The best episodes of Bluestone 42
Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Bird hatches a plan to stop Nick and Mary going on about each other once and for all. The lieutenant colonel persuades Towerblock to pimp his ride.
- 02
Nick's hunt for the Taliban bomber hots up. Simon's lack of trust in Mac and Rocket comes back to bite him. Bird finds herself the reluctant participant in a girlie chat with Mary.
- 03
After Bluestone 42 join a midnight raid on a bomb factory and rescue a kidnapped Danish aid worker, they find more than they bargained for. Simon tries to get a book deal for his memoir.
- 04
A blast from the past knocks Nick off his game. Bird tries to teach Mary a lesson that the padre is out of touch with the troops.
- 05
The team gets a visit from a government minister, to whom Mary unexpectedly takes a shine. Nick tries to get rid of him with a questionable plan involving high explosives.
- 06
Ellen has to learn to bend the rules, Mac and Rocket do gladiatorial combat and Bird sets Simon up for a fall.
- 07
As the team prepare to leave Afghanistan for good, Simon receives some devastating news.
- 08
Nick faces a gruelling challenge with a booby-trapped car bomb, while Simon finally stands up to his fiancée.
- 09
We rejoin the Bluestone 42 team after the IED explosion has hit their mastiff. Have they all survived, and will they be ambushed?
- 10
The team suffer a Taliban attack on base, which distracts Ellen and Bird from their bickering and Towerblock from a difficult phone call to his wife.
- 11
The Bluestone 42 team experience a tough roadside ops, but it's the new padre, Mary, who really grabs the attention of bomb disposal expert, Nick. Written by Richard Hurst and James Cary.
- 12
Nick is desperate to find some decent food to use in an attempt to seduce Mary, whilst Simon gets in to trouble on roadside ops.
- 13
Mary reveals a secret about her past before she became a padre and Nick tries to take full advantage. Bird is offered a promotion.
- 14
Nick tries to prove he is not superstitious to the padre, while Simon tries to earn respect by joining in dangerous homemade games with Mac and Rocket.
- 15
Nick and Simon help each other to learn to dance, whilst the arrival of vet Parikh reveals Bird as a terrible flirt.
- 16
A mortar attack on the patrol base sends Bluestone 42 diving for cover.
- 17
Nick regrets showing off to his new number 2, Towerblock. Simon and Bird come to blows over a special book belonging to the Lt Colonel.
- 18
Nick and the Lt Colonel find themselves in an unexpected battle of wills. Rocket gets himself a pet rat, much to Bird's disgust.
- 19
The team are called out to a major operation, where events take a worrying turn. Simon makes a life-changing discovery.
- 20
A new arrival on base attracts Simon's attention. Towerblock is put through his paces after challenging Rocket to a battle of the fittest.
