9.0/101 votes#1 - Bambi
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 5/8/1984
The reprobates from Scumbag College test their mental dexterity against Footlights College on a TV quiz show - but not before Vyvyan loses his head.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton
8.8/1032 votes#2 - Mr. Bean
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/1990
Mr. Bean attends a mathematics exam, where he tries to copy from a student under the nose of the invigilator, when he realizes that he has studied the wrong maths equations. Afterwards, he surreptitiously changes into his swimming trunks so as not to be noticed by someone sitting nearby at a beach. And later struggles to stay awake during a church service and obnoxiously sings the refrain of the hymn "All Creatures of Our God and King," much to the annoyance of the man sitting next to him, Mr. Sprout.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: Ben Elton
8.3/1030 votes#3 - The Curse of Mr. Bean
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/30/1990
Mr. Bean goes to a swimming pool, where he finds himself scared to death on the high diving board. When he's done, he tries several different ways to get his car out of the parking garage after he realizes he doesn't have enough money to do it the normal way. After that, he sits on a park bench and uses an unusual method of making himself a sandwich. Finally, he goes to a cinema and tries to survive a terrifying horror movie with his girlfriend.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: Ben Elton
8.0/101 votes#4 - Oil
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/16/1982
The boys move into their new house while Vyvyan locates oil in the basement. Mike sees this as an opportunity to rule the house like a dictatorship with Vyvyan against Rick and Neil.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton
7.7/103 votes#5 - Fire and Terror
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/20/1995
Habib falls for a fireman named Gary, much to Goody's jealousy, while Fowler finds himself pestered frequently by a man who claims to have committed impossible, solved or extremely historical crimes, much to DI Grim's amusement, until a terrorist begins making threats that cause Special Branch to become involved.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Elton
7.5/102 votes#7 - Court in the Act
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/1996
Grim and Boyle enlist the help of Fowler and his officers to search the home of a suspected drug-dealer, and Goody finds the drugs in the kitchen. But the too-obvious location, Boyle's discretion and Grim's comfortableness lead Fowler to believe something is going on behind the arrest.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Elton
7.5/102 votes#8 - Ism Ism Ism
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/21/1996
Dawkins discovers circumstantial evidence of a domestically abused wife, Grim applies to join the Todgers, and Mayoress Christabel Wickham informs Fowler of the presence of an illegal immigrant in Gasforth. Fowler apparently solves the crimes, but soon realises that they seemed a little too easy.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Elton
7.5/102 votes#9 - Fly on the Wall
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/28/1996
Fowler receives a letter from the BBC, who then come and make a fly on the wall documentary about Gasforth Police Station. Unfortunately, Grim convinces the officers, sans Fowler, that they are all going to become international television stars, prompting them all to undergo many changes to look "nice for the telly" and end up making fools of themselves in front of the cameramen until a farmer enters the station with a gun.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Elton
7.5/102 votes#10 - Alternative Culture
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/5/1996
Constable Habib finds her younger sister holding drugs during a drug raid in a rave club, and hides the drugs to protect her, but she is discovered and charged for withholding evidence. Fowler, unhappy with the injustice, does his best to protect Habib.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Elton
7.5/102 votes#11 - Come on You Blues
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/12/1996
Gasforth Football Club is about to play Premiership team Chelsea, and Mayoress Wickham orders Fowler and his officers to personally see to it that nothing goes wrong in exchange for her recommending him for an MBE. However, things get complicated when the football players get up to no good.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Elton
7.5/102 votes#12 - Road Rage
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/19/1996
Sergeant Dawkins leaves for a break with some nature-loving activists, but during this time, they get into a feud with the police for their extreme methods, forcing Dawkins to choose between their arrogant leader, Stallion, or Fowler.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Elton
7.5/102 votes#13 - The Green Eyed Monster
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/23/1996
Inspector Fowler proposes to Sergeant Dawkins so as to help his chances for promotion, but his lack of sensitivity during the proposal prompts her to leave him instead. Fowler tries to find a new woman, but loses his interest when he hears that Dawkins is now with someone called "Toby."
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Elton
7.3/103 votes#14 - Honey Trap
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/27/1995
After Fowler drunkenly admits to having kissed Habib during a pub quiz match, Dawkins begins to suspect the two of having an affair behind her back when Grim enlists Fowler and Habib's help in catching a criminal via entrapment.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Elton
7.3/103 votes#15 - Rag Week
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/4/1995
It's Rag Week in Gasforth, and Fowler and his men are frequently disturbed by teenagers in scary masks – that is until a bank robbery by three men in rag masks occurs while Dawkins is there, leaving it uncertain whether or not the robbery is genuine.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Elton
7.3/103 votes#16 - Night Shift
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/11/1995
Pestered by his ex-wife, Fowler reluctantly agrees to let his son Bill stay with him and Dawkins for a fortnight. When Dawkins overhears Bill making love to his girlfriend in the bedroom, she becomes envious and attempts to talk Fowler into going to see a sex therapist. Guest appearance by Sheila Gish.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Elton
7.3/103 votes#17 - Kids Today
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/18/1995
Fowler and Grim clash over their views of handling juvenile troublemakers so they decide to take them on a retreat. Further tension arises when Goody punches a teenage skinhead for racially abusing Habib and is subsequently charged for assault.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Elton
7.3/103 votes#18 - Yuletide Spirit
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/26/1995
Goody buys Fowler a puncture repair kit and Habib some lingerie, but accidentally gives them the wrong presents, and matters are made more complicated when Dawkins believes the lingerie is a gift for her from Fowler.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Elton
7.0/101 votes#19 - Demolition
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/9/1982
Depressed hippie Neil has plans on killing himself while Rick, Mike and Vyvyan go on ignoring him. The council plans on demolishing the house but have to beat Vyvyan who is using his body to destroy the house from the inside.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton
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"Bambi" is the best rated episode written by Ben Elton. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Paul Jackson. It aired on 5/8/1984 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Mr. Bean".
