The Best Episodes Directed By John Howard Davies

Every TV Episode Directed by John Howard Davies Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for The Germans
    8.8/10(23 votes)

    #1 - The Germans

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    S1:E6

    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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  2. Background image for Mr. Bean
    8.8/10(37 votes)

    #2 - Mr. Bean

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    S1:E1

    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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  3. Background image for The Hotel Inspectors
    8.7/10(25 votes)

    #3 - The Hotel Inspectors

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    S1:E4

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

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  4. Background image for Gourmet Night
    8.4/10(23 votes)

    #4 - Gourmet Night

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    S1:E5

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

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  5. Background image for The Return of Mr. Bean
    8.3/10(45 votes)

    #5 - The Return of Mr. Bean

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    S1:E2

    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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  6. Background image for The Curse of Mr. Bean
    8.3/10(35 votes)

    #6 - The Curse of Mr. Bean

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    S1:E3

    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. Background image for The Builders
    8.3/10(27 votes)

    #7 - The Builders

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    S1:E2

    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. Background image for The Wedding Party
    8.3/10(23 votes)

    #8 - The Wedding Party

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    S1:E3

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

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  9. Background image for A Touch of Class
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #9 - A Touch of Class

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    S1:E1

    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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  10. Background image for How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away
    7.9/10(17 votes)

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

    Missing info
    S1:E3

    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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  11. Background image for Whither Canada?
    7.7/10(21 votes)

    #11 - Whither Canada?

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    S1:E1

    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.

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  12. Background image for Sex and Violence
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #12 - Sex and Violence

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    S1:E2

    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. Background image for Owl Stretching Time
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #13 - Owl Stretching Time

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    S1:E4

    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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  14. Background image for Lamb to the Slaughter
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Lamb to the Slaughter

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    S1:E4

    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.

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John Howard Davies Ratings Summary

"The Germans" is the best rated episode directed by John Howard Davies. It scored 8.826/10 based on 23 votes. It was written by Connie Booth. It aired on 10/24/1975 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Mr. Bean".