The Best Episodes Directed By Terence Dudley

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Horse Sense

   S1:E11/8/1978

   Life for a newly qualified vet like James Herriot is not at all easy. He travels all the way to Darrowby, Yorkshire to secure a job, but by the time his prospective employer, Siegfried Farnon, turns up for the interview, James has fallen asleep!

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   #2 - Golden Lads and Girls

   S1:E72/19/1978

   James' temper is fraying fast -- what with two car accidents in the space of a week, an inauspicious meeting with Helen's family and his rival still lurking around Helen like a "big glossy spider".

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   #3 - Calf Love

   S1:E41/29/1978

   Siegfried has a major victory, and his brother Tristan has to deal with pigs in more ways than one. James discovers he has a rival for Helen's affections.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - Christmas Special 1983: The Homecoming

   S0:E112/25/1983

   James returns to Darrowby following his wartime service in the R.A.F. Though little has changed in the Dales in the intervening six years, James finds it difficult to adjust to the peacetime routine and to friends and family who seem like strangers.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #5 - Sleeping Partners

   S1:E103/12/1978

   James and Helen's wedding day has finally arrived, though their honeymoon destination couldn't have been further from the Mediterranean. Finally, Siegfried bestows the best wedding present of all.

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   #6 - Breath of Life

   S1:E134/14/1978

   Siegfried discovers that a gift given in good faith has brought the deadly foot-and-mouth disease to the dales, and James accidentally hits upon a "sleep cure" for Mrs. Flaxton's poodle.

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   #7 - Home and Away

   S3:E103/1/1980

   Mrs. Hall is away visiting a cousin and James agrees to fill in for Stewie Brannon while he's on holidays. Siegfried and Tristan make the best of it but Tristan's culinary skills have not improved over the years. He does make an excellent bangers and mash, for every meal, everyday. James treats a severely injured dog and has a bit of difficulty with the local dialect.

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   #8 - Big Steps and Little 'Uns

   S3:E144/5/1980

   England is at war and the time has come for James and Siegfried to join their military units. Their last day at the practice is a busy one and James is repeatedly called out when he had hopes to spend a last, quiet evening at home with Helen. Siegfried surprises James with a small gift. Mrs. Hall also has a surprise announcement for everyone and Tristan receives shocking news from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

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   6.2/10(5 votes)

   #9 - Meglos (2)

   S18:E610/4/1980

   With the TARDIS occupants trapped in a chronic histeratic loop (forever reliving the same moment in time), the devious Meglos - disguised as the Doctor - gains the trust of the Tigellans along with full and private access to their power chamber.

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    6.2/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Meglos (3)

    S18:E710/11/1980

    Can Romana escape the Gaztaks? What has become of the Dodecahedron? What pressing appointment awaits the Doctor?

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    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Meglos (4)

    S18:E810/18/1980

    With the Doctor about to be ritualistically sacrificed to appease the god Ti for stealing the dodecahedron, Meglos and the pirates return to Zolfa-Thura with the dodecahedron to fire up an ancient weapon and blast Tigella out of existence.

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    6.0/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Meglos (1)

    S18:E59/27/1980

    The desert planet Zolpha-Thura, the 1980s. Giant intelligent megalomaniac cactus Meglos is planning to conquer the galaxy but first it needs the dodecahedron, a powerful energy source currently on the planet Tigella. To get it back Meglos recruits a band of galactic mercenaries and hatches a cunning scheme requiring it to impersonate the Doctor...

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