The BEST episodes written by Peter Harness
#1 - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Season 1 - Episode 7
England is plunged into chaos as ancient magical forces are unleashed. Norrell flees to the safety of his library, but is pursued by Strange who intends to free Arabella before the Gentleman's curse consumes him. Childermass tries to find a way to save Lady Pole, as Stephen is drawn deeper into the sinister world of the Fairy kingdom.
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#2 - Started Early, Took My Dog
Case Histories - Season 2 - Episode 1
Haunted by a child-snatching job in Munich that went wrong, Brodie is determined to atone for his mistake - and gets the chance when the search for a woman's birth parents leads him into the dark heart of 1970s police corruption and murder. The case crosses paths with that of Tracy Waterhouse, a store detective who witnessed a mother abusing her young daughter, presenting the PI with a moral dilemma - should he do what he feels is right or just walk away?
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#3 - When Will There Be Good News? (2)
Case Histories - Season 1 - Episode 6
Jackson is released from jail, his arrest having triggered a connection with the Joanna Hunter case. But will he be able to find her before something really bad happens? Meanwhile, Marcus has become caught up in the cheating wife case that Jackson just can't shake.
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#4 - An Event in Autumn
Wallander (UK) - Season 3 - Episode 1
Wallander moves into a dream home with his new girlfriend. But his happiness is shattered when the skeleton of a girl is discovered in the garden. Wallander must try to get his new life back on track by finding her killer, but the case is not as cold as he thinks.
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#5 - The Black Tower
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Season 1 - Episode 6
Strange is determined to learn the secrets of fairy magic so he can restore Arabella. Believing madness is the key to accessing the fairy world, he seeks a way to drive himself insane. However, the Gentleman does not take kindly to the intrusion into his realm, and unleashes a terrible curse to stop him. Norrell's determination to maintain control of all magic in England costs him dearly when the government turns against him, and Vinculus offers Stephen a means to escape from the Gentleman's clutches.
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#6 - The Education of a Magician
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Season 1 - Episode 3
Jonathan Strange travels to Spain. Mr Norrell is attempting to keep his secrets hidden in London.
#7 - The Troubled Man
Wallander (UK) - Season 4 - Episode 3
Kurt Wallander is in a race against time as he embarks on his final case - the disappearance of his daughter's father-in-law.
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#8 - Before the Frost
Wallander (UK) - Season 3 - Episode 3
A friend of Wallander's daughter comes begging for his help but then disappears. Meanwhile, an elderly woman's body is found cremated in a shallow grave. Killed by a seemingly religious obsessive, Wallander must catch the culprit before he strikes again.
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#9 - All the Mirrors of the World
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Season 1 - Episode 4
Norrell's refusal to let Strange study ancient magic causes a split between them.
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#10 - The Zygon Inversion (2)
Doctor Who (2005) - Season 9 - Episode 8
Shapeshifting Zygons are everywhere in the UK, and there is no way of knowing who to trust. With UNIT neutralised, only the Doctor stands in their way. But how do you stop a war? And what can the Doctor do to save his friends?
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#11 - Arabella
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Season 1 - Episode 5
Strange returns home a hero after helping to win the Battle of Waterloo, and resolves to write a book on ancient magic - to Norrell's horror. Strange's hopes for the future are shattered by a tragedy in his life, and following a confrontation with Norrell, he flees the country, determined to learn the truth about the fairy world - even if doing so costs him his sanity.
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#12 - How Is Lady Pole?
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Season 1 - Episode 2
Mr Norrell's magical illusions manage to baffle the French Navy and secure him the loyalty of Sir Walter Pole. Some magic he has used to revive Lady Pole has released something unnatural into Sir Walter's home. Jonathan Strange's magical ability increases and he travels to London take up an apprenticeship with Mr Norrell.
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#13 - The Dogs of Riga
Wallander (UK) - Season 3 - Episode 2
After two Eastern European corpses are washed ashore on a raft in Ystad, Wallander travels to Latvia on the hunt for the killers. Thrown into a cold, alien world of police surveillance and lies, Wallander soon finds himself entangled in a web of corruption with no-one to trust.
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#14 - A Lesson In Love
Wallander (UK) - Season 4 - Episode 2
The detective investigates when a body is found half-buried in a swamp, Visiting her home, Wallander discovers signs of an intruder and that the dead woman's daughter is missing. The return of a lost love distracts him from the case at hand, as he encounters a gang of bikers that have been causing trouble in the area and begins to suspect he is being watched.
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#15 - The Pyramid at the End of the World
Doctor Who (2005) - Season 10 - Episode 7
When the Earth is set on a countdown to destruction, an alien race offers a deal to save humanity. Will the Doctor accept their help?
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#16 - When Will There Be Good News? (1)
Case Histories - Season 1 - Episode 5
Whilst investigating a routine 'cheating wife' case, Jackson is caught up in a terrible train accident that brings yet another lost little girl into his life. This sets off a series of seemingly unconnected events that will have a far greater impact on his life than he realises.
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#17 - The Friends of English Magic
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Season 1 - Episode 1
Mr Norrell travels to London from Yorkshire to offer the government his services as a magician. Sir Walter Pole though refuses to align himself with such a disrespectable art as magic. After Sir Walter's sickly fiancée passes away, Mr Norrell makes a dangerous pact with a mysterious Gentleman to restore her to life. Jonathan Strange discovers that he also has magical powers.
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#18 - The Zygon Invasion (1)
Doctor Who (2005) - Season 9 - Episode 7
When Osgood is kidnapped by a rogue gang of Zygons, the Doctor, Clara and Unit must scatter across the world in a bid to set her free.
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#19 - Through The Looking Glass
Constellation - Season 1 - Episode 7
Lost and alone in the woods, Jo desperately tries to reunite with her daughter.
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#20 - The Left Hand of God
Constellation - Season 1 - Episode 4
Jo’s life back home is not how she remembers it, and growing tension with Magnus adds to her feelings of alienation.
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#21 - Five Miles Out, the Sound Is Clearest
Constellation - Season 1 - Episode 5
While on the run with Alice, Jo makes a chilling discovery. Bud threatens to exact his revenge on Henry.
#22 - Paul Is Dead
Constellation - Season 1 - Episode 6
Magnus worries that Alice is living in a fantasy world.
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#23 - Live And Let Die
Constellation - Season 1 - Episode 2
Jo races to find a way back to Earth before her life support runs out. Henry is concerned about his experiment.
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#24 - Somewhere in Space Hangs My Heart
Constellation - Season 1 - Episode 3
The space agencies begin their investigation into the ISS collision. Jo struggles to reconnect with Magnus and Alice.
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#25 - Kill the Moon
Doctor Who (2005) - Season 8 - Episode 7
The Doctor and Clara crash-land on the moon to find a base full of corpses, vicious spider-like creatures poised to attack, and a terrible dilemma.
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#26 - The Wounded Angel
Constellation - Season 1 - Episode 1
A disaster on board the International Space Station becomes a fight for survival.
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#27 - Episode 1
The War of the Worlds - Season 1 - Episode 1
Woking, 1905. A Martian capsule lands on Earth. When George and Amy join the curious crowd to examine it, the unleashing terror turns their lives into a nightmare.
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#28 - These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruin
Constellation - Season 1 - Episode 8
Jo is taken to an astronaut rehabilitation clinic, where the truth is revealed.
#29 - Episode 2
The War of the Worlds - Season 1 - Episode 2
With the Martian invasion gathering pace, George and Amy each face their own terrifying ordeals. Desperate to be reunited, a lifeline comes to them at the beach.
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#30 - Episode 3
The War of the Worlds - Season 1 - Episode 3
George and Mrs Elphinstone take refuge at an orphanage. Amy is reunited with Ogilvy, and together they piece together the events of the invasion, hoping to find the clue to the Martians' weakness.
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#31 - Heist
BBC Documentaries - Season 2008 - Episode 50
Drama based on the true story of an outrageous medieval heist, told in the style of Ocean's 11. When Dick Puddlecote is released from a Flanders jail in 1302 to discover his friends, his livelihood and his woman are all in hock to the king, he decides to exact a very modern form of revenge - break into the vault at Westminster Abbey and steal the king's gold. There’s just one catch - failure would earn him and his gang ruthless torture, swift punishment and potentially an eternity in hell. A true story sourced from original trial records, this bold comedy-drama combines the energy of a British heist comedy with the veracity of factual dramas and the bawdiness of Chaucer, breathing life into a strange and foreign world full of priests and prostitutes.