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The Best Episodes of Screen Two Season 3

Every episode of Screen Two Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Screen Two Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Screen Two Season 3 Episode 9 - Heaven on Earth
    8.4/10(65 votes)

    S3:E9

    Heaven On Earth follows several children and teens as they are sent from their homes in Wales and England to Canada. Host families await them and each child must adapt to their new surroundings, deal with their new duties and families and survive by holding into their friendships. Heaven on Earth is based on historical events and focuses on the trials and hardships of children who were unwanted but ultimately found their place in the world.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Peter Pearson, Nancy Trites-Botkin

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  2. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 11 - Going Home
    8.4/10(56 votes)

    S3:E11

    After the Great War, thousands of Canadian troops were sent to Kinmel Park Camp in North Wales to await their return as young heroes.

    Director:Terence Ryan
    Writer:Christopher Green

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  3. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 6 - Naming the Names
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    S3:E6

    Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes back a lot further than that.

    Director:Stuart Burge
    Writer:Anne Devlin

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  4. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 12 - Quartermaine's Terms
    8.3/10(67 votes)

    S3:E12

    St. John Quartermaine, a teacher in an English language college for foreign students, his life revolving around work, seemingly without a social life of his own, is becoming increasingly absent-minded and forgetful.

    Director:Bill Hays
    Writer:Simon Gray

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  5. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 10 - Inappropriate Behaviour
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    S3:E10

    Jo teaches 'difficult' children - American style. Young Helen, one of her most rebellious pupils, teaches horse-riding - Cotswold style. Who is going to learn the most?

    Director:Paul Seed
    Writer:Andrew Davies

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  6. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 3 - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
    8.1/10(94 votes)

    S3:E3

    Freedom fascinates and frightens Jackie, encountering the real world for the first time in years, She clings to an ideal: 'What I want most in the whole world is to be in love and to be loved'. Reality can be harsh and unforgiving.

    Director:Adrian Shergold
    Writers:Adrian Shergold, David Snodin

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  7. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 1 - Coast to Coast
    7.9/10(242 votes)

    S3:E1

    Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being gainfully employed they decide to start a mobile disco service for fellow soul lovers, which leads them to buy an ice cream van, and the adventure begins. Before long they find themselves on the run from the bad guys and the police.

    Director:Sandy Johnson
    Writer:Stan Hey

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  8. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 4 - After Pilkington
    7.4/10(118 votes)

    S3:E4

    What's happened to Pilkington? James doesn't much care, he's far more interested in renewing acquaintance with the girl he silently adored as a teenager - but maybe she knows something.

    Director:Christopher Morahan
    Writer:Simon Gray

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  9. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 5 - East of Ipswich
    7.1/10(360 votes)

    S3:E5

    Michael Palin's nostalgic comedy about a family holiday at a Suffolk seaside resort. Richard Burrill, a 17-year-old, is reluctantly dragged to Southwold with his parents, where he meets Edwin, another teenager who has very definite ideas about how to enjoy himself, and a young Dutch girl with an eye for the boys.

    Director:Tristram Powell
    Writer:Michael Palin

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  10. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 8 - Visitors
    7.0/10(61 votes)

    S3:E8

    This production for the BBC-2's "Screen Two" series was the last of Dennis Potter's "one-shot, one-slot" plays for television. It had its origins in Potter's 1983 play "Sufficient Carbohydrate," about two middle-aged executives, one English, one American, who both work for the same multinational food company. Together, they vacation with their wives on a Greek island. In the TV adaptation, British businessman Jack becomes bitter as he faces the prospect of seeing his family company taken over by an American corporation. On a holiday at an Italian villa with his new manager, Eddie, he begins to stir up antagonism prompting Eddie's son Clayton to fantasize a murderous outcome.

    Director:Piers Haggard
    Writer:Dennis Potter

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  11. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 14 - Hedgehog Wedding
    6.2/10(13 votes)

    S3:E14

    Mr and Mrs Desmond Howard Jones invite you to the wedding of their daughter Mariella to Dominic Frazer.

    Director:Tim King
    Writer:Elizabeth Spender

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  12. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 15 - The Children of Dynmouth
    6.2/10(29 votes)

    S3:E15

    Easter holidays in the charming seaside town of Dynmouth. The fair has come to town with roundabouts, the big wheel and a spot-the-talent contest. And Timothy Gedge wants to make people laugh - but he needs props.

    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:William Trevor

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  13. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 2 - Blunt: The Fourth Man
    6.1/10(264 votes)

    S3:E2

    The story of Anthony Blunt, the "fourth man" in a notorious 1951 spy scandal.

    Director:John Glenister
    Writer:Robin Chapman

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  14. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 7 - Northanger Abbey
    5.4/10(1100 votes)

    S3:E7

    Teenage Catherine enjoys reading Gothic Novels. She visits Bath and meets Henry and his sister Eleanor. Upon returning home, Eleanor invites Catherine as her companion. There Catherine's begins to suspect a dark secret at Northanger Abbey.

    Director:Giles Foster
    Writer:Maggie Wadey

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  15. Screen Two Season 3 Episode 13 - On the Palm
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E13

    Fledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for cash in hand, strictly 'on the palm', it's a welcome change from the dole. Until he finds himself digging dirt on an old friend.

    Director:Michael Whyte
    Writer:Dave Sheasby

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Heaven on Earth" is the best rated episode of "Screen Two" season 3. It scored 8.4/10 based on 65 votes. Directed by Allan Kroeker and written by Peter Pearson, Nancy Trites-Botkin, it aired on 3/1/1987. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Going Home".