The BEST episodes directed by Richard Dale

The Survivors
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8.52
168 votes

#1 - The Survivors

Walking with Cavemen - Season 1 - Episode 4

A focus on a group of Homo heidelbergensis, advanced tool users who lived in family units but who were incapable of imagination, and their descendents the Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, who came to conquer the world.

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Savage Family
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8.34
169 votes

#2 - Savage Family

Walking with Cavemen - Season 1 - Episode 3

An extraordinary new breed of ape-man called homo ergaster has taken over Africa. They are expert tool-makers, food-finders and travellers, but where they differ most from their predecessors is in their communal lifestyle. The third instalment of Professor Robert Winston's series on human ancestry travels back one-and-half million years to explore this innovative creature.

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Episode Three
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8.19
21 votes

#3 - Episode Three

Teachers - Season 1 - Episode 3

Simon finally gets kicked out by his dad and is forced to move in with the boring Science teacher Steve. In the end, he decides even living in Brian and Kurt’s pigsty would be better and he moves in the following day. Things go from bad to worse as Maggie threatens to dump Simon for being unromantic. However, Carol’s idea of a romantic dinner goes down a treat and all is alright again.

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First Ancestors
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7.99
183 votes

#4 - First Ancestors

Walking with Cavemen - Season 1 - Episode 1

Journeying millions of years into the past, Winston goes on the trail of Australopithecus afarensis, an ape who took the first step towards modern man.

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Episode Two
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7.81
57 votes

#5 - Episode Two

Teachers - Season 1 - Episode 2

Clare enjoys winding the teachers up about the upcoming Parent’s Evening. Susan also begins to fear that the job of Year Head will go to Jenny, who has been impressing Clare with her strict teaching skills. Simon must wriggle his way out of trouble after getting caught smoking a joint with a student.

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Blood Brothers
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7.78
172 votes

#6 - Blood Brothers

Walking with Cavemen - Season 1 - Episode 2

Two species of ape-man feature in the second of Professor Robert Winston's series on human ancestry: the gentle, root-munching Paranthropus boisei and the enterprising scavenger Homo habilis. Who had the best strategy for survival in their prehistoric world?

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Episode One
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7.06
47 votes

#7 - Episode One

Teachers - Season 1 - Episode 1

On his 26th birthday Simon is persuaded to steal a statue from Summerdown School. He spends the next week worried the authoritarian Claire will find out. Simon also gets it in the neck from Jenny, who feels he is too undisciplined, and he’s in for a shock when he realizes his girlfriend Maggie is in fact a police officer.

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