The BEST episodes written by Ashley Pharoah

#1 - A Touch of Class

Hustle - Season 1 - Episode 5

Desperate for a lucrative con, the team decides to fleece a bitter, rich divorcee but Mickey's feelings for her begin to cloud the issue.

#2 - Episode 4

Life on Mars - Season 1 - Episode 4

Sam arrests the henchman of Stephen Warren, a local Mr Big, when he learns the whole of CID are on his payroll. Sam also visits his childhood home to interact with his mother (using name of "Bolan", a reference to the glam rock star Marc Bolan), who was being threatened by the landlord, one of Warren's men. Sam tries to help her by giving her some money and she mis-understands his gesture. When Sam tries to go all out after Warren, he finds himself in fix when Warren sets him up in a honey trap. The girl involved in the honey trap sees the error of her ways only to be murdered by Warren. Gene disagrees with Ray who says that if they don't play the game people get hurt and helps Sam bring down Warren finally putting his guilty conscience to rest. Sam also attempts to persuade Gene to swap his Red Rum for Tyler's Proud Percy in the Grand National sweepstakes.

#3 - Episode 7

Ashes to Ashes - Season 3 - Episode 7

DCI Jim Keats has almost finished his report into DCI Gene Hunt and his team, but he's still pushing DI Alex Drake to find out what really happened to Sam Tyler. When reports come in of a disturbance at an ANC illegal drinking den Gene heads in all guns blazing. The men at the club are quick to dismiss the disturbance as nothing, but when DI Ray Carling spots blood on the floor and discovers a dead body, it leads Gene into a murder investigation.

#4 - Episode 6

Life on Mars - Season 1 - Episode 6

Sam, convinced that his life-support system is about to be switched off in his own time, convinces himself that resolving a hostage situation will allow him to wake up.

#5 - Episode 4

Life on Mars - Season 2 - Episode 4

The body of a young woman is found in wasteland. The investigation takes the team to suburbia, where a local car dealer is throwing private parties, employing make-up girls from a local company to “help out” when the wife-swapping begins. Posing as married couple Tony and Cherie Blair, Sam and Annie infiltrate one of the parties, only to discover that it isn't as simple as they think.

#6 - Found in Soho

Ashes to Ashes - Season 2 - Episode 1

When a dead man is found in a Soho strip club, it looks like a sex game has gone wrong. So when the deceased is discovered to be a police officer, Gene and Alex are ordered to keep the case under wraps.

#7 - Alex's Big Day

Ashes to Ashes - Season 1 - Episode 8

Alex is determined to prevent the murder of her parents in a car bomb attack. Gene, meanwhile, is determined to give a good impression to a visiting Lord Scarman, but the station is still dealing with the aftermath of a Gay Pride demonstration.

#8 - Episode 2

Ashes to Ashes - Season 3 - Episode 2

A severed hand is sent to Fenchurch station. Discovering that several women have been murdered, Alex decides to join the dating agency they all used. Alex tries to discover the truth about Sam Tyler's death, but Gene is obstructive.

#9 - Long Days, Short Nights (2)

Silent Witness - Season 1 - Episode 4

Sam investigates a ritualistic murder - a man is found dead in his house, the main suspect is Sebastian Bird. Everything leads to Bird. When another body is found and the police discover a book about black magic in his house they are sure of his guilt. Sam thinks he is innocent and continues to look for the true killer.

#10 - Darkness Visible (1)

Silent Witness - Season 1 - Episode 5

A man is found dead in his cell. It is clear that he has been murdered. Sam comes to the conclusion that one of the officers who was in the police station at the time of death has to be the killer. A police officer is also found dead, the conclusion is that he killed the man and then committed suicide. Sam thinks that they are both murders and tries to solve the case by finding the real perpetrator of the murders.

#11 - Long Days, Short Nights (1)

Silent Witness - Season 1 - Episode 3

Sam investigates a ritualistic murder - a man is found dead by a man walking his dog, the main suspect is Sebastian Bird. Everything leads to Bird. When another body is found and the police discover a book about black magic in his house they are sure of his guilt. Sam thinks he is innocent and continues to look for the true killer.

#12 - Darkness Visible (2)

Silent Witness - Season 1 - Episode 6

#13 - Gene's Queen

Ashes to Ashes - Season 2 - Episode 4

A face from Gene's old stomping ground of Manchester shows up called Jackie Queen. Jackie is a reporter who is investigating teenagers who traveled to London from the north and have disappeared.

#14 - The Happy Day

Ashes to Ashes - Season 1 - Episode 2

DCI Hunt is determined to keep a lid on protests against the London Docklands development. When a suspected member of the London Liberation Front is arrested, Alex asks her mother, a lawyer, to defend him. Meanwhile, Prince Charles is marrying Lady Diana Spencer and the in-crowd is partying at the Blitz Club.

#15 - Case Histories (2)

Case Histories - Season 1 - Episode 2

As the detective series continues, Jackson seems to be collecting lost girls. Along with his continuing investigation into the killing of Laura Wyre, and missing Olivia Land, Jackson decides to help a mysterious seductress find her niece. All whilst dealing with the knowledge that his ex-wife is moving to New Zealand with his beloved daughter.

#16 - Case Histories (1)

Case Histories - Season 1 - Episode 1

Jackson takes on the mysterious case of a girl who went missing 30 years ago, as well as helping a grieving father to find the man who murdered his daughter, all whilst trying to deal with flashbacks to his own traumatic past.