The BEST episodes written by Jack Thorne
#1 - Betrayal
His Dark Materials - Season 1 - Episode 8
As the Magisterium closes in, Lyra learns more about Asriel’s rebellion. But her assistance to him comes at great personal cost.
#2 - Theft
His Dark Materials - Season 2 - Episode 3
Lyra ignores the alethiometer's advice leading to dangerous consequences.
#3 - Æsahættr
His Dark Materials - Season 2 - Episode 7
As all paths converge on Cittàgazze, Lee is determined to fulfil his quest, whatever the cost. Mrs Coulter's question is answered, and Will takes on his father's mantle.
#4 - The Daemon-Cages
His Dark Materials - Season 1 - Episode 6
Lyra discovers the horrific truth behind the Gobbler’s activities in the North. She must use all her wits to help free those around her and avoid suffering a terrible fate.
#5 - The Cave
His Dark Materials - Season 2 - Episode 2
Lyra crosses into Will's world, and they set off to find answers about Dust. Will is shocked to discover he has grandparents, but quickly realises he can’t trust them.
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#6 - Malice
His Dark Materials - Season 2 - Episode 6
Lyra and Will find allies who can help them in their search for Will’s father. The Magisterium learn something shocking, and Mrs Coulter meets a formidable foe.
#7 - Tower of the Angels
His Dark Materials - Season 2 - Episode 4
Will and Lyra make a plan, unaware of the dangers or the cost involved.
#8 - '88 - Episode 3
This Is England - Season 2 - Episode 3
On Christmas Day, the gang are getting merry, until they bump into Woody and Jennifer. Shaun's messed up big style and it's hit him hard. Lol struggles to find some peace.
#9 - The Fight to the Death
His Dark Materials - Season 1 - Episode 7
Separated from her friends, Lyra must use all of her methods of deception to thwart a formidable foe. Meanwhile, Mrs Coulter plots her next move.
#10 - The Lost Boy
His Dark Materials - Season 1 - Episode 5
The alethiometer sends Lyra and Iorek on a new path, leading to a shocking but vital clue in her search to find her friend Roger and the other missing children.
#11 - The City of Magpies
His Dark Materials - Season 2 - Episode 1
Lyra and Will find themselves in a strange new place. The Magisterium take action as Mrs Coulter interrogates a suspected heretic witch, and Lee Scoresby embarks on a mission.
#12 - The Spies
His Dark Materials - Season 1 - Episode 3
From the clutches of the Gobblers, Lyra finds help from an unlikely source, which helps her piece together more about her past and keep safe from the Magisterium.
#13 - Lyra's Jordan
His Dark Materials - Season 1 - Episode 1
Orphan Lyra Belacqua's world is turned upside-down by her long-absent uncle's return from the north, while the glamorous Mrs Coulter visits Jordan College with a proposition.
#14 - The Idea of North
His Dark Materials - Season 1 - Episode 2
Lyra starts her new life in London, determined to find Roger with Mrs Coulter’s help. The Gyptians continue their search for the missing children and the elusive Gobblers.
#15 - Episode 4
The Fades - Season 1 - Episode 4
Up is down and black is white as Paul's family and friends struggle to cope in the aftermath of his accident. Meanwhile, the Angelics are torn apart by moral compromises and a strange new man with deadly intentions moves relentlessly through town.
#16 - '88 - Episode 1
This Is England - Season 2 - Episode 1
It's December 23, but life isn't looking festive for some. Lol's struggling to cope with new responsibilities and past haunts. Woody has a new girlfriend: she's lovely, but the polar opposite of Lol.
#17 - '88 - Episode 2
This Is England - Season 2 - Episode 2
It's Christmas Eve and Woody's been offered a promotion at work. Lol pays a visit to Combo in prison. Shaun takes centre stage for his acting debut and, in true style, the gang all attend.
#18 - '86 - Episode 4
This Is England - Season 1 - Episode 4
Woody and Lol get back together, leading Woody to believe he's now ready to marry the woman he loves. Shaun and Smell finally come together, while Combo gets a chance to do something truly heroic.
