The Best Episodes Directed By Ben Palmer
Every TV Episode Directed by Ben Palmer Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Ben Palmer Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Ben Palmer is "No Sleep", rated 8.8/10 from 4 user votes. It was "written by Simon Blackwell". "No Sleep" aired on 3/2/2020 and is rated 0.8 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Duke of Edinburgh Awards".
8.8/10 4 votes#1 - No Sleep
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/2/2020
The children won’t sleep – Paul and Ally thought these nights were over. Paul spends the night fighting his own anger and his children’s inability to go the f**k to sleep.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Simon Blackwell
8.0/10 7 votes#2 - The Duke of Edinburgh Awards
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/30/2009
Will is asked to co-ordinate the school's Duke of Edinburgh award scheme, and immediately turns the situation to his advantage, using it as an opportunity to volunteer at an old peoples home to try and snare his former babysitter. The other boys help out, except for Simon who has problems of his own.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Iain Morris
8.0/10 5 votes#3 - The Fashion Show
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/2010
It's the start of term and Carli is organising a charity fashion show, and like every school fashion show it's only for the coolest and best looking kids. This means our four heroes aren't involved - or at least not until the last minute when Carli's desperate, but their help proves to be a bigger hindrance than anyone could have imagined.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Iain Morris
8.0/10 4 votes#4 - Bob Dylan: Knockin' on Dave's Door
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/19/2017
Music legend Bob Dylan decides to fly to the U.K. one day to visit his mate Dave Stewart. Soon he finds himself waiting for Dave in his flat dutifully being served tea by his girlfriend. But is he really in the right place? You decide.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Neil Webster
8.0/10 1 votes#5 - Samuel Beckett and Andre the Giant
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/26/2017
Inspired by true events, this comedy charts the unlikely friendship between Samuel Beckett and a young Andre the Giant.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Neil Forsyth
8.0/10 1 votes#6 - The Greatest of All Time
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/16/2017
Comedy based on the time Muhammad Ali talked a suicidal man down from a ninth floor balcony.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Mark Boutros
8.0/10 1 votes#7 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/2017
Andrew has transformed the pub and a party is held for what would have been Laurie's 69th birthday, but Stephen finds out some big news about Andrew.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Simon Blackwell
8.0/10 2 votes#8 - No Dad
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2020
Paul and Ally are thrilled that Sprout the family gerbil has finally died, but explaining loss to Luke and Ava is more difficult than they thought as grief manifests itself in mysterious ways and throws the family off course.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Chris Addison
8.0/10 1 votes#9 - No Fear
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/22/2021
Luke’s anxiety is becoming a problem at home and school. Would a medical diagnosis make his life easier or harder? Ally faces further tension after her mother Leah is robbed.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Chris Addison
7.8/10 8 votes#10 - Work Experience
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/9/2009
Following a disappointing Valentines Day a mix-up in the work experience programme means that Neil gets to work in a newspaper office whilst Will is stuck in a garage, where he gets stripped and thrown in a pond as an initiation ceremony. Unwisely he inadvertently invites a work colleague to the school disco, where Simon gets a pleasant surprise from a female admirer.A run-in with a younger boy, however, means that ultimately the boys end up facing their customary public humiliation.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Iain Morris
7.8/10 5 votes#11 - The Gig and the Girlfriend
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/2010
Simon wants to date a girl in the year below and to try and impress her, he goes to his first gig since his mum took him to see Take That at Wembley Arena. Will, Jay and Neil end up going as well which spoils Simon's chances.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Iain Morris
7.8/10 5 votes#12 - Home Alone
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/2010
Will is left home alone when his mother goes away for the weekend with an old schoolfriend, so he decides to take advantage of the situation. After a wild time with the boys ordering items off the internet and raiding the fridge, he wakes up to an unpleasant shock. Comedy, starring Simon Bird and Joe Thomas.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Iain Morris
7.7/10 7 votes#13 - Night Out in London
