The Best Episodes Directed By John Howard Davies

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(25 votes)

   #1 - The Germans

   S1:E610/24/1975

   Sybil goes into the hospital for toe surgery, leaving Basil to cope with a fire drill single-handed. After a couple of blows on the head, Basil tells some German guests where Germany went wrong in WWII.

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   8.6/10(43 votes)

   #2 - Mr. Bean

   S1:E11/1/1990

   Mr. Bean attends a mathematics exam, where he tries to copy from a student under the nose of the invigilator, when he realizes that he has studied the wrong maths equations. Afterwards, he surreptitiously changes into his swimming trunks so as not to be noticed by someone sitting nearby at a beach. And later struggles to stay awake during a church service and obnoxiously sings the refrain of the hymn "All Creatures of Our God and King," much to the annoyance of the man sitting next to him, Mr. Sprout.

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   8.6/10(28 votes)

   #3 - The Hotel Inspectors

   S1:E410/10/1975

   Some inspectors are in town and Basil gets paranoid, so he alternately fawns over and offends his guests.

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   8.3/10(25 votes)

   #4 - Gourmet Night

   S1:E510/17/1975

   To bring the right type of crowd into the hotel Basil establishes a Gourmet Night.

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   8.2/10(51 votes)

   #5 - The Return of Mr. Bean

   S1:E211/5/1990

   Mr. Bean goes to a department store and buys various items. Afterwards, he goes to a fancy restaurant where he tries to dispose his awful-tasting meal. And finally, Bean goes to a Royal greeting and gets into mischief.

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   8.1/10(33 votes)

   #6 - A Touch of Class

   S1:E19/19/1975

   A confidence trickster comes to stay at the hotel, just after Basil has taken an ad in a posh magazine to upgrade the clientele.

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   8.1/10(29 votes)

   #7 - The Builders

   S1:E29/26/1975

   The Fawltys take a holiday and leave Polly and Manuel to run the place just as O'Reilly's builders come to redo the lobby.

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   8.1/10(25 votes)

   #8 - The Wedding Party

   S1:E310/3/1975

   Basil wants 'none of that' going on in his rooms and suspects some guests and Polly of carrying on.

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   8.0/10(43 votes)

   #9 - The Curse of Mr. Bean

   S1:E312/30/1990

   Mr. Bean goes to a swimming pool, where he finds himself scared to death on the high diving board. When he's done, he tries several different ways to get his car out of the parking garage after he realizes he doesn't have enough money to do it the normal way. After that, he sits on a park bench and uses an unusual method of making himself a sandwich. Finally, he goes to a cinema and tries to survive a terrifying horror movie with his girlfriend.

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    7.9/10(19 votes)

    #10 - How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away

    S1:E310/19/1969

    Featuring a court scene, the larch, Bicycle Repair Man, children's stories, a restaurant sketch, some seduced milkmen, an interview with some children and a stolen newsreader.

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    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #11 - Whither Canada?

    S1:E110/5/1969

    Featuring 'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', an Italian lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur 'Two-Sheds' Jackson, a cycling race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.

    Director:John Howard Davies

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    7.6/10(20 votes)

    #12 - Sex and Violence

    S1:E210/12/1969

    Featuring some flying sheep, a man with three buttocks, a man with two noses, musical mice, a marriage guidance counsellor, a working-class playwright and The Wrestling Epilogue.

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13. 

    7.5/10(19 votes)

    #13 - Owl Stretching Time

    S1:E410/26/1969

    Featuring fresh fruit as self-defence, some folk-singing, an art gallery sketch and Lemming of the BDA. An Edwardian man struggles to undress on the beach.

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    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #14 - Lamb to the Slaughter

    S1:E44/14/1979

    An enraged detective's wife kills her husband by smashing in his skull with a heavy blunt instrument - but no murder weapon can be found, and the police are baffled.

    Director:John Howard Davies

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