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Drama
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 123 episodes
- 1.01The Long Distance Piano PlayerRate
- 1.02The Right ProspectusRate
- 1.03The LieRate
- 1.04Angels Are So FewRate
- 1.05The Write-OffRate
- 1.06I Can't See My Little WillieRate
- 1.07A Distant ThunderRate
- 1.08Hearts and FlowersRate
- 1.09Robin RedbreastRate
- 1.10The Hallelujah HandshakeRate
- 1.11Alma MaterRate
- 1.12Circle LineRate
- 1.13Hell's AngelRate
- 1.14The PianoRate
- 1.15Billy's Last StandRate
- 1.16The RainbirdsRate
- 1.17ReddickRate
- 1.18The Fox TrotRate
- 1.19When the Bough BreaksRate
- 1.20OrkneyRate
- 1.21The Rank and FileRate
- 1.22The Man in the SidecarRate
- 1.23Everybody Say CheeseRate
Season 218 episodes
- 2.01TraitorRate
- 2.02Edna The Inebriate WomanRate
- 2.03EvelynRate
- 2.04O Fat White WomanRate
- 2.05Thank You Very MuchRate
- 2.06Michael ReganRate
- 2.07Skin DeepRate
- 2.08PalRate
- 2.09The Pigeon FancierRate
- 2.10HomeRate
- 2.11Still WatersRate
- 2.12Stocker's CopperRate
- 2.13The House on Highbury HillRate
- 2.14In the Beautiful CaribbeanRate
- 2.15Ackerman, Dougall and HarkerRate
- 2.16The Villa MarocRate
- 2.17CowsRate
- 2.18The Fishing PartyRate
Season 328 episodes
- 3.01The ReportersRate
- 3.02A Life Is ForeverRate
- 3.03Carson CountryRate
- 3.04Man FridayRate
- 3.05Triple ExposureRate
- 3.06Better Than the MoviesRate
- 3.07The General's DayRate
- 3.08The BankruptRate
- 3.09Just Your LuckRate
- 3.10The Bouncing BoyRate
- 3.11Shakespeare or BustRate
- 3.12Land of Green GingerRate
- 3.13Kisses at FiftyRate
- 3.14Highway RobberyRate
- 3.15Song at TwilightRate
- 3.16Only Make BelieveRate
- 3.17For Sylvia, or the Air ShowRate
- 3.18The OperationRate
- 3.19Access to the ChildrenRate
- 3.20Hard LabourRate
- 3.21Man Above MenRate
- 3.22Speech DayRate
- 3.23Steps BackRate
- 3.24Three's OneRate
- 3.25Edward G: Like the FilmstarRate
- 3.26Blooming YouthRate
- 3.27The StretchRate
- 3.28Making the PlayRate
Season 422 episodes
- 4.01Mrs. Palfrey at the ClaremontRate
- 4.02Her Majesty's PleasureRate
- 4.03Jack PointRate
- 4.04The Emergency ChannelRate
- 4.05Mummy and DaddyRate
- 4.06Private PracticeRate
- 4.07ShutdownRate
- 4.08Baby BluesRate
- 4.09Jingle BellsRate
- 4.10The Lonely Man's LoverRate
- 4.11All Good MenRate
- 4.12Joe's ArkRate
- 4.13Hot FatRate
- 4.14Easy GoRate
- 4.15HeadmasterRate
- 4.16Penda's FenRate
- 4.17Pidgeon - Hawk or Dove?Rate
- 4.18Three for the FancyRate
- 4.19The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black Black OilRate
- 4.20SchmoedipusRate
- 4.21The Childhood FriendRate
- 4.22A Follower for EmilyRate
Season 522 episodes
- 5.01Leeds United!Rate
- 5.02Baby LoveRate
- 5.03Back of BeyondRate
- 5.04The BevellersRate
- 5.05Taking LeaveRate
- 5.06FugitiveRate
- 5.07EleanorRate
- 5.08GangstersRate
- 5.09The After Dinner GameRate
- 5.10BreathRate
- 5.11The Death of a Young Young ManRate
- 5.12Sunset Across the BayRate
- 5.13Funny FarmRate
- 5.14GoodbyeRate
