The BEST episodes written by Paula Milne
#1 - Episode 2
Small Island - Season 1 - Episode 2
The emotional and moving climax to the stories of Hortense, Queenie and Gilbert whose lives entwine in post Second World War London. Hortense begins her new life in England and soon learns it is not the golden land she hoped it would be. She and Gilbert suffer racism and ignorance, but in adversity they discover new qualities in each other and begin to fall in love. Queenie is shocked when her husband Bernard returns to her after years away. When she goes into labour and has a baby by a mysterious father, the lives of all four are changed forever.
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#2 - Eve of Destruction
White Heat - Season 1 - Episode 2
In 2012, Charlotte is joined by two former flatmates to clear the flat. Back in the late 60s, Lilly faces a terrible personal crisis. And at a violent anti-Vietnam war demonstration Jack and Victor face a challenge that will define their perceptions of each other forever.
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#3 - Episode 1
Small Island - Season 1 - Episode 1
London 1948: Hortense joins Gilbert, her new husband, in England, where he is lodging with Queenie Bligh. The women have both married in unpromising circumstances as love is a luxury neither can afford. As Hortense remembers her life in Jamaica and the profound love she had for Michael and his betrayal of her, Queenie also remembers her night of passion with the same Michael when her husband was away at war. Initially suspicious of each other, will they uncover the secret they share?
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#4 - Episode 3
The Politician's Husband - Season 1 - Episode 3
Aiden has to defend himself in an embarrassing sex scandal that threatens to derail any chance of a political comeback and also further threatens his marriage. As he wrestles both back from the brink he discovers Freya has been less than honest about her whereabouts and the time she is spending with Bruce.
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#5 - Episode 1
The Politician's Husband - Season 1 - Episode 1
Aiden and Freya Hoynes are the golden couple of British politics. Aiden resigns from cabinet in a failed leadership bid thwarted by his best friend Bruce Babbish. In the cabinet reshuffle, Freya is appointed to cabinet, whilst Aiden returns to the back benches and a life of political obscurity. Finally out of her husband's shadow, Freya is forced to choose between her own career ambitions and publicly supporting her husband.
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#6 - Episode 2
The Politician's Husband - Season 1 - Episode 2
Driven by a desire to avenge his own downfall, Aiden plots against his old friend Bruce. He is also spending more time at home looking after the children and particularly their Asperger's son, Noah. As he sits on the side-lines watching his wife's meteoric rise, Aiden is increasingly consumed with jealousy and paranoia. Unable to accept his wife's new-found success or forgive her betrayal, Aiden begins to plot Freya's downfall as well as Bruce's.
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#7 - Part 3
The Same Sky - Season 1 - Episode 3
Lauren is twisted between her feelings for Lars and the responsibility she feels over her son Emil. When Lauren is out, Lars is given a new assignment: Sabine Cutter, a data analyst on the American side. Juliane confronts Klara with the physical changes that her body experiences due to the medication. Duncan has a gift for Alex. Lars's father Gregor has a new informant for the Stasi. Tobias is removed from the tunnel group and contacts Alex.
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#8 - Part 2
The Virgin Queen - Season 1 - Episode 2
The pressure on Elizabeth grows as there is still no marriage and consequently no heir to the throne. Elizabeth fears that her cousin Mary Queen of Scots, recently widowed, might claim her right to the throne of England. However she is resolute in thinking that she can rule alone. Meanwhile she continues to meet Robert Dudley. When his wife dies, rumors spread that Elizabeth might be behind her death. Details of a plot to replace Elizabeth with Mary are uncovered by Walsingham. Even the Duke of Norfolk seems to be involved and is subsequently sent to the tower.
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#9 - Part 1
The Same Sky - Season 1 - Episode 1
East-Berlin inspector Lars Weber is sent to West Berlin during his espionage training to make contact with the mysterious data analyst Lauren Faber, who works for the British Secret Service. His socialist father Gregor is very proud, but personal motives also play along. Lars' disillusioned uncle Conrad is struggling with his family problems, while Conrad's colleague Axel wants to break his chains with communist East Germany.
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#10 - Part 2
The Same Sky - Season 1 - Episode 2
Lars Weber succeeds in getting closer to Lauren, who for the time being distances herself from the attractive young man. Conrad's daughter Klara struggles with her feelings. She absolutely wants recognition from her father, who only cares for his older daughter Juliane. Axel returns to the bar hoping to see Duncan again, but he meets Tobias who has a special secret to tell him.
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#11 - Part 1
The Virgin Queen - Season 1 - Episode 1
Elizabeth remains a threat in her childless Catholic sister's eyes. Queen Mary is still on the throne and with her harsh politics, she excessively pursues the persecution of Protestants, even of her sister. Queen Mary knows that her sister has a large number of supporters in England, and therefore, she imprisons Elizabeth in the tower and later puts her under house arrest. When Queen Mary surprisingly dies from a tumor, Elizabeth becomes Queen of England. William Cecil, her advisor, warns Elizabeth of the dangers that the married Robert Dudley may, due to their inappropriate relation, cause as a member of the Privy Council.
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#12 - Part 3
The Virgin Queen - Season 1 - Episode 3
In order to neutralize the threat from the Catholics, Elizabeth pursues a match with the Duke of Anjou. Walsingham discovers proof of a planed murder of Elizabeth. Elizabeth sends the Duke of Anjou away when she finds a knife in her bed and brings Mary Queen of Scots to trial. She is forced to execute her when Mary Queen of Scots is found guilty. This execution angers the Spanish and they send their Armada to fight the English as a consequence. However, the English can defeat the Armada. The news of Dudley's death leaves Elizabeth heartbroken, but when she meets the step-son of Dudley, the Earl of Essex, she allows herself to be charmed by him.
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#13 - The Past Is a Foreign Country
White Heat - Season 1 - Episode 1
In 2012, Charlotte arrives at the flat of a recently deceased friend. She was one of seven students who once lived there. Memories are triggered of 1965 when they all met for the first time. Full of idealism and potential they embark on a journey of discovery, love and betrayal.
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