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The Best Episodes of Strangers and Brothers

Every episode of Strangers and Brothers ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Strangers and Brothers!

As World War II looms in Europe, an ambitious young English lawyer embarks on his tempestuous career, and even stormier romantic life. Based on the...
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC Two

Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 11" is the best rated episode of "Strangers and Brothers". It scored 8.2/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Jeremy Summers and written by N/A, it aired on 3/21/1984. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 12".

  • Episode 11
    8.2/108 votes
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    #1 - Episode 11

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/1984

    No description available

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 12
    8.2/108 votes
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    #2 - Episode 12

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/1984

    No description available

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 4
    7.0/105 votes
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    #3 - Episode 4

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/1984

    For Lewis Eliot, life with Sheila is difficult and rumors have it that she has left him because she prefers women. She decides to try her hand at writing at the encouragement of publisher R. S. Sullivan but it leads to yet more disappointment. Lewis and Leonard March are called called into the Foreign Ministry.

    Director: Ronald Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 1
    6.9/107 votes
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    #4 - Episode 1

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/1984

    After successfully completing his law exams, Lewis Eliot becomes a pupil in the chambers of Herbert Getliffe to become a barrister. He pays for the privilege but takes his work seriously despite getting little respect. His friend Charles March uses his family's influence in getting him known among the influential classes and briefs begin to appear on his desk. He's not so fortunate in his personal life. He is very much in love with the selfish and self-centered Sheila Knight.

    Director: Ronald Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 3
    6.8/106 votes
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    #5 - Episode 3

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/1984

    It's 1935 and Lewis Eliot has been at Cambridge for a number of years. He has persevered with his difficult marriage to Sheila who lives in London where Lewis also works occasionally as a legal consultant. He's called into the Foreign Ministry where he's told of suspicions that his old employer, H.G.is suspected to has taken advantage of insider information to profit on a recently issued government contract.

    Director: Ronald Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 2
    6.7/106 votes
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    #6 - Episode 2

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/1984

    Back in London after a false medical scare, Lewis Eliot is ready to celebrate. He drops in on Sheila who informs him that she has fallen in love with Hugh Smith. He seems a likable enough fellow but Lewis feels it's his obligation to inform him that Sheila is mentally unbalanced, a schizoid, and that he needs to prepare himself for that if they are to marry. Hugh reconsiders which is fine with Lewis especially when Sheila agrees to marry him.

    Director: Ronald Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 5
    NaN/100 votes
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    #7 - Episode 5

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/1984

    At Cambridge in 1937 the Master, Vernon Joyce is seriously ill but no one has told him as such. The faculty begin debating who his replacement should be. Jago has some support and Lewis Eliot is sent to test him out and determine if he would be a candidate.

    Director: Ronald Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 6
    NaN/100 votes
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    #8 - Episode 6

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/1984

    In the Spring of 1939, Lewis Eliot is working in Whitehall as headhunter recruiting academics into government. War is in the air and government is preparing for the worse. While visiting Roy Calvert, his young friend admits that his marriage to Joan has come to an end. Lewis visits Roy in Berlin where he gets his first taste of Nazism.

    Director: Ronald Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 7
    NaN/100 votes
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    #9 - Episode 7

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/1984

    It's now the winter of 1941 and Lewis Eliot is among a group that establishes Mr. Toad, the British Atomic Energy Establishment. Lewis' role is primarily to recruit the atomic scientists they will need. His brother Martin Eliot is one of the scientists who would like to get in on the project.

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 8
    NaN/100 votes
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    #10 - Episode 8

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/29/1984

    It's spring 1944 and the atomic project continues but the team has been unable to generate a controlled chain reaction. They struggled through and finally achieve success but it will be months before they generate sufficient plutonium to make a bomb.

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 9
    NaN/100 votes
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    #11 - Episode 9

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/1984

    No description available

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 10
    NaN/100 votes
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    #12 - Episode 10

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/1984

    No description available

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 13
    NaN/100 votes
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    #13 - Episode 13

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/4/1984

    No description available

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: N/A