#20 - Episode 6
The Fades - Season 1 - Episode 6
A town left deserted. An Angelic on the edge of desperation. A Fade on the cusp of victory. And a reluctant 17 year old boy with visions of the apocalypse - it all comes down to this final showdown. People will die. Ash will fall. It is inevitable.
#21 - '86 - Episode 3
This Is England - Season 1 - Episode 3
Shaun has rejected his mum and is living rough, while Lol's world is falling apart and her dad shows his true colours.
#22 - Naomi
Skins - Season 3 - Episode 6
Naomi (Lily Loveless) thinks she has the world worked out, and puts people in their appropriate boxes. There's her hippy mum (Olivia Colman); the adoration from Emily (Kathryn Prescott); Cook's (Jack O'Connell) insulting misogyny; and her politics teacher, Kieran's (Ardal O'Hanlon), flattery. She thinks she has them all sussed, and that it's only her who can see the truth. However, the upcoming student elections leave her at a loss, and her insecurities get the better of her. The trust and confidence inspired by a friend encourages her to stand up to her arch rival, the antithesis of everything she stands for, as her and Cook go head to head; but Naomi learns that nothing is black and white anymore.
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#23 - Episode 5
The Fades - Season 1 - Episode 5
Paul came back to life for a reason, but he's just not sure what that reason might be. Meanwhile, more Fades are being reborn and nothing can stop them. As they infiltrate the town, Paul's home life and Angelic life are put on a collision course.
#24 - '86 - Episode 1
This Is England - Season 1 - Episode 1
It's the day of Woody and Lol's wedding, but all is not well and things aren't helped when Meggy has a sudden crisis. Lava lamps will fly, wreaths will be stolen, and old desires will be rekindled...
#25 - Episode 4
The Virtues - Season 1 - Episode 4
The final episode sees Joseph and Dinah finally get the answers they have been searching for. They each have to decide whether to seek their own justice, or to forgive.
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#26 - Episode 2
The Fades - Season 1 - Episode 2
Neil goes underground to begin planning his fight back against the Fades and as Paul's terrifying visions continue, Neil takes him to see an ancient Fade, who foresees Paul's importance in the looming battle. Realising how high the stakes have become, Paul decides the upcoming school ball will be his big goodbye to his old life. Meanwhile, DC Armstrong continues to investigate the growing number of missing persons cases in the town, completely unaware that they are being slaughtered by the Fades.
#28 - Episode 3
The Fades - Season 1 - Episode 3
As Paul's powers manifest themselves, his friendship with Mac and relationship with Jay are pushed to breaking point. Meanwhile, a host of new Angelics arrive in town just as the Fades' plans evolve in a chilling new direction.
#29 - The Last Panther
The Last Panthers - Season 1 - Episode 6
Naomi tries to protect a vengeful Milan, while Khalil and Mokhtar find themselves in deep trouble.
#30 - Angel of Death
The Last Panthers - Season 1 - Episode 5
It is 1995 and war-torn Bosnia breathes in the uncertain safety of a delicate ceasefire, while Naomi and Milan's significant past is revealed.
#31 - Episode 4
Toxic Town - Season 1 - Episode 4
2009. The mothers and council face each other in court. As both sides give their evidence, a key witness could change the course of the entire trial.
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The Last Panthers - Season 1 - Episode 2
Naomi goes to Belgium to question a lead who is behind bars, while Milan tries to get the diamond money to pay for his brother's heart operation, and Khalil interrogates the victim of a home invasion.
#33 - Episode 3
The Virtues - Season 1 - Episode 3
As he tries to come to terms with his past, Joseph revisits a place he has confused and fractured memories of, with tough consequences.
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The Last Panthers - Season 1 - Episode 4
Milan tries to get back to Belgrade before Zlatko can harm his brother, while Khalil strikes a deal with his sibling. Elsewhere, Naomi pursues the diamonds, but when she discovers a damaging connection between the missing rocks and the airport project, she struggles to get Tom to take her findings on board.
#35 - '86 - Episode 2
This Is England - Season 1 - Episode 2
Shaun is having a great time: the World Cup is hotting up, he has friends and a new job in the burgeoning VHS industry.
#36 - Episode 2
The Virtues - Season 1 - Episode 2
After a long journey, Joseph arrives in Ireland, where he has an emotional reunion with an important person from his childhood and is introduced to a new family.
