The Best Episodes Directed By Martin Shardlow

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.4/10(9 votes)

   #1 - Go West Young Man

   S1:E29/15/1981

   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…

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   8.1/10(9 votes)

   #2 - Cash and Curry

   S1:E39/22/1981

   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.

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   8.0/10(10 votes)

   #3 - The Russians Are Coming

   S1:E610/13/1981

   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...

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   7.9/10(10 votes)

   #4 - Big Brother

   S1:E19/8/1981

   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?

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   7.7/10(9 votes)

   #5 - The Second Time Around

   S1:E49/29/1981

   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...

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   7.5/10(8 votes)

   #6 - A Slow Bus to Chingford

   S1:E510/6/1981

   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?

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   7.4/10(19 votes)

   #7 - The Queen of Spain's Beard

   S1:E47/6/1983

   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.

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   7.1/10(18 votes)

   #8 - The Black Seal

   S1:E67/20/1983

   After the King takes away Edmund's title of Duke, he recruits the six most evil men in the land to take the crown by force.

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   7.0/10(25 votes)

   #9 - The Foretelling

   S1:E16/15/1983

   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.

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    7.0/10(20 votes)

    #10 - The Archbishop

    S1:E36/29/1983

    Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the King has the last one killed.

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    6.7/10(19 votes)

    #11 - Witchsmeller Pursuivant

    S1:E57/13/1983

    Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.

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    6.5/10(25 votes)

    #12 - Born to Be King

    S1:E26/22/1983

    With his father away at The Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.

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