- 5.15Just Another SaturdayRate
- 5.16Child of HopeRate
- 5.17The Saturday PartyRate
- 5.18Wednesday LoveRate
- 5.19The Dandelion ClockRate
- 5.20BrassneckRate
- 5.21The FloaterRate
- 5.22'By Common Consent'Rate
Season 624 episodes
- 6.01Plaintiffs and DefendantsRate
- 6.02Two SundaysRate
- 6.03MossRate
- 6.0484, Charing Cross RoadRate
- 6.05Keep an Eye on AlbertRate
- 6.06Children of the SunRate
- 6.07After the SoloRate
- 6.08Through the NightRate
- 6.09A Passage to EnglandRate
- 6.10Rumpole of the BaileyRate
- 6.11The Other WomanRate
- 6.12'Nuts in May'Rate
- 6.13Doran's BoxRate
- 6.14Packman's BarnRate
- 6.15A Story to Frighten the ChildrenRate
- 6.16The Happy Hunting GroundRate
- 6.17Jumping Bean BagRate
- 6.18Clay, Smeddum and GreendenRate
- 6.19Love Letters on Blue PaperRate
- 6.20Willie RoughRate
- 6.21Tiptoe Through the TulipsRate
- 6.22The PeddlerRate
- 6.23Early StrugglesRate
- 6.24Double DareRate
Season 718 episodes
- 7.01Bar Mitzvah BoyRate
- 7.02Bet Your LifeRate
- 7.03Rocky Marciano Is DeadRate
- 7.04The Elephants' GraveyardRate
- 7.05Housewives' ChoiceRate
- 7.06Your Man from Six CountiesRate
- 7.07BuffetRate
- 7.08Love on a GunboatRate
- 7.09The Kiss of DeathRate
- 7.10Our Flesh and BloodRate
- 7.11Do As I SayRate
- 7.12Spend Spend SpendRate
- 7.13A PhotographRate
- 7.14The Price of Coal: Part 1 - Meet the PeopleRate
- 7.15The Price of Coal: Part 2 - Back to RealityRate
- 7.16Gotcha/Campion's InterviewRate
- 7.17A Choice of EvilsRate
- 7.18The Country PartyRate
Season 818 episodes
- 8.01Stronger Than the SunRate
- 8.02Come the RevolutionRate
- 8.03Abigail's PartyRate
- 8.04Oy Vay MariaRate
- 8.05NipperRate
- 8.06One Day at a TimeRate
- 8.07The Mayor's CharityRate
- 8.08Catchpenny TwistRate
- 8.09CharadesRate
- 8.10The Thin End of the WedgeRate
- 8.11Scully's New Year's EveRate
- 8.12Licking HitlerRate
- 8.13Red ShiftRate
- 8.14The SpongersRate
- 8.15DestinyRate
- 8.16Our Day OutRate
- 8.17The After Dinner JokeRate
- 8.18The Legion Hall BombingRate
Season 921 episodes
- 9.01NinaRate
- 9.02Victims of ApartheidRate
- 9.03A Touch of the Tiny HackettsRate
- 9.04Dinner at the Sporting ClubRate
- 9.05Donal and SallyRate
- 9.06Sorry...Rate
- 9.07Butterflies Don't CountRate
- 9.08Soldiers Talking, CleanlyRate
- 9.09One Bummer News DayRate
- 9.10The Out of Town BoysRate
- 9.11VampiresRate
- 9.12The Chief MournerRate
- 9.13Waterloo SunsetRate
- 9.14Blue Remembered HillsRate
- 9.15Who's WhoRate
- 9.16The Last Window CleanerRate
- 9.17Ploughman's ShareRate
- 9.18Degree of UncertaintyRate
- 9.19LightRate
- 9.20Coming OutRate
- 9.21Don't Be SillyRate
Season 1028 episodes
- 10.01Long Distance InformationRate
- 10.02Cries from a WatchtowerRate
- 10.03ComediansRate
- 10.04Even SolomonRate
- 10.05Just a Boys' GameRate
- 10.06BillyRate
- 10.07A Hole in BabylonRate
- 10.08The Slab BoysRate
- 10.09Katie: The Year of a ChildRate
- 10.10The NetworkRate
- 10.11Chance of a LifetimeRate
- 10.12Keep SmilingRate
- 10.13Dreams of LeavingRate
