The most shamefulepisodes in the recent history of the press were recounted at the public inquiry into press standards.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Shamefulepisodes such as the mis-selling of endowments simply could not have happened.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Definition of 'episode'
episode
(epɪsoʊd)Explore 'episode' in the dictionary
countable noun
You can refer to an event or a short period of time as an episode if you want to suggest that it is important or unusual, or has some particular quality.
Definition of 'shameful'
shameful
(ʃeɪmfʊl)Explore 'shameful' in the dictionary
adjective
If you describe a person's action or attitude as shameful, you think that it is so bad that the person ought to be ashamed.
[disapproval]
shamefullyadverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective]