The BEST episodes directed by Stuart Orme
#1 - The Magdalen Martyrs
Jack Taylor - Season 1 - Episode 3
Jack is hired by the daughter of a former inmate of the infamous Magdalen Laundries, a home for wayward girls, to find the identity of a former nun, known only as Lucifer. The seemingly simple case grows complicated when two young boys are murdered. Jack sets out on the old nun´s trail, uncovering religious hypocrisy and abuse.
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#2 - Priest
Jack Taylor - Season 2 - Episode 2
The decapitation of Father Joyce in a Galway church horrifies even the most jaded citizen. Jack, devastated by a recent trauma of personal loss, has always believed himself to be beyond salvation. An eerie mix of exorcism, a predatory stalker, and an unlikely attraction conspires to lure him into a murderous web of dark conspiracies.
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#3 - The Dramatist
Jack Taylor - Season 2 - Episode 1
The impossible has happened: Jack is living clean and dating a mature woman – rumour suggests he is even attending mass! The accidental deaths of two students appear random, tragic events, except that in each case a copy of a book by John Millington Synge is found beneath the body. Jack begins to believe that a calculating killer is out there, enticing him to play.
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#4 - Part Two
Colditz (2005) - Season 1 - Episode 2
While World War II Allied Officer Jack Rose is held prisoner in Germany’s notorious Colditz Castle, he recruits a band of fellow escape artists in the ultimate breakout only to discover that the greatest betrayal awaits him on safe ground.
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#5 - Episode 1
The Last Train - Season 1 - Episode 1
Harriet Ambrose, a government technician, is travelling from London to Sheffield, aware of a pending cataclysm. As the train she is on enters a tunnel, a meteorite the size of Birmingham strikes the Earth.
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#6 - The Pikemen
Jack Taylor - Season 1 - Episode 2
Jack is returning to his beloved Galway clean and sober after having been away for a year. It is not long before Jack is dragged back under when he uncovers a group of vigilantes calling themselves The Pikemen, after old Irish Freedom Fighters. Jack is pushed to the brink like never before. He soon realizes that the only way to see justice done is to do the very thing he has been trying to avoid: to become like the Pikemen.
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#7 - Episode 6
The Last Train - Season 1 - Episode 6
The survivors reach the Ark, where they discover the truth about Hild's people.
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#8 - Sunflower
Foyle's War - Season 7 - Episode 3
Foyle is drawn into the bizarre murder of an ex-Nazi defector and leading expert on Soviet intelligence who had been working for MI5.
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#9 - Part One
Colditz (2005) - Season 1 - Episode 1
While World War II Allied Officer Jack Rose is held prisoner in Germany’s notorious Colditz Castle, he recruits a band of fellow escape artists in the ultimate breakout only to discover that the greatest betrayal awaits him on safe ground.
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#10 - Purgatory
Jack Taylor - Season 3 - Episode 3
Jack and Darragh are hired by the head of a large software company to find out who has stolen valuable games data from the company. Jack takes an liking to the main suspect, but when she is killed, Jack suspects his employer and vows to bring him down.
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#11 - Headstone
Jack Taylor - Season 3 - Episode 2
Jack is asked to locate a former nemesis of his who has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom, while also supporting Kate as she prepares for a major operation of her own.
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#12 - The Great and the Good
Lewis - Season 2 - Episode 4
Oswald Cooper is the prime suspect in the rape of a teenage girl, but presents an alibi supported by three pillars of the community. When Cooper is murdered, Lewis discovers a web of deceit going back 20 years, in which the dead man was used by the trio to cover up a sordid series of secrets - but the case soon takes on a personal dimension for the inspector.
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#13 - The Eternity Ring
Foyle's War - Season 7 - Episode 1
MI5 suspects British atomic research has been infiltrated and asks Foyle to look into whether a Russian spy network could be at work in the heart of London.