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#37 - The Commuter
Electric Dreams (2017) - Season 1 - Episode 3
Ed's getting tired of his lot in life but after he encounters a mysterious woman who sets him on a journey to Macon Heights, a town that doesn't exist, he'll return home to find his life has changed for the better, but at the ultimate cost.
#38 - Episode 1
The Fades - Season 1 - Episode 1
Paul struggles with home and sixth-form life as apocalyptic visions haunt his dreams and a supernatural creature stalks his home town. When he crosses paths with an outcast loner called Neil who can explain what Paul is seeing, his life is transformed.
#39 - Episode 4
The Accident (2019) - Season 1 - Episode 4
Harriet is in the dock for gross negligence manslaughter as the families' private prosecution finally arrives in court. Polly fears for Leona, who wants to give evidence.
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The Last Panthers - Season 1 - Episode 1
In the first instalment, a diamond heist triggers a dive into Europe's criminal underworld, as seen through the eyes of a cop, a criminal, and a loss adjuster.
#41 - Sketch
Skins - Season 2 - Episode 2
Maxxie has a creepy feeling that someone is watching him. Someone close by. A hot boy maybe? No such luck. Sketch is Maxxie’s stalker. A weird loner, who spends most days shut up in a poky flat looking after their disabled Mum. So their attentions turn to the fit blonde boy who lives on the estate. Soon everything in their life is about Maxxie – If only he would even notice them. Meanwhile, the sixth form college production of ‘Osama: The Musical’ is teetering towards disaster under the heavy-handed guidance of lecherous drama teacher Bruce. But Sketch is prepared to do anything to get leading man Maxxie, and if they can’t have him, they’re going to make sure nobody can - and especially not his current leading lady Michelle.
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#42 - Episode 2
Kiri - Season 1 - Episode 2
Tobi searches for his son, Nate, the prime suspect in the case, and faces up to some uncomfortable truths about his relationship with him. The witch-hunt is intensifying around Miriam as she’s under pressure to admit she is to blame for what happened to Kiri, while Kiri’s foster family of Alice, Jim and Si also find themselves in the media spotlight.
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The Last Panthers - Season 1 - Episode 3
Khalil discovers his brother is involved in a smuggling ring, while Milan makes a noble decision which could have terrible personal consequences.
#44 - Episode 3
Kiri - Season 1 - Episode 3
Alice and Jim are shocked to hear from DI Mercer that the police case against Nate might not be straightforward after all and everything may not be as it seemed. A reeling Alice goes on the offensive, with Miriam in particular in the firing line. Meanwhile Tobi is furious with the police for the way they’ve treated his family, as DI Mercer has more bad news for him.
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#45 - Episode 3
Toxic Town - Season 1 - Episode 3
2002. As the mothers' campaign group starts to build its case against the council, they're met with what feels like an impossible obstacle.
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#46 - Episode 1
Kiri - Season 1 - Episode 1
Miriam is a dedicated social worker who arranges for Kiri, a young black girl, to have an unsupervised visit with her birth grandfather, Tobi, and his second wife before her white foster family officially adopts her. However during the visit Kiri tragically goes missing and as the search for her intensifies Miriam is very publically blamed by the police, the press, and even her colleagues for putting the girl at risk.
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#47 - Episode 2
Toxic Town - Season 1 - Episode 2
1999. A surprising phone call makes Susan speculate that the babies' differences may be connected. A grieving Ted stirs up trouble within the council.
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#48 - Episode 1
Toxic Town - Season 1 - Episode 1
1995. As the Midlands town of Corby undertakes a regeneration project, two women in the same hospital give birth to disabled babies on the same day.
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#49 - Episode 3
The Accident (2019) - Season 1 - Episode 3
The inquest opens and questions are asked of Iwan, Alan and Harriet. Polly is forced to choose between her husband and justice when asked to betray Iwan.
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#50 - Episode 2
The Accident (2019) - Season 1 - Episode 2
In the aftermath of the tragedy, Polly worries that Iwan might be hiding something. Angela gathers the families to fight for justice. Harriet faces questions at work.
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