8.3/106 votes#1 - Go West Young Man
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1981
Rodney’s depressed. His mate Mickey Pearce has moved in on his bird – Monica of the fat thighs – and life isn’t exactly a social whirl. Del has the solution – they’ll all be millionaires in a year – cue his smooth friend Boycie and a very dodgy deal…
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: John Sullivan
8.0/106 votes#2 - Cash and Curry
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1981
Del's swooping in on the deal of a lifetime - it could keep them in Pilau rice forever. All he has to do is get hold of a poxy statue. Trouble is, he hasn't reckoned on a touch of gang warfare.
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: John Sullivan
7.9/108 votes#3 - The Russians Are Coming
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1981
The threat of nuclear war looms over Peckham. What will become of the Nag's Head if the Russians attack? One things guaranteed: the Trotters will be sitting pretty in their DIY shelter...
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: John Sullivan
7.7/107 votes#4 - Big Brother
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1981
Del's confident at last he's on to a winner with Trigger's consignment of Old English vinyl briefcases. How can his brother Rodney even think of abandoning the high-flying world of trading for a real job?
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: John Sullivan
7.5/1014 votes#5 - The Queen of Spain's Beard
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/6/1983
The King decides that Edmund should marry a Spanish Princess, who Edmund finds unattractive, in order to secure a treaty between Spain and England which will allow an invasion of France.
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: N/A
7.3/106 votes#6 - The Second Time Around
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1981
Del's rekindled passion with old flame Pauline and it looks like wedding bells are in the air again. Rodney's not so thrilled after what happened to her first two husbands...
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: John Sullivan
7.2/106 votes#7 - A Slow Bus to Chingford
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1981
Del has a dream: The Trotter corporate skyscraper, rising majestically against the Peckham skyline. It's time for the latest moneymaking scam, Trotter's Ethnic Tours. But, why are there no takers?
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: John Sullivan
6.9/1015 votes#8 - The Archbishop
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/29/1983
Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the king has the last one killed.
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: N/A
6.8/1020 votes#9 - The Foretelling
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/15/1983
After arriving late for the Battle of Bosworth Field, Edmund kills King Richard III (whom he thinks is stealing his horse) and secures the crown for his father.
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: N/A
6.8/1013 votes#10 - The Black Seal
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/20/1983
After the King takes away Edmund's title of Duke, he recruits the 6 most evil men in the land to take the crown by force.
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: N/A
6.6/1019 votes#11 - Born to Be King
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/22/1983
With his father away at the Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: N/A
6.5/1014 votes#12 - Witchsmeller Pursuivant
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/13/1983
Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.
Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: N/A
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"Go West Young Man" is the best rated episode directed by Martin Shardlow. It scored 8.3/10 based on 6 votes. It was written by John Sullivan. It aired on 9/15/1981 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Cash and Curry".