The Best Episodes Directed By Herbert Wise

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   8.5/10(8 votes)

   #1 - The Daughters of Cain

   S0:E211/27/1996

   An Oxford professor and fund raiser is stabbed to death at home with a weapon that is yet to be stolen from a university museum.

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   #2 - The Landlady

   S1:E54/21/1979

   When a young man arrives in Bath, he is shocked to find his seemingly charming landlady has a dark side.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #3 - Part 3

   S1:E33/1/2000

   Prince Wendell's aides are beginning to suspect that something is amiss with the prince's absence, just weeks from his coronation. The Huntsman has captured Virginia under orders from the Evil Queen, and Tony and the Wolf save her. They find a village with the magic mirror that will take them home, but Wolf is captured and put on trial for attacking local sheep.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Part 1

   S1:E12/27/2000

   The Evil Queen is once again free, and she has a trap ready for Prince Wendell of the Nine Kingdoms. Her dog transforms into Prince Wendell and Prince Wendell becomes a dog. The real Prince Wendell accidentally falls through a magic mirror into the 10th kingdom - New York City. Now Virginia and Tony Lewis - average working schmoes - have been thrust into the situation and must travel to a hidden fantasy world to help Prince Lewis return to his true form.

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   #5 - Part 2

   S1:E22/28/2000

   Tony is imprisoned in Snow White Memorial Prison, and Virginia breaks him out with the help of a half-wolf who has fallen in love with her. Tony and Virginia are torn between trying to find their way home and helping Prince Wendell defeat the Evil Queen. Trolls working for the Queen chase them throughout the nine kingdoms, and they soon realize that the land of fairy tales is not what it used to be; the age of "happily ever after" is long gone.

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   #6 - The Ghost in the Machine

   S3:E11/4/1989

   Morse investigates the reported theft of erotic paintings belonging to Sir Julius Hanbury, a local baronet who is one of those standing for election as the new Master of Courtney College, Oxford. As well as the pictures, Sir Julius himself has also disappeared. Morse finds Sir Julius's dead body, and at first it looks like murder, but the new police pathologist, Dr Grayling Russell, believes he killed himself. Then there is another death which is undoubtedly a murder - but how is it connected with the late Sir Julius Hanbury?

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   #7 - Some Justice

   S1:E510/18/1976

   As Augustus learned of Livia's plot against Postumus, she took action which resulted in Tiberius becoming emperor. The situation in the East now threatens Tiberius's position.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Appropriate Adults

   S3:E11/8/1995

   An 8-year-old girl is missing, and the last person to have seen her is Billy Conrad, a gentle young man with Down's syndrome, but who appears is hiding something.

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   #9 - Poison is Queen

   S1:E410/11/1976

   The Imperial Army on the Rhine has been wiped out and Tiberius sent to avenge the defeat, followed later by Germanicus. Livia has discredited Postumus, who has been banished. Augustus has been feeling unwell, but is avoiding suspicions of poisoning by eating figs from his own garden.

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    #10 - Part 4

    S1:E43/5/2000

    Prince Wendell's coronation is cancelled due to his absence, as unbeknownst to his kingdom, he is still trapped as a dog and traveling with Virginia and Tony Lewis. To their horror, the imposter Prince Wendell arrives to be crowned king and the forces of the Evil Queen chase the true Wendell deep into the wilderness. Even worse, the magic mirror needed to return to New York has shattered.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Part 5

    S1:E53/6/2000

    The imposter Prince Wendell, a puppet of the Evil Queen, is about to be crowned king. The ghost of Snow White reveals to Virginia that she is destined to save the nine kingdoms. They sneak into the ball and make plans to expose the fake prince as an imposter and turn the real Wendell back into a human. The fate of the kingdoms are in the balance.

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    7.0/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Twilight of the Gods

    S7:E31/20/1993

    A nasty but very rich businessman and a world-famous opera singer are in Oxford to receive honorary degrees from the Chancellor of the University. However, the ceremony has to be abandoned when a sniper opens fire on the procession of dignitaries. The singer is seriously wounded, but was she the intended target?

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    6.6/10(12 votes)

    #13 - A Touch of Murder

    S1:E19/20/1976

    Livia, the scheming wife of Augustus, seeks to disinherit her husband's grand-children in favour of her own son Tiberius.

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    #14 - Hijack

    S4:E1712/26/1981

    A hijacker on an aeroplane takes a stewardess hostage before demanding a million dollars and a parachute. Will the captain give in to his demands?

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    #15 - Genesis & Catastrophe

    S2:E125/17/1980

    A pregnant lady is worried that she may miscarry for the fourth time. Can her doctor reassure her?

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    #16 - Pattern of Guilt

    S5:E86/13/1982

    Police doctor Keith Briscoe is desperate to leave his wife for an ex but loses hope when she refuses to divorce him.

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    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - A Man with a Fortune

    S5:E168/8/1982

    A rich and lonely American ventures to England in search of his long-lost family.

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    6.4/10(9 votes)

    #18 - Waiting in the Wings

    S1:E29/27/1976

    Livia, wife of Emperor Augustus plots against his daughter Julia and manages to convince him to bring her son Tiberius back from exile.

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    #19 - Zeus, By Jove!

    S1:E811/8/1976

    Claudius has high hopes of a return to a Republic when Caligula insanely proclaims himself a god and his sister a goddess... but Rome officially accepts his divinity.

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    #20 - Old King Log

    S1:E1212/6/1976

    Almost at the end of his family history, Claudius' thoughts turn to the future of Rome.

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    6.3/10(9 votes)

    #21 - Queen of Heaven

    S1:E610/25/1976

    Germanicus has been murdered in Antioch and his wife Agrippina is convinced Tiberius ordered the killing. Livia has discovered that Caligula helped to poison his father. While Tiberius's perversions have become notorious, his right-hand man Sejanus, commander of the Praetorian Guard, gathers more power for himself, including a marriage alliance with Claudius.

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    #22 - What Shall We Do About Claudius?

    S1:E310/4/1976

    Livia has engineered the downfall of Julia, who has been banished. Tiberius is recalled to Rome and is joint heir with Postumus. Poor stumbling, stuttering Claudius finds a friend in Herod, king of the Jews.

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    6.3/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Fool's Luck

    S1:E1011/22/1976

    Claudius is happily married, while the mad Caligula has been assassinated. To his astonishment, Claudius has been proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard.

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    6.3/10(9 votes)

    #24 - Hail Who?

    S1:E911/15/1976

    Caligula's erratic behaviour continues, as he makes his horse a senator and turns the palace into a brothel. Many in the Praetorian Guard grow to realise that their ruler is insane and, fearing the collapse of Rome itself, believe that something needs to be done.

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    6.3/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Reign of Terror

    S1:E711/1/1976

    With Tiberius retired to Capri, Sejanus plans to tighten his grip on Rome and divorces his wife so he can marry Livilla. But he also has powerful enemies and his attempts to consolidate power set in motion a bloody chain of events.

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