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#14 - The Guards
Jack Taylor - Season 1 - Episode 1
Former garda Jack Taylor investigates the disappearance of a woman's teenage daughter, a task that leads him into the underworld of Galway City. When four bodies turn up in the river and Jack's favourite barman dies in mysterious circumstances, everything he believes in begins to unravel - making him question those closest to him.
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#15 - Faith
Doc Martin - Season 8 - Episode 4
Morwenna's parents Jack and Tara pay a surprise visit, having been working as missionaries in Kenya. However, the reunion is tinged with sadness when it turns out that Morwenna's mother has liver cancer, and has decided against treatment because of her faith. Louisa's first online call for her new course does not go as planned - especially when Martin tells the lecturer exactly what he thinks - and Joe investigates a break-in at the school where nothing has been stolen.
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#17 - Accidental Hero
Doc Martin - Season 8 - Episode 6
Penhale decides to have a Police Open day to raise community awareness, but the only genuine visitor is an angry farmer who has had three of her sheep stolen. Meanwhile, Morwenna decides to take Al away for the weekend to try out Hannah's new glamping site, but the trip does not go well as Al accidently burns down the yurt. Elsewhere, James has started biting not only Louisa but other children at the nursery. Louisa speaks to Tina about it, but is surprised to find out Tina has spoken to their lecturer about it too.
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#18 - From the Mouths of Babes
Doc Martin - Season 8 - Episode 5
Louisa has problems at school with Toby, Angela Sim's Nephew. Meanwhile, Al has a 'Large Whiskey' order and has to ask Bert for some help, and Mrs Tishell seems to be having a delayed onset of mourning. Elsewhere, Martin and Louisa decide to try Mel's suggestions of using amber beads to help James while he is teething.
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#19 - Cross
Jack Taylor - Season 3 - Episode 1
When a man is found crucified, Jack’s investigations reveal that the dead man’s brother was responsible for the death of Nora Mitchell- and the surviving members of the Mitchell family are in town, seeking revenge.
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#20 - Episode 3
Arthur & George - Season 1 - Episode 3
Determined to prove his critics wrong and find out whether George has been hiding anything, Arthur attacks the case with renewed fervour, uncovering fresh evidence that suggests a very different explanation to the one found by the police. However, he and Woodie are led into further danger when it seems the Wyrley Ripper is still at large. On a mission that could expose corruption in the establishment, will Arthur be able to show the world that the young solicitor is innocent?
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#21 - To Kill the King
Merlin - Season 1 - Episode 12
Gwen's father, Tom, helps a sorcerer named Tauren turn lead into gold using a magic stone. As Tauren escapes, Tom is caught and will await trial. Whilst looking for Gwen, Morgana finds the magic stone, and Merlin can sense it. When Tom is killed by Uther, Morgana is out for revenge on Uther.
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#22 - Episode 1
Arthur & George - Season 1 - Episode 1
Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, recaptures his zest for life by pursuing and challenging a notorious miscarriage of justice...
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#23 - Deadly Slumber
Inspector Morse - Season 7 - Episode 1
The owner of a private hospital is found murdered in his car, after a series of anonymous threatening letters. Suspicion falls on a retired book-maker whose daughter suffered severe brain damage as a result of negligence during an operation some years before. Morse spends a lot of effort in investigating the possibility that the dead man was criminally negligent, and concludes that he was. While he does his best to bring the killer to justice, Morse does not seem very troubled that at the end of the day he is unable to nail him.
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#24 - Episode 2
Arthur & George - Season 1 - Episode 2
Woodie suspects that George is after all the Wyrley Ripper, but Arthur is not convinced and annoys the police. Then the local blacksmith is found dead.
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#25 - Episode 2
The Last Train - Season 1 - Episode 2
The survivors explore the ruins of Sheffield city centre in a search for friends and family, but find no survivors. The group desperately needs to find a supply of fresh water, and Harriet leads them to the bunker, and possible salvation. They are confronted by evidence of fellow survivors, but it is of an unwelcome nature.
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