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The Worst Episodes of One by One

Every episode of One by One ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of One by One!

One By One is a British television series made by the BBC between 1984 and 1987. The series, created by Anthony Read, followed the career of...
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC One

Worst Episodes Summary

"We Called in the Experts" is the worst rated episode of "One by One". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/29/1984. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Nature's Great Masterpiece".

  • We Called in the Experts
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    #1 - We Called in the Experts

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/29/1984

    Donald Turner arrives home in Rochdale fresh from graduating as a fully qualified Veterinary Surgeon, and takes up a position with grumpy older vet Maurice Webb. He is horrified to learn that the Great Northern Zoo is a part of the practice, especially when he is called out on Maurice's day off to treat a chimpanzee who has had a thumb bitten off. The vet is needed so that they can say they 'Called In The Experts'.

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  • Nature's Great Masterpiece
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    #2 - Nature's Great Masterpiece

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/5/1984

    Donald and Maurice are called to the zoo when a female elephant is in extreme pain in her jaw, and is getting more and more debilitated and dangerous. Donald and Maurice discover that the elephant has severe arthritis and there just aren't the drugs to deal with it, and are forced to euthanase her. Donald is left in a black mood as he doesn't consider that he can help any of the animals at the zoo, with his limited knowledge.

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  • They Shoot Tigers in India
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    #3 - They Shoot Tigers in India

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/12/1984

    Mr. Webb is very displeased when the newspapers learn about the elephant's death, but Donald decides to dig in and learn all he can when Rajah the tiger is poisoned by a disgruntled ex-keeper.

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  • Silver Linings
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    #4 - Silver Linings

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/19/1984

    Donald goes on an interview for another job, and watches as Jenny mounts a newspaper campaign to keep the zoo open.

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  • Pastures New
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    #5 - Pastures New

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/26/1984

    Donald decides to take the new job, but has some misgivings about leaving the zoo animals in Webb's care and Jenny is offered a position with a London newspaper.

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  • Time and Motion
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    #6 - Time and Motion

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/4/1984

    Donald is called in to inspect the animals at a local circus and teaches an old seal trainer some new tricks, and he helps Paddy Reilly find some missing monkeys at the zoo.

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  • A Long Weekend
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    #7 - A Long Weekend

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/11/1984

    Donald and a local physician team up for a house call on an eccentric old woman who needs medical attention as much as her pet monkey, and he travels with Maggie to the Continent to bring back an elephant for the zoo.

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  • Doctor's Orders
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    #8 - Doctor's Orders

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/18/1984

    Donald treats an obstreperous macaw in the surgery, enlists Maggie as a nurse for a convalescing lion cub, and investigates suspected hoof and mouth disease at the circus.

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  • The Woman's Touch
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    #9 - The Woman's Touch

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/25/1984

    Donald tries out his new anesthesia gun on a pack of wolves and on an orangutan who has miscarried but refuses to give up the corpse of her baby.

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  • Ends and Beginnings
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    #10 - Ends and Beginnings

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/1/1984

    Donald joins Paddy and the police in a search for a wild cat reported to be running loose on the moor, and faces some dramatic changes in his personal life.

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  • Blood, Toil, Tears and Spit
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    #11 - Blood, Toil, Tears and Spit

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1985

    Donald is now well-known as a zoo vet, and is travelling the country dealing with circus animals, but still finds time to deal with the Great Northern Zoo's animals. The Northern Zoo itself is having a rough patch with Paddy acting as senior keeper and manager, and doesn'thold any illusions as to what is going to happen to the zoo. Maurice is annoyed about the amount of time Donald is away from the practice, and is even more annoyed when Donald informs him of a proposed safari park he will be involved with. Things finally come to a head when an elephant escapes from Ben Bishop's circus and injures a man, and forces Donald to split up the partnership.

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  • Parting of the Ways
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    #12 - Parting of the Ways

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/1985

    Donald encounters a hostile lion trainer at the proposed safari park and is called in to treat three tiny alligators at a local night club.

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  • Of Babes and Sucklings
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    #13 - Of Babes and Sucklings

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/1985

    Donald investigates the strange behavior and requests of an Italian couple with a trained dog act who are waiting out their quarantine at the zoo, and Ethel formally joins Donald at the safari park.

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  • To Hear the Sea-Maid's Music
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    #14 - To Hear the Sea-Maid's Music

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/26/1985

    Donald helps prepare a dog for burial and meets an American dolphin expert.

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  • End of an Era
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    #15 - End of an Era

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/1985

    Donald and Paddy battle a callous administrator as they struggle without much success to place all the zoo animals before the closing day.

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  • You and Whose Army?
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    #16 - You and Whose Army?

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/1985

    Donald solves the riddle of vandalism in the village and an attack on a local vagrant, and provides a home for a laboratory baboon due to be put down.

    Director: Michael E. Briant

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    #17 - Pride of Place

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/1985

    Donald has trouble with the big cats:a lioness escapes, a tiger cub needs hand rearing, and a self-appointed expert insists on one to one contact with the pride.

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  • It's All Done With Mirrors
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    #18 - It's All Done With Mirrors

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/1985

    Paddy and Donald settle the dolphins into a temporary home in France while Maggie tries to deal with practical problems at the park.

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  • Dangerous Practice
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    #19 - Dangerous Practice

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/1985

    Maggie's a little prickly over the dolphin trainer Sindy but helps Donald cope with a mysterious epidemic running through the park's new lions.

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  • A Killer Called Cuddles
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    #20 - A Killer Called Cuddles

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/1985

    Sindy and Donald journey to America to escort home the park's newest attraction-a killer whale named Cuddles.

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  • Thank You, Mr. D.H. Lawrence
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    #21 - Thank You, Mr. D.H. Lawrence

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/1985

    Donald must learn quickly about the medical needs of killer whales when Cuddles begins losing blood, and he accepts some unusual help from the spirit world to treat a tortoise with inflamed eyes.

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    #22 - A Close Run Thing...

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/1985

    Donald has to find a suitable home for two baby elephants donated at the last moment by an old friend of Lady Anne, deal with all the confusion of the grand opening ceremonies for the safari park, and react to Maggie's intention to take a nursing job in the Middle East.

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  • Changing Places
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    #23 - Changing Places

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/28/1987

    Donald and Paddy escort an orang-utan to a zoo, which later turns into a raging menace. Meanwhile a young eland with a tooth abscess attacks and kills it's keeper, and Donald comes under pressure from the press to put it down. Elsewhere a blind lady donates a mynah bird to the Bellington Zoo, where it is stolen by an underpriviledged boy from a nearby school.

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  • Remember the Humble Guinea-Pig
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    #24 - Remember the Humble Guinea-Pig

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/1987

    A number of animals are killed at the Bellington Zoo and suspicions point to a keeper being responsible, it later transpires to be the work of a suspended prison officer who once worked at the zoo. Paddy is offered the post of head keeper at the Bellington and Liz masterminds an education centre at the zoo. Meanwhile Donald fights tooth and nail to prevent Challon using dubious methods to make money using the dolphins at Manford Safari Park.

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  • First Things First
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    #25 - First Things First

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 3/14/1987

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