The Bill

1. Funny Ol' Business: Cops and Robbers

Air Date: 1984-10-16

Carver is still getting used to life at Sun Hill, as he continues to raise his popularity level amongst the other officers. Meanwhile, Brownlow has ordered the uniform relief onto the streets of Sun Hill, to lower the increase of crime in the area. Carver attempts to get into Brownlow's good books by capturing a car thief. Meanwhile, Galloway is desperate to get some results on a breaking and entering spree. When flying squad detective Frank "Tommy" Burnside arrives asking Galloway for help, after one of his snouts is arrested, it soon becomes clear that there's history between him and Cryer.

2. A Friend in Need

Air Date: 1984-10-23

When a spate of bomb hoaxes begins to threaten peace and harmony in Sun Hill, Brownlow becomes eager to find the hoax callers and stop chaos from breaking out. Meanwhile, Galloway bets Cryer he is the perfect man to solve the case, recruiting Roach and Dashwood to help him. Cryer gives Carver the responsibility of showing a newly qualified officer, Higgins, the ways of Sun Hill - but a run-in with a local drunk who later accuses Carver of stealing his wallet leaves every officer on the uniform relief wondering if Carver is capable enough to do the job without bringing the social aspect into disrepute.

3. Clutching at Straws

Air Date: 1984-10-30

When a gang of thugs use violence to extort money from local youths, Brownlow takes a hands off approach - and claims that he would rather play golf than try to save the residents of the 'dump' of an estate. However, Carver is determined to improve the situation on the estate, by proposing the re-opening of a local youth club, whilst getting to the bottom of who is attacking the loyal youth. Meanwhile, Cryer and Galloway investigate a series of attempted child abductions involving young girls. They are unaware that their prime suspect - Simon Doleman - was talking to Carver just hours before - and has since been on a violent rampage, even attempting to rape his own mother.

4. Long Odds

Air Date: 1984-11-06

P.C. Litten recognises a photo of a wanted armed robber, but takes the information to D.I. Galloway instead of Sgt. Cryer, and gets into trouble with both men. Meanwhile, a gang of thugs is robbing local shopkeepers, and P.C. Edwards purses a mugger into a derelict building and is trapped when the floor collapses beneath him.

5. It's Not Such a Bad Job After All

Air Date: 1984-11-13

The discovery of a body of a teenage suicide leaves a bitter taste in Ackland's mouth, and finding herself being drawn into a seedy world of pornography, drugs and prostitution, Ackland considers leaving Sun Hill for good after the situation is made by worse by Galloway, who gives her a hard time over calling him out of bed on a Sunday morning. When it is discovered that the girl was three months pregnant at the time of her death, Galloway goes all out to make sure the investigation doesn't drag the girl's name through the mud, and her parents are protected from finding out what their daughter was really like.

6. The Drugs Raid

Air Date: 1984-11-20

After a residents' meeting complaining about the drug problem on their estate, DI Galloway mentions that he had heard that an old illegal club has reopened in an abandoned theatre complex - this time dealing drugs. He asks a parent, Tombo Robinson, who used to be involved in the club, if he will infiltrate it to confirm Galloway's suspicions. Tombo reluctantly agrees, and meets with Galloway to tell him that a huge drug deal is going down that afternoon. Galloway quickly arranges a warrant, and sets about organising a huge raid on the club. The raid runs according to plan, but Tombo is stabbed by a dealer as he tries to let the police into the building. PC Edwards and Carver give chase to the dealer, but are alarmed when the suspect speeds off in a car bearing diplomatic plates. Galloway checks up on Tombo in hospital, and is shocked to discover that he has died and was a heroin addict. Returning to the station, Galloway is furious when Ch. Supt. Brownlow, a Home Office representative,

7. A Dangerous Breed

Air Date: 1984-11-27

PC Dave Litten is on secondment to CID, and is desperate to impress his boss, DI Roy Galloway. Galloway and Litten are about to have a meal at the local pub when a call comes through that a valuable necklace has been stolen from a local aristocrat, Lord Barstow-Smythe. Traffic problems hold them back as they race across Sun Hill trying to get there before the ""woodentops"". With Galloway and DS Roach busy, Litten talks to a local reporter and ends up mentioned in the local paper. Shortly afterwards, he is contacted by a mysterious stranger who offers to locate the burglers if Litten can convince Barstow-Smythe's insurance company to pay him the reward up-front. The Stranger then sets up two young lads to take the fall for the theft, and Litten proudly arrests them. Galloway recognises the MO of the case as that of a notorious conman, and lambasts Litten for his stupidity.

8. Rough in the Afternoon

Air Date: 1984-12-04

PC Carver and PC Edwards are called to a domestic and are informed by the neighbour that a child was taken by his father. Meanwhile, the mother has turned up at the station to report the abduction in person.

9. Burning the Books

Air Date: 1985-01-08

After a briefcase is found by a young car thief, Det. Insp. Galloway thinks he can finally nick the 'Arthur Daley' of Sun Hill. Because of car problems he is unable to interview his chief suspect. After a warehouse fire that is supposed to convince Galloway the porn magazines were destroyed, they arrive back at the station just as the van carrying them drives away - having been parked at the back entrance for 24 hours.

10. Death of a Cracksman

Air Date: 1985-01-15

Alfie Mullins is a non-returned prisoner, not a dangerous prisoner as reported. He is an old-fashioned safe-cracker who, just as he is returning to the prison, is approached by one of a gang of thieves who want Alfie to open a safe they pinched. While they are talking Alfie is accidentally killed. The safe is rigged to explode by remote control which P.C. Carver accidentally sets off when he uses his radio.

11. The Sweet Smell of Failure

Air Date: 1985-01-22

A tip in a counterfeit perfume case pulls in two very old aged pensioners who appear to have been pinching things since WWII. But after leading Carver and Ackland in a merry chase it turns out they aren't the real culprits.

1. The New Order of Things

Air Date: 1987-09-21

Sgts. Peters and Penny apprehend a man standing outside the station waiting to attack P.C. Muswell (who had left the force six months previously). P.C. Jim Carver begins his CID training by working on an all night obbo with D.S. Ted Roach. Due to Carver's inexperience and Roach's lax attitude, they both miss a flatbed trailer stealing a digger from a building site. Roach and Carver follow up their suspiscions about the site security guard, and find he has stolen the equipment. Back at Sun Hill, D.I. Roy Galloway is being investigated by the Home Office for allegedly forcing a confession from a murder suspect under duress at his last posting. Galloway is cleared of wrongdoing due to lack of evidence, but Ch. Supt. Brownlow warns him that his old-school policing methods may be his undoing. In a suprising turn of events, one of P.C. Reg Hollis's rare walks on the beat with W.P.C. June Ackland leads to him apprehending an armed gunman single-handedly from the Sun Hill D.H.S.S. office. W.P.

2. Some You Win, Some You Lose

Air Date: 1987-09-28

Ch. Supt. Brownlow and D.I. Galloway lead a massive raid on a drug den on a local council estate which escalates into a full-blown riot, but half a million pounds worth of crack cocaine is recovered. P.C. Melvin loses a handcuffed prisoner in the confusion, but he is arrested by P.C. Hollis when he turns up at the station asking for his handcuffs to be removed. The operation is down to D.C. Dashwood, whose snout is feeding them information on the main drug dealer. Meeting with the snout to get the location of the main drug lab, Dashwood is alarmed when P.C. Carver recognises his informant as Dougie Gardiner. C.I.D. raid the location given to Dashwood by Gardiner, but find nothing except a student squat. Desperate to arrest the dealer, and furious with Dashwood for lying about his snout, Galloway stakes out the dealer's Range Rover in a car park, despite Brownlow insisting he end the operation. When a borough councillor complains to Insp. Kite about the estate raid, it is discovered tha

3. Brownie Points

Air Date: 1987-10-05

P.C. Reg Hollis has been nominated for the position of the station's Federation Rep. He's sure he's a shoo-in, but P.C. Shaw tells him W.P.C. Ackland has applied as well. A D.A.C. visits Sun Hill at the same time as a brownie pack. The ""Tom Squad"" is out in force, cracking down on prostitution in Sun Hill. Due to the VIP visitor, Shaw and Edwards are unable to process the ladies they have arrested, and sit with them in the van until the D.A.C. has left the building. P.C. Carver goes to warn a prostitute, Shirley, about the crackdown, as she is a snout for D.I. Galloway, but is he is stopped by P.C. Edwards and P.C. Shaw who tease him about curb-crawling. D.S. Ted Roach and P.C. Yorkie Smith go to a case conference with social workers when it is suspected a young girl is being assaulted by her mother. Roach doesn't seem interested as he thinks social workers are useless, but once the meeting is over, Roach organises a raid to take the little girl into protective custody.

4. Missing, Presumed Dead

Air Date: 1987-10-12

There's been a shooting, but none of the neighbours seem to have witnessed anything. While chasing a possible suspect, Sgt. Bob Cryer hits a pedestrian. During door to door inquiries P.C. Yorkie Smith discovers a man with exotic animals including snakes, owls and a crocodile in his bathtub. D.S. Roach is attacked by some thugs, and the next day tries to beat them with an iron bar until P.C. Carver stops him. His attackers are later kneecapped as a message to D.I. Galloway as to who really is the law on the manor.

5. Domestics

Air Date: 1987-10-19

Residents take action against a women's refuge in their area, while P.C. Yorkie Smith gives advice to the husband of a woman at the refuge. As D.I. Galloway gets tough with his detectives about the clear up rates of burglaries in the area, W.P.C. Martella and P.C. Edwards pull in a man suspected of three burglaries. P.C. Edwards is getting a hard time because of his impending marriage.

6. What Are Little Boys Made Of?

Air Date: 1987-10-26

A boy causes a bus accident by throwing a milk bottle at it. He has 6 siblings. P.C.Frank marks bikes for children. A bike with the wrong postcode is stolen. Shaw has a car accident and some booze in the car gets broken and then Ackland drops another box. An old lady, conned out of five pounds, turns out to be one of a number of elderly people targeted by a group of children.

7. Blind Alleys, Clogged Roads

Air Date: 1987-11-02

P.C. Jim Carver is sent to the morgue to investigate a suspiscious drowning. The victim has clearly been planted with several items such as theatre tickets, badly-fitting clothes and an odd suicide note. D.S. Roach has a theory it's an assassination by the British secret service, meanwhile trying to get permission to conduct an obbo from an office building. D.I. Roy Galloway and D.C. Mike Dashwood are reprimanded by a judge for not bringing all their evidence in a fraud case to the court. They race back to Sun Hill in the recess to retrieve the documents, but on the way back, Galloway runs into a black cab. An argument ensues, and Galloway nicks the cabbie for breach of the peace. Half the cabbies in London blockade the station in protest. P.C. Nick Shaw is slashed with a knife when breaking up a fight between two brothers-in-law, but Sgt. Penny refuses to charge the suspect. An Asian man arrives at the station to report continued harrassment, and a young boy is brought in for graffiti

8. Double Trouble

Air Date: 1987-11-09

D.I. Galloway wants eight men for an identity parade after an attack on a woman. They run into a mob of football supporters who are ""persuaded"" to help them out. P.C. Melvin helps a lady who has locked herself out of her car. CIB (Complaints Investigation Bureau) arrives at the station and none of the early shift are allowed to leave. Turns out to be an allegation of a copper pocketing a parking fine. Nerves are frayed on the relief, particularly those of P.C. Nick Shaw and W.P.C. June Ackland who come under particular scrutiny as they were on patrol at the time. Shaw is in strife for not declaring Ackland as a passenger in his panda car. As Ackland and Shaw are interviewed, another report of the bent coppers comes in, and CID arrest a mechanic from the police garage and his girlfriend who were posing as police officers and pocketing on-the-spot fines. P.C. Stamp spills a cup of coffee on the P.C. Patel's computer keyboard causing Patel to lose all the work he has done.

9. Sun Hill Karma

Air Date: 1987-11-16

Martella applies for a position in the Bermuda police force, but after being punched during a fight, and failing to prevent a suicide jumper, she feels she is not up to the job and withdraws her application. Roach investigates a fight at a hostel for drunks. Patel investigates another racial attack. During followup, Carver is worried about himself not liking Asians. Penny has started yoga and thinks everyone else should do it too.

10. Skipper

Air Date: 1987-11-23

W.P.C. June Ackland's father is dying in hospital. P.C. Taffy Edwards is given traffic duty after arriving late for parade. P.C. Jim Carver gets beaten up in a bus queue. Sgt. Cryer and P.C. Patel investigate an alleged rape. Insp. Kite is set up and sent to collect mud samples because of a suspected radioactive leak.

11. Overnight Stay

Air Date: 1987-11-30

Half the relief, including CID, are at a hotel guarding a sequestered jury in a gangland murder trial. There are several attempts to spook the jury over the course of the night. D.S. Roach and W.P.C. Martella clash when she catches him chatting up a female juror and he accuses her of falling asleep on the job. P.C. Carver and D.C. Dashwood end up in the swimming pool after chasing a woman who was acting suspisciously in the car park through the hotel. She is arrested but refuses to speak, and a major from the Bomb Squad is called in when her bag is found, but it contains a severed hand. Distraught at the death of her father, W.P.C. Ackland gets drunk in the hotel bar. She is found by Sgts. Cryer and Penny, and put in the sauna to sober up. When she recovers, Ackland spots a suspiscious man checking into the hotel. D.I. Galloway leads a raid on the man's room, and breaks up an IRA cell conducting an arms deal. Back at Sun Hill, Insp. Kite deals with a serial nuisance confessing to bigam

12. Not Without Cause

Air Date: 1987-12-07

Sgt. Penny is asked by a landlord to talk to a lady on the top floor who is keeping cats. He is shot through the door after finding out his radio doesn't work. When Penny doesn't respond to radio calls, the station is worried about him and organises a search party. The landlord turns up at the station and talks to D.I. Galloway who doesn't make the connection. Insp. Kite nicks four people for breach of peace that he caused. A suspected poisoning of chocolate bars is traced to a supermarket.

1. Getting It Right

Air Date: 1989-01-03

D.I. Burnside leads a raid on a hotel room to catch a man suspected of armed abduction, but due to Ramsey's duff info, they raid the wrong room. The man in the room threatens to make an official complaint against Burnside, who charges Ramsey with digging up some dirt on him. It turns out he's a doctor, and it appears he was having an affair with a patient. Burnside gleefully goes to tell the doctor to drop his complaint, but finds he and Ramsey got it all wrong again. Sgt. Cryer is heading to court to support his son, Patrick, and on the way he is followed by a girl who tells her that Bob found her as an abandoned baby 15 years ago. Patrick's case is thrown out of court, and the dead girl's father accuses Cryer of a police cover-up. In no mood to deal with her, Cryer tells Bobbi to go away, but back at the station sees she has been reported as missing.

2. A Reflection Of Glory

Air Date: 1989-01-05

P.C. Ramsey is back in uniform and goes with P.C. Haynes to see about a shoplifter who claims she is innocent. While they are out the back, the shop is held up by armed robbers who shoot at Ramsey. D.I. Burnside thinks it is tied in with other robberies and sends D.C. Carver to have a word with his evasive snout, Leroy. D.C. Dashwood has a new suit much to the amusement of his collegues. It gets damaged while he is chasing one of the suspects in the robbery. Haynes later tails the other suspects, causing them to crash into a milk float. W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Melvin are approached by a man who says his friend might be about to kill himself in the toilet of a gay club, and the friend is arrested for possessing an offensive weapon. While being charged, he punches Sgt. Peters who drops the knife. The other man goes for it, but is stopped by Ackland.

3. One To One

Air Date: 1989-01-10

W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Stamp arrive at a brothel, where they find Jo Whitney, the daughter of a prominent local councillor, soaked in paraffin and threatening to set herself and the building on fire. Jo is a prostitute and a drug addict - but she hasn't had a fix for three days, and is highly agitated and strung out. Ackland stays with her to try and talk her round, while Stamp calls the fire brigade. There is a struggle to gain control of the lighter, and as a result, the flat catches fire, but Stamp manages to get both women out. Almost immediately after this ordeal, C.A.D. asks June to move on to deal with a burglary (after a cup of tea of course).

4. The Mugging And The Gypsies

Air Date: 1989-01-12

W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Smith attend a local gypsy campsite where residents are complaining. A social worker has a Place Of Safety Order on one of the gypsy children, Theresa Beecher, who was reportedly beaten by her parents. When the girl and her parents lock themselves in the caravan, Smith has the idea of towing the caravan to the station. A youth is found in possession of stolen credit cards, and the owner is located and confirms he was attacked and robbed the night before. He is about to do an identity parade, but his wife admits she was the one who hit him. The gypsies make a run for it, but when the little girl is taken into care, it is found the Beechers have swapped their daughter with another little girl.

5. The Chain Of Command

Air Date: 1989-01-17

Ch. Insp. Conway is late for a meeting with a Mr. Trevelyan from the Department of Trade and Industry, who wants police help in shutting down Radio Sun Hill, a pirate radio station. Conway orders the winos who blocked his car taken off the streets, but when one of them tries to escape from his cell, Sgt. Cryer recognises him as an undercover cop. P.C. Smith asks W.P.C. Martella to talk to a lady who has been beaten up by her boyfriend. She changes her mind about pressing charges as she doesn't want her husband to know. She then explains the injuries by saying the police beat her up, and her husband turns up and attacks Yorkie. Despite D.S. Roach's objections that it's a waste of police time, Carver and Dashwood raid Radio Sun Hill, but they escape.

6. Life And Death

Air Date: 1989-01-19

P.C. Stamp and W.P.C. Brind arrest a man who is so drunk he can barely stand. Back at the station, the man collapses after a drug overdose, but not before implying that he's killed a woman. D.C. Lines and D.C. Carver race to find the man's identity through his dental records and the local jazz clubs, but the man's wife (and his mistress) are found safe and well. P.C. Melvin is sent to inform the wife of a man killed in a factory accident, but he radios in when he suspects that he has told the wrong person. D.C. Dashwood checks at the factory, and finds it was a similarly-named man who died, and the very-much-alive husband arrives at the station to make a formal complaint.

7. Hothead

Air Date: 1989-01-24

W.P.C. Brind and P.C. Melvin are on foot patrol, but are seperated. Brind ends up dealing with a workplace dispute by herself, but the ringleader, Nobby Briggs, smashes her radio and locks her in a storeroom. When Melvin eventually turns up, he calls for assistance and Briggs is arrested. Sgt. Cryer is in a bad mood as he is suffering from a painful toothache, and he yells at a prisoner and pushes him. Lay visitors from the council arrive to inspect the station, and the prisoner accuses Cryer of assaulting him. His cellmate eventually clears Cryer, but he has to cancel his dentist appointment when he is called up to Ch. Supt Brownlow's office over the incident.

8. Steamers

Air Date: 1989-01-26

D.S. Roach goes to the hospital to talk to a young man who was slashed in the face with a knife - the fifth is a series of ""steamer"" attacks, where knife-wielding youths have held up restaurant patrons. D.C. Dashwood receives a tip-off about the steamers' next target, and the restuarant is filled with undercover police officers. P.C. Edwards is jealous that he and Carver didn't get a free meal paid for by the Met, and the steamers are caught when they raid the restuarant. P.C. Melvin investigates a strange smell from a flat used by junkies, and finds the body of an elderly man who suffered a heart attack. Melvin can't believe the old man was a junkie.

9. Duty Elsewhere

Air Date: 1989-01-31

P.C. Haynes volunteers for ""duty elsewhere"", undercover as a driver for Neville Tubbs, leader of a Yardie gang in South London. A man has just been murdered and mutilated, and Rita, a girl from Tubbs' club tells Haynes she witnessed the killing. Gaining Tubbs' trust, Haynes is asked to transport a package to a meeting across town. He is stopped by two police officers, but manages to get away after telling them he's in the Job. Haynes delivers the package, but is recognised as a cop by a Brixton Yardie. The police raid the place before Haynes is hurt or killed, but he is horrified to discover the package he carried contains the murder victim's hands.

10. Saturday Blues

Air Date: 1989-02-02

A young woman is taken to hospital in a coma after a drug overdose - she is D.I. Burnside's god-daughter, Tracey. Burnside orders Tracey's boyfriend, nightclub manager Terry Palmer, brought in for questioning. Drugs are found in Palmer's flat but he denies giving them to Tracey. D.S. Roach tries to convince Burnside that he's too emotionally involved in the case. Tracey dies and it looks like she committed suicide. Burnside charges Palmer with possession and intent to supply. A wedding party is brought into the station after the bride assaults the bridesmaid for having sex with her husband. In addition to the assault charge, it appears some of the wedding presents are stolen goods.

11. N.F.A.

Air Date: 1989-02-07

W.P.C. Brind chases two bag snatchers, but they get away. She later spots one of them crossing the road and nicks him. The victim, Mrs Foster-Adams, is taken to the station to make a statement, but ends up more trouble than she's worth - she eventually makes a complaint against Ch. Supt. Brownlow for ""gloating"". P.C. Ramsey and P.C. Melvin are paired together on patrol, a combination Brownlow warns Insp. Frazer not to repeat. Ramsey drives his car at some schoolkids ""for some sport"", and throws his truncheon at a can on a wall, setting off a burglar alarm. D.C. Lines investigates and finds the truncheon. Ramsey and Melvin catch a glue-sniffing prowler, who injures Ramsey's finger. Tosh recognises the man, and convinces Ramsey to drop the assault charge.

12. The Price You Pay

Air Date: 1989-02-09

W.P.C. Martella visits a friend of hers, Alison Page, who has been badly beaten up. Alison is on the game, and her attacker was a client. D.S. Roach arrests the man, but he is a diplomat and the Home Office demands his release. D.I. Burnside tells Roach to warn Alison's father, George Page, not to do anything stupid, but when the diplomat is beaten up, it is clear Roach did nothing to stop him. P.C. Stamp and P.C. Haynes investigate when a bookie claims his door has been glued shut. His disgruntled clients claim he hasn't paid their winnings, but Stamp convinces them to go double or quits. The relief bets on the same dog, and it wins the race.

13. The Key of the Door

Air Date: 1989-02-14

D.C. Dashwood investigates when a house which has recently been put on the market is burgled. He suspects that some prospective buyers are behind it, and gets a description of the couple who have looked at the houses from the real estate agents. The culprits turn out to be known to D.I. Burnside, and they are passing on details of the house to their son, who breaks in later. Sgt. Cryer chases a mugger, and takes the victim home to her flat which looks like it has been burgled. It turns out her son is the culprit, and he has been abusing her for a long time. Cryer gives the boy a warning, but arrests him when he returns to the flat to find the boy assaulting his mother. P.C. Ramsey is determined to catch a disqualified driver. Cryer tells him to chalk the footpath, but Ramsey has more luck by putting a stone on the wheel.

14. Cock-Up

Air Date: 1989-02-16

P.C. Hollis is referee for a five-a-side football match between two schools organised by the Met. One of the players is Sgt. Cryer's son Danny, and Cryer breaks up a fight in the locker room when Danny accuses one of his team-mates of taking drugs. It turns out there is a big drug problem at Danny's school, Medway Comprehensive, and a local shopkeeper is found to have form for dealing. The shop is put under observation, and when two girls from Medway are seen leaving the shop, D.I. Burnside orders a raid. The girls are arrested and searched, but it turns out they were just buying fags, and they are also underage to consent to a search. No drugs are found in the shop, and the owner threatens to sue Burnside.

15. Repercussions

Air Date: 1989-02-21

Because of a screwup, Burnside has put back community relations 30 years. Conway yells at Burnside before burnside goes to see Brownlow. Conway then goes to see Cryer who tells him what he thought the situation was. Yorkie is accused of making racist remarks while arresting one of the girls but Ramsey is the real culprit. The headmaster of the school comes to talk to Brownlow.

16. A Death In The Family

Air Date: 1989-02-23

Taffy and June are talking to a lady when they are aware of shouts down the road. they find a man holding his dead baby. June takes it back into the baby's room to try to resuscitate it. She wasn't able to. This is not the first time the family has lost a baby. The daughter blames herself. A lady is talking to Tony at the front desk about the non-arrival at school of her 10 year old son.

17. In The Frame

Air Date: 1989-02-28

Burnside is not only late for the weekly crime meeting with Brownlow, but is called out of it by an urgent phone call. Officers from Operation Backwoods ask Burnside to step outside. He appears to have been set up. Tosh returns to the office to find people going through the files. Cryer puts crime prevention leaflets on parked cars to prevent burglaries from them at Sgt. Penny's suggestion. After talking to a man he is walking away as the car explodes and he is sent flying. Members from the anti-terrorist squad arrive to talk to Brownlow and then try grilling Cryer.

18. A Good Result

Air Date: 1989-03-02

Roache brings in a man suspected of handling stolen car radios. Yorkie and Reg are going to the soccer. Reg with the result of the relief and Yorkie undercover in a group of football thugs.

19. Conscience

Air Date: 1989-03-07

Dashwood is moaning because Greig is playing his clarinet in the office. Roach is having a drink with a married woman and after she leaves, he recognises a man whose car has broken down as the ex-commander of the murder squad who roach is convinced convicted the wrong man. Meanwhile back at the station Dashwood discovers that Roach is due in court in the morning and approx 40 witnesses need to be warned.

20. Sunday, Sunday

Air Date: 1989-03-09

Taffy and Viv are in a Sunday market when they are attacked by a group of white supremists. Viv is then teamed up with Haynes and investigates a broken window. A Black vicar talks to Frazer about racist threats to his parishioners. June is sent to a sudden death due to intestinal cancer. Her sons says he killed her.

21. Climate

Air Date: 1989-03-14

June has been seeing a married man. Bob is worried about having his tires slashed during the night. Sgt. Peters has his own troubles and doesn't want to listen to Bob's. Roache talks to June about a witness in a case similar to two murders in Essex. The witness came forward with information about an attack on a young girl. His attitude when spoken to by Roache and Lines put their backs up as well as June's. They are only able to get further information out of the witness when they push him. Yorkie gets hit by an old lady.

22. Bad Company

Air Date: 1989-03-16

Dashwood and Carver investigate a fight at a bail hostel. A man bailed for receiving has been beaten up and jumps off the roof and runs away. He is later found in a moneylender's basement badly beaten owing a couple of hundred pounds plus interest. Melvin is approached by a man on the street who tells him there is something dodgy going on by the old chocolate factory. On entering the factory, he is stopped by a man with a gun after he has radioed in his position. Turns out to be a gun deal. Taffy and Yorkie are sent to the factory to look for him.

23. Suspicious Minds

Air Date: 1989-03-21

Sun Hill C.I.D. and the Vice Squad raid six flats to catch a pornography ring. All the flats are clean except one, and it is suspected that the targets were tipped off. D.C. Dashwood saw D.I. Burnside making a phone call just before the raid, and shares his suspicions with D.S. Roach who wants nothing to do with it. Dashwood informs Ch. Insp. Conway, who calls Burnside in. Burnside insists he was calling his travel agent, and Conway checks up on it. P.C. Smith and W.P.C. Ackland pull over a car for dangerous driving, and the driver is one of the suspects in the raid. He helps Burnside catch the head man, Collins, who puts Sun Hill in the clear for the tip-off, but Burnside warns Roach he'll find out who grassed him up. Smith and Ackland stop a man from filling another man's skip with rubbish. When the dumper fails to collect his rubbish, the skip owner dumps it outside the station.

24. Intuition

Air Date: 1989-03-23

D.S. Roach is interviewing a suspect, Barron, about a cash and gold bullion robbery. There's not enough evidence to charge him, and Barron knows it. Roach is desperate to find the link, and he asks D.C. Lines to do some unpaid overtime to help him. Lines is reluctant, as his eldest son is ill, but manages to square it with his wife. Roach and Lines visit one of Barron's associates, Halloran, in his nightclub, and Halloran gives them a name of someone who may have laundered the cash for Barron. Finding a laundrette at the address, they realise they've been had. Seeing police outside the house of Barron's ex, Cheryl Maynard, they discover that a neighbour has reported a robbery but Cheryl's saying nothing - it looks like Halloran has taken the money and gold. Roach releases Barron with his apologies, but takes great pleasure in mentioning Cheryl's empty cellar.

25. Loss

Air Date: 1989-03-28

Ch. Insp. Conway wants to see P.C. Smith and W.P.C. Martella about a special assignment: going through the missing persons register and following up some of the cases. A cynical Sgt. Penny tells them the initiative is politicially-motivated. A woman who has been harassing her local MP about her missing daughter only wants her back so she can get a three bedroom house. The girl turns up dead. The wife of a missing man who has been onto the Chief Constable is found to have killed herself after seeing his ad in a lonely hearts magazine. Smith is quite excited about his new role, and is hoping to set up a specialised missing persons unit at Sun Hill, but as soon as the politically-sensitive cases are solved, Smith and Martella's unit is disbanded.

26. Procedure

Air Date: 1989-03-30

Cryer is filling up a car. Peters gives the relief a lecture about refilling area cars after using them. The fraud squad are visiting the station a day early. CID has Customs and Excise visiting. Peters and Haynes are told of a man who had a heart attack. The ambulance leaves before his belongings can be handed in which results in a complaint being laid. Burnside interviews a boy racer that Viv has arrested.

27. Luck Of The Draw

Air Date: 1989-04-04

Ted goes undercover to catch a gang running a lottery scam. If the workers don't join, they have an industrial accident. An old lady comes to the station to pay a non-existant P.C. some money.

28. No Strings

Air Date: 1989-04-06

Roxanne is helping Roach and Viv catch bag snatchers at a disco. They get barracaded in the ladies loo with the suspects. Lines investigates a break-in at a medium's who has lost both her crystal balls. She warns him to be careful on the stairs.

29. Fool's Gold

Air Date: 1989-04-11

Carver, Yorkie and Ramsey bring in a suspect with a shooter. Suspect is tied in with Post Office jobs and cuts a deal with Burnside. A D.I. from Serious Crime comes to talk to suspect. Viv brings a boy who has been shoplifting condoms. His mum has been gone 3 days.

30. The Visit

Air Date: 1989-04-13

Viv is visting a remand prisoner in prison and ends up being held hostage. After being released she is told all his grevious's are false. Melvin watches from a balcony in a shopping precinct as a man is approached by two black men and shot at point blank range. He was going to collect a sniper's rifle at Paddington station.

31. One For The Ladies

Air Date: 1989-04-18

Tosh and Grieg investigate a death in a hotel. The manager treats them like scum. Man was a Polish travelling tie salesman and died of a massive heart attack. Reg pulls out 7 different addresses for him from the files. 4 wives turn up (separately). Hollis gets snapped at by Brownlow who won't let Reg get all the time off to attend a federation conference. Conway wants to see Ramsey about a missing keyring and Stamp about accidents in the area car. Claire and Ken are investigating locked fire doors at a bingo hall when they walk into an armed holdup.

32. No Shelter

Air Date: 1989-04-20

An Italian turns up at the front desk asking for directions to the Blackball tunnell. Viv comes across a burglar with a gun who knocks her down and takes off. He was trying to break into a whole food warehouse. At the end of her shift he wants to apologise to her. Ramsey goes to a girlfriend's house to dry his trousers and gets to a riot at a party late where 2 people are arrested. When the sister of one comes to complain, Tosh sends a robot, with a policeman's hat on, out to talk to her.

33. Out To Lunch

Air Date: 1989-04-25

Ramsey picks up Burnside, Carver and Lines just as they are leaving a resturant but before they get going, a lady (Mrs Mancini) comes along and says there are people in her car having sex. It is her husband. The other lady wants Carver to get her clothes out of the car. As the CID officers walk away talking about the other woman, they hear a scream and find her on the pavement. As Tosh and Carver go up the stairs, they are pushed back down by a group of Italians who have a punch up. They carry on the fight at the hospital where Mancini ends up being attacked. The officers pull a practical joke on Claire and leave her in a mortuary drawer.

34. Free Wheel

Air Date: 1989-04-27

CID are keeping an eye on a man who is suspected of illegal shipment of arms to 3rd world countries. No one has been able to make a case against him in 8 years. A package gets delivered that could be for the suspect. A car is parked in the carpark overnight and it turns out to be the missing car Yorkie is dealing with. As the couple turn the key it explodes. Yorkie tries to explain to a couple 12 days after their car was nicked, that the chances of getting it back are low but he has no objection to them looking for it.

35. Only A Bit Of Thieving

Air Date: 1989-05-02

Roache talks to a lady about a burglary. Melvin goes back with him that night. Teenage burglars return and during a struggle one of them falls. His mate, who can't read, originally says Roache pushed him off but later retracts the statement.

36. Communications

Air Date: 1989-05-04

Conway visits the CAD room and others to try and encourage people to talk about their problems. June asks Conway what he thinks her chances are of becoming a Sgt. After being wound up by Sgt Penny, Taffy talks to Conway about getting a transfer out of Sunhill as his wife is not liking the city. Claire and Taffy visit the parents of a missing girl before they start on a door-to-door in the neighbourhood. Claire thinks she has found a witness until her son says she was in a home when the girl was last seen. While door knocking, a car alarm causes frayed tempers. When the owner refuses to turn off the alarm, the car is vandalised. Girl is later found in the market.

37. Silver Lining

Air Date: 1989-05-09

Haynes is about to escort school childrenacross the road when a rolls roycecoming speeding down it. Haynes drives it back to the station after finding it outside the dole office. There is a load of silver bullion in the boot.

38. Suffocation Job

Air Date: 1989-05-11

June calls on a lady who claims her husband wants to kill her but the threat is 4 years old. Her husband smothered the baby with a pillow. Melvin investigates a break-in of a building which has both outside doors wedged open and all the windows open including a display window. Melvin is called to another break-in with the same m.o. but the burglar was surprised before he could open all the doors.

39. Mickey Would Have Wanted It

Air Date: 1989-05-16

Burnside goes to the funeral of an old villian, father of man suspected of the robbery. A dog digs up the loot. Melvin is talking to a boy playing hookey when he spota an armed robbery. He wrestles with the gunman but is knocked out. An Irish plumber in for drunk and disorderly offers to unblock the toilets. After unblocking them, he charges the station a call out fee.

40. Blood Ties

Air Date: 1989-05-19

Tony and Claire are waiting for the area car. While waiting, they have to ring around to find a missing prisoner. They are called to a disturbance where the son smashes the windscreen of his father's car.

41. You'll Be Back

Air Date: 1989-05-23

Tony is talking to s shopkeeper about graffiti when he notices a scruffle between a stallholder and some youths. The stallholder is a friend of Cryer. Frazer overhears Cryer and Lines talking about the case. Youths talk about compensation. Charge is later dropped but Frazer is worried Cryer put undue pressure on the youths. Ramsey and Claire investigate a shoplifting. Shoplifter slips her chequebook and credit cards out of her bag. She doesn't want to go to court becuase her husband is a solicitor. She slashes her wrists while in a cell. Ramsey doesn't take the case seriously and sides with the husband and tries to bribe Claire to play the husband's game but Claire thinks there is more to it.

42. Fort Apache - Sun Hill

Air Date: 1989-05-25

Industrial dispute by prison officers put pressure on the holding cells. Roache is not happy that a murder suspect is mixing with other prisoners. The prisoners in one of the cells are caught smoking grass smuggled in a cup of coffee. A prisoner in another cell alledges rape. Roache's suspect punches him and tries to make his escape after tying Roache up. Melvin lets in a Chief Super from the Yard so he can check the books and the collator's office, upseting Reg in the process. Turns out to be bogus and there to spring Roache's suspect. Ramsey and yorkie are watching two suspects who change their car. Yorkie doesn't think they can handle it on their own but Ramsey thinks he is still in the CID and can. Egg smuggling of Peregine Falcons is what is going on.

43. Waste

Air Date: 1989-05-30

A homeless lady's body is found on a building site. Haynes investigates. She died of chorine gas. The site is run by a man convicted of fly tipping a few months ago. He has let a mate dump cleansing agents down a man hole. Garfield is investigating a discharge of waste down by the river when the informant collapses. The fumes makes Garfield woozy as well. Informant died of cyanide gas poisoning. Dashwood and Lines want June to do 50 PNC checks but get diverted to the chemical tipping cases. Both cases are linked.

44. The Strong Survive

Air Date: 1989-06-01

Jim is waiting in a car for the chemist to open and hungry. Meanwhile Mike is being fed breakfast and cups of tea. A man takes a club and breaks all the glass in the front door and then tries to run over Jim. False plates are on the van. Pressure is being placed on chemist to fill in blank prescription forms. Claire and Haynes are asked to investigate an all night party which is an Irish wake that gets out of hand.

45. Loving Care

Air Date: 1989-06-06

Carver investigates a burglary and finds an unconsious girl at the bottom of the garden with the stolen property. Jim accuses home owner of lying about exactly what was taken. Girl is mentally handicapped and been missing from hostel for 2 months but staying with man with form for fencing. Jim finds where the girl was being held. Dashwood investigates theft from a club. Less money then was reported missing is found on the suspect (barman).Suspect's girlfriend turns up at the front desk but she is also the girlfriend of assistant manager from the club. Assistant manager admits to stealing rest of money.

46. Back On The Streets

Air Date: 1989-06-08

Tosh and Carver are in a car waiting for a suspect who gets away after pinching a mailman's bike. Suspect's wife has been rumoured as doing modeling work. Suspect hangs off the balcony of a 5th floor flat and swings to the floor below. Taffy is sent to investigate an old lady who isn't answering her door. she died unexpectedly. Reg has been talking to Conway and then tries talking to Frazer. He wants to resign as collator. Reg has lovebites on his neck. He snaps at Taffy after Ramsey and Stamp have been having a go at him first. All for nothing as the lady he had been seeing didn't want to see him again. June is being encouraged to go for her sergeant's exams by all the sergeants on the relief.

47. FAT'AC

Air Date: 1989-06-13

Yorkie is on hand at the scene of a fatal accident. Everyone is being held up and Yorkie is stressing out. Petrol is leaking from crushed car which has dead occupants. Sgt. Penny, when he finally arrives, tells Yorkie off for not blocking off the road. When Yorkie goes to move a bus on, he discovers the bus driver is the husband of the driver of the crushed car. Yorkie is in shock and Viv is worried about him. Cryer seems to be the only one who understands. Yorkie is talking about giving up.

48. Somewhere By Chance

Air Date: 1989-06-15

Ramsey and Taffy investigate stolen credit cards in shopping precinct. While there a soldier says he has a bomb. The precinct is cleared and the relief check for the bomb. Taffy catches one of a pair of looters and while looking for the other looter he finds a rocket launcher in the toilet. Roach and Dashwood find a stolen car 2½ years after it was stolen. Claire goes to investigate a breakin but finds it strange that everything has been cleaned and the lady who supposedly reported it not there. Claire discovers the lady never existed and the man she saw has form for indecent assault. She also finds out how close she was to becoming a serial killer's 3rd victim.

49. A Quiet Life

Air Date: 1989-06-20

Jim is at the hospital talking to the wife of the victim of a robbery who had a heart attack. It is the latest in a string of robberies. Tony finds a man clearing the skip he hired of other people's rubbish. Tony's card is eaten by an ATM before he is called back to the skip. June brings in a prostitute with an expensive watch. Her boyfriend is suspected of a jewel robbery.

50. Tom Tiddler's Ground

Air Date: 1989-06-22

Viv and June are on park patrol. A lady runs into a shed and locks herself in. A man is looking for his dog that went missing a year ago. Jim and Dashwood are watching a man's movements to try and catch his son who is a villain that Burnside wants

51. Make My Day

Air Date: 1989-06-27

Uniform are looking for someone who is letting off distress flares inside letterboxes. Melvin arrives on the scene of an attack. Householder wants something done. Hollis is back on the beat. As he is responding to Melvin's call to assist, he knocks into a rider of a moped who takes off. Fire Officer tells Cryer flares could be dangerous because of corrosion. Hollis is swinging bag around containing flare gun. Suspect has a thing about neighbourhood watch. An elderly betting shop owner(ex villain) tells Burnside about another elderly villain who has come out of retirement to out a contract on him. P.C. Turnham goes undercover.

