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The Best Episodes Written By Brian Clemens

Every TV Episode Written by Brian Clemens Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  • Someone at the Top of the Stairs
    8.5/10(2)

    #1 - Someone at the Top of the Stairs

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 4/28/1973

    When two young women rent a room in a dark house filled with strange inhabitants, one of them is killed and the other is haunted by a mysterious man who appears at the top of the stairs. Donna Mills, Judy Carne, David de Keyser, Francis Wallis, Alethea Charlton, Brian McGrath, Peter Cellier, Clifford Parrish, Scott Forbes, Rhoda Lewis, Alan Roberto, Laura Collins, Richard Corbet, Charles Hill

    Director: John Sichel

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • File It Under Fear
    8.5/10(2)

    #2 - File It Under Fear

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 6/2/1973

    When several young women have been strangled in her neighborhood, a neurotic librarian tries to catch the killer. Maureen Lipman, Richard O'Callaghan, Jan Francis, James Grout, John Le Mesurier, Colin Fisher, Rose Hill, Richard Pendrey, John Nightingale, Jenny Quayle, Georgina Melville, Sue Bond

    Director: Bill Hays

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill
    8.0/10(2)

    #3 - I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill

    Season 3 Episode 2

    Aired 6/8/1974

    A young secretary doing work after hours is terrorized by a murderer in a deserted office building.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • Nurse Will Make It Better
    8.0/10(1)

    #4 - Nurse Will Make It Better

    Season 4 Episode 2

    Aired 1/11/1975

    A woman who is hired to care for a paraplegic girl is a devil worshipper and promises the girl that she will be able to walk again in exchange for her soul.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • What the Butler Saw
    8.0/10(1)

    #5 - What the Butler Saw

    Season 4 Episode 22

    Aired 2/26/1966

    According to Steed's double-agent barber, one of three military men is a traitor. But which one? To find out, Steed becomes a butler, and Emma starts Operation Fascination to trap the woman-hungry Group Captain Miles.

    Director: Bill Bain

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • The House That Jack Built
    8.0/10(1)

    #6 - The House That Jack Built

    Season 4 Episode 23

    Aired 3/5/1966

    Emma inherits some property from her deceased Uncle Jack. The property is a very bizaarre house, and when Emma goes to inspect it, she finds herself trapped in a labyrinth of psychological torture.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • The Living Dead
    8.0/10(1)

    #7 - The Living Dead

    Season 5 Episode 7

    Aired 2/25/1967

    When representatives of the two organizations head to a country church to investigate the sudden reappearance of a man long thought dead, Steed and Emma are called in to help. It isn't long, of course, before murder rears its ugly head.

    Director: John Krish

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • Epic
    8.0/10(1)

    #8 - Epic

    Season 5 Episode 11

    Aired 4/1/1967

    Three Hollywood veterans, led by an insane director, decide that Emma would be perfect for their latest movie, so they kidnap her and film some surreal and deadly footage.

    Director: James Hill

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • Murdersville
    8.0/10(1)

    #9 - Murdersville

    Season 5 Episode 23

    Aired 11/11/1967

    Emma's old friend, Paul Croft, returns from abroad to retire to Little Storping-in-the Swurf. Unfortunately, the village seems to be run along very strange lines. Threatened by yokels, Emma finds herself outnumbered.

    Director: Robert Asher

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • See No Evil
    8.0/10(3)

    #10 - See No Evil

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 12/19/1992

    A serial killer dubbed The Scalper' is attacking blonde women, including a friend of Tessa's. MacLeod recognizes the pattern of an Immortal who, betrayed by the woman he loved, became a killer. To end the carnage, MacLeod was forced to confront and kill him, back in 1925. Now the killings have started again, the modern day killer mimicking the 70-year-old M.O., killing in the same locations as the previous murders. It falls to MacLeod and Tessa to stop this madman.

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • The Untouchables
    8.0/10(1)

    #11 - The Untouchables

    Season 5 Episode 8

    Aired 1/16/1983

    Bodie is offered the opportunity to clear up all his gambling debts by a foreign diplomat - who in exchange wants to have some vital secrets from CI5.

    Director: William Brayne

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • Possession
    7.5/10(2)

    #12 - Possession

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 4/21/1973

    A couple moves into a sinister old country house, and the husband is taken over by strange forces. John Carson, Joanna Dunham, Hilary Hardiman, Athol Coats, James Cossins, Richard Aylen, Jack Galloway, Mary Ann Severne

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • The Forget-Me-Knot
    7.5/10(4)

    #13 - The Forget-Me-Knot

    Season 6 Episode 1

    Aired 9/25/1968

    Steed's colleague Sean Mortimer comes to see him in a very confused state. He knows there is a traitor in the organization but he has been drugged to put him in an amnesiac state and he can remember little else. Mrs. Peel investigates but she too falls prey to the drug as she and Sean are abducted by bikers. It is down to trainee agent 69, Tara King, to whom Steed is introduced by spymaster 'Mother' to help him save the day.

