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The Best Episodes of Enemy at the Door

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The Best Episodes of Enemy at the Door

Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980...

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  1. Background image for The Right Blood
    8.5/10(41 votes)

    #1 - The Right Blood

    S2:E10

    The visit by a high-ranking SS officer to Nazi-occupied Guernsey on a mysterious personal mission gives Reinicke a chance to ingratiate himself, but it brings tragedy for Betty Ridge.

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    Writer:N.J. Crisp
  2. Background image for After the Ball
    8.4/10(50 votes)

    #2 - After the Ball

    S1:E3

    The Germans arrange a dance. But the propaganda exercise misfires and a soldier goes on trial.

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  3. Background image for Judgement of Solomon
    8.3/10(40 votes)

    #3 - Judgement of Solomon

    S1:E13

    Last programme in the first season. A British destroyer has been sunk by a new, fast German torpedo boat. Clare Martel and Petere Porteous are determined top get details of the vessel to London.

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    Director:Bill Bain
  4. Background image for No Quarter Given
    8.3/10(36 votes)

    #4 - No Quarter Given

    S2:E4

    The Germans order the confiscation of all privately-owned radio receivers, so the islanders are forced to hand over their precious link with the outside world. But Captain Foster-Smythe won't be bullied and continues his campaign against the Nazis - a campaign that is doomed to fail.

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  5. Background image for The Jerrybag
    8.2/10(47 votes)

    #5 - The Jerrybag

    S1:E9

    A German soldier and an Island girl fall in love.

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    Director:Bill Bain
    Writer:N.J. Crisp
  6. Background image for The Prussian Officer
    8.1/10(43 votes)

    #6 - The Prussian Officer

    S1:E12

    A new adjutant arrives. He knows something about Reinicke's past.

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  8. Background image for War-Game
    8.1/10(40 votes)

    #7 - War-Game

    S2:E9

    In Nazi-occupied Guernsey the revival of the chess tournament between Channel Island teams brings about an unexpected and, in Richter's view, a highly inflammatory outcome.

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    Director:Martyn Friend
  9. Background image for From a View to a Death
    8.1/10(38 votes)

    #8 - From a View to a Death

    S2:E11

    While working on the construction of a German gun site in Nazi-occupied Guernsey, a Russian prisoner of war kills a guard and escapes. But those who shelter him run terrible risks.

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    Director:Bill Bain
  10. Background image for Escape
    8.1/10(31 votes)

    #9 - Escape

    S2:E13

    Drama series set during the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands. April 1943. Peter Porteous takes advantage of the predicament of another farmer and makes a bid for freedom.

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  11. Background image for Officers of the Law
    8.0/10(49 votes)

    #10 - Officers of the Law

    S1:E8

    A new German drug is needed to save the life of a Guernsey boy. Some of the tablets go missing.

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  12. Background image for Jealousy
    8.0/10(40 votes)

    #11 - Jealousy

    S2:E8

    Hitler orders the deportation of all residents not born on the islands. Marjory Clifford writes an anonymous letter - with consequences far beyond her wildest imaginings.

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    Director:Bill Bain
  13. Background image for Call of the Dead
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #12 - Call of the Dead

    S2:E1

    Dr Martel has been sent to a French prison. A new Commander-in-Chief has been appointed on Guernsey.

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    Director:Bill Bain
  14. Background image for Post Mortem
    7.9/10(36 votes)

    #13 - Post Mortem

    S2:E6

    His prison sentence completed, farmer Peter Porteous returns to Nazi-occupied Guernsey to settle an old score. But his encounter with Teddy Lupus leads to a murder charge - and a moral dilemma for Philip Martel.

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  15. Background image for The Education of Nils Borg
    7.9/10(36 votes)

    #14 - The Education of Nils Borg

    S2:E12

    April 1943 in the Nazi-occupied Channel Islands. A neutral Swedish journalist arrives in Guernsey at the invitation of Goebbels to gather material for an article on what the Germans regard as a "model occupation".

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    Director:Bill Bain
  16. Background image for The Laws and Usages of War
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    #15 - The Laws and Usages of War

    S1:E5

    British troops attempt an amphibious assault on Guernsey.

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  17. Background image for 'V' for Victory
    7.8/10(44 votes)

    #16 - 'V' for Victory

    S1:E6

    Winter 1940, during the Nazi Occupation of the Channel Islands. The Kommandant orders a crackdown on civil disobedience. A young boy unwittingly aids the Germans.

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    Director:Bill Bain
  18. Background image for The Raid
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #17 - The Raid

    S2:E7

    September 1942 in the Nazi-occupied Channel Islands. On Sark a British commando raid shatters the uneasy calm.

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  19. Background image for The Librarian
    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #18 - The Librarian

    S1:E2

    Part 2: Cecily Brown, the librarian, tries to stop the Nazi destruction of books.

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    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:N.J. Crisp
  20. Background image for Treason
    7.7/10(45 votes)

    #19 - Treason

    S1:E10

    A German general arrives on a secret mission.

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  21. Background image for Steel Hand from the Sea
    7.6/10(45 votes)

    #20 - Steel Hand from the Sea

    S1:E4

    A British landing on Guernsey goes tragically awry.

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  22. Background image for Angels That Soar Above
    7.6/10(35 votes)

    #21 - Angels That Soar Above

    S2:E3

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  23. Background image for Committee Man
    7.6/10(38 votes)

    #22 - Committee Man

    S2:E5

    In Nazi-occupied Guernsey the islanders and the Germans have a problem in common. How can Dr Martel be persuaded to rejoin the island's Controlling Committee?

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    Director:Mike Vardy
  24. Background image for By Order of the Fuhrer
    7.5/10(52 votes)

    #23 - By Order of the Fuhrer

    S1:E1

    The first episode of a television drama series based on the occupation by the Nazis of the Channel Islands during the Second World War. This episode focuses on 1940.

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    Director:Bill Bain
  25. Background image for The Polish Affaire
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #24 - The Polish Affaire

    S1:E7

    Winter 1940. To counteract cold and hunger, the islanders plan to present an Ivor Novello comedy. But echoes of a death in Latvia seven years ago disturb the plans.

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  26. Background image for Pains and Penalties
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    #25 - Pains and Penalties

    S1:E11

    Edward Bree and his mother are evicted to make way for a gun emplacement.

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    Director:Bill Bain

Best Episodes Summary

"The Right Blood" is the best rated episode of "Enemy at the Door". It scored 8.5/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by Jonathan Alwyn and written by N.J. Crisp, it aired on 3/8/1980. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "After the Ball".