The Best Episodes Directed By Julian Simpson
Every TV Episode Directed by Julian Simpson Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Julian Simpson Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Julian Simpson is "Agenda", rated 9.5/10 from 2 user votes. It was "written by Julian Simpson". "Agenda" aired on 10/23/2006 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Sting".
9.5/10 2 votes#1 - Agenda
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 10/23/2006
MI5 investigates the assassination of a Muslim cleric outside the high court, and uncovers a radicalised Christian who is determined to incite a religious war.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Julian Simpson
9.3/10 3 votes#2 - The Sting
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/3/2005
Harry upsets the CIA by stopping an extradition to the USA.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Rupert Walters
9.3/10 3 votes#3 - Diana
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/2005
A former officer is convinced that MI5 killed Princess Diana and is determined to force the team to prove it.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Howard Brenton
9.3/10 3 votes#4 - The Cell
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/2006
Zaf goes deep undercover to infiltrate an Al-Qaeda cell that is planning an attack on the UK. When Adam learns that the terrorists are on a suicide mission he tries to prevent them from reaching their target, but events soon spiral out of control.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Ben Richards
9.0/10 1 votes#5 - The Truth Is Out There
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 7/23/2009
The team find themselves at the centre of a shocking cover-up.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Julian Simpson
8.0/10 1 votes#6 - The Final Curtain
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/2008
The team return to the 1992 case of actor Michael Austin, shot dead by his wife on stage during the opening night performance of Death at the Masked Ball. Already a man down when Halford goes AWOL, the case looks like claiming another member of the team as Lane embraces his newfound love of acting and the theatre.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Chris Coghill
8.0/10 1 votes#7 - Magic Majestic
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/2007
The team investigate the art of illusion when they reopen a case involving a magic trick that ended in murder. Powerful mind games and hypnosis prove a dangerous mix for Brian Lane, however, sending him down a destructive path. Meanwhile, a session with the Magic Circle's Dr Moroni leaves a sceptical Gerry Standing feeling paranoid and his colleagues a little nervous around him.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Paul Rutman
8.0/10 1 votes#8 - Dead Man Talking
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2010
UCOS reinvestigate the death of a wealthy financier when a psychic tells the dead man's daughter that she needs to resolve some unfinished business on her father's behalf. Deeply sceptical of Sebastian Carter's 'gift', the team set out to prove him a fraud, but Pullman struggles to dismiss him as a con man when he reveals a conflict involving her own late father.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Julian Simpson
8.0/10 1 votes#9 - Fashion Victim
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/2010
When a retrospective exhibition of murdered fashion designer Ritchie Levene's work opens, the team is prompted to re-examine the three-year-old crime. The detectives learn about his tempestuous relationships with his new spouse, personal assistant and ex-wife Sarah, who believes his brother Adrian is the killer because he had the most to gain from his death. Meanwhile, Gerry enlists Emily to help update his image, although not everyone is impressed with the results.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Nick Hopkins
8.0/10 1 votes#10 - The Fourth Man
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/12/2010
The team reinvestigate a 30-year-old safety deposit robbery, and they soon find themselves being drawn into a case involving police corruption that threatens the future of the UCOS itself.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Julian Simpson
8.0/10 1 votes#11 - Old School Ties
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 9/3/2012
The team are called in to reinvestigate the disappearance of PE teacher Jason Bowe after a body is found on the perimeter of the elite public boarding school where he was employed. The investigation has come at a really bad time for the school, which is getting to welcome a former pupil, the Rt Hon Geoffrey Parkes MP, for the opening of a new computer centre.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Sarah Pinborough
8.0/10 1 votes#12 - London Underground
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 9/15/2014
Tension mounts as Ned and Sasha are forced to work together when the body of a film critic found in a sewer is thought to be linked to the 20-year-old murder of a concept artist, David Straka. As the team interview Straka's contemporaries, groupies and assistants, looking for possible connections between the deaths, they find themselves immersed in the macabre world of the occult. And Griffin's expert knowledge of the history of London and in particular the hidden Fleet River, proves invaluable.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Julian Simpson
8.0/10 1 votes#13 - Roman Ruined
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 9/22/2014
The team investigate the death of a personal trainer who had belonged to a Roman reenactment society and discover a gang selling illegal steroids, but the motive for murder may not be all it seems. And Danny Griffin starts to become attracted to his forensic pathologist colleague Fiona Kennedy just as he receives some troubling news about his wife.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Roy Mitchell
8.0/10 1 votes#14 - Lest Ye Be Judged
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2009
Albert's parole is jeopardised when the prison governor catches him running a betting ring
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Fintan Ryan
8.0/10 1 votes#15 - Diamond Seeker
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2009
A priceless diamond leads the team to take on their most dangerous mark to date.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Tom Butterworth
7.1/10 51 votes#16 - The Almost People (2)
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 5/28/2011
As the solar storm rages, Jennifer, a Ganger driven mad by the memories of being "decommissioned", is seeking revenge, as the time-travelling drama continues. She can remember every excruciating second of every "execution" and is determined that the humans will pay. And she isn't just talking war; she's talking revolution. As the crumbling factory fills with toxic fumes and drips lethal acid, the "Originals" wait desperately for the shuttle from the Mainland to rescue them. But Jennifer has other ideas. Can the Doctor convince the terrified factory workers to embrace their own humanity and work together with their Gangers to overcome a monster of their own making?
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Matthew Graham
6.9/10 49 votes#17 - The Rebel Flesh (1)
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 5/21/2011
A solar tsunami sends the TARDIS hurtling towards a futuristic factory on Earth, where human doppelgangers are used to mine dangerous acid, as the time-travelling adventures continue. A second wave hits and the "Gangers" separate. They can remember every second of their "original's" life and feel every emotion they've ever experienced. But are these memories stolen or have they been bequeathed? Are the Gangers merely faulty machinery that must be shut down or are they living, breathing, sentient beings? Can the Doctor convince the terrified humans to accept these "almost people" and prevent an all-out civil war before the factory explodes?
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Matthew Graham