The BEST episodes directed by John Strickland
#1 - Episode 6
Line of Duty - Season 3 - Episode 6
DS Steve Arnott is arrested on suspicion of murder but continues to protest his innocence. Does DC Kate Fleming's undercover operation hold the key to Steve's guilt and the identity of the Caddy?
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#3 - Episode 3
Apparitions - Season 1 - Episode 3
Jacob visits a prisoner who could be possessed. Jacob is surprised though when he discovers the man might be possessed by a saint.
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#4 - Episode 5
Line of Duty - Season 3 - Episode 5
AC-12's loyalties are divided when DS Steve Arnott comes under scrutiny from his colleagues. With his career in jeopardy, Arnott turns to an unlikely source for help.
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#5 - Episode 6
Line of Duty - Season 4 - Episode 6
While Nick Huntley faces lengthy questioning, AC-12 remain convinced of Roz's involvement.
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#6 - Episode 4
Apparitions - Season 1 - Episode 4
Father Jacob is called to a woman's health centre where supernatural forces appear to be at work.
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#7 - Old Acquaintance
Hustle - Season 2 - Episode 5
When Stacie claps eyes on her estranged husband Jake who left her five years ago taking everything she owned with him, she's certain he is to be the gang's next mark. Having graduated from the short con world to the professional poker circuit, he's good and he won't be an easy target. But the team swears to exact revenge on him for Stacie. Is Stacie really prepared to leave her friends for love? Or has she really got another card up her sleeve....?
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#8 - The Secret of Chimneys
Agatha Christie's Marple - Season 5 - Episode 2
Miss Marple finds herself spending the weekend at Chimneys, the stately home of Lord Caterham whose late wife was her cousin. The weekend has a diplomatic air to it as the Austrian Count Ludwig von Stainach is also there to negotiate a trade agreement with the British that will give the British access to iron ore. An important person goes missing, and Marple's search leads to a decades-old murder that might be connected to a mysterious diamond theft.
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#9 - Episode 6
Bodyguard (2018) - Season 1 - Episode 6
Principal Protection Officer David Budd has made a major breakthrough in the investigation into the attack on the home secretary, but his enquiries have put him in mortal danger. With the clock ticking and no-one left who believes him, David attempts to prove his innocence. But the evidence against him begins to stack up.
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#10 - Episode 4
Line of Duty - Season 5 - Episode 4
Tensions rise in the OCG following the events at Eastfield. With troubling questions hanging over the identity of ‘H’, suspicions mount at AC-12.
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#11 - Case One (2)
Whitechapel - Season 3 - Episode 2
The police drama set in London's East End continues with the second of a two-part story. A second mass murder occurs with no signs of an obvious break-in and no forensic evidence for Chandler and the team to use. The crimes begin to take on an almost supernatural edge and local residents wonder how they can sleep soundly in their beds when doors and locks offer no protection from whoever is responsible.
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#12 - Episode Four
The Fixer - Season 1 - Episode 4
Calum has made Mercer some tea. Problem is that it’s burned and totally lacking in nutritonal value. So off they go to the supermarket. Calum is amazed Mercer knows so much about cooking. Lenny appears and Mercer's heart sinks. He gives Mercer his next assignment. He must kill a violent criminal just acquitted of the murder of a young woman, Marie Greene. His name is Scott Glover. Mercer finds him at a hotel and prepares to kill him in the gentleman’s toilets. But his plan is fraught with problems. One of which is that a dogged and brave reporter knows more than he should about the case.
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#13 - Episode 3
Line of Duty - Season 4 - Episode 3
As AC-12 wrestle with the new forensic evidence casting doubt over Tim Ifield, Kate is approached by another woman claiming to have been assaulted by Michael Farmer. While Steve fumes over this contradictory testimony, Kate uses her newfound respect to inveigle herself with the Trapdoor team. Meanwhile, Steve challenges Roz's husband Nick to vouch for his wife's whereabouts on the night Tim Ifield went missing. With Nick proving evasive, Steve senses a whole new angle on the investigation.
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#14 - Episode 5
Line of Duty - Season 4 - Episode 5
DCI Roz Huntley struggles to allay her husband's suspicions. AC-12 find a new angle to pursue their case against her.
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#15 - A Murder Is Announced
Agatha Christie's Marple - Season 1 - Episode 4
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are summoned by a newspaper notice to the house of Letitia Blacklock, anticipating a murder game. But things become too real when someone is shot dead.
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#16 - Episode 2
Line of Duty - Season 5 - Episode 2
Kate and Steve attempt to track down a lead. A fresh police leak enables another audacious raid. Steve’s attempts to gather information put him in a dangerous situation.
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#17 - Episode 4
Line of Duty - Season 4 - Episode 4
Roz's husband Nick is brought in for questioning by AC-12. But while Nick denies any involvement in Steve's attack, his suspicions about Roz mount. Meanwhile, AC-12 discover new anomalies in the forensic evidence and issue DCI Roz Huntley with a second Reg 15 notice. AC-12's case appears watertight until Roz starts dismantling their evidence with inside information of her own.
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#18 - Elephants Can Remember
Agatha Christie's Poirot - Season 13 - Episode 1
While Poirot investigates the murder of a renowned psychiatrist, Ariadne Oliver becomes an amateur sleuth of her own.
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#19 - Episode 3
Mr Selfridge - Season 1 - Episode 3
Both Lois and Henri spot the threat of an ascendant Ellen Love. Agnes helps Henri develop the new house perfume - does Victor have a rival for his affections?
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#21 - Episode 3
Line of Duty - Season 5 - Episode 3
Corbett’s most daring plan yet requires McQueen to exploit links with corrupt police officers. AC-12 make a shocking discovery.
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#22 - Episode 4
Line of Duty - Season 3 - Episode 4
Fresh testimony launches AC-12 back on the trail of the Caddy, a corrupt officer with links to organised crime. But new disturbing evidence suggests the Caddy may reside within AC-12.
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#23 - Episode 1
Line of Duty - Season 5 - Episode 1
Following the deadly hijack of a police convoy, AC-12 target a ruthless organised crime group known to have links with corrupt officers.
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#25 - Episode 5
Bodyguard (2018) - Season 1 - Episode 5
David investigates Julia's political manoeuvring and finds his fears about a conspiracy at the heart of government could be justified. However, doubts are raised about his psychological health as allegations about his professional conduct come to light.
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#26 - Episode 4
Mr Selfridge - Season 1 - Episode 4
Harry wins a major publicity coup when ballerina Anna Pavlova agrees to visit the store. But Agnes' job comes under threat as Reg reaches breaking point, and he crashes the event.
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#27 - Kosovo
The Philanthropist - Season 1 - Episode 5
Teddy meets his ex-wife Julia and tells her about his journey to Kosovo where he tried to get Serbians and Albanians to work together, but learned that the hatred runs deep.
#28 - Episode 4
Bodyguard (2018) - Season 1 - Episode 4
Struggling to come to terms with the traumatic events of the last 24 hours, the home secretary's bodyguard David Budd himself falls under suspicion.
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#29 - An Ordinary Man
The Musketeers - Season 2 - Episode 2
D'Artagnan must protect King Louis when a notorious criminal kidnaps them both.
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#30 - Episode Three
The Fixer - Season 1 - Episode 3
Lenny is alerted to the recent arrival of a notorious Albanian gangster Tarek Sokoli. Sokoli wants to put down roots in his new homeland and that includes running drugs and prostitution rackets. Rather than have him killed, Lenny instructs Mercer, Rose and Calum to scare him away - to send the message to any others planning on setting up in London that their attempts will fail. He wants them to work as a team. Calum frees the prostitutes that Sokoli’s crew had illegally shipped in by returning their passports. However, after one of the liberated girls is killed, and a heroin importer is murdered by Sokoli’s lieutenant after Mercer convinced him against doing business with the Albanians, the unit begin to realise that simply executing Sokoli would have created far less bloodshed.
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#31 - Episode 7
Strike Back - Season 8 - Episode 7
Spencer joins S20 to take down Zayef for good. But when intel leads them back to the Demachi's, S20 finds itself embroiled in a feud that may expedite Zayef's plans and place military-grade weapons in the hands of terrorists across Europe.
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#32 - Keep Your Friends Close
The Musketeers - Season 2 - Episode 1
The Musketeers must rescue a French general from an impenetrable Spanish prison.
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#33 - Murphy's Law
Murphy's Law (2001) - Season 1 - Episode 1
Murphy infiltrates a gang implicated in a series of diamond heists and finds himself out of his depth involving Japan's equivalent of the mafia. Complicating the situation, Murphy finds himself attracted to Annie.
