The BEST episodes written by Anthony Skene

A Special Mischief
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9.32
38 votes

#1 - A Special Mischief

Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 2 - Episode 10

While her parents are away, Elizabeth gets involved in the suffragette movement. Rose attempts to keep her out of trouble but the situation ends badly, requiring Elizabeth to seek help from Julius Karekin, an influential man she just met.

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The Wages of Sin
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8.65
37 votes

#2 - The Wages of Sin

Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 2 - Episode 12

With Sarah expecting his baby, she and Thomas are planning to wed, but concerns that the news might not be well received causes Sarah to claim a stranger is the father. Unaware of the truth, Lady Marjorie thinks Thomas is making a huge mistake and threatens to sack him unless he changes his mind, which he refuses to do. Later, when Thomas informs her they'll be working for a neighbor, Lady Marjorie fears they'll divulge the family secrets and demands Richard do something to ensure that doesn't happen.

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Many Happy Returns
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8.47
206 votes

#3 - Many Happy Returns

The Prisoner (1967) - Season 1 - Episode 7

Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

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Word of Honour
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8.05
62 votes

#4 - Word of Honour

Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 3 - Episode 7

Acting on a tip from a friend, Richard quadruples his stock market investment in a matter of weeks. When it turns out that the company he invested in just landed a government contract, he's accused of insider trading. Richard denies learning about it in Parliament, but refuses to divulge the name of his friend, and when Hazel and Hudson go behind his back to determine his friend's identity, Richard is furious.

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The Dancing Men
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7.55
332 votes

#5 - The Dancing Men

Sherlock Holmes (1984) - Season 1 - Episode 2

Hilton Cubitt, from Derbyshire, consults Holmes about a series of dancing men picture-messages his wife is receiving. On their wedding-day, she had made Cubitt promise he would ask her nothing about her past, but she now seems to be terrified. Holmes has to decipher the code of the matchstick men and get to the bottom of a dreadful murder which lies behind it.

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Dance of the Dead
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7.21
171 votes

#6 - Dance of the Dead

The Prisoner (1967) - Season 1 - Episode 8

Number 6 comes across a body that has washed ashore with a radio. After sending the body back out to sea, he tries to use the radio to get rescued.

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A. B. and C.
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7.08
410 votes

#7 - A. B. and C.

The Prisoner (1967) - Season 1 - Episode 3

Number 2 believes that Number 6 resigned because he was going to sell out. Using dream manipulation, Number 2 tries to determine which one of three possible candidates Number 6 was dealing with.

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