    Director: James Hill

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • Lady Killer
    7.0/10(2)

    #14 - Lady Killer

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 4/14/1973

    A shy librarian falls in love with and marries a smooth-talker, who is secretly already married and plots the death of his new wife. Barbara Feldon, Robert Powell, Linda Thorson, T. P. McKenna, Mary Wimbush, John Boswall, Ivor Roberts, Howard Rawlinson, Ronald Mayer, David Billa

    Director: Bill Hays

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • An Echo of Theresa
    7.0/10(2)

    #15 - An Echo of Theresa

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 5/5/1973

    While a couple vacations in London, the husband begins to act strangely, calling his wife "Theresa," and they become involved in espionage. Paul Burke, Polly Bergen, Dinsdale Landen, Basil Henson, Vernon Dobtcheff, Meriel Brooke, William Job, Roger Hume, Larry Taylor, Betty Woolfe, Neville Phillips, Ted Richards, John Caesar

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • One Deadly Owner
    7.0/10(1)

    #16 - One Deadly Owner

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 2/16/1974

    A fashion model buys a haunted Rolls-Royce. Donna Mills, Jeremy Brett, Robert Morris, Laurence Payne, Eric Lander, Michael Beint, Anthony Dawes, Bob Holness, Ray Marioni

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • Screamer
    7.0/10(1)

    #17 - Screamer

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 1/4/1975

    After a young woman is attacked on her way to visit friends in the country, she spends time in a mental institution. When she is released, she sees her attacker and exacts her revenge.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • Night Is the Time for Killing
    7.0/10(1)

    #18 - Night Is the Time for Killing

    Season 4 Episode 3

    Aired 1/18/1975

    A woman on a train finds a dead man, but later the body disappears and the man is seen alive.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • View from the Villa
    7.0/10(1)

    #19 - View from the Villa

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/11/1960

    John Drake is assigned to investigate the murder of a banker, Frank Delroy. The trail leads Drake to the home of Delroy's lady friend, a small seaside resort (Portmeirion) where he recovers five million dollars and solves the murder of Delroy.

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • Time to Kill
    7.0/10(1)

    #20 - Time to Kill

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 9/18/1960

    John Drake flies to Paris, where his assignment is to find an international killer. He refuses to assassinate the man, but undertakes to retrieve him. The task becomes more difficult when Drake finds himself handcuffed to a young woman, Lisa Orin.

    Director: Ralph Smart

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • The Girl in Pink Pyjamas
    7.0/10(1)

    #21 - The Girl in Pink Pyjamas

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 10/16/1960

    When a dazed girl is found wandering along a country lane, dressed only in her pajamas, Drake discovers a plot to assassinate a Balkan President.

    Director: Peter Graham Scott

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • The Sisters
    7.0/10(1)

    #22 - The Sisters

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 11/27/1960

    When a young, beautiful refugee pleads for political asylum, Drake is called in to investigate by his superior, Hardy. When the girl's sister arrives, Drake has a double problem to solve.

    Director: Seth Holt

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • The Island
    7.0/10(1)

    #23 - The Island

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 1/1/1961

    John Drake is flying back to the mainland with two prisoners, when his plane crashes in the sea, near a tiny island. On reaching the island Drake finds himself a wanted man as the island's hermit owner believes Drake is an escaped prisoner.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • Bury the Dead
    7.0/10(1)

    #24 - Bury the Dead

    Season 1 Episode 27

    Aired 5/7/1961

    NATO agent Tony Costello is killed in a car crash while investigating a case of gun running. John Drake flies to Sicily to investigate and finds Costello's girl friend who is convinced it was murder. Before the case is solved, Drake discovers that you can bury the dead more than once.

    Director: Clive Donner

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • The Leak
    7.0/10(1)

    #25 - The Leak

    Season 1 Episode 30

    Aired 5/28/1961

    Drake joins forces with a European doctor when workers at an African nuclear power plant fall ill.

    Director: Anthony Bushell

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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Brian Clemens Ratings Summary

"Someone at the Top of the Stairs" is the best rated episode written by Brian Clemens. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by John Sichel. It aired on 4/28/1973 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "File It Under Fear".