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#35 - Episode 8
Strike Back - Season 8 - Episode 8
S20 plans to storm a freighter carrying weapons, but when Spencer administers a kill order, Coltrane grows suspicious. As members of S20 contemplate following their conscience, Zayef divulges intel that could drastically change their fate.
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#38 - Case One (1)
Whitechapel - Season 3 - Episode 1
DI Chandler and DS Miles investigate the slaughter of four people at a tailor's fortified workshop. Ed Buchan, retained by Chandler as the team's historical adviser, believes that the huge archive at Whitechapel station will provide the necessary insight into this baffling crime.
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#39 - Twelve Days
Troy: Fall of a City - Season 1 - Episode 7
King Priam takes his life into his hands to visit Achilles. A truce is agreed, but will it hold? Helen faces a personal crisis as her relationship with Paris comes under strain.
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#41 - Offering
Troy: Fall of a City - Season 1 - Episode 8
The Trojans are stunned to discover that all that remains of the Greek army in Troy is an offering to the gods in the form of a wooden horse. They believe the war may finally be over, and celebrations begin. But perhaps too soon.
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#42 - Conspiracy Theories
The Flight Attendant - Season 1 - Episode 4
Cassie follows a surprising paper trail to a suspiciously empty private jet service. Later, a visit from her brother Davey forces Cassie to confront her memories of her "unconventional" childhood.
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#44 - The Other Half Lives (2)
Case Sensitive - Season 2 - Episode 2
Ruth is interviewed by Charlie and Simon. They have a letter from Jason’s house that should have arrived the day that he died with her fingerprints are on it. Ruth admits that she went to the house and she slept with Jason. She insists though that she didn’t kill Jason.
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#45 - Episode 1
The Rig (2023) - Season 1 - Episode 1
When the Kinloch Bravo’s crew find themselves stranded on their production platform, first when their chopper is diverted and then by a mysterious fog that affects the entire oil field, rig boss Magnus’ attempts to find a practical solution are thwarted by a horrifying accident and a growing sense of unease onboard.
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#46 - Episode 2
Undeniable - Season 1 - Episode 2
Concluding part of the thriller about a woman who believes she recognises her mother's killer 23 years after the murder took place. When Andrew's DNA results establish his innocence beyond any doubt, Jane still cannot accept that he is not the murderer and sets out to prove it. Isolated and alone, her determination becomes increasingly irrational and obsessive and the police become involved once again. Jane's home life is turned upside down as the tension threatens to destroy her marriage to Rob. Meanwhile Andrew is deeply hurt by the suspicions of his own daughter, Emma. Emma's confusion and anguish find an outlet when she lashes out at Jane, and unleashes a series of consequences which neither of the two women could possibly have foreseen.
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#47 - Episode 2
The Rig (2023) - Season 1 - Episode 2
The appearance of the rig’s Stand By Vessel raises hopes of escape in the team – leaving geologist Rose until sunrise to try and work out the scientific nature of the mysterious ash onboard before the crew abandon ship and make a break for it. But with tensions running high, some are compelled to take the situation into their own hands, with serious consequences.
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#48 - Episode 3
The Rig (2023) - Season 1 - Episode 3
With Baz missing and presumed dangerous, the crew split into groups to search the production module and find him, and Rose takes the painful decision to isolate Fulmer. But as Rose makes a perplexing breakthrough, the manhunt becomes more frightening and mysterious when the crew are hit by power failures and paranoia, and they discover things that push them far beyond their comfort zone.
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#49 - Episode 1
Undeniable - Season 1 - Episode 1
Brand new two-part thriller about a woman called Jane Fielding who believes she recognises her mother's killer 23 years after the murder took place. Nearly a quarter of a century later, Jane is married to Rob and has a daughter of her own, but the traumatic events of that day still haunt her. She was the sole witness and is constantly aware that the murderer is still at large. While on a routine visit to hospital, she locks eyes with the man believes killed her mother. Andrew Rawlins is a respected consultant oncologist and family man whose status and impeccable demeanour make him an unlikely suspect. Furthermore, it emerges that Jane has made accusations against others in the past - identifications which proved to be entirely false. Her family and the investigating police begin to worry that this is just another such claim and that Jane is crumbling emotionally before their eyes.
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The Bill - Season 6 - Episode 99
Penny gets pulled over after being at the pub. He thinks it is a wind-up. The officers are from Barton Street.