- 10.14Thicker Than WaterRate
- 10.15Murder RapRate
- 10.16Instant Enlightenment Including VATRate
- 10.17No DefenceRate
- 10.18'That crazy woman'Rate
- 10.19A Gift from NessusRate
- 10.20Kate the Good NeighbourRate
- 10.21BusesRate
- 10.22Shadows on Our SkinRate
- 10.23LadiesRate
- 10.24The Vanishing ArmyRate
- 10.25Not for the Likes of UsRate
- 10.26The ExecutionerRate
- 10.27The Imitation GameRate
- 10.28A Walk in the ForestRate
Season 1127 episodes
- 11.01PasmoreRate
- 11.02C2H5OHRate
- 11.03The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling SomethingRate
- 11.04The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of IceRate
- 11.05Minor ComplicationsRate
- 11.06Number on EndRate
- 11.07JudeRate
- 11.08The Flipside of Dominick HideRate
- 11.09Name for the DayRate
- 11.10JessieRate
- 11.11Beyond the PaleRate
- 11.12The Muscle MarketRate
- 11.13A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El DoradoRate
- 11.14Dear BrutusRate
- 11.15The CauseRate
- 11.16Beloved EnemyRate
- 11.17The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion DinnerRate
- 11.18The UnionRate
- 11.19SorryRate
- 11.20Shai Mãlã Khani: The GarlandRate
- 11.21The Sin BinRate
- 11.22Before Water LiliesRate
- 11.23Bavarian NightRate
- 11.24The Good Time GirlsRate
- 11.25Baby TalkRate
- 11.26A Turn for the WorseRate
- 11.27Psy-WarriorsRate
Season 1222 episodes
- 12.01CountryRate
- 12.02London Is DrowningRate
- 12.03A Room for the WinterRate
- 12.04No Visible ScarRate
- 12.05Iris in the traffic... ...Ruby in the rain.Rate
- 12.06ProtestRate
- 12.07United KingdomRate
- 12.08P.Q. 17Rate
- 12.09The FactoryRate
- 12.10England's Greens and Peasant LandRate
- 12.11A Cotswold DeathRate
- 12.12Under the SkinRate
- 12.13CommitmentsRate
- 12.14Life After DeathRate
- 12.15The Silly SeasonRate
- 12.16Too Late to Talk to BillyRate
- 12.17Willie's Last StandRate
- 12.18"Tishoo"Rate
- 12.19Home Sweet HomeRate
- 12.20A Sudden WrenchRate
- 12.21Eve Set the Balls of Corruption RollingRate
- 12.22Whistling WallyRate
Season 1317 episodes
- 13.01Soft TargetsRate
- 13.023 Minute HeroesRate
- 13.03The Remainder ManRate
- 13.04Intensive CareRate
- 13.05A Mother Like HimRate
- 13.06John DavidRate
- 13.07AliensRate
- 13.08Another Flip for DominickRate
- 13.09Last LoveRate
- 13.10Gates of GoldRate
- 13.11Wayne and AlbertRate
- 13.12AtlantisRate
- 13.13The Last TermRate
- 13.14Reluctant ChickensRate
- 13.15Shall I Be Mother?Rate
- 13.16The Falklands FactorRate
- 13.17A Matter of Choice for BillyRate
Season 1415 episodes
- 14.01Young ShouldersRate
- 14.02A Coming to Terms for BillyRate
- 14.03Z for ZachariahRate
- 14.04Moving on the EdgeRate
- 14.05Desert of LiesRate
- 14.06Hard FeelingsRate
- 14.07Under the HammerRate
- 14.08KingRate
- 14.09Rainy Day WomenRate
- 14.10Dog EndsRate
- 14.11The Groundling and the KiteRate
- 14.12The CryRate
- 14.13It Could Happen to AnybodyRate
- 14.14Only ChildrenRate
- 14.15The Amazing Miss Stella EstelleRate
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