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/23/2009
Will decides the boys should reinvent themselves as trendy clubbers and they drive to London in Simon's car, though to gain entry to the best club in town Simon must swap his trainers for a tramp's filthy old shoes. Neil cuts his penis weeing into a can and when Jay inspects the damage they are ejected as perverts. Can things get any worse for the lads? The wheel-clamping of Simon's car might provide the answer.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Iain Morris
7.6/10 5 votes#14 - The Camping Trip
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/2010
Will decides to organise one last adventure for his friends before they all go their separate ways, so the gang heads off for a camping trip in the countryside. While Will draws on all his scout training, Jay, Neil and Simon are less than prepared for the great outdoors.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Iain Morris
7.5/10 2 votes#15 - No Places
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/2020
Luke's parents and the surprising arrival of Ally's estranged father cause Paul and Ally to scrutinize their hopes and dreams for Luke and Ava and discover how far they will go for the sake of their kids.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Simon Blackwell
7.5/10 2 votes#16 - No Accident
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/9/2020
Ally attempts to acclimatize to Michael's continued presence while Paul begins to question if his accident-prone son's frequent injuries might actually be his fault.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Simon Blackwell
7.4/10 8 votes#17 - Will's Birthday
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 4/16/2009
It's Will's seventeenth birthday and he is planning a dinner party but it clashes with a more popular bash so that his only guests are Neil, Jay, Simon and Simon's exchange student Patrice. Out of boredom they gate-crash the other party but only one of them is asked to stay and then bedded by the hostess as a sex object. The other four are sent packing. Needless to say none of those four are French.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Iain Morris
7.3/10 6 votes#18 - End of Term
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 5/7/2009
Exams are looming, and Will is getting stressed. Simon at last seems to be making some headway with Carli - he's helping her revise (albeit at the expense of his own revision).
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Iain Morris
7.0/10 9 votes#19 - The Field Trip
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/2/2009
It's a new term and the infamous sociology and geography field trip to Swanage is coming up; all the boys are on board. A new girl, Lauren, has joined the school, and Will has taken a particular shine to her. The only problem is that she has eyes for Simon. Jay is on the lookout for a legendary Swanage MILF, and Neil is desperately trying to deflect the advances of an over-friendly teacher, Mr Kennedy.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Iain Morris
7.0/10 6 votes#20 - Will's Dilemma
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/2010
Simon and his new girlfriend Tara go on a double date with Will and her friend Kerry. Simon ends up having his principles put to the test. Will has to balance up spending some time with a boring girl for the prospect of getting some real action.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Iain Morris
7.0/10 6 votes#21 - The Trip to Warwick
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/2010
Simon and Tara pay her sister a visit at university and his friends decide to tag along. Will wants to take a look at the university. Jay decides to offer sex advice to Simon.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Iain Morris
7.0/10 2 votes#22 - No Lies
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/16/2020
Michael thrives in his new role as dad and granddad, but Paul and Ally can't adapt to his presence as easily as the children can. Luke's hunt for proof that Santa doesn't exist puts Paul's claim that he never lies to the test.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Chris Addison
7.0/10 1 votes#23 - No Surrender
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/22/2021
The kids are growing up fast – Ava is now 10 and Luke is about to turn 13. With their burgeoning independence comes the question of whether Paul and Ally’s parenting style still works. Clue: no.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Simon Blackwell
7.0/10 1 votes#24 - No Connection
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/29/2021
Paul fears his culturally fragmented family has lost a vital connection. Gentrification impacts Jim and Jackie as the last of their old neighbours move out and more young professionals move in.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Simon Blackwell
7.0/10 1 votes#25 - No Faith
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/5/2021
A sudden death impacts the older generation of the Worsley family. Ava struggles to keep a profound secret from Paul. Ally finds it difficult to hide her true feelings from Luke.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Simon Blackwell