doctor Who - Season 1 - Episode 25
Arriving in the city of Millennius, Ian is put on trial for murder. The Doctor takes on the role of defence counsel and must prove Ian's innocence or he will be executed.
#14 - The Keys of Marinus: The Keys of Marinus (6)
Doctor Who - Season 1 - Episode 26
The Doctor solves the murder mystery and finds the final missing key. With Ian now free, the travellers return to the island only to discover that Arbitan has been murdered.
#15 - The Keys of Marinus: The Snows of Terror (4)
Doctor Who - Season 1 - Episode 24
In a snowy wasteland, Vasor, an unscrupulous trapper, imprisons the travellers in a frozen cavern inside a mountain. There they find one of the keys frozen in a block of ice.
#16 - The Keys of Marinus: The Screaming Jungle (3)
Doctor Who - Season 1 - Episode 23
Ian and Barbara find a temple in the middle of a hostile jungle. Inside is the ailing Darrius, keeper of one of the keys. As Darrius dies he gives Ian a clue to find the key.
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#17 - Death in the Morning
Tales of the Unexpected - Season 5 - Episode 12
Rich landowner Sir Ian Masterson marries, and Karen, his new wife, moves into his magnificent house in the country. Karen is befriended by Linda Larch, a neighbour. But Linda has her own agenda, and Karen also senses that there is an evil spirit which wants to see her off.
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#18 - A Sad Loss
Tales of the Unexpected - Season 6 - Episode 3
Claire Hawksworth is a young widow who owns a smart hotel in the Caribbean, where she lives with her good-looking hotel manager (and lover) Dave Bingham. Alas, Claire is struggling financially and faces bankruptcy, so she is having to look to her rich Aunt Alicia to save the day. But then Alicia announces she has a new heir. What's to be done?
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#19 - Rumpole and the Family Pride
Rumpole of the Bailey - Season 7 - Episode 5
Rumpole and Hilda are invited for the weekend at a cousin's castle - but when they get there they find their relation faces the charge of murdering a travelling woman and is looking for Rumpole to rally round to help him.
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#20 - Mr Botibol's First Love
Tales of the Unexpected - Season 2 - Episode 13
William Botibol is a pathetic failure whose life-long ambition is to conduct an orchestra. He fills his lonely life with music, pretending to be a great composer and conductor. Then Botibol meets a young lady who shares in his fantasy - but why is she really putting herself out for him?