8.0/101 votes#1 - Alex's Big Day
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/27/2008
Alex is determined to prevent the murder of her parents in a car bomb attack. Gene, meanwhile, is determined to give a good impression to a visiting Lord Scarman, but the station is still dealing with the aftermath of a Gay Pride demonstration.
Director: Jonny Campbell
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
8.0/101 votes#2 - Gene's Queen
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/11/2009
A face from Gene's old stomping ground of Manchester shows up called Jackie Queen. Jackie is a reporter who is investigating teenagers who traveled to London from the north and have disappeared.
Director: Ben Bolt
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
8.0/101 votes#3 - Episode 2
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 4/9/2010
A severed hand is sent to Fenchurch station. Discovering that several women have been murdered, Alex decides to join the dating agency they all used. Alex tries to discover the truth about Sam Tyler's death, but Gene is obstructive.
Director: David Drury
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
8.0/101 votes#4 - Episode 7
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/14/2010
DCI Jim Keats has almost finished his report into DCI Gene Hunt and his team, but he's still pushing DI Alex Drake to find out what really happened to Sam Tyler. When reports come in of a disturbance at an ANC illegal drinking den Gene heads in all guns blazing. The men at the club are quick to dismiss the disturbance as nothing, but when DI Ray Carling spots blood on the floor and discovers a dead body, it leads Gene into a murder investigation.
Director: David Drury
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
7.8/104 votes#5 - Episode 4
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/13/2007
The body of a young woman is found in wasteland. The investigation takes the team to suburbia, where a local car dealer is throwing private parties, employing make-up girls from a local company to “help out” when the wife-swapping begins. Posing as married couple Tony and Cherie Blair, Sam and Annie infiltrate one of the parties, only to discover that it isn't as simple as they think.
Director: Richard Clark
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
7.8/106 votes#6 - Case Histories (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/5/2011
Jackson takes on the mysterious case of a girl who went missing 30 years ago, as well as helping a grieving father to find the man who murdered his daughter, all whilst trying to deal with flashbacks to his own traumatic past.
Director: Marc Jobst
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
- 7.8/105 votes
#7 - Case Histories (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/6/2011
As the detective series continues, Jackson seems to be collecting lost girls. Along with his continuing investigation into the killing of Laura Wyre, and missing Olivia Land, Jackson decides to help a mysterious seductress find her niece. All whilst dealing with the knowledge that his ex-wife is moving to New Zealand with his beloved daughter.
Director: Marc Jobst
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
7.7/103 votes#8 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/28/2016
It is Somerset 1894 and after a pioneering Victorian psychologist brings his vivacious young wife to live on his family's estate, he is confronted by one disturbing case after another.
Director: Alice Troughton
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
7.7/103 votes#9 - Darkness Visible (1)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/13/1996
The death of a man in custody seems like a straightforward case, but DS Farmer has concerns about some of her officers.
Director: Noella Smith
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
7.7/103 votes#10 - Darkness Visible (2)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/1996
Someone is harassing Sam as evidence of a cover-up mounts, and the bomb squad is called in to deal with a mysterious parcel.
Director: Noella Smith
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
7.5/102 votes#11 - A Touch of Class
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2004
Desperate for a lucrative con, the team decides to fleece a bitter, rich divorcee but Mickey's feelings for her begin to cloud the issue.
Director: Minkie Spiro
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
7.0/105 votes#12 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2006
When his mother's voice bleeds through from 2006 and he hears her say goodbye to him, Sam is desperate - he's alive and determined to make himself heard. But then the call comes in that a man has taken people hostage at the Manchester Gazette and is intent on killing them at 2pm - the same time Sam's machine will be switched off. Could stopping the hostage-taker be a way of staying alive?
Director: John Alexander
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
6.9/108 votes#13 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/19/2021
Passepartout's knowledge of Hong Kong proves useful when Fogg’s finances are blocked. However, there is a high price to be paid. Abigail’s latest article could humiliate Phileas at a party in his honour.
Director: Brian Kelly
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
6.8/104 votes#14 - Long Days, Short Nights (1)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/28/1996
When Mark James's decomposing body is discovered, it bears all the signs of a ritualistic killing.
Director: Mike Barker
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
6.8/108 votes#15 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/12/2021
Stuck on Yemen’s west coast, foolhardy Fogg decides on a dangerous desert crossing, leaving Abigail Fix in a place where even a fellow Englishwoman proves hostile.
Director: Steve Barron
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
6.7/103 votes#16 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/5/2016
After a young boy is disturbed by some terrifying visions, Nathan attempts to do everything he can to protect him. Nathan has been having visions of this own though and he could be on the edge of madness.
Director: Alice Troughton
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
6.2/109 votes#17 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/12/2021
In remote India, Fogg grumpily waits for a wedding to be over, but the groom is grabbed by the army. Passepartout is torn about potentially sabotaging the trip, while Miss Fix’s self-belief has been shaken.
Director: Steve Barron
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
6.2/109 votes#18 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/5/2021
Fogg's self-respect is shattered by an arrogant widower's ridicule, worrying Abigail and Passepartout even before a disaster strikes.
Director: Steve Barron
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
6.0/109 votes#19 - Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/26/2021
An irresistible reunion, deadly dockside danger and regrettable red tape mean Phileas Fogg faces failure while his companions ponder parting from each other.
Director: Steve Barron
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
- 5.8/105 votes
#20 - Long Days, Short Nights (2)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/29/1996
The police grow frustrated with the lack of a forensic link, but Sam finds more clues in an old case.
Director: Mike Barker
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
5.8/1010 votes#21 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/5/2021
Inspired by a news story, Phileas Fogg is goaded into betting that he can circle the globe in just 80 days, despite never having been abroad before.
Director: Steve Barron
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
5.7/103 votes#22 - Found in Soho
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/20/2009
When a dead man is found in a Soho strip club, it looks like a sex game has gone wrong. So when the deceased is discovered to be a police officer, Gene and Alex are ordered to keep the case under wraps.
Director: Catherine Morshead
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
5.7/103 votes#23 - The Happy Day
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2008
DCI Hunt is determined to keep a lid on protests against the London Docklands development. When a suspected member of the London Liberation Front is arrested, Alex asks her mother, a lawyer, to defend him. Meanwhile, Prince Charles is marrying Lady Diana Spencer and the in-crowd is partying at the Blitz Club.
Director: Jonny Campbell
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
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"Alex's Big Day" is the best rated episode written by Ashley Pharoah. It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Jonny Campbell. It aired on 3/27/2008 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Gene's Queen".