52. Provocation

Air Date: 1989-06-29

Mike Dashwood is investigating pilfering from a building site. Foreman is not cooperative. Roache gets him to interview a lad about a stolen moped. Father hits Mike and then follows him as he goes to met the foreman. Foreman tells Mike not to come onto the site again after handing over a list of names. Mike is beaten unconscious and list is missing. June is talking to Melvin about taking her Sergeant's exams. She tells two boys off for riding bikes on pavement. June and Melvin respond to call and find Mike.

53. Overspend

Air Date: 1989-07-04

Taffy has come in for a shift before taking his holidays. He is worried he will miss his flight. He tries to saw a bed rail to remove a prisoner but ends up removing the bed head instead. Brownlow is trying to cut spending and tells Burnside that for the present they will have to use the buses. Carver misses his on the way to a supermarket to see about staff pilfering. He wrenches his ankle getting off the bus after a butcher smuggling meat out in his clothes. Penny is going by the PACE book

54. Between Friends

Air Date: 1989-07-06

Dashwood and Roach investigate a break-in at an apartment on the Thames. The burglar is chased and caught by uniform. Claims chloroform was planted on him but later changes his story to finding it in the apartment. Brownlow is off to a meeting on a golf course, upset that his golf clubs are still missing from his car. Later offered a set of clubs at a discount by a shady member of the club. Complaints have been made about not flying the flag so Melville and Able are ordered to look for it. The flag pole is also missing.

55. Traffic

Air Date: 1989-07-11

An artist is painting in the middle of the road while a lorry is blocking the road. The girl won't talk but doesn't appear deaf. Garfield is stopped because of a hit and run of a little girl. Later Claire notices children jumping on the roof of car that has been abandoned. Little girl dies. Grieg goes to see the owner of the car who is pregnant. Cryer is showing Turnham around the beat. When they go to arrest driver of car, Cryer is pushed down stairs and Turnham keeps hitting a suspect. Cryer is accused of being jealous.

56. The Sacred Seal

Air Date: 1989-07-13

An armed robbery is in progress. Jim follows suspect, picking up starting pistol but loses him outside a church. A priest is found holding the money after suspect leaves during confession. Carver later arrests suspect after avoiding an iron bar. Suspect is convinced priest grassed him up so the church is vandalised. Taffy is moaning to Garfield about inefficiency of C.PS. (Crown Prosecuting Service) when they notice two men fighting over dogs in a car. The owner of the car has put his vicious rotteweilers in it to prevent it being repossessed. A young boy can control dogs. Repossession man turns out to be bogus and is caught respraying cars.

57. Subsequent Visits

Air Date: 1989-07-18

Stamp brings in a biker and leaves Brind to bring up the motorbike. CID doesn't want to know. Tosh is getting ready for his holidays. Garfield and Stamp are competing for number of arrests - problem is Stamp nicks real villians and Garfield nicks daft ones. After chasing a suspect and getting diverted to an accident, suspect gets into Tosh's car. Greig advises Tosh to buy a car for his holiday. Previous driver of car looks like Tosh and might be connected to a robbery.

58. User Friendly

Air Date: 1989-07-20

A plane has come down in a park. Pilot and passengers (1 injured) all took off. Dogs track injured man to a warehouse. The plane had taken off from Belgium. A wooden crate is found containing very sort oafter American computer. June is driving a prisoner and Ken back to London. They are being followed by a car. The prisoner keeps trying to wind Ken up. Prisoner is a terrorist and linked to a bomb in Dusseldorf.

59. Don't Like Mondays

Air Date: 1989-07-25

PC Edwards and PC Smith are called to a disturbance at a local bank, where they are surprised to find Tosh Lines' wife and children causing a commotion as there is no money left in their account. Edwards makes a discrete call to Sgt. Peters, who suggests to Tosh that he head down to the bank and sort things out. As PC Ramsey and WPC Ackland also arrive, the bank is raided by an armed gang. Tosh Lines arrives and charges towards the bank, but as PC Ramsey runs to stop him, he is shot in the chest by one of the robbers. Ch. Insp. Conway negotiates with the gang as armed PT17 officers surround the building. Sgt. Cryer offers to drive the getaway car, but disconnects the ignition when he leaves it at the bank entrance. PC Smith and the other hostages are released, but PC Edwards is taken hostage. He manages to makes a run for it and the PT17 officers open fire on the car.

60. Pickup

Air Date: 1989-07-27

Haynes and Martella follow a car which is being driven erratically. Viv is worried about Haynes because he is a friend of Ramsey. Frazer briefs uniform about how to pick up prostitutes who are suspected of rolling their punters but they are cover so a snout can talk to robbery squad.

61. Kidding

Air Date: 1989-08-01

Inspector Frazer is moaning about expenses. Viv is given domestic violence cases to follow up. She can't understand why beaten women stay. One would rather put up with it than suffer consequences of reporting him. Another is staying for the children. Yet another decides to lay a complaint after Viv's visit. Tony is walking the beat with Richard Turnham and are sent to a shopping centre about allegations of shoplifting. They pick up 3 juveniles.

62. Black Spot

Air Date: 1989-08-03

Tosh visits a family with some clothes and meets a man who is teaching his son bad attitudes regarding the police. He puts Tosh's back up and he is determined to nick him, although everyone warns him about the villian. Roach gets bitten trying to overpower thieves who have broken into one-armed bandits.

63. Taken For A Ride

Air Date: 1989-08-08

Roach is meeting the Inspectors Promotion Board who made up their mind before the interview that he wouldn't be promoted. Carver is moaning to Burnside about going out in the evening. They are doing an obbo ona lorry with P.C.s Able and Turnham inside. Dashwood loses the lorry and the radiolink doesn't seem to be working. Burnside goes up in the police helicopter. Able is begining to be affected by the fumes when they find themselves back where they started from. The driver was listening to the police communications all the time.

64. Time Out

Air Date: 1989-08-10

Burnside argues with a D.I. from robbery squad about using Greig and Lines on surveillance. They are sharing the house with a nosy lady. When the suspect is grabbed, the radio is not working. Greig suspects the suspect's wife knows who grabbed her husband. Ted is upset about the promotion board and wants to know if his cards are marked in regards to promotion. Claire is looking at greeting cards when she hears a shot. Money is taken from a security van and the guard is shot. Split groceries help solve the crime.

65. Leaving

Air Date: 1989-08-15

Yorkie's last day. Ho goes to a suspected break-in at a video shop. Hollis thought he was going to Lombardy house instead. Yorkie has lost the area car but it turns out to be a prank. There is a scam concerning the video shop. Claire dresses very sexily for Yorkie's party.

66. Street Games And Board Games

Air Date: 1989-08-17

June and Tony walk through a black community. Roach had raided a house selling intoxicating liquor. June and Tony are called to a disturbance at a house iwth white occupants. The father of the baby was nicked by Roach the night before. They are almost in a riot situation. The baby's mother is Roach's snout. Brownlow is at a role play for senior officers. It is about riots on the streets of London.

67. Pressure

Air Date: 1989-08-22

Taffy and Stamp are on a shout when they come across an accident. They have to carry on. Taffy's wife thinks Cryer is stopping his transfer going through. A nasty atmosphere is developing at the scene of the accident. Haynes tells a witness how he feels about being black on the job. He is picked up by 2 coppers from another station. Frazer talks to Haynes about being sergeant material.

68. A Little Knowledge

Air Date: 1989-08-24

Lines sits in on a poker game at a mini cab office. Illegal gambling is suspected. They raid the wrong place. Cathy moans to Taffy about putting the cards back. she is set up by Carver and Lines. She later gets her own back. Garfield is decoy for muggings on pizza delivery boys.

69. Pathways

Air Date: 1989-08-29

While attending a traffic accident, Alex is approached about vandalism on an allotment but it is about couples coming in having sex in the sheds. Turns out to a prostitute known to Alex. Garden and allotment of missing teacher have been destroyed because she left her husband.

70. Seen To Be Done

Air Date: 1989-08-31

Penny is kicking the drunks out of the cells. One of the drunks is very relucant to go. He is later found dead by a cleaner. Hollis is getting in the way as Federation rep because he is concerned about the men who were on duty. He is right to be.

71. Tulip

Air Date: 1989-09-05

Roach and Dashwood arrest a man at an after match function. The suspect tries to help a girl and gets stabbed. Roach gets very little cooperation at another police station and has a run-in with the Inspector. The girl (Tulip) is a prostitute and they talk to her pimp to help look for her. They find her at the hospital when they go to pick up the suspect who turns out to have caused Tulip to miscarry.

72. Nothing But The Truth

Air Date: 1989-09-07

Burnside is having problems with the C.P.S.(Crown Prosecuting Service). He asks Brind to check a warrant on a man asked after by the C.P.S. Carver is having a hard time in CID. He is told not towear his emotions on his sleeve. he is thinking about going back to uniform.

73. It's Not Majorca

Air Date: 1989-09-12

Lay visitors are visiting the station. 30 prisoners are about to be transferred from Barton Street. Sgt. Peters processes a boy who has stolen insects from a pet shop. The lay visitors talk to Harry Thompson. Claire notices a foriegn policeman in Brownlow's car. The man attacked her and in the process of trying to help her, Peters knocks into the female lay visitor breaking her leg. Dashwood and Carver are talked to by Harry Thompson's brother who sprays the undercover van with graffiti with his mates as well as mugging a postman.

74. Mending Fences

Air Date: 1989-09-14

After being raked over the coals by Brownlow for the accident in the custody suite. Sgt. Peters mows Mrs Gunn's lawn before taking her to the vicar's fete. Taffy talks to Thompson Jnr. and the rest of his gang. The gang later vandalises the school. Tony and Reg give chase into a car scrapyard where a car falls onto Thompson Jnr.

75. Exit Lines

Air Date: 1989-09-19

Garfield is on the beat when he notices an old lady catching her breath. He drops in to see her later and Cryer is worried he is skivvying. Norika comes in a day early to see Cryer and puts Dashwood in his place. Carver and Tosh talk to a man who brought a homing pigeon that went back to its old home.

76. That Old Malarkey

Air Date: 1989-09-21

Stamp calls on a lady who complains her neighbour is making noises. She has security bars on her door and loses the key. Tony calls the fire brigade to cut the bars and then she starts a fire. She is on medication.

77. Greig Versus Taylor

Air Date: 1989-09-26

Greig interviews a suspect in an armed robbery. Most of the evidence is circumstantial but the suspect decides to confess.

78. Tottering

Air Date: 1989-09-28

Turnham wants a name from Cathy but annoys her by whistling and then asks Reg who he thinks the suspect is. Cathy is rude to Roach later but he makes her feel better after talking to her. Able and Melvin see a rag and bone cart trotting down the road without a driver. Penny thinks the owner is in the pub. A man fitting the owner's description is found beaten. Reg stops a bloke parked on double yellow line who can't restart his newly purchased second hand car. The man later goes around to his friend who sold him the car and breaks his front window. June and Viv are called into a ladies loo to find a lady trapped by a superglued lock. The old lady gets upset.

79. I Counted Them All Out

Air Date: 1989-10-03

Burnside, the rest of CID and some uniform assist Flying Squad thwart a hold-up on a security van at a supermarket. Carver is not happy that a shot was fired resulting in a villian later dying of injuries. There is a bag missing from the van.

80. Zig Zag

Air Date: 1989-10-05

Mike and Tosh are looking for a private detective. His girlfriend is not saying anything about his whereabouts. A client is also looking for him as is the driver of a car.

81. A Matter of Trust

Air Date: 1989-10-10

Burnside and Carver are doing a joint observation with Robbery Squad on a security van. Info seems to be incorrect as to time of holdup. Conway is on warpath. Burnside's snout is not prepared to him the correct time until her husband is safely out of the way. While trailing the husband, Greig is accosted by a man who recognises him as 'old bill' so he loses him. Viv and Melvin trail him from a pub and sets it up so he hits Viv with a car.

82. Tourist Trap

Air Date: 1989-10-12

Dashwood and Ackland are on a tour in a graveyard. Garfield and Carver are in the hotel waiting to catch a thief. Greig is in the linen cupboard. Stamp is there also and is approached by a prostitute. The tour guide tells the thief who is on the tour so he can raid their rooms. Norika deals with a lady who won't pay for her meal and gets Insp. Frazer wound up when she won't respond. She had a shock and doesn't recognize her husband. Reg and Melvin notice a lady in a phone booth because of her small son. They later call to see her about a t.v. scam to gain entry to her flat. A large sum is stolen. Taffy and Suzanne have a similar case to deal with. Both ladies had big wins at a bookies

83. The One That Got Away

Air Date: 1989-10-17

Brownlow is driving when he notices a driving erratically. He gives chase and catches the driver but can't reveal his location. The driver who was driving a stolen car, then nicks Brownlow's. He is the driver for an armed robbery and Roach lets him get away. Viv and June are walking the beat and are followed by a man who invites June out. They later nick him.

84. Found Offending

Air Date: 1989-10-19

Stamp is near an underpass when he spots a girl begging. He brings her in to the station where it turns out that she was abused by her father. Lady outside a cafe is worried about cafe worker being terrorised by workmen from a building site. Taffy is called to deal. Reg goes to see a man who's neighbour is trying to knock down the new fence.

85. All Part of The Job

Air Date: 1989-10-24

Brind sorts out a bit of bother in a pub. A man, who turns out to be from Special Branch, chats her up afterwards. Conway is not happy Brind is being put in dangerous situations and Frazer is not happy Brind radios the station in the middle of situations. Special Branch is trying to catch a villain coming from Spain on diplomatic passport to visit his sick mother. An asian girl has gone missing with her boyfriend, taking drugs with her.

86. In the Cold

Air Date: 1989-10-26

Taffy and Tony go to a rail yard where a female body has been found. Burnside thinks the watchman fits the picture. It turns out she died of exposure.

87. Just a Little Run Around

Air Date: 1989-10-31

Frazer starts her police riot training and is reunited with some old friends.

88. A Fair Appraisal

Air Date: 1989-11-02

Taffy is up for APA and is wound up by Tony. Taffy goes to deal with an alarm at a warehouse. Turns out to be an actual break in instead of a fault with the alarm. He refuses to anyone about his problems. Roach and Carver nick a couple for possesion of drugs. The man gives Burnside the name of the man who gave them to him and Conway pulls the men off the job before they can blow aCustoms and Excise operation.

89. Visitors

Air Date: 1989-11-07

Sunhill has an open day and a sliver cup is nicked. Lines is having money problems. Reg is concerned about stress on the job. June and Tosh investigate a man who is running a 'disorderly house'.

90. Private Wars

Air Date: 1989-11-09

Burnside is driving past an electricity substation when he sees someone climbing over the wall. While investigating he is beaten by security guards. Frazer is looking for blue movies that have gone missing from the property office. Brownlow is upset at an article Reg wrote for the Federation magazine.

91. Feasting With Panthers

Air Date: 1989-11-14

A special constable gaves a ticket to a motorist. Penny warns a car owner to move his car and tells the special constable to destroy the ticket for the car. Penny loses it after reading something on the toilet mirror. Dashwood goes to see a man about a burglary. Dashwood is suspious because there are no signs of forced entry. Turns out to be an ex-lover. Burnside won't help because of armed robbers on the manor. Tony and Tosh watch in a pub while the man is approached by his ex-lover.

92. By The Book

Air Date: 1989-11-16

Norika talks to a driver who parks illegally. She then deals with an upset drug addict at a chemist. The girl is later found badly beaten and her prescription missing. Dashwood is worried that there is something fishy about the prescription. Dashwood checks out her doctor. Tim Able is upset at how a father reacted to being asked about his son's tax disc. Frazer is concerned about Able and Garfield's statement taking. She sets up a role play situation so they can practice. It is interrupted by a gas mains leak.

93. Beer And Bicycles

Air Date: 1989-11-21

Conway talks to the relief about image. ""Efficient service with a smile"". Martella is asked to do surgery that afternoon. Booze has been found in the locker room. Conway is on the war path. Edwards goes for counseling. Taffy thinks it will be a one-off but the counselor thinks different. The counselor thinks he made headway until Taffy makes a comment about wasting time. Taffy sends his wife to Wales to look for a house for them. Able on a bike catches a lady getting out of a car used in a wages snatch. Stamp is not happy he has to transport the dog handler around.

94. Grace Of God

Air Date: 1989-11-23

A amn at a caryard has complaints about kids damaging cars and nicking car radios. The kids harass a man who has moved back into his old family home. The man snapped after the kids came back and grabbed one of them. Stamp and Melvin evict a retirement party from a pub. The workers return to the factory and continue the party there.

95. Just Another Day

Air Date: 1989-11-28

A group of children are harassing a shop keeper but the real complaint is against a sax player. Melvin thinks there is a connection between the busker and someone called 'The Pied Piper'. Claire deals with a lady who has a court order about the destruction of a rotteweiler that belongs to her husband. She goes into labour and realises that she left a child at home which she fled when the dog tried protecting another child.

96. Gone Fishing

Air Date: 1989-11-30

Carver goes to the hospital to see how a victim of a hit-and-run accident is. Roach thinks it is attempted murder and although she says her husband didn't do it she is lying.

97. Early Bird

Air Date: 1989-12-05

Taffy and Claire find an old lady on the street with a bird cage and a suitcase. She has run away from a home and later dies in the canteen. Tosh and Jim stop and search a cat burglar who uses his socks to avoid leaving fingerprints. Dashwood and Viv try to catch, unsuccessfully, 2 pickpockets until Sgt. Peters gives them a hint.

98. Just For The Crack

Air Date: 1989-12-07

Jim has brought a new suit. 27 motorbikes including a police bike have been nicked. Garfield and Viv notice 2 youths stealing a bike. When they raid the garage all they find is the license plate of the police bike. Able is assigned to deliver a notification of death. A case that Melvin spent 2 weeks on is going to be dropped before going to court. The man involved is going to complain about Melvin who nicks him for assaulting a police officer.

99. Woman In Brown

Air Date: 1989-12-12

June and Melvin call at a school where a baby has been taken. June thinks she knows who took the baby. Viv and Able are called to a basement flat where the old lady has been conned by the 'maggot man'. He is a bogus water board worker who shows people maggots supposedly behind pipes. Tosh tries out a new car and then tells Jim about a car scam that is going on.

100. Speaking Freely

Air Date: 1989-12-14

Frazer brings in a suspected shoplifter. Frazer is having her apprasial interview later. A woman comes in to inform Frazer that there might be problems at a talk given by a pro abortionist.

101. The Return Of The Prodigal

Air Date: 1989-12-19

Greig has been made Acting D. I. and Ted takes it up with Conway when he gets back. Ted is bringing in a prisoner who has been on the run for 12 months. His mum and sister are coming in later to see him. His solicitor wants bail because he is terminally ill. They want his mum to take his cases home. A man from the Drugs Squad turns up looking for Burnside. Heroin is going to be delivered on the estate and they want help getting it. The drug dogs go berserk when they go pass the suspect's cases. While Susanne and Reg are out looking for a drunk, they nick another one. When they put him the van they notice a group of men who take off when they see the cops. Before they can give chase, they hear an explosion. Susanne goes into the caretaker's burning flat to rescue his daughter. The caretaker is dealing drugs

102. Chinese Whispers

Air Date: 1989-12-21

Norika can't get her car started. A man helps who turns out to be the bogus repairman. Norika and Dave are on the beat together when they are told of a blind man who has been mugged by 3 men who had been drinking. Estate surveyor has been looking at the station so rumours start circulating. Dave Quinnan is trying to impress all the W.P.C.'s and asks June if he can buy her a drink later. She thinks it is a date. He solves a theft at a jewelers. Frazer is possibly up for an exchange trip to New York. Brownlow has an informal chat with Turnham who is spotted leaving by Quinnan who makes remarks about the Super's wife.

103. Powers Of Exclusion

Air Date: 1989-12-26

The van brings in a Reverend with a sheath knife after a fight. Burnside has been after the Reverend for a long time. Reg recognises the law clerk send to represent the Reverend. He has to released and Burnside is not happy when he finds out. Taffy hears of an old lady possibly breaking in . The lady is concerned about a friend of hers who hasn't taken in his milk. It is a sudden death.

104. Saturday Night Fever

Air Date: 1989-12-28

DC Carver is at the hospital checking on a stabbing of a drug dealer. WPC Martella has some info about the deceased which prompts DS Burnside to bring in a couple of suspects. Sgt. Peters is having a busy time in Custody. PC Garfield and WPC Brind bring in a girl who has knocked her mother out. Brind has to search her, and is hit by the girl who later tries to hang herself in her cell. It turns out she had stabbed her boyfriend, who turns out to be Carver's victim.

1. Games

Air Date: 1994-01-04

Steve radios in details about a missing juvenile. The mother is more worried than the father. The boy was supposed to be at a friend's house. The missing boy and his friend are into computers. Steve has to look through the pedophile register to see if they can find a man matching the description given by the boy's friend. It turns out to be the man complaining about Tony. Although he denies knowing the boy, objectionable material is found on his computer. Before he is let go, he gives Monroe a name that does fit the man who was last seen with the missing boy. Tony and June take a call about children causing a disturbance playing football in the street. The man who complained keeps the ball and wants Tony's number so he can complain about his attitude.

2. Second Sight

Air Date: 1994-01-06

Jim is moaning about a tom(prostitute). Tosh and Jim are told to keep on the case. they go to a shop where they climb on the roof to observe the tom. While on observation they notice she has 2 visitors - 1 a biker, the other a known drug dealer. They bring in the tom and when he goes upstairs, Jim discovers the biker is wanted for the robbery everyone else was working on. The new D.I. walks up the stairs with Conway. as she arrives in the office she takes a phone call telling her there is a robbery in progress at a pub with the robbers still on premises. CID head down there leaving Tosh and Jim to deal with the tom. Steve and Polly arrive to find an injured man outside. George and Tony arrive in the area car as two men take off on a motor bike. Crofts has noticed a pattern emerging in the money snatches.

3. Darkness Before Dawn

Air Date: 1994-01-07

Sgt Boyden and Polly are on patrol and discuss Reg's plans for a parachute jump. Polly takes a visit to a tower block where a domestic has been reported. There doesn't appear to be anyone in although the tv is still on. A body is noticed under the balcony and on checking they discover she jumped with her baby. Inspector Monroe comes down and talks to the man who reported the disturbance. Meadows and Carver also come down. Boyden finds a man sitting by the side of the road, who turns out to be the baby's father. When interviewed he has problems answering the questions. He came down from Scotland to try to be a family.

4. He Who Waits

Air Date: 1994-01-11

George tapes off an area around a house where a body has been found. AMIT turns up. There is a way through the attic into the empty house next door. The murdered man is supposed to have no money and is not very popular. There is a local tom's wallet in the next door house. George is asked about the dead man by a lad who has been primed by a man in a van which takes off when he sees George approaching. The new owners of the house arrive as the body is removed.

5. Mix & Match

Air Date: 1994-01-13

Pearce and Steele are looking for a stolen car that has a tracking system installed. The car is not there. The rep from the tracking company is very enthusiastic about the system. Pearce and Steele find a range rover in a lockup that is stolen along with the missing car. They think the garage could be a good spot for an observation. Monroe is not too happy but Cato is all for it. Tony and June are part of the surveillance team. A car drives into the yard and June recognises one of the men that Pearce then follows.

6. Dealer Wins

Air Date: 1994-01-14

A tom is in family court on trial to work out whether her daughter should stay with her althought she was charged with possession. Jim and Suzy talk to some of the tom's friends to be able to help her. They are told that the tom's boyfriend is trying to put her daughter on the game and she doesn't know. Meadows organises teams to lead raids on 4 different targets.

7. No Job For An Amateur

Air Date: 1994-01-18

June and Adam go to a nurse's home where a nurse was attacked. They discover a door wedged open. A nurse told June the man had called earlier to see another nurse. June calls Adam a narrow minded bigot in the canteen. The nurse who had the male visitor the night before is attacked and turns out to be moonlighting as a tom. Tony and Mike are told to go to a hotel where a woman was assaulted. Boyden talks to the injured woman before her pimp appears. He talks to Monroe about a pattern appearing of toms being beaten as soon as they get into a room.

8. Judge & Jury

Air Date: 1994-01-20

Quinnan brings in a shoplifter. A woman talks to Jim and Suzy about being mugged. Jim thinks he knows who the mugger is. They go to talk to the suspect. The duty solicitor is not happy about how Jim conducted the interview. On checking an acquaintance of the suspect, they find designer jackets in his lock-up. He is brought in under suspicion of receiving stolen goods. June and Tony talk to a service station owner who had a car drive off without paying for the petrol she had put into the car. Her husband is the duty solicitor. Driving off is not an arrestable offense. June is concerned that this is not the first offense the suspect has committed.

9. The Mourning After

Air Date: 1994-01-21

Tony and Reg are called to a stabbing in canley fields. Sgt. Cryer and June arrive to help. the victim is DOA at the hospital. The doctor thinks he was attacked 3 hours previously. D.S. Morgan goes to see the victim's mother and discovers she is blind. When the mother checks the body, she discovers it is not her son. Alan talks to a shopkeeper who saw a group of men chasing another one. tosh talks to the party thrower and finds a leather jacket similar ro the one on the body. The wallet inside belongs to the owner of an incorrectly parked mini who never came home the night before.

10. Just Say No

Air Date: 1994-01-25

Conway is at a meeting when he sees a girl kicking a car and then tells Conway about the murder of a crack dealer. The girl is scared of her parents. Meadows and Conway are arguing over the girl's info. Tony and Reg are in an electrical store dealing with a shoplifter who gave her name as Elizabeth Barrett. She has a passbook in her possession belonging to the girl connected with the dead crack dealer. She turns out to be the girl who was being raped by the dealer when he was killed.

11. Mud Sticks

Air Date: 1994-01-27

A woman is found beaten unconscious near a brothel.

12. One Bad Turn

Air Date: 1994-01-29

Norika and Steve are patroling 9 beat and later will be taking Ch. Insp. Cato out. They put out signs and caution kerb crawlers. They nick the tom when she is brought back and caution the punter who turns out to be a supplier of drugs. She is later found beaten in an alley. Dave and Mike are also patrolling 9 beat and removing cards from phone boxes. They talk to one of the toms. Driving around Dave spots a man wanted for jumping bail and lose him in the market.

13. Faith In The System

Air Date: 1994-02-01

Jim and Tosh are in a transit van when they hear shouting. Jim goes to investigate and finds a man being beaten up by D.C Boulton from Barton St. Jim is not prepared to lie for D.C. Boulton about the arrest. The suspect makes a complaint against Boulton. Boulton is not happy Jim won't back him up as a witness to the arrest. Monroe is pressurising Jim into turning Boulton in and Pearce is pressurising him to back up Boulton. The suspect is also pressurising Jim. Jim and Tosh catch a girl breaking into a car and talk to Conway about her. Jiom gets a place in a house for the girl via Conway. She gives the name of the man who told her to get the BMW.

14. Keeping Mum

Air Date: 1994-02-03

Greig and Crofts call on a boy, who had been nicked previously as a pick pocket, because they want to talk to him about burglaries. When they arrive, the boy calls them in because his mother has been assaulted by his father. The boy sold a stolen brooch to a man so he could use the money for his mother. Donna comes up with a link with the burlaries to an alarm firm - 3 of the houses only had dummy boxes. Greig and Crofts visit the security firm manager who mentions a lad in the firm also plays with the boy with the brooch. Lines talks to the mother as he is now handling the assault case. The victim couldn't give a reason for the attack but previous attacks have been over very little. Her son was also hit.

15. Double Vision

Air Date: 1994-02-04

D.C.s Skase, Lines and D.I.Johnson along with Morgan, Pearce and Woods watch a man get into a vasn to do a deal to buy wine that had been hi-jacked. DCI Meadows thinks this arrest of the men in the van has stopped some hi-jacks. Steve is not happy he was left out after feeding Pearce the information. Steve goes and complains to the man who gave him the info. Pearce also gets into trouble because he had got the info from a man he had never seen. Meadows talks to the man watched in the morning who has a license in a false name but he is not prepared to grass on the man they believe was behind the hi-jacks. Monroe argues with Johnson about holding the prisoners. Their mother comes to check on them. Johnson talks to Loxton about running a snout and she apologises. They then go to talk to the snout and find out he had told the other men held about the deal.

16. No Access

Air Date: 1994-02-08

A boy has been assaulted and Donna comes up with a possible suspect. Another boy has been reported missing and his mother is concerned because of the attacks. The boy was last seen near to where the suspect lives. Morgaqn and Carver talk to the suspect who denies doing anything. Carver then goes to talk to a counsellor at the sunhill Men's Group. Morgan talks to some boys who saw the missing boy go off with a man. The man turns out to be his dad. The suspect admits to assaulting two boys but denies abducting the missing child. He was very upset about visits with his children.

17. Ways & Means

Air Date: 1994-02-10

Carver and Lines are on the way to speak to witnesses when they see a man wrestling with a woman who is known to the police. She has some info about shoplifters which she gives to Boyden. Cathy and Dave deqal with a break-in which turns out to be a boy gaining entry to his own home because his mum isn't home. Polly arrested her for shoplifting. Norika and Cathy talk to a complaintive who is being intimidated by her husband into dropping the case. Her husband is released on bail and later stabbed.

18. Cutting It

Air Date: 1994-02-11

Bevis accuses Keegan of sexual harassment.

19. Secrets

Air Date: 1994-02-15

Pressured by Boyden's questions, Linton reveals he is serving a community sentence for sexual offences.

20. Bin-Men

Air Date: 1994-02-17

A 17-year-old boy is caught riding a stolen motorcycle.

21. Ducking & Diving

Air Date: 1994-02-18

McCann is beaten up by two men after being called to a warehouse burglary with Jarvis.

22. Gone Away

Air Date: 1994-02-22

Meadows and Johnson investigate couriers smuggling in heroin.

23. Dead Men Don't Drive Cars

Air Date: 1994-02-24

Monroe and Cryer investigate a man who is taking driving tests for dead men.

24. Saturday Night's All Right

Air Date: 1994-02-25

Monroe and his officers are called to a rent party where the organiser has been seriously assaulted.

25. Ranks & Files

Air Date: 1994-03-01

Stamp and Garfield are called to an incident between an ex-copper and a teenager.

26. Business As Usual

Air Date: 1994-03-03

A clothing store gets broken into.

27. Root Of All Evil

Air Date: 1994-03-04

Johnson and Woods investigate the scene of an arson attack.

28. Man To Man

Air Date: 1994-03-08

A man reported missing by his wife, is found shot dead the next day.

29. Menace

Air Date: 1994-03-10

Greig and Croft visit Sally Firth who has been burgled.

30. Killjoys

Air Date: 1994-03-11

A pirate radio station interferes with police radio transmission.

31. One Of Them

Air Date: 1994-03-15

A father beats up his son for being gay.

32. Day Of Reckoning

Air Date: 1994-03-17

As CID resign themselves to losing Grieve, Bannon's daughter calls to report that two men have abducted her father.

33. Sleeping With The Fishes

Air Date: 1994-03-18

A boat is reported drifting down the Thames, and a body is found in the river.

34. Fair Exchange

Air Date: 1994-03-22

Morgan and Woods arrive at a burnt-out house and are told that the fire may have been started deliberately.

35. Last Rights

Air Date: 1994-03-24

A mother suffering from a rare spinal tumour takes an overdose.

36. Mean Streak

Air Date: 1994-03-25

Lines, Garfield and Bostock go undercover at a milk depot.

37. Pig In The Middle

Air Date: 1994-03-29

Woods and Carver receive a tip-off to a crack dealer's house on the Bronte Estate.

38. House Arrest

Air Date: 1994-03-31

Meadows and Woods investigate a robbery. Meadows enlists the assistance of an ex-con to deal with a young villain.

39. Clubbing Together

Air Date: 1994-04-01

A doorman is arrested for assault for an incident outside a nightclub.

40. Pals

Air Date: 1994-04-05

Area Complaints want to speak to Jarvis after some foul play during a rugby match. Stamp and Marshall deal with a case of double identity.

41. Sold Out

Air Date: 1994-04-07

Greig uncovers a crime of passion. Morgan goes after a man handling stolen car parts.

42. Last Orders

Air Date: 1994-04-08

Meadows works with a brewery security guard to solve the theft of kegs of beer after another guard is assaulted by the thieves.

43. All The Comforts Of Home

Air Date: 1994-04-12

Marshall deals with a teenaged runaway found sleeping rough and showing signs of a beating. Ackland and Quinnan are called to a disturbance at the home of the girl's mother. Pearce and Carver make an embarrassing mistake.

44. Wild Justice

Air Date: 1994-04-14

A burglary suspect is positively identified by a witness but has a solid alibi. Johnson, Greig and Croft uncover an elaborate scheme of revenge.

45. Give Away

Air Date: 1994-04-15

Morgan and Lines clash with a vicious thug. Hollis and Boyden are on the trail of stolen koi carp.

46. Nowhere To Run

Air Date: 1994-04-19

Datta deals with a complex case of domestic violence. Quinnan and Greig act on a tip-off from a local jeweller.

47. Final Straw

Air Date: 1994-04-21

Greig suspects a caretaker of burgling his own school, but his attempt at suicide makes the case a difficult one.

48. Bodyguard Of Lies

Air Date: 1994-04-22

Ackland uncovers a series of muggings. Johnson is unimpressed, but Monroe, acting on Ackland's information, organises an observation on a pub.

49. Friends Like That

Air Date: 1994-04-26

Quinnan finds himself drawn into the problems of a man whose life is falling apart.

50. Disclosures

Air Date: 1994-04-28

Greig is confident of securing the conviction of a violent burglar, until a witness arrives in court and alleges that Ackland did not record her complete statement.

51. Big Eagle Day

Air Date: 1994-04-29

Boyden, Garfield, Datta and Hollis respond to a noise nuisance complaint and find two known villains in a room littered with thousands of pounds in banknotes.

52. Bottleneck

Air Date: 1994-05-03

Conway arranges a party and plans to sound out the Deputy Assistant Commissioner about changes to the senior ranks, but Meadows, and Brownlow take the opportunity to do the same. While the top brass play politics, Johnson sets about trapping an escaped prisoner.

53. Honour & Obey

Air Date: 1994-05-05

Skase betrays a misogynist attitude when he and Croft investigate a series of thefts of wedding gifts.

54. Hot Off The Press

Air Date: 1994-05-06

Cato wants to find out who is behind the printing of racist leaflets. A campaign to rid the streets of illegally parked vehicles uncovers the distributor.

55. Killing Time

Air Date: 1994-05-10

An angry, young boy with a gun roams the streets. Can Cryer get to him in time?

56. Butter Wouldn't Melt

Air Date: 1994-05-12

Quinnan and Cato close in on a den of thieves, centred around an ageing hippie inciting youngsters to steal car radios.

57. All Things Nice

Air Date: 1994-05-13

A drugs raid on a pub is a great success until Lines finds a body. Johnson has to move fast to achieve a result.

58. No Way To Treat A Lady

Air Date: 1994-05-17

Page is assaulted during a domestic. Cato is furious that Sgt. Steele has included some off-the-record remarks in the minutes of a meeting. Carver acts on information received to catch a villain.

59. The Price

Air Date: 1994-05-19

The key witness to an attempted murder vanishes.

60. Old Scores

Air Date: 1994-05-20

Boyden receives an anonymous tip-off but suspects that he has been set up. His suspicions are confirmed when MS15 turn up at the pick-up point.

61. Branded

Air Date: 1994-05-24

Meadows interrogates a convicted sex offender whose father can't face the truth about his son.

62. Good Friends

Air Date: 1994-05-26

A seemingly straightforward burglary becomes complicated when one of Johnson's informants is given a false alibi.

63. RTA

Air Date: 1994-05-27

Monroe investigates a fatal road traffic accident and begins to suspect that the driver may have crashed the car on purpose.

64. No Marks

Air Date: 1994-05-31

Meadows and Cryer try to gain the trust of a small boy from Devon found wandering about in his pyjamas.

65. Sweetness & Light

Air Date: 1994-06-02

A gang of teenagers cause a nuisance on an estate, and a boy on a scrambling bike is almost decapitated.

66. Hey Diddle Diddle

Air Date: 1994-06-03

Meadows receives a tape of a deathbed confession to murder.

67. Funny Money

Air Date: 1994-06-07

Lines and Meadows uncover two counterfeiters who haven't quite been clever enough.

68. Till Death Do Us Part

Air Date: 1994-06-09

Loxton and Quinnan are called to a canal where a familiar tramp claims to have fished out a DSS inspector.

69. All Along The Watchtower

Air Date: 1994-06-10

Stamp is called to deal with a 14-year-old car thief who has badly injured a young girl. Conway and Monroe deal with the consequences.

70. Snowblind

Air Date: 1994-06-14

Skase investigates some crack dealers but bites off more than he can chew and faces a mauling from Meadows.

71. Lesson To Be Learned

Air Date: 1994-06-16

A young black student is accused of a savage attack on a schoolmaster, but Lines thinks that the teachers have something to hide.

72. Dear John

Air Date: 1994-06-17

Meadows investigates when a man who appears to have fallen to his death from a block of flats is found to have a knife wound in his back. Investigations lead to a second body.

73. Within Limits

Air Date: 1994-06-21

Boyden investigates an assault and helps a former lover deal with her violent husband. Garfield thinks the sergeant may be up to his old tricks again.

74. Tails You Lose

Air Date: 1994-06-23

Skase's informant needs protection, but he is compromised when he uncovers the full extent of her criminal activities.

75. Gate Fever

Air Date: 1994-06-24

A murderer is released from prison on licence. Cryer deals with the victim's parents, who are unable to accept that their other daughter befriended him while he was in prison.

76. The Road Not Taken

Air Date: 1994-06-28

Page finds her loyalties tested when she arrests an old school friend in a drugs raid.

77. Fallen Angel

Air Date: 1994-06-30

Woods investigates the activities of a cowboy builder, and uncovers a customer's scheme to exact revenge.

78. A Touch Of Braid

Air Date: 1994-07-01

D.I. Johnson's raid on a flat goes wrong when a young boy flees and falls from the third-floor balcony. Brownlow has to pick up the pieces.

79. Masquerade

Air Date: 1994-07-05

Greig realises that a house has been burgled twice. Conway helps to arrest a most unusual burglar with a very special talent.

80. Good Days

Air Date: 1994-07-07

Lines and Woods attempt to solve the mysterious disappearance of an armed robber, and eventually uncover the answer after calling on his mistress.

81. Banned

Air Date: 1994-07-08

Johnson's methods are called into question when she removes an aggressive solicitor's clerk from an interview with a robbery suspect.

82. Parental Guidance

Air Date: 1994-07-12

Lines helps Ackland track down a delinquent son but he should be worrying about his own.

83. Settling The Score

Air Date: 1994-07-14

Quinnan chances his arm in order to get an arrest. Carver realises that one of his informants has set up a suspect to clear the way for an affair with his wife.

84. High Drivers

Air Date: 1994-07-15

Monroe is called to a fatal traffic accident than deals with a case of mistaken identity.

85. Personal Space

Air Date: 1994-07-19

Croft and Woods interview a man suspected of abducting a girl.

86. Public Spirit

Air Date: 1994-07-21

A businessman seems unconcerned after one of his employees is fatally injured in a street fight over drug-dealing territories.

87. Dirty Laundry

Air Date: 1994-07-22

Johnson tries to stop a drugs war from developing after a crack addict is shot.

88. Paying The Price

Air Date: 1994-07-26

Conway clips the wing-mirror of a car and finds himself listening to a man's confession to an attempted armed robbery.

89. Best Interests

Air Date: 1994-07-28

Morgan has to choose between heart and head when trying to track down a boy who has been abducted by his father.

90. Easy Prey

Air Date: 1994-07-29

Meadows investigates when a recluse is found dead in his flat. He appears to have been assaulted but may have taken an overdose.

91. Unfinished Business

Air Date: 1994-08-02

Johnson attempts to track down a violent escaped prisoner. The arrival of Chris Deakin is delayed, as he has to give evidence in court.

92. War Of Nerves

Air Date: 1994-08-04

Datta has a difficult case, unfriendly colleagues and Cato's support.

93. Legacy

Air Date: 1994-08-05

Deakin shares information that Johnson needs to solve her case, but on his own terms.

94. Death & Taxes

Air Date: 1994-08-09

Ackland and Quinnan investigate a break-in at a pharmacy. Cryer unearths extortion among the young homeless.

95. In Too Deep

Air Date: 1994-08-11

Meadows and Deakin investigate the fatal shooting of a young windscreen washer and uncover a link to a local drug dealer.

96. You Belong To Me

Air Date: 1994-08-12

Datta and Cryer investigate the disappearance of a seventeen-year-old girl and find that her half-sister and brother-in-law have something to hide.

97. Looking For Mr Right

Air Date: 1994-08-16

Morgan and Woods investigate a serious assault and are led to a case of kidnap and extortion.

98. Skinning Cats

Air Date: 1994-08-18

Meadows and Conway fall out over the handling of an informant. Quinnan traces a vanload of stolen meat.

99. Full Contact

Air Date: 1994-08-19

Meadows is annoyed when a lorry carrying cigarettes is hi-jacked. Stamp and Ackland intervene in a fight in a pub car park between two thieves who have fallen out over the landlady.

100. Partners

Air Date: 1994-08-23

The shooting of a jeweller has Chris and Suzi investigating as an armed man is arrested by Reg and Steve.

101. On The Latch

Air Date: 1994-08-25

Meadows and Morgan investigate what appears to be the violent death of an old soldier in a drugs-related burglary.

102. Wall Of Silence

Air Date: 1994-08-26

Stamp and Ackland respond to an anonymous call and find a man in a curious state of undress.

103. Business Opportunities

Air Date: 1994-08-30

McCann finds Tony Wright sleeping rough on a bench, yet learns that he owns a house just around the corner. His curiosity leads to an investigation by Pearce of the Irish roofer, Samuel O'Rourke, who has targetted Tony, depressed and alone, for large weekly payments for roofing work he never carried out.

104. A Little Learning

Air Date: 1994-09-01

When a teacher seems reluctant to bring a charge of indecent assault against a pupil, Woods has to question her motives. Is Stephanie telling the truth or is she being used to get at the boy?

105. Right Way, Wrong Way

Air Date: 1994-09-02

Aggro between the West Indian and Chinese communities threatens to escalate as Steele and McCann investigate.

106. Instant Response

Air Date: 1994-09-06

A couple of kids in a stolen Jaguar are causing all sorts of trouble and accidents throughout Sun Hill. PC Tony Stamp and PC Reg Hollis pursue in the Area Car, but all police efforts to stop the car fail. The kids seem to always be one step ahead of the police, until Stamp realises they must have a police radio or scanner. Changing frequencies, they force the Jag into an abandoned bottling plant, where the driver, Rob Orme, has vowed to 'teach the police a lesson' after his father has been sentenced to twelve years in prison. Climbing to the roof of the building, Rob taunts Stamp and Ch. Insp. Derek Conway as they try to talk him down, but accidentally slips and falls to his death.

107. Washback

Air Date: 1994-09-08

Investigating a sawn-off shotgun found in a house fire, Lines is led to Lee Ruddick, a crack dealer. When Lines and Johnson team up to raid him, Ruddick eats the evidence, with fatal consequences.

108. Kickback

Air Date: 1994-09-09

When Lee Ruddick dies at St Hugh's, CIB is called in and DI Johnson is accused on manslaughter. Claudia Morris, the complainant and chief witness, later withdraws her allegation, but just as Johnson seems to be in the clear, Ruddick's family serves her with a private prosecution for manslaughter.

109. Birthright

Air Date: 1994-09-13

Ackland and Datta are drawn into the past when a couple are pestered by a young woman claiming to be a long-lost daughter. Meanwhile, a death message to an old lady reveals a relative she had forgotten she had.

110. Threats & Promises

Air Date: 1994-09-15

A young man is stabbed by a member of a notorious family of criminals, but no witnesses are prepared to come forward.

111. Inside

Air Date: 1994-09-16

A man holds a woman hostage in a flat. Jarvis is faced with the task of talking him out. As Jarvis builds a rapport with him, the investigation led by Monroe constructs a worrying picture of the hostage-taker. Can he be talked out or will force be necessary?

112. Back On The Chain Gang

Air Date: 1994-09-20

Morgan owes an old villain a favour, but pays a heavy price for her loyalty.

113. Out In The Cold

Air Date: 1994-09-22

Jarvis, Loxton, Page and Cato deal with a trio of squatters and a violent landlord.

114. Living Legend

Air Date: 1994-09-23

When Meadows arrests notorious robber Kenny Stone in a drugs-for-money exchange, Stone isn't in possession of the drugs. Meadows fails to detain Stone long enough to charge him, but he dies in his cell as he is about to be released.

115. Runners & Riders

Air Date: 1994-09-27

Meadows is worried that a vicious attack was meted out in revenge for the conviction of a loan shark.

116. Down & Out

Air Date: 1994-09-29

Johnson's seeking vital information concerning a gang of payphone thieves. She comes into conflict with Custody Sergeant Boyden when she asks to speak to a prisoner with a history of mental illness.

117. Inquest

Air Date: 1994-09-30

Sun Hill are at the Coroner's Court for the inquest on Stone, who died in custody. Did the Great Bullion Robber die of natural causes or are Sun Hill officers in some way to blame for his death?

118. Grey Matter

Air Date: 1994-10-04

Johnson investigates an apparently racially-motivated attack.

119. Blackout

Air Date: 1994-10-06

Lines retraces the steps of an alcoholic who comes out of a two-day blackout and believes that he has committed a crime.

120. The Cold Consumer

Air Date: 1994-10-07

Page deals with the sudden death of an unidentified man in the bathroom of a high class prostitute.

121. Saving Face

Air Date: 1994-10-11

Carver ends up leading 'Operation Cock-up' and is determined not to look an idiot in front of Deakin.

122. Silent Partner

Air Date: 1994-10-13

Pearce and Croft investigate a burglary at a block of flats for the elderly, and she becomes suspicious of a woman who claims to be from a befriending charity called Here to Help.

123. One Born Every Minute

Air Date: 1994-10-14

A rape allegation sends Deakin into the murky world of pimps and prostitutes.

124. Backlash

Air Date: 1994-10-18

Johnson stands trial for manslaughter of Lee Ruddick, and allegations of a police cover-up.

125. Taken On Trust

Air Date: 1994-10-20

An unexploded German WW2 bomb is discovered on the riverside right in then middle of CID's surveillance operation. As the evacuation gets underway, a bunch of squatters refuse to leave thinking it's an attempt to evict them. After Monroe assures the bomb threat is geniune they leave but Carver and Pierce then sneak into the squatter's house and discover hidden drugs. They then arrest the squatter.

126. Bridgework

Air Date: 1994-10-21

Meadows and Cato are at loggerheads, but Conway couldn't care less it's his birthday.

127. Land Of The Blind

Air Date: 1994-10-25

Deakin and Meadows are prosecuting a teenager for assault but McCann thinks he is innocent.

128. Indecent Exposure

Air Date: 1994-10-27

Pearce and Croft fall out over the arrest of a disabled drugs dealer.

129. Pass The Parcel

Air Date: 1994-10-28

It seems that Ch. Supt. Brownlow is about to be retired, but is he ready to go?

130. Cheap At Half The Price

Air Date: 1994-11-01

Deakin goes undercover as a professional hitman and is asked to kill the wife of a failing businessman.

131. The Sixth Age

Air Date: 1994-11-03

Loxton and Quinnan are drawn into a world of romance, intrigue and violent affections when called to attend an incident at a local tea dance.

132. Pipped At The Post

Air Date: 1994-11-04

Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow is transfered to Area. while is he is there Chief Inspectors Derek Conway, Phillip Cato and DCI Jack Meadows all vie for the promotion to Acting Superintendent in charge of opperations at Sun Hill. Conway is succesful and is promoted

133. Mischief

Air Date: 1994-11-08

Cryer and Garfield are called to the scene of a suicide.

134. Taking Stock

Air Date: 1994-11-10

Morgan's ambition brings her into conflict with Johnson.

135. The Melting Pot

Air Date: 1994-11-11

Conway has a hectic first day in his new job as he deals with the aftermath of a senior officers' night out, absentee inspectors and burglars that need babysitting.

136. No Name No Number

Air Date: 1994-11-15

Meadows blames a leak when a witness is threatened. Stamp and Boyden come under suspicion.

137. Make Believe

Air Date: 1994-11-17

Monroe and Cryer investigate an old man who has been giving expensive toys to young children.

138. Sleeping Dogs

Air Date: 1994-11-18

A young girl reports a rape a year after it happened. Can Johnson and Pearce dig up enough evidence to make the charge stick?

139. Beg Borrow Or Steal

Air Date: 1994-11-22

Ch. Insp. Cato's anti-vagrancy initiative draws WPC Page's attention to the plight of a young mother, who along with other hostel residents are being threatened by a short-tempered loan shark with violent tendancies.

140. Work Experience

Air Date: 1994-11-24

Carver goes undercover as a mechanic to frustrate a garage owner's plans to commit a robbery.

141. Down A Blind Alley

Air Date: 1994-11-25

Cato brings in a mugger with a bloody nose.

142. Creating A Market

Air Date: 1994-11-29

Greig and Deakin set up shop in an attempt to trap mobile phone thieves in a sting operation.

143. Fly On The Wall

Air Date: 1994-12-01

Pearce and Croft investigate when rivalry between gangs of fly-posters escalates to assault.

144. King Of The Hill

Air Date: 1994-12-02

Boyden gets trapped in a derelict building and his only help is a kid who was chasing but the kid is reluctant to help for fear of getting arrested.

145. Fathers & Sons

Air Date: 1994-12-06

Pearce and Croft investigate an assault, but the victim's father seems reluctant to help.

146. A Feeling For The Job

Air Date: 1994-12-08

Cryer suspects the worst when a young wife goes missing.

147. Closing Time

Air Date: 1994-12-09

Cato organises a raid on a pub and plans to take away the landlady's licence, but Cryer is not impressed.

148. Blood Pressure

Air Date: 1994-12-13

A Jehovah's Witness is seriously assaulted, but his mother refuses to let him have a blood transfusion.

149. Appropriate Adults

Air Date: 1994-12-15

Cato goes undercover to investigate a pimp.

150. Throw The Key Away

Air Date: 1994-12-16

Deakin bends the custody rules, leaving Boyden to carry the can.

151. An Unconventional Approach

Air Date: 1994-12-20

Ackland and Loxton get caught up in violent competition between rival bailiffs.

152. Fall Guy

Air Date: 1994-12-22

Croft is horrified when Skase goes over the top to get a result.

153. Stuffed

Air Date: 1994-12-23

Ackland and Quinnan are led on a wild goose chase by two juveniles, while Stamp thinks he's going to pull at the Sun Hill Christmas bash.

154. Dearly Departed

Air Date: 1994-12-27

Greig investigates the theft of a series of corpses.

155. Returning The Call

Air Date: 1994-12-29

Hollis outsmarts C.I.D. to make two arrests.

156. Licensed To Kill

Air Date: 1994-12-30

Hollis assists a woman who is the victim of obsession.

1. Call Waiting

Air Date: 1996-01-02

Skase and Croft investigate a series of hoax phone calls that are tearing a family apart.

2. Second Sense

Air Date: 1996-01-04

Loxton and Slater deal with a woman drink-driver.

3. Runners Up

Air Date: 1996-01-05

Meadows offers a bottle of scotch as a reward for catching an elusive burglar.

4. Keeping It In The Family

Air Date: 1996-01-09

Lines and Skase try to avert an ice-cream war in Sun Hill after a vendor is assaulted.

5. Home Truths

Air Date: 1996-01-11

Ackland and Jarvis follow up a vicious assault.

6. Outer

Air Date: 1996-01-12

Boulton is determined to arrest a local drug dealer, at any cost.

7. Better Half

Air Date: 1996-01-16

Beech and Croft investigate the murder of a hairdresser who had been fighting for a share of her dead fiancé's estate.

8. No Assistance Required

Air Date: 1996-01-18

Datta is called to a burglary and is subjected to the unwanted affections of a civic-minded admirer. Monroe is suspicious when Loxton tries to settle an old score.

9. Judgement Call

Air Date: 1996-01-19

Uniform and CID are on the lookout for escaped prisoner Jim Brodie, so both Brodie's wife and his drug dealer are under observation. PC Nick Slater and WPC Cathy Marshall pursue two burglers down to the riverfront, where one of them gives Slater a severe beating. Marshall sees a person on the barges and gives chase. By the time their backup arrives, delayed by PC Reg Hollis' dodgy belly, Marshall has disappeared. When her dead body is fished out of the river, the two crooks she and Slater had been pursuing are questioned over her possible murder. Searching the barge that Marshall was last seen, CID find evidence that someone has been sleeping rough on board - and it looks like it's their escaped prisoner, Brodie. The river police intercept Brodie fleeing to Amsterdam on his friend's boat, but there is not enough evidence to charge him for Cathy Marshall's murder.

10. Old Dogs New Tricks

Air Date: 1996-01-23

As Sun Hill gets to grips with its new computer system, Boyden discovers that it pays to stay one step ahead of the opposition.

11. Worst Fears

Air Date: 1996-01-25

While Deakin investigates the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy, Conway gets some unsettling news.

12. One Night With You

Air Date: 1996-01-26

Five-year-old Tommy Laker is still missing, and Deakin discovers an evil and sinister ring which may hold the clue.

13. Someone Else's Problem

Air Date: 1996-01-30

Datta and Quinnan look into the mysterious death of a jogger, while Ackland and Jarvis try to reconcile a couple of warring lovers.

14. Bounds Of Decency

Air Date: 1996-02-01

Slater and Garfield struggle to keep the peace when two women fall out over the same man.

15. Happy Birthday

Air Date: 1996-02-02

Meadows and Croft investigate the murder of an elderly woman, and question two young children living on the floor below who may have heard what happened.

16. Stop The Music

Air Date: 1996-02-06

Croft and a badly-hungover Beech investigate when a body is found in a car with a large amount of crack cocaine.

17. Cold Light Of Day

Air Date: 1996-02-08

A reconstruction brings forward an unexpected witness to an assault on a 15-year-old boy.

18. Back In Business

Air Date: 1996-02-09

Acting Superintendent Conway is stirred into action by a face from the past.

19. Separate Rooms

Air Date: 1996-02-13

Lines investigates an allegation of underage sex.

20. Going Guilty

Air Date: 1996-02-15

Cryer and Slater follow up on a murder but a legal loophole may allow the perpetrator to get away with it.

21. Pieces Of Cake

Air Date: 1996-02-16

Beech is caught in the crossfire when uniform and C.I.D. fall out over a directive from Brownlow.

22. Somebody's Home

Air Date: 1996-02-20

Quinnan and Keane have to help someone with a conviction for assaulting a police officer.

23. Pointing The Finger

Air Date: 1996-02-22

Carver and Skase investigate an assault on an Asian schoolboy.

24. Boy Meets Girl

Air Date: 1996-02-23

Croft investigates a series of vicious sexual assaults.

25. Confession

Air Date: 1996-02-27

A man comes in to Sun Hill and confesses to murdering a woman who disappeared five years ago. D.C.I. Meadows, who headed the original investigation, and D.C. Carver talk to him and, when they are convinced he is lying, throw him out. The man soon returns, and this time he tells Carver something that wasn't in the news stories making the police take his confession more seriously.

26. Home From Home

Air Date: 1996-02-29

Stamp and Slater are called to supervise the eviction of a father from his home.

27. Open Wound

Air Date: 1996-03-01

Skase and Deakin deal with a wounded crack dealer shot in the yard of a pub.

28. Perfect Match

Air Date: 1996-03-05

Beech and Croft try to track down a violent attacker.

29. Someone Special

Air Date: 1996-03-07

Lines and Skase investigate a possible arson attack on a nightclub.

30. Bits & Pieces

Air Date: 1996-03-08

Boyden and Slater search for the owner of a severed hand found on a rubbish tip.

31. Home Help

Air Date: 1996-03-12

Cryer and Slater handle a tricky case involving a disabled former police officer and his wayward son.

32. Kicked Out

Air Date: 1996-03-14

Jarvis and Page are called in to help in the deportation of an illegal immigrant who escapes from custody.

33. On The Block

Air Date: 1996-03-15

Boulton loses a suspect during an arrest and has to ask Monroe to help get him back.

34. Getting Off

Air Date: 1996-03-19

Boulton investigates a convicted drug addict and clashes with a drugs worker.

35. Girls' Night

Air Date: 1996-03-21

Loxton and Page deal with a bridegroom who disrupts a hen night.

36. Blood Brothers

Air Date: 1996-03-22

Meadows tries to get the truth from a terminally-ill Asian man after one of his sons is fatally injured during a family dispute.

37. Broken Homes

Air Date: 1996-03-23

Loxton and Keane chase a local tearaway, who gets injured. Conway has to deal with the resulting accusations of police harassment.

38. A Hornet's Nest

Air Date: 1996-03-28

Greig is accused with police brutality following a raid on a burglar's home.

39. Dead Of Night

Air Date: 1996-03-29

Quinnan's whereabouts are questioned when he fails to notice an injured woman on the station doorstep. June Ackland becomes acting Sergeant.

40. Party Pooper

Air Date: 1996-04-02

Slater's ability is questioned when he appears to mishandle two violent thugs at a party and his wallet, containing his warrant card, is stolen.

41. More Haste

Air Date: 1996-04-04

Keane has a bad day in court, while Monroe follows up on a domestic incident.

42. Beating The Odds

Air Date: 1996-04-05

Boulton investigates a notorious local bookie and prompts suspicions about Beech's private life.

43. Animal

Air Date: 1996-04-09

Boyden and Datta try to secure a conviction against a vicious pimp.

44. Dangerous Game

Air Date: 1996-04-11

Boulton, Carver and Deakin take part in a Flying Squad operation against a vicious gang of armed robbers.

45. Dancers

Air Date: 1996-04-12

Ch. Supt. Brownlow organises a tea dance for the Met Police Pensioners & Widows society. PCs Jarvis and Quinnan spend the afternoon dancing with admiring elderly ladies, WPC Polly Page is harrassed by a wheelchair-bound admirer, and PC Reg Hollis does a magic show. Brownlow is dreading the arrival of Geoffrey Allerton, an ex-copper who goes out of his way to complain about everything. When the minivan misses Allerton, Brownlow asks PC Tony Stamp to pick him up on the way to the bakery to pick up some cakes. When Stamp steps out of the bakery, he is horrified to find Brownlow's car has been stolen whilst Allerton was buying some tobacco. Packing Allerton and the cakes onto a bus, a desperate Stamp tries to retrieve Brownlow's car after it is impounded. When Allerton arrives at the dance at last, he causes a fuss when he recognises an armed blagger from a fifteen year old case at the wedding next door.

46. And Nothing But

Air Date: 1996-04-16

Loxton arrests a black man he suspects is responsible for a mugging and is accused of racism.

47. Tale Of Two Cities

Air Date: 1996-04-18

Greig is in pursuit of a local drug dealer. Two teenagers arrested for possession refuse to provide any information about their supplier.

48. Cheating

Air Date: 1996-04-19

Quinnan and Hollis have to decide whether a pub quiz champion is breaking the rules. Skase deals with the unfaithful wife of a local villain.

49. Decent Proposals

Air Date: 1996-04-23

Loxton and Quinnan investigate an employment agency that provides lucrative opportunities to women with financial troubles.

50. Going For A Song

Air Date: 1996-04-25

Carver calls on a former colleague to help with an antique clock that is a target for theft.

51. Value Added

Air Date: 1996-04-26

Hollis goes undercover in the seedy world of vice in pursuit of the unscrupulous owner of a clip joint.

52. Professional Ethics

Air Date: 1996-04-30

Greig and Lines investigate graffiti attacks on motor vehicles and uncover a fraud.

53. Accidents Will Happen

Air Date: 1996-05-02

Boyden and Page look into a protection racket.

54. Time Spent

Air Date: 1996-05-03

Beech uncovers the relationship between a former boss and a local crime lord. Carver is caught between two troubled lovers.

55. Conspiracy Of Silence

Air Date: 1996-05-07

Deakin and Boulton investigate a fatal stabbing and uncover jealousy and deceit.

56. Cold Feet & Hot Coffee

Air Date: 1996-05-09

Loxton and Page go undercover at a wedding to prevent a jilted lover spoiling the bride's big day.

57. Rollover

Air Date: 1996-05-10

Deakin comes down hard on a snout who tries to buck the system, and gets an unexpected result.

58. Tough Love

Air Date: 1996-05-14

Hollis and Garfield deal with an attack on a school bully.

59. With This Ring

Air Date: 1996-05-16

Keane comes across a suspect antiques dealer. Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and reopen a feud between two sisters.

60. Final Drive

Air Date: 1996-05-17

P.C. Mike Jarvis is on the last few days of the Advanced Driving Course at Hendon. He gets on well with fellow team-member W.P.C. Sommer, but both of them cannot stand the third officer in their group, P.C. Penrose, the smug, over-bearing son of a ""Black-Rat"" (traffic officer) who sees himself as the best driver on the course, let alone in the Met. The trio attends a quiz night the night before their ""final drive"", the all-important test of their advanced driving skills, and Jarvis stops Penrose from drinking too much before the test. Battling station rumours that he is being re-assessed, P.C. Tony Stamp arrives at Hendon to check on Jarvis's progress - and is pleased when Jarvis passes his final drive easily - just a few points short however of becoming a Class 1 (Area Car) driver. A hung-over and ungrateful Penrose also misses out on his Class 1 rating, but W.P.C. Sommer makes it.

61. Voices

Air Date: 1996-05-21

Datta and Greig suspect that a woman who claims she can hear voices may hold the key to a series of sexual assaults.

62. Party On

Air Date: 1996-05-23

Deakin and Croft have to deal with a gang of delinquents when one of them is bottled at an ecstasy party.

63. Hard Enough

Air Date: 1996-05-24

Boulton and Carver clash when a householder is arrested for murdering a burglar with a baseball bat. Boulton thinks it is justified to kill an intruder, but Carver does not; will it impede their investigation?

64. Cuckoo

Air Date: 1996-05-28

Page and Monroe are dragged into a family squabble.

65. Helping Hands

Air Date: 1996-05-30

Datta and Garfield arrest a G.P. for possession of cannabis, but he claims it is for use by one of his patients.

66. Jekyll & Hyde

Air Date: 1996-05-31

Brownlow witnesses a violent outburst on the road.

67. Knocking On The Door

Air Date: 1996-06-04

New DS Geoff Daly steps in to help Skase when a straightforward drugs bust goes wrong.

68. Lies & Statistics

Air Date: 1996-06-06

Boyden tries to help a young offender.

69. Butting In

Air Date: 1996-06-07

Jarvis steps in to help Page deal with a violent attack, but there are complications.

70. The Bagman

Air Date: 1996-06-11

Deakin investigates a violent attack on a small-time crook whom he suspects to have fallen in with bad company.

71. Overstepping The Mark

Air Date: 1996-06-13

Lines tries to get a juvenile offender to inform on a gang of dangerous thugs, while Daly is troubled by a determined probation officer.

72. Filth

Air Date: 1996-06-20

Deakin and Boulton investigate when a pimp is discovered badly beaten in a pile of rubbish.

73. Camper

Air Date: 1996-06-21

Slater and Boyden are involved in a drugs bust involving a camper van.

74. Spill

Air Date: 1996-06-25

PCs Quinnan and Stamp are first on the scene of a major chemical spill when a tanker truck hits some scaffolding near the Sun Hill tube station. Insp. Monroe arrives to supervise the evacuation of the area, as the fire department try to work out what chemical has been spilt, although a lack of documentation on the truck makes this difficult. The driver dies in hospital, but when his wife in informed by Uniform, she doesn't seem very upset. Further investigation reveals she is behind a scheme to provide unlicenced or disqualified drivers to the trucking company.

75. Apron Strings

Air Date: 1996-06-27

Cryer and Keane discover a woman dead in her bath and suspect her son of foul play.

76. One Step Ahead

Air Date: 1996-06-28

Meadows and Skase pursue an ex-convict who has sworn revenge on an informant. Boyden is called to help a prostitute who believes she is being followed.

77. Starting Young

Air Date: 1996-07-02

Jarvis and Keane deal with a boy in possession of a pensioner's prescription.

78. Tarts Cards

Air Date: 1996-07-04

Boyden and Slater investigate a series of offensive telephone calls.

79. Born Again

Air Date: 1996-07-05

Boulton investigates an assault on an old man.

80. Kick Me Hard

Air Date: 1996-07-09

Daly mounts an operation to catch muggers. Page goes undercover as a pregnant woman to act as bait.

81. All Or Nothing

Air Date: 1996-07-11

Quinnan and Keane discover the body of a young girl in a pub toilet. Meanwhile, Monroe and Stamp both have words with Slater about his extensive overtime.

82. Unlucky In Love

Air Date: 1996-07-12

Boyden investigates a dating agency that is rumoured to be providing underage girls.

83. A Quick Return

Air Date: 1996-07-16

Cryer and Keane investigate a series of street robberies and find four teenagers trying to buy their way into drug-dealing.

84. Sartorial Elegance

Air Date: 1996-07-18

Carver and Jarvis misjudge the condition of a witness, threatening Operation Eagle Eye.

85. Don't Leave Me This Way

Air Date: 1996-07-19

Loxton and Keane follow up a mugging but suspect that the victim knows more than she is letting on.

86. Big Bullies

Air Date: 1996-07-23

Monroe investigates a schoolboy's claim that he was assaulted by his teacher.

87. Playing It By The Rules

Air Date: 1996-07-25

Deakin is handed the chance to bust a drug dealer when his wife turns informant.

88. True Colours

Air Date: 1996-07-26

Daly is determined to find out why a white teenager is trying to take the blame for his black friends.

89. Target

Air Date: 1996-07-29

While speaking to Ackland and Loxton about the problem of local dog mess, a woman is shot dead by a sniper. Meadows and his CID team are tasked to investigate, and suspect that the woman was not the intended target, and it is strongly possible the sniper was after Loxton, who is set to testify in court against an attempted murderer that afternoon. However, when Ackland's house is set alight that night, CID come to the conclusion that she is the intended target. Writing up a list of possible suspects, Ackland gets sucked into a deadly cat-and-mouse game to try to draw the killer out - resulting in the death of one of Sun Hill's best officers. 📌 Feature length rebroadcast of the episodes "Fire", "All Tucked Up" and "Bait" from Series 11.

90. Dead Man's Hand

Air Date: 1996-07-30

Beech investigates the claim of one compulsive gambler to have murdered another.

91. For Their Own Good

Air Date: 1996-08-01

Boulton uses an informant as the bait to catch a dangerous villain.

92. Theory & Practice

Air Date: 1996-08-06

Ackland and McCann take the sergeant's exam. Cryer deals with a woman who is miscarrying and claims that she was assaulted by Page.

93. Drinking Partners

Air Date: 1996-08-08

Greig and Skase investigate when a drunk man is found unconscious and badly injured at the bottom of a flight of stairs.

94. Lean On Me

Air Date: 1996-08-09

Hollis gets ideas above his station when Barbara, a local tom with whom he has become friendly, tries to become his informant. Although Barbara claims that known fraduster David Gough is back out on the patch, Hollis struggles to convince Deakin and Meadows.

95. Reminders

Air Date: 1996-08-13

Hours after his release from prison, Dael Abbott is hauled back into custody by Daly and Carver following a stabbing. Daly pressures Emma Gilmore, the girlfriend of Abbott's associate, Michael Ceely, into giving evidence.

96. Minding

Air Date: 1996-08-15

Loxton and Keane arrest a woman for shoplifting, and later bail her from custody when she openly admits to the charge. But when she is discovered to have given a false identity, Grieg and Croft link the incident to a nanny believed to have kidnapped two of her charges.

97. Follow The Van

Air Date: 1996-08-16

Don Beech investigates a set of aggravated robberies, trying to prove the owner of a red van committed them.

98. Don't Kill The Messenger

Air Date: 1996-08-20

Mike Jarvis receives death threats from a youth who cannot accept that his father is a sex offender.

99. Junior

Air Date: 1996-08-22

When fifteen-year-old Mickey Hoyle is arresting for joyriding, Beech employs him as a snout to expose a crooked car ring run by the Hislop brothers, Wayne and Paul. DS Frank Thomas from Scotland Yard assists Beech and a less than impressed Lines with the investigation.

100. Pony Express

Air Date: 1996-08-23

Deakin has to decide whether to trust a Nigerian drug smuggler who offers to help catch a local dealer.

101. Out Of Control

Air Date: 1996-08-27

Jarvis deals with a young tearaway and tries to persuade the boy's father to take responsibility for his son's actions.

102. Day Tripper

Air Date: 1996-08-29

Greig hopes that a tip-off will help him to nail an old enemy but things don't go to plan.

103. Waiting For Frank

Air Date: 1996-08-30

DI Deakin poses as a nervous printer, waiting at the dog track to meet a mysterious man named ""Frank"" and a bent copper called ""Beech"". It all turns out to be an elaborate sting operation with Wimbledon police to catch a conman dealing in stolen credit cards.

104. A Day In The Life

Air Date: 1996-09-03

Keane is held hostage by a desperate armed robber.

105. Second Chances

Air Date: 1996-09-05

Deakin gets a vital lead on an unsolved murder, but his witness is an illegal immigrant who is about to be deported.

106. Repossession

Air Date: 1996-09-06

A petrol can, a lighter and a desperate man threatening to burn down a house. Can Conway talk him round?

107. Liar

Air Date: 1996-09-10

Rawton gets involved in a dispute between a drug addict and Croft, who is trying to find a witness who can testify that she was assaulted.

108. Detained

Air Date: 1996-09-12

Garfield and McCann investigate a vicious mugging.

109. Karma

Air Date: 1996-09-13

Deakin and Boulton are called into a women's prison to investigate claims by an officer that an inmate was pushed down a flight of stairs by the prison psychiatrist.

110. Stolen Moments

Air Date: 1996-09-17

McCann and Slater arrest a woman for petty theft, and she claims to have killed a cyclist while driving two years before.

111. A Good Night Out

Air Date: 1996-09-18

The results of the sergeants exams are in, and W.P.C. June Ackland has passed - but P.C. Gary McCann hasn't. As the relief organise a big night out in celebration of Ackland's promotion, McCann volunteers for night shift duty with P.C. Reg Hollis. Ch. Supt. Brownlow offers to pull some strings at Area to allow Ackland to stay as Sun Hill rather than transferring. Ackland politely invites Brownlow to the pub, and is horrified when he accepts. When Brownlow finally heads home, Dave Quinnan calls several minicabs to go out for a late night curry, but June and Polly are seperated when their cab driver makes off with their bags and warrant cards after being pulled over by a Stafford Row probationer, P.C. Oliver Oxley. Oxley is about to arrest them until the Stafford Row CAD officer vouches for June. June helps Oliver overcome bullying at his station, while they search for her missing bag. With the help of McCann, Hollis, and some Stafford Row officers, the cab driver is found and arrested.

112. Chatterbox

Air Date: 1996-09-19

Quinnan and a teenage burglary suspect are trapped in a broken lift in a housing estate.

113. Too Close For Comfort

Air Date: 1996-09-20

Page and Daly take opposing views in a case of alleged rape involving two cousins.

114. Blame

Air Date: 1996-09-24

Garfield and Datta deal with a family that is torn apart when the mother commits suicide by overdose of sleeping tablets.

115. Once A Thief

Air Date: 1996-09-26

Beech gets a result when a barrister on his blacklist is robbed.

116. Party Animals

Air Date: 1996-09-27

Quinnan and Datta are called to a stag party where the strippergram accuses the guests of trying to gang-rape her.

117. Natural Causes

Air Date: 1996-10-01

Slater and Ackland try to establish whether a pensioner who died on confronting a thief was murdered or died of natural causes.

118. Known To Someone

Air Date: 1996-10-03

Daly and Croft obtain information from a conflicted young man who suspects his brother of a series of violent attacks on women.

119. Champing At The Bit

Air Date: 1996-10-04

Jarvis and McCann attend the scene of an accident involving a woman driving a horsebox, who tests positive in a breath test. Deakin is after a violent attacker.

120. Taking Out The Rubbish

Air Date: 1996-10-08

Carver and Greig investigate a burglary but the residents on the estate are too scared to give evidence. Monroe determines to clear out all the known trouble-makers.

121. Presumed Innocent

Air Date: 1996-10-10

Cryer and Keane uncover the murky past of a teenage girl who has been killed in a road accident.

122. Change Of Heart

Air Date: 1996-10-11

Meadows and Rawton try to persuade the girlfriend of a rape suspect to help in his arrest.

123. Hedging Your Bets

Air Date: 1996-10-15

Tensions arise between Deakin and Beech after a bookie is robbed.

124. Out Of The Past

Air Date: 1996-10-17

Meadows has to decide where his loyalties lie when an old friend is accused of murder.

125. Road To Recovery

Air Date: 1996-10-18

Hollis is concerned about a patient who has recently been discharged from psychiatric care, and clashes with social services.

126. Three Fools

Air Date: 1996-10-22

Greig and Skase investigate when three small-time villains are beaten up over their involvement in a counterfeit money-laundering operation.

127. Track Marks

Air Date: 1996-10-24

Carver disapproves of Boulton's ruthless handling of an informant.

128. In For The Kill

Air Date: 1996-10-25

Meadows and Croft interview a young waiter accused of trying to kill his boss.

129. Remote Control

Air Date: 1996-10-29

Daly and Lines investigate a series of muggings at knifepoint.

130. Telling Tales

Air Date: 1996-10-31

Quinnan tries to persuade an assault victim to testify against her former boyfriend. Boulton and Skase are led on a wild goose chase.

131. Old Codgers

Air Date: 1996-11-01

A retired Police Sergeant arrives at Sun Hill claiming to know who murdered a girl more than 50 years previously. Against Quinnan and Greig's will, they both investigate.

132. Trap

Air Date: 1996-11-05

Slater gets into trouble after following up on a tip-off about a till snatch.

133. All In The Mind

Air Date: 1996-11-07

Monroe and Ackland suspect that a series of apparently unrelated incidents across Sun Hill may be linked to the release of a psychiatric patient trying to find her children.

134. Trust Me

Air Date: 1996-11-08

Carver and Rawton follow up an irregularity on an insurance claim submitted by a decorator and uncover a double life.

135. Nice Boy

Air Date: 1996-11-12

Croft and Boulton disagree on how to question a teenager who might be able to lead them to a violent gang.

136. A Woman's Place

Air Date: 1996-11-14

Ackland introduces single-manning at Sun Hill, causing problems for Brownlow.

137. Finishing School

Air Date: 1996-11-15

Slater and Keane reach the end of their probationary periods and face a final assessment.

138. Death Of A Nobody

Air Date: 1996-11-19

The murder of a taxi driver has all the hallmarks of a gangland execution. But why would anyone want to kill a complete nobody? Meadows and Deakin investigate this special 1 hour episode.

139. Up The Wall

Air Date: 1996-11-21

Hollis learns an important lesson in community policing when some friendly advice that he gives a resident on noise pollution backfires.

140. Boiling Point

Air Date: 1996-11-22

Loxton is investigated by the Complaints Investigation Bureau over an accusation that he assaulted a suspected burglar, although he claims to have been acting in self-defence.

141. Mirror Image

Air Date: 1996-11-26

Boulton arrests a woman for drug dealing, but Rawton suspects that she may be a victim of mistaken identity.

142. Public Relations

Air Date: 1996-11-28

Skase and Hollis demonstrate two differing approaches to police work when a young journalist writing about policing spends a day at Sun Hill.

143. Lock 'Em In

Air Date: 1996-11-29

Cryer and Page assist the distraught wife of a prisoner who reports her son missing and who fears that her husband is out to get her.

144. Opportunity Costs

Air Date: 1996-12-03

Brownlow orders Meadows and Conway to review their budgets, but Meadows decides to investigate the unsolved murder of a prostitute instead.

145. Paying For It

Air Date: 1996-12-05

Beech and Rawton investigate the apparent assault of a father by his son and uncover a family secret.

146. Many Happy Returns

Air Date: 1996-12-06

Boulton and Skase take part in a joint exercise with Customs and Excise to crack a fencing operation. Meadows is concerned that Sun Hill might end up footing the bill but not getting a result.

147. Black Money

Air Date: 1996-12-10

Croft and Rawton investigate some shady Romanian businessmen and a suitcase full of black paper.

148. Scorned

Air Date: 1996-12-12

Croft and Rawton investigate a dentist accused of indecent assault by one of his patients.

149. Stolen Kisses

Air Date: 1996-12-13

Monroe, Datta and Loxton talk down a nursery cleaner when she holds a 3-year-old girl hostage, then investigate the woman's claims she is the girl's biological mother.

150. Jumping To Conclusions

Air Date: 1996-12-17

Carver's patience is tested by a compulsive liar. Ackland and Quinnan search for a girl allegedly abducted by a religious cult.

151. Toe The Line

Air Date: 1996-12-19

Monroe and Conway uncover a bogus wheel-clamping operation.

152. A Gun To The Head

Air Date: 1996-12-20

Beech and Daly are put in an impossible situation when a judge decides to reveal the name of their informant.

153. Merrily On High

Air Date: 1996-12-24

The Assistant Commissioner has declared Sun Hill Police Station an alcohol-free zone - terrible news for Ch. Supt. Brownlow and Ch. Insp. Conway who hope to enjoy a ""liquid lunch"" when they take the A.C. to a posh French restaurant. It's even worse news for the detectives in C.I.D., who have decided they are not going to give up their Christmas party without a fight. D.C. Skase shows D.C. Croft how a police officer can get ""donations"" for the party from the local publicans, but as they return, Hicks, Brownlow and Conway arrive back from their lunch for a tour of the station. They are forced to pretend Skase is a prisoner, and an unhappy Rod is locked in the cells for several hours. An elderly man is arrested after a road rage incident in a supermarket carpark, but the police manage to reunite him with his estranged family for Christmas.

154. Hers

Air Date: 1996-12-26

Stamp and Page look into the theft of a hearse containing the coffin of a thief who died in a traffic accident.

155. Hat Trick

Air Date: 1996-12-27

Boulton and Skase investigate a car-ramming incident involving a member of a local pub team.

156. The Right Thing

Air Date: 1996-12-31

New WPC Jamila Blake joins Sun Hill after three years away from the job. She pairs with Stamp, and they find an overdosed boy during a foot pursuit, and Cryer takes an interest when he discovers the victim is on the basketball same team as a former Sun Hill officer’s son.

1. The Old Pals' Act

Air Date: 1997-01-02

Conway leads a raid on an after-hours pub, but during the raid, both Hollis and Keane are injured. Meanwhile, McCann and Slater stop a young boy trying to make an exit through the fire escape and find him in possession of cannabis and a substantial amount of money. Brownlow is called in when the boy is discovered to be the son of the local district judge.

2. All's Fair

Air Date: 1997-01-03

McCann and Keane investigate when a man is found mugged having been sprayed in the face with Mace. Hours later, a woman arrives at the station claiming to have been attacked by a mysterious assailant, whom she rebuffed with Mace. Daly has to work out which party is telling the truth, and to prove it decides to speak to one of the man's previous victims.

3. Man Trap

Air Date: 1997-01-09

PC Dave Quinnan and WPC Norieka Datta go to the scene where a teenage boy has been found dead from a massive electric shock in the flat of one of his neighbours. Dave knows the boy as he has arrested him before for burglary they talk to the tenant he tells them that he came home to find his flat broken into and the boy dead. It looks like murder but who would want to kill him ? Dave discovers a secret about the tenant and WPC Page finds out that the victim's older brother may know more than he is letting on.

4. Bad Debt

Air Date: 1997-01-10

George Talbot a loan shark reports his business records stolen DS Don Beech and WDC Suzy Croft go to talk to him he is glad that Don is handling the case as he tells Suzy that the two of them are old friends. SGT Ackland and WPC Page respond to an anonymous 999 call about an a woman being assaulted in her home but when they get to the address they talk to the woman who lives there Janet Ford and her daughter Lorna despite having a bruise on her face she tells them it must have been a prank and that she got the bruise from walking into a door both June and Polly believe that she was beaten and that it was her Lorna who made the call but with no complaint being filed they return to Sun Hill. After over hearing Suzy joking with the others about Don's shady friends, DCI Meadows warns Don about who he associates with and doing them favours. Lorna comes into the station to talk to June and Polly she tells them what really happened that a man hit herbecause her mum didn't have money he sai

5. Professional Opinion

Air Date: 1997-01-14

PC Tony Stamp and WPC Debbie Keane go to the scene of an arguement outside a flat on on the Jasmine Allen estate between a man and woman, the man tells them that his wife is inside but the woman won't let him speak to her she tells them that his wife doesn't want to see him.

6. Testament

Air Date: 1997-01-16

DS John Boulton and WDC Suzy Croft invetigate the sudden death of an apparently healthy middle-aged woman who lived alone, the F.M.E tells them that it looks like she suffocated in her sleep which he says is unual for someone her age not to wake themselves if they're having breathing difficulties going through her belongings Suzy finds a few things out of place in an otherwise spotlessly tidy flat as well as the fresh flowers Polly found in the rubbish bin outside that lead them to belive that someone else had been inside the flat recently. her boss tells John and Suzy that she was a quiet person and he doesn't know of anyone from work who'd been to her home. They find from entries in her diaries that lead them to an old friend of hers he tells them that they had met up again recently for the first time in almost thirty years and had been seeing each other for dinner once or twice a week and that he went arond to see her the day she died but there was already a man there he describes t

7. A Policeman's Lot

Air Date: 1997-01-17

PC Garfeld objects when a guard from a private security firm catches a suspected burglar he, Debbie, Gary McCann and Nick Slater were chasing after they lose him and is only to happy to believe the suspect when he claims that the guard assaulted him he begins checking him out and finds he has a criminal record for assault and when the comes in with tools used in the break in that he claims he saw the boy throw over a wall when he was chasing him George accuses him of being violent in arresting the boy and manufacturing evidence. While on patrol PC Stamp and WPC Blake come across an elderly lady who has been knocked down and may have been robbed, as it in the area controlled by the security firm they go to their offices to see if any of them may have seen what happened but the bossis less than keen to help because of the hassle George is giving his guard. When he later does decide to help people are not only able to ruin the boy's alibi for the time of the burglary but clear up how the

8. The Devil You Know

Air Date: 1997-01-21

George and Debbie attend a call about a disturbance outside a community hall where a birthday party is going on inside they put out the name of the suspect wanted for causing criminal damage Dave recognises it, he has arrested him for drug dealing and burglary he and Nick pick him up and take him back to Sun Hill he tells them he was there because of the birthday girl Amanda Ray he wanted her to go with him to another party but her boyfriend made her stay he admits the criminal damage he did it to get back at her. Later when Debbie and George find Amanda collapsed outside the hall from a suspected drug overdose her father blames the boyfriend for giving her the drugs and his father a teacher at canley comprehensive for not supervising the party very well. After Debbie arrests the boyfriend at the hospital for possession of cannabis he talks to George off the record and the truth comes out about who bought the drugs.

9. Once Bitten

Air Date: 1997-01-23

When an ex-girlfriend of Sgt.Boyden who left him several years earlier because of his refusal to quit the police is arrested and brought in Sun Hill Matt finds himself caught between his feelings for and DS Grieg's investigation into a drug smuggling ring run by her husband and her brother in law, but it soon becomes clear to him what he must do when not only does Grieg's investigation implicate her it also looks like she has lied to him about why she left her husband but also that she may be using him to find out how much the police know about her involvement and to help her avoid getting arrested.

10. Turnaround

Air Date: 1997-01-24

A recently released paedophile is reported missing by his sister the only member of his family to stick by him when he was charged with abducting and raping a child she tells them it is down to his victim's father who has been harassing and threatening her and her brother since he got out of prison. DCI Meadows who ran the original case is reluctant to go after the father however DI Deakin persists and when DC Skase finds blood and other signs of a struggle in the man's garden shed but no body Meadows decides they have to talk the victim's father and that he shold be the one to do it he gets him to admit to following him and phoning him and his sister to tell them he should leave Sun Hill but he denies having seen him the day he disappeared or knowing what happened in his house.

11. Over The Fence

Air Date: 1997-01-28

Sgt. Cryer and PC Loxton go to the scene of a disturbance between neighbours they manage to calm the situation down but when Steve recognises one of the neighbours from when he arrested him once a few years ago for burglary and then sees outside his house the box for an expensive computer which he suspects is stolen he and Bob find themselves drawn into another arguement between the two couples when they're both found to be in possession of computer equipment stolen during a ram raid robbery of a factory and each one claims to have bought it from the other.

12. Grey Area

Air Date: 1997-01-30

Irene Stanton a sister at St Hughes comes into the station to see DCI Meadows he agrees to talk to her even though he is busy so heand WDC Rawton listen to her as she tells them that last night Dr. Jonathan Forsyth helped an elderly woman to die she explains that herself and nurse Diana Holt were on duty and the patient Mrs. Southwell asked them to contact Dr. Forsyth and that when he came he told her and Diana to wait outside he then drew the curtain around the bed and when he came out told them she had passed away but she was suspicious because she saw him inject her with something other than the morphine he signed out from the dispensery then slip the vial in his coat pocket so she is sure he committed euphanasia so she came to the police rather than go through the hospitals official channels for fear they would cover it up.

13. One Big Happy Family

Air Date: 1997-01-31

P.C. Garfield's complaint that Ch. Supt. Brownlow and Ch. Insp. Conway are out touch with real police work brings an unexpected response: Conway goes on a ride along with P.C. Page and Brownlow goes for a walkabout in the station - much to the annoyance of Insp. Monroe, who feels he is being spied upon, and Sgt. Boyden who doesn't want him hanging around in custody. Brownlow is in CAD and reprimands Nick over the air for not using correct radio procedure. When Boyden is called away, Brownlow takes charge of the custody area where he clashes with D.S. Boulton over a prisoner's detention review time. P.C. Stamp and P.C. Slater do their best to avoid returning to the station while Brownlow is on the prowl, until they take what they think is an easy call about a fight at a kids' football match that ends with Nick being punched in the face by an irate father who he then arrests for assaulting him and the match referee. Page and Conway get on the trail of two men posing as TV engineers to ga

14. The Eye Of The Beholder

Air Date: 1997-02-04

Datta is trying to secure a conviction in a domestic violence case, but the victim unwittingly leaves out important details when giving evidence.

15. Say A Little Prayer

Air Date: 1997-02-06

Quinnan and Page try to find the culprit who threw a television set from the balcony of a block of flats and narrowly missed Slater.

16. Downfall

Air Date: 1997-02-07

Daly and Skase investigate after a man is found dead at the foot of the stairs in his apartment block.

17. True To Life Player

Air Date: 1997-02-11

A football star's return to Sun Hill turns sour when he is accused of raping an underage fan. Boulton and Carver investigate

18. Take Away

Air Date: 1997-02-13

Ackland investigates a complaint from a prisoner that he was given a pizza topped with cigarette ends.

19. Your Call Too

Air Date: 1997-02-14

Croft and Skase disagree when they have to choose between investigating an assault charge and a cocaine deal.

20. Breaking Up

Air Date: 1997-02-18

Rawton investigates a woman's claims that her ex-husband's mistress is trying to kill her.

21. A Price To Pay

Air Date: 1997-02-20

Boulton tries to trap a roomful of crooks, but Greig gets his man.

22. Just Looking

Air Date: 1997-02-21

Boyden deals with a man stopped for soliciting who claims he was searching for his missing daughter.

23. A Tangled Web

Air Date: 1997-02-27

Deakin and Croft investigate when a man is found shot with his brother's wife, as two unhappy marriages reach crisis point.

24. Rolling In It

Air Date: 1997-02-28

Slater and Quinnan find drugs in a Lamborghini, but the owner blames his unemployed brother-in-law.

25. Added Bonus

Air Date: 1997-03-04

Greig tries to establish why a man has confessed to a burglary that he didn't commit.

26. Holding On

Air Date: 1997-03-06

Cryer and Blake respond to a young man's claim that his stolen car had his four-month-old baby inside, but Blake suspects that the man's wife may know more about her son's disappearance than she is letting on. The plot thickens when Cryer interviews the man responsible for stealing the young man's car and he claims that he fed information about the man's extra marital relations to his wife.

27. Crime Management

Air Date: 1997-03-07

DI Chris Deakin has a word to DS John Boulton about his team's informants. Boulton has done pretty well, but DC Tosh Lines hasn't recruited a snout for months. Under pressure, Lines tries to recruit Karen Walsh, the wife of the victim of a recent attack which he'd investigated, but she refuses to grass on her husband or his associates. Lines puts pressure on the Walshes' landlord Pat Beresford who he believes was responsible for the attack, and is delighted when Beresford contacts him offering information.

28. Age Gaps

Air Date: 1997-03-11

Boulton and Rawton try to persuade a teenage girl to turn informant after her boyfriend is attacked by drug dealers.

29. In The Dark

Air Date: 1997-03-12

A blind woman, Tracy Cooper, helps the police catch a dangerous sex killer. She doesn't realise, however, that the guilty party is her husband.

30. Crying Wolf

Air Date: 1997-03-13

Monroe is called in to mediate when a former mental patient is accused of threatening behaviour by his elderly neighbours.

31. Confidence

Air Date: 1997-03-14

Keane uses information supplied by a friend to help C.I.D. in an operation against a drug dealer.

32. All For Love

Air Date: 1997-03-18

Greig and Lines investigate an assault on a man who has previously killed two people in a drink-driving accident, and suspect that a relative may have sought natural justice.

33. Only The Lonely

Air Date: 1997-03-20

Deakin and Skase investigate a fire, and find that a mother's grief has had unexpected repercussions.

34. Copier

Air Date: 1997-03-21

Rawton investigates the assault of a woman in her new flat and tries to link the attack to an unsolved case.

35. Fashion Victims

Air Date: 1997-03-25

Slater and Garfield arrest a boy for selling stolen goods.

36. Hook Line & Sinker

Air Date: 1997-03-27

Beech investigates a woman who uses her sexuality to con her business partner and clients.

37. No Claims Bonus

Air Date: 1997-03-28

Croft is concerned when Boulton decides to use a former colleague, now down on his luck, as an informant.

38. Joker

Air Date: 1997-03-31

Beech and Croft investigate the killing of a stand-up comic.

39. Typecast

Air Date: 1997-04-01

Boyden and Page try to find who is responsible for a series of graffiti attacks.

40. A Hard Rain

Air Date: 1997-04-03

Boulton and Croft have to deal with rival drug dealers when a customer suffers tragic consequences.

41. Rings On Her Fingers

Air Date: 1997-04-04

Jarvis and Rawton investigate the ram raiding of a shop.

42. Strang Meeting

Air Date: 1997-04-08

Conway coordinates the search for an escaped sex offender and a missing teenager who was last seen in his company.

43. A Bitter Pill

Air Date: 1997-04-10

Rawton and Skase investigate an attempted suicide by an ill woman, and suspect her son and daughter of assisting her.

44. Dial M For Marmalade

Air Date: 1997-04-11

Meadows investigates a murder by strangulation and suspects the homeless schizophrenic man whom the victim had befriended.

45. Sisters

Air Date: 1997-04-15

Daly and Croft investigate the suspicious death of one of three sisters.

46. Flesh & Blood

Air Date: 1997-04-17

Beech investigates the sudden death of a baby on the night that his parents celebrated their anniversary.

47. Parklife

Air Date: 1997-04-18

Loxton and W.P.C. Keane deal with the burglary of a pharmacy and a violent stabbing.

48. Two's Company

Air Date: 1997-04-22

Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and discover that the married householder had been in contact with a girl through a "lonely hearts" column.

49. Inside Edge

Air Date: 1997-04-25

Meadows and Rawton investigate the assault of a prison officer.

50. You & Me Versus The World

Air Date: 1997-04-29

Boulton and Lines investigate a vicious hammer attack.

51. Pay Back

Air Date: 1997-05-01

Beech and Carver investigate a vicious attack, but have to piece the evidence together when neither the suspect nor victim can remember what happened.

52. A Place of Your Own

Air Date: 1997-05-02

Garfield and Page search for a missing teenager and come across a man who exploits children in care.

53. Don't Want To Hear The Bad News

Air Date: 1997-05-06

Daly and Skase investigate a burglary and uncover a deep rift between the suspect's girlfriend and her mother.

54. It's Good To Talk

Air Date: 1997-05-08

Monroe coordinates a search for the victims of a kidnapping.

55. Split Second

Air Date: 1997-05-09

Page ends up in a hostage situation following a failed armed robbery.

56. Old Fools

Air Date: 1997-05-13

Greig and Croft enlist the help of two pensioners to trap a team of burglars.

57. Auld Lang Syne

Air Date: 1997-05-15

A man found nursing a broken ankle in a private garden claims he was taking a short cut over a fence. Rawton does not believe him, but can she prove otherwise?

58. Warnings

Air Date: 1997-05-16

Boyden and Datta respond to an apparent sighting of a missing woman by her daughter.

59. Calling Time

Air Date: 1997-05-20

Boulton and Rawton investigate when a pub landlord is run over after giving Boulton information.

60. Black & Blue

Air Date: 1997-05-22

Jarvis and Keane arrest a nanny for stealing from her employers.

61. A Bunch Of Fives

Air Date: 1997-05-23

DS Don Beech is found brutally beaten in an alley adjacent to a Chinese restuarant. Whilst his colleagues wish to extract retribution, Brownlow attempts to use more amenable methods, leading to a race for both CID and Uniform to find his attackers. But was Beech on police business at the time?

62. Short Sharp Shock

Air Date: 1997-05-27

Boulton and Skase investigate a mugging, but the victim's father takes the law into his own hands

63. Get You Back

Air Date: 1997-05-29

Quinnan and Keane deal with a teenage girl with a broken nose who claims that her ex-boyfriend assaulted her.

64. Powers Of Persuasion

Air Date: 1997-05-30

Rawton and Boulton have to decide whether to find the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run incident, or to prosecute the witness.

65. A Rock & A Hard Place

Air Date: 1997-06-03

Deakin and Carver come under pressure from Conway to find a vicious robber who has been preying on elderly victims.

66. The Wrath Of God

Air Date: 1997-06-05

Skase and Carver have to deal with a preacher who specialises in dodgy miracles.

67. Knight Errant

Air Date: 1997-06-06

Loxton struggles to cope with a young female suspect who makes no secret of her attraction to him.

68. Punch Bag

Air Date: 1997-06-10

Skase and Croft investigate the circumstances leading to a mother ending up unconscious at the foot of a stairway.

69. Best Eaten Cold

Air Date: 1997-06-12

Greig and Rawton investigate a journalist's claims that he acted in self-defence to stop an intruder.

70. Lucky Day

Air Date: 1997-06-13

DC Tosh Lines is going stir-crazy as DCI Jack Meadows has them transcribing interviews for the CPS. Asking Meadows if he can follow up a snout's information, Tosh heads for the Beckwith Arms pub, where he spots a dodgy motor. Approaching the owner, Pete Gapper, Tosh tries to ascertain if the car is stolen, and Gapper offers to sell him another car. Returning to the station, Tosh finds a furious D.I. Noble from the Stolen Vehicles Squad, who accuses him of compromising their operation. To make the best of the situation, and since Tosh believes this will be the suspect's last sale, he goes undercover to ensnare Gapper. As the police move in, Gapper pulls out a handgun, but the timely arrival of an SO19 team soon sees him arrested. Back at the station, Tosh is resentful that his younger colleagues get all the breaks and resources, but Meadows tells him that his experience earns him more respect than he thinks.

71. For Richer For Poorer

Air Date: 1997-06-17

Quinnan and Garfield look into the disappearance of a man reported missing by his mother, although his wife has her doubts.

72. No More Milk

Air Date: 1997-06-19

Rawton and Page have to deal with a 14-year-old tearaway and half a million pounds in counterfeit money.

73. An Englishman's Home

Air Date: 1997-06-20

Garfield and Blake are called to help enforce a demolition order on a home extension, when an ongoing dispute between neighbours erupts into violence.

74. Loyal To The Last

Air Date: 1997-06-24

Blake arrests a woman for assault and Beech tries to persuade her to help convict her husband for forgery.

75. Rent

Air Date: 1997-06-26

Boyden and Keane investigate the hit-and-run of a young busker.

76. Last Respects

Air Date: 1997-06-27

Meadows hopes that a family funeral will lure a couple of jewel thieves into the open.

77. Too Much To Lose

Air Date: 1997-07-01

Stamp tries to persuade an unhappy convict not to ruin his chances of release.

78. Do Unto Others

Air Date: 1997-07-03

Loxton and Keane try to sift the truth from three conflicting stories when a severe case of bullying results in a fifteen-year-old boy being stabbed.

79. Mid Life Crisis

Air Date: 1997-07-04

Daly and Skase discover that a jeweller is fencing stolen goods.

80. Performing

Air Date: 1997-07-08

Boyden and Page come to the aid of a former porn actress who is worried that her younger sister faces a similar fate.

81. Playing With Fire

Air Date: 1997-07-10

Meadows and Lines suspect that the owner of a beauty salon set it on fire herself to claim on the insurance policy.

82. No Guarantees

Air Date: 1997-07-11

Rawton tries to stop a loan shark who is terrorising his female customers, but finds it hard to get the victims to talk

83. Gentleman Jim

Air Date: 1997-07-15

WPC Jamilla Blake rejoins the Met, and to the envy of the relief, is placed on attachment to CID. DC Jim Carver, behind on his paperwork, is far from pleased when Blake drags him around Sun Hill following up leads on a trivial car theft case. Their investigations, however, lead them to a gang of armed robbers.

84. Rift

Air Date: 1997-07-17

Slater and Ackland attend to what appears to be a teenage catfight over an older man.

85. Stand By Your Man

Air Date: 1997-07-18

Daly tries to find out who is forcing a convict to smuggle drugs into a prison.

86. Replica

Air Date: 1997-07-22

Loxton and McCann confiscate a gun.

87. Mr Friday Night

Air Date: 1997-07-24

Boyden and Page grill a witness after the disappearance of a good-time girl.

88. Hitting The Nerve

Air Date: 1997-07-25

Greig and Carver react when one prosecution witness disappears and another ends up in a coma two days before the trial.

89. Thicker Than Mud

Air Date: 1997-07-29

Deakin and Beech investigate an arson attack on a small, respectable clothes shop.

90. Alternative Therapies

Air Date: 1997-07-31

Skase and Boulton investigate the theft of illegally imported body parts of endangered animals from a Chinese pharmacy.

91. Foxed

Air Date: 1997-08-01

Daly and Carver investigate the burglary of an antiques shop and are struck by the strange behaviour of the sales assistant.

92. These Foolish Things

Air Date: 1997-08-05

D.C.I Meadows leads an investigation into the snatching of a child from his pram and uncovers a case of extortion.

93. Neighbours

Air Date: 1997-08-07

P.C. Garfield and W.P.C. Keane try to settle a neighbourhood feud.

94. Glass House

Air Date: 1997-08-08

D.S. Boulton and D.C. Lines try to persuade a woman to help catch her husband, who is involved in a drug deal.

95. This Old Man

Air Date: 1997-08-12

Garfield is affected by the death of an old man.

96. Tommy The Hero

Air Date: 1997-08-14

W.D.C. Rawton has to choose between solving a minor domestic dispute and finding two violent robbers.

97. Driven To It

Air Date: 1997-08-15

When a local cabbie offers his services to help ensnare a drug pusher, Daly jumps at the idea.

98. A Man Out Walking His Dog

Air Date: 1997-08-19

Boyden is unsure as to the cause of death when a man's body is found in a car, poisoned by alcohol and exhaust fumes. Is it really a straightforward suicide?

99. Hunt

Air Date: 1997-08-21

Sgt. Boyden and D.S. Beech try to find a couple before a vicious drug-dealer gets to them.

100. Has Anyone Here Seen Bigmouth?

Air Date: 1997-08-22

D.S. Daly and D.I. Deakin try to find an informant who has disappeared following a failed police operation.

101. This Land Is Ours

Air Date: 1997-08-26

Sgt. Cryer and Ch. Supt. Brownlow police a demonstration at a development site after peaceful protesters are threatened with violence.

102. Paying The Piper

Air Date: 1997-08-28

D.S. Boulton's investigation is hampered by an informant who is putting family loyalty first.

103. On The Hurry Up

Air Date: 1997-08-29

When a flying bottle causes Slater to crash a panda, Monroe bans all pandas from responding to priority calls, a move that leads to frustration amongst the relief. Slater is suspicious as to why Loxton won't assist him in the investigation into a series of hoax calls linked to his crash.

104. Not In The Script

Air Date: 1997-09-02

When Slater is recommended by Rawton for undercover work, he is overjoyed. His colleagues however ridicule him, and their interference almost costs them a trial operation. Will he bottle it?

105. Flower Power

Air Date: 1997-09-04

P.C. Hollis discovers a hoard of illegally imported wildflower bulbs and helps in the subsequent Customs and Excise operation.

106. A Breach Of Trust: Part I

Air Date: 1997-09-05

Daly's worst fears are realised when a nurse reports that she has received malicious phone calls from a mentally-disturbed ex-prisoner.

107. A Breach Of Trust: Part II

Air Date: 1997-09-09

Daly and Blake are forced to release their prime suspect, and the race is on to prove his guilt before he strikes again.

108. Fool

Air Date: 1997-09-11

P.C. Quinnan and Sgt. Boyden want to use a would-be stand-up comedian as an informant, but he is as hopeless off-stage as he is on.

109. Armed & Dangerous

Air Date: 1997-09-12

P.C. McCann is convinced that a gun remains unaccounted for when a gang of armed robbers is captured.

110. Animals

Air Date: 1997-09-16

Ackland and Blake investigate the dangerous world of dog fighting full of vicious dogs and hard men.

111. Look Into My Eyes

Air Date: 1997-09-18

D.I. Deakin and W.P.C. Blake follow up allegations of attempted rape against a stage hypnotist.

112. Performance Anxiety

Air Date: 1997-09-19

Sun Hill's performance comes under scrutiny, and officers from C.I.D. and uniform compete against each other in a bid to solve the most crimes.

113. Different Strokes

Air Date: 1997-09-23

P.C. Slater goes undercover in an attempt to draw out a thief.

114. Sparks

Air Date: 1997-09-25

Beech loses his cool with an antsy DS from stafford row, while Skase falls for the charm of his female DC.

115. The Lion's Den

Air Date: 1997-09-26

Slater goes undercover as a Bouncer at a club run by the notorious Guy Walsh. As Slater gains his trust, will he be exposed?

116. The Needs Of The Many

Air Date: 1997-09-30

P.C. Slater is surprised when, in uniform, he bumps into the target of his undercover investigation.

117. Cross Purposes

Air Date: 1997-10-02

118. Free To Speak?

Air Date: 1997-10-03

Its Nick Slater's final day at Sun Hill, and takes Keane out for a farewell dinner. Loxton, Quinnan and Skase do their best to extinguish any intimate moments.

119. Dishonour Among Thieves

Air Date: 1997-10-07

Sgt. Boyden deals with a complaint from a notorious burglar who has had his own house broken into.

120. Coup De Grace

Air Date: 1997-10-09

D.S. Boulton finds himself trying to save a marriage when the husband is given another three-year sentence.

121. Night Of The Long Knives

Air Date: 1997-10-10

The relief is furious at working in endless shifts, especially when Keane, Loxton and Jarvis have called in sick. Its Garfield's duty as Fed Rep to sort things out, when an evening turns from bad to worse.

122. Straying

Air Date: 1997-10-14

W.P.C. Page and P.C. Stamp look into the disappearance of a man and his dog. D.S. Beech and D.C. Carver act on info received about an alleged robbery.

123. A Bad Lot

Air Date: 1997-10-16

P.C. Garfield deals with a twelve-year-old boy who is running amok on a housing estate

124. Crimes Of A Lesser Passion

Air Date: 1997-10-17

Sgt. Ackland and P.C. Jarvis deal with a stabbing.

125. Force

Air Date: 1997-10-21

Insp. Monroe responds to suggestions that he is out of touch with front-line policing and goes on the beat with P.C. Jarvis.

126. Walkabout

Air Date: 1997-10-23

W.P.C. Page assists a missing person's enquiry by impersonating the young woman in question.

127. Shades Of Grey: Part I

Air Date: 1997-10-24

D.I. Deakin and D.S. Boulton lead the search for two children who are snatched from school and presumed to be on their way back to Pakistan with their estranged father.

128. Shades Of Grey: Part II

Air Date: 1997-10-28

D.I. Deakin and D.S. Boulton are on the trail of the kidnapper, but the children's father has decided to pay the ransom money.

129. Women At Work

Air Date: 1997-10-30

D.C. Carver and W.P.C. Blake investigate the hit-and-run of a woman employed by a jealous lover to test her man's fidelity.

130. Solid Evidence

Air Date: 1997-10-31

Insp. Monroe leads the search for a little girl who has disappeared after school, and whose mother is a prostitute and father a pimp.

131. Going Down

Air Date: 1997-11-04

W.D.C. Croft feels let down by the parents of a young drug addict who had promised to keep him clean.

132. Accomplice

Air Date: 1997-11-06

When a girl is abducted, it bears the hallmarks of a serial killer Carver helped put away years ago. Did he work alone?

133. Last Fare

Air Date: 1997-11-07

D.S. Beech and W.D.C. Rawton investigate the assault and robbery of a minicab driver.

134. Stolen Thunder

Air Date: 1997-11-11

D.I. Deakin and D.C. Proctor are furious that an inexperienced young barrister has been assigned to prosecute one of their court cases.

135. P.C.

Air Date: 1997-11-13

Loxton carries out an illegal stop-and-search of a black man, unaware that he is an off-duty police officer. This episode is sometimes referred to, misleadingly, as "P.C., Part One" as it is the first part of a two-part story, with "No Trace" as the second part.

136. No Trace

Air Date: 1997-11-14

Despite resigning, Loxton helps Quinnan settle the score with a slimey lawyer.

137. A New Way To Pay Off Old Debts

Air Date: 1997-11-18

Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C. Blake investigate the death of an alcoholic found burned to death.

138. After All These Years

Air Date: 1997-11-20

Sgt. Ackland and P.C. Quinnan investigate a car crash involving an elderly driver.

139. Sands Of Time

Air Date: 1997-11-21

As the threat of tenure looms over DC Jim Carver, he is desperate to prove himself to Meadows by capturing a jewel thief who absconded years ago. Carver meets DC Lines' informant, who sends him on the trail, but Lines is skeptical. Will the cocky young DC or the veteran copper be proved right?

140. Identity Crisis

Air Date: 1997-11-25

D.S. Boulton pressurises a young couple in the hope of getting a result.

141. The Same Stripe: Part I

Air Date: 1997-11-28

When a good deed misfires badly, Ackland finds herself on the wrong end of an investigation.

142. The Same Stripe: Part II

Air Date: 1997-12-02

Ackland's trusted informer disappears without trace.

143. Hot Plastic

Air Date: 1997-12-04

D.I. Deakin tries to salvage an operation after an unsuccessful raid in which Sgt. Cryer is scalded, D.C. Skase is injured, and the target escaped.

144. Gaybashing

Air Date: 1997-12-05

Boyden And Quinnan investigate when a man is found unconscious in an outhouse, a notorious spot for homosexuals.

145. Potential For Conflict

Air Date: 1997-12-09

P.C. Tony Stamp arrives at Hendon Police College to check on the progress of new recruit P.C. Luke Ashton, who will soon be posted to Sun Hill provided he can pass the course. Ashton's confidence takes a dive when he is subjected to bullying by fellow recruit Pete Warner, and with it, his scores for the course. On a night out at the pub, Ashton saves Warner from a bashing by drunken youths, but it's still touch and go. It comes down to his final test, and his new-found confidence sees him through. Meanwhile, back at Sun Hill, the officers compete over the cushy task of ""puppywalking"" the new recruit, but P.C. Reg Hollis has a plan...

146. Heartbreak Hotel

Air Date: 1997-12-11

D.I. Deakin and W.D.C. Rawton investigate the assault of a man who has been charming middle-aged women out of their savings.

147. Humpty Dumpty: Part I

Air Date: 1997-12-12

Ashton is puppy walked by Stamp, yet his day goes from bad to worse when a boy falls from a roof. Was it murder or suicide?

148. Humpty Dumpty: Part II

Air Date: 1997-12-16

As it becomes increasingly likely that Jimmy was murdered, and whoever killed him killed Bannerman, Cryer and Ashton attempt to solve the riddle before its too late.

149. Humpty Dumpty: Part III

Air Date: 1997-12-18

With Patrick Massie still in custody, will Cryer prove his guilt before he worms his way out?

150. Out

Air Date: 1997-12-19

D.S. Daly puts the pressure on an ex-con who would risk another jail sentence rather than inform on a friend.

151. Twanky

Air Date: 1997-12-22

PC Polly Page attempts to direct the Sun Hill team in a pantomime performance of ""Aladdin"", but has to put up with Brownlow and Conway sniping at each other through the script, and a deranged man attempting to kill DI Deakin.

152. Things That Go Bump In The Night

Air Date: 1997-12-30

Boyden and Page find a notorious safecracker, blown up and semi conscious state, in a dilapidated building.

1. Angel

Air Date: 2000-01-04

DCI Burnside arrives to investigate a murder which looks like part of a series of male rapes gone too far. Andy Wilson, one of the previous victims remembers something about an angel when he was attacked. Following a statement from taxi driver Steve Sanderson, DC Holmes finds a man matching Sanderson's description on CCTV tapes: his name is Mark Angelis and he works for a courier service with an angel logo. Although DS Boulton arrests Angelis in possession of a knife, he insists it is for self defence against the rapist. DS Stanton visits a profiler at Scotland Yard, and later discovers that taxi driver Sanderson has made a similar statement to Stafford Row station. Stanton and Proctor visit Sanderson's wife, and discover evidence that he is the culprit. They call Burnside to tell him, but he's in the back of a cab - Sanderson's cab...

2. In The Firing Line

Air Date: 2000-01-06

PC Smith is working undercover as a bodyguard for a South African drug importer named Tony Rourke. Rourke offers Smith a contract to kidnap and torture a senior police officer to find the location of a police informer they need kept quiet. Ordered by SO10's DCI Tasker to remain in place and find out more, Smith comes up with a plan to abduct the officer, who turns out to be Sun Hill's own DCI Meadows. Rourke and his right-hand man Jake begin to doubt Smithy's integrity, and end up executing his plan themselves. With DCI Meadows missing, a massive search is underway, until Smithy convinces Ken Stockley, the informant Rourke and his financier are after, to tell him not only Meadows' location but also the identity of Rourke's mysterious ""money man"" - Lucy Haslock, a City lawyer. SO19 raid the warehouse and recover Meadows, in bad shape but alive.

3. Thug On The Tyne: Part I

Air Date: 2000-01-11

Northumbria Police arrest one 'Frank Bentley' with a boot full of drugs and a handgun, after a high speed car chase through Newcastle. 'Bentley' and his 'lawyer' Liz McAuley are actually DCI Frank Burnside and DS Liz Rawton on an undercover assignment to investigate corrupt CID officers in Newcastle. Their target is DCI Bonnet, who seems to be in collusion with local gangster Saul Anderson. Despite Burnside being threatened by Anderson, and Rawton's cover nearly being blown when she runs into her cousin Cheryl at a bar, Burnside manages to gain Bonnet's trust. When Bonnet and Burnside meet at a private club, they are shocked when the police raid the place, but manage to escape without being spotted or arrested.

4. Thug On The Tyne: Part II

Air Date: 2000-01-13

Although they are undercover, Burnside agrees to let Liz Rawton visit her mother. Despite a close shave at a family gathering when her cousin's boyfriend turns out to be an associate of Saul Anderson, Rawton and Burnside survive with their cover intact. Burnside even takes part in a little karaoke! Burnside is not pleased when Customs seize a crateful of guns meant for Anderson that he was supposed to see through. Anderson is not pleased either, and takes Burnside for a little drive. Bonnet and Anderson turn against each other, and Anderson is shot. As Bonnet is about to shoot Burnside as well, armed police arrive and he ends up shooting himself.

5. Riot City

Air Date: 2000-01-18

Ch. Insp. Conway and a team of Sun Hill officers undergo riot simulation training at the Met's training depot in Hounslow. Meanwhile, DC Glaze goes undercover at the Cockroft Estate to gather evidence of dealing in stolen goods, but discovers more than he bargains for when he discovers two rival familes battling for control of the estate, and which may be stockpiling petrol bombs and weapons for a showdown.

6. Crime & Punishment

Air Date: 2000-01-25

Brownlow attends the funeral service of an old colleague that he used to serve with when he was in 182 squad, but soon finds that old wounds are beginning to reopen themselves as old grudges come to light. When Brownlow's arch enemy becomes drunk and assaults two men at the wake, he uses the opportunity to bring his enemy down once and for all. Little does he know that the entire ex-182 squad is being investigated for insurance fraud by an undercover officer from the Fraud Squad – so Brownlow sets out to find out who framed him and why. Meanwhile, Hollis investigates suspicious events at a crematorium after a number of cars are broken into at the funeral service, suspecting that an insider is tipping off a local robber as to the value of the cars at the service.

7. Zero Tolerance

Air Date: 2000-01-27

Insp. Monroe has trouble dealing with a gang of boy-racers who are harassing and intimidating an elderly couple. When the old man dies after an altercation with the gang, Monroe is urged by Brownlow to show 'zero tolerance' to the youths. PC Smith gets close to a nurse at the St Hughs Nurses Home while investigating reports of a stalker in the area.

8. Scoop

Air Date: 2000-02-01

Ch. Insp. Conway encounters the ""Sun Hill Angels"" at a function, an escort service which DS Boulton believes is also dealing in drugs. Boulton convinces Conway to help him conduct a sting operation against the Angels, which goes terribly wrong when Conway's 'escort' turns out to be an undercover reporter, conducting her own sting on a senior police officer! To keep the story out of the paper, Boulton and Conway offer the newspaper a chance to be involved in the investigation into Chapman, the owner of the Angels. Reporter Geraldine Sands disappears when she goes to Chapman's house to collect the drugs, but when the police find the house, they find she has the situation well in hand.

9. Beasts

Air Date: 2000-02-03

PC Sam Harker has infiltrated a group of animal rights activists, thanks to Steve Burton, an old school friend from Liverpool. The group's leader, Ged Mellings, is suspected to be planning some terrorist action. While undercover, Harker takes part in some protests and animal liberation actions, and begins to sympathise with the cause. Despite some misgivings, Harker proves himself to Meddings, and discovers his plan to firebomb a local department store. CID lie in wait and catch the gang planting the bombs, and Harker is distraught to have betrayed his friend Steve.

10. Trusting The Enemy

Air Date: 2000-02-08

Deakin is furious when a fourth drug dealer is assaulted in a number of days, a case which Beech was supposed to be investigating. Beech enlists Lennox and the pair are soon lead to a couple of possible suspects, the O'Brien brothers. Meanwhile, Rickman is dealing with a domestic involving the O'Brien's sister, Kelly. Daly informs his friend DI Baines of area drugs about the operation, unaware that Baines is the main man and the O'Brien's boss. Beech then tries to pin corruption charges on DI Baines, keen to get one over on his rival.

11. On The Wagon

Air Date: 2000-02-10

PC Jim Carver returns to duty after undergoing treatment for his alcoholism. Unfortunately for him, he is paired with PC Dale Smith and their first case involves alcohol! Attending what first appears to be a racial assault at a post office, Carver uncovers a scam to sell thousands of pounds worth of illegally imported alcohol to off-licenses. Smith and much of the relief don't trust him, and after a Customs raid on a off-license which turns out to be an empty building, Carver must go out on his own (and on his own bicycle!) to find the person behind the scam.

12. The Untouchables

Air Date: 2000-02-15

DC Danny Glaze sees a man set alight on the Larkmead Estate, and becomes determined to solve the case. They identify a suspect's car from CCTV tapes, and Insp. Monroe discovers a witness to the incident, a girl named Rochelle, who identifies the suspect, Dominic Mileham in a identity parade. When she suddenly retracts her statement and accuses Danny of paying her to identify Mileham, it seems Mileham and his solicitor father will go free. Danny takes a big risk and convinces Rochelle to wear a wire to prove Mileham's involvement.

13. Streetwise

Air Date: 2000-02-17

Investigating a young boy's disappearance, DC Rod Skase takes a career-ending shortcut when he encourages a witness to implicate a man he considers to be the main suspect.

14. Inside Straight

Air Date: 2000-02-22

Beech and Deakin infiltrate a bent, high-stakes poker game, where the dealer, Steve Travis, has been offering drugs as a form of payment in cases where he has lost the game. In order to catch Travis in the act, Deakin disguises himself as an Irish businessman and challenges Travis to an all-or-nothing game, while Beech uses a minor player in the league who owes money to Travis as a coy to making Travis come unstuck. Meanwhile, the Drugs Squad's DI Carter is fazed as Meadows watches over the operation.

15. Reasons To Be Fearful

Air Date: 2000-02-24

Boyden and Worrell arrest a man dealing drugs to schoolchildren, but soon discover that he is the son of a key witness to a case which Beech is desperately trying to close. Beech warns Boyden off as he is desperate to nail long-term enemy Jack Masters , but Boyden has other ideas. After managing to get him off a dealing charge, the suspect then assaults one of Masters' informants, and again Beech manages to get him off; little does he know that he is using the case to clear his name completely.

16. When The Bough Breaks

Air Date: 2000-02-29

Boyden has a near miss on patrol when a van in front of him collides with a teenage girl. Her friend is identified by a mall security guard as a shoplifter, and after refusing to give her details, Boyden is shocked to discover the girl is Monroe's daughter Jackie. Boyden supports his boss through the ordeal, drawing on his own recent experience with his daughter Amy. As the relief rumour mill goes into overdrive, Monroe demands harsh action for Jackie to silence the officers claiming she will get off lightly. Monroe gets a reality check as he realises how badly fractured the relationship with his daughter is, and is determined to help her when she later goes missing. When Page finds drugs on Jackie's friend, Brownlow intervenes amidst media pressure about the fatal overdose of a teenage girl from Jackie's school, but has further media pressure to deal with when Jackie's arrest becomes public knowledge.

17. Nightwork

Air Date: 2000-03-02

Worell goes undercover as a prostitute on Barrack Lane after a series of punters are assaulted and robbed, the most recent of which resulted in the punter being sliced across the face with a knife. Worrell gets close to Leanne Gibbs, a former tom who is recently back on the game after quitting rehab. Ackland, however, has a troubled past with Leanne, and resents CID using her again for an undercover operation. Ackland finds herself in too deep and nearly blows Worrell's cover, which agonizes Stanton and Meadows.

18. Meltdown: Part I

Air Date: 2000-03-06

When Quinnan and Stamp are attacked on the Jasmine Allen Estate