10.0/101 votes#1 - The Even Chance
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/1998
In 1793, 17-year-old Horatio Hornblower begins his career in His Majesty's Navy, and must prove himself in battle when war is declared.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#2 - The Examination for Lieutenant
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/18/1998
Promoted to Acting Lieutenant, Hornblower is forced to question his readiness for command.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#3 - Retribution
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/25/2002
Before taking the Renown back to Jamaica for their court martial on charges of mutiny, Hornblower, Kennedy, and Bush convince an insecure and indecisive Lt. Buckland, now acting captain, that it would be appropriate to launch a surprise attack on the Spanish fortress at Santo Domingo. Matters are complicated when the inept Buckland incurs the enmity of the local rebels, who now regard them as enemies too. Captain Sawyer's increasing paranoia, deserting seamen, Buckland's growing jealousy of Hornblower, and the duplicity of the Spaniards all complicate the already perilous situation.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
8.1/1024 votes#4 - The ABC Murders
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1992
Beside the bodies of three murder victims lies a copy of the ABC Railway Guide.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
8.1/1016 votes#5 - The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/1990
Matthew Davenheim, a rich banker, disappears on a walk from his country house to the village post office, and Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard is put onto the case. Poirot, who has developed an interest in conjuring tricks, bets Japp five pounds that he can solve the mystery without leaving his apartment.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
7.8/1018 votes#6 - The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/1991
The London and Scottish Bank is sending a huge shipment of Liberty Bonds to New York on the liner Queen Mary. Poirot, who suffers terribly from sea-sickness, is asked to see the bonds safely across the Atlantic.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
7.8/1017 votes#7 - The Theft of the Royal Ruby
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 2/24/1991
Poirot prepares to spend a quiet Christmas on his own with a box of chocolates, but he has to give up his plans when the British government asks for his urgent help. Prince Farouk, a young member of the Egyptian royal family visiting London, has lost a famous ruby, and this is deemed to be a matter of national security.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
7.8/1018 votes#8 - Murder on the Links
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 2/11/1996
Poirot and Hastings are on holiday in Deauville and receive a visit from Paul Renauld, who believes he's being cheated by Chileans. Renauld is kidnapped and his body is later found buried in a new golf bunker. French detective Giraud unwisely challenges Poirot to catch the killer before he can.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
7.7/1019 votes#9 - The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2/17/1991
Poirot is called in to help a woman who lives in fear of her husband, and he is invited to a dinner party which goes horribly wrong.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
7.6/1017 votes#10 - Hickory Dickory Dock
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/1995
A string of thefts at a student hostel run by Miss Lemon's sister ends in death and Poirot has a number of plots and sub-plots to untangle. A certain mouse is the only witness to a string of murders.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
7.6/1016 votes#11 - The Kidnapped Prime Minister
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/1990
Poirot is called in when the British Prime Minister and his secretary are kidnapped in France on their way to a League of Nations conference - and he is given just a day and a half to solve the case.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
7.5/1013 votes#12 - Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 3/7/1993
Mrs. Opalsen's famous pearls are stolen and Poirot is happily on hand to investigate. A complex theft calls for a sophisticated solution. Unfortunately, Poirot is hindered everywhere he goes by being mistaken for 'Lucky Len'.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
7.3/1021 votes#13 - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2000
Living quietly in the small village of King's Abbot, sleuth Hercule Poirot becomes involved in the murder of successful industrialist Roger Ackroyd. The number of potential killers is almost as great as the population of the village itself. As Poirot investigates he sees that there might be a connection to the suicide of a local woman, and the death the previous year of her husband.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#14 - Down Among the Dead Men
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/22/1995
Ed and Beckett go 'under cover' and end up on board a submarine. They are, however, found out to be fakes and, whilst Ed escapes, Beckett is left on the submarine with a money hungry man, eager to gain access to a bank and steal some diamonds a long the way. Beckett ends up getting trapped on the submarine, as it slowly fills with water. The man, meanwhile, has got his associate to steal these diamonds, but their plan is foiled when Ros enters the scene. Ed goes under the sea to search for the submarine and but will he find Beckett in time?
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: Stephen Gallagher
7.0/101 votes#15 - A Cage for Satan (2)
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 6/22/1996
Another second parter to end the Series. Cyberax's destructive nature has entered Ros' brain and Beckett and Ed find themselves racing against time (and the fact that if Ros finds out about the true nature of Cyberax, her mind will explode) to save her. Beckett ‘foils' Jean-Daniel's plans, but in the process accidentally tells Ros the truth about Cyberax, and Ed has to kill her, electrocuting her. The reason being that ‘because Cyberax is a virus in the memory, you have to shut down the system and reboot with a completely new set of instructions'- (as said by Ed).
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#16 - Whirling Dervish
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/1996
The Bugs team are called in to prevent a cartel of the world airlines from sabotaging Strate Air, a successful new airline. Hector Jerome, the airline cartel's main agent, becomes a target for the Bugs team and they discover he is in possession of a deadly new fighter plane- the Dervish. The Bugs team fight to stop them from shooting down Strate Air planes out of the sky, with Ed in the position to either shoot the plane down or die.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: Colin Brake
6.0/101 votes#17 - Blackout
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/1996
A woman called Pascal holds a building full of people hostage, claiming to be comcerned about the enivornment. However, her intensions are found out to be not that caring, as she plans to steal a lot of money and also the isotope triggers, which would cause a big explosion. the Bugs team fight to get back the triggers and stop Pascal's lover driving off with a fortune stolen from a bank
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: Frank De Palma
6.0/101 votes#18 - Gold Rush
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 5/11/1996
A room full of gold is infected with a new sort of virus that quite literally eats gold. It is up to Ros to make an antidote to return the gold to normal, and she doesn't have long- after some time, and once the gold has reached a certain temperature, it will be irreversible and the gold will be lost forever. Ed is trapped in the room with the gold and also two security things that continuously try to shoot him. Beckett decides to get Ed out of the room, as the antidote Ros creates is harmful to humans, but his only way to get to it is by going through a tunnel filled with toxic fumes.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: Bruno Heller
6.0/101 votes#19 - Schrodinger's Bomb
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 5/25/1996
Cassandra and ‘Daddy' strike a deal with Jean-Daniel and Ros ends up getting kidnapped by him. Roland Blatty has a ‘brush with death' when he is left in a room filled with lots of ticking bombs. Ed and Beckett go to save Ros, and end up having to use a chain saw to free her as she was handcuffed to a steering wheel, and inside the car there was a hand grenade. Beckett spends the final scene, sawing the steering wheel, to free Ros' wrists, and Jean- Daniel returns to the Bactrian Kings tombs to retrieve the Niobian 5 that was left there.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: Stephen Gallagher
5.0/101 votes#20 - Revolution
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2006
132 BC. Tiberius Gracchus, with the final victory in Rome's 120 year long Punic Wars against Carthage, its greatest ever Mediterranean rival, brings him immense glory and the rich unseen wealth, but almost nothing trickles down to the destitute. The rich patricians yest removing the military threat of Carthage also removes the best control on them. He learns many veteran families lose everything, even their land, which is taken by the rich. Now he joins the army against a Hispanic tribe, the Numantines, which manages to encircle the 20,000 legionnaires and refuses to negotiate with consul Mancinus, but takes the word of Gracchus, for the sake of his father who concluded an honorable peace with them; the troops return, their families rejoice but the senate blames the commanders for a disgraceful surrender. Tiberius uses his popularity to stand for the office of popular tribune, hoping to counter Nasicas extremist line in the senate.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Writer: N/A
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"The Even Chance" is the best rated episode directed by Andrew Grieve. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 10/7/1998 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Examination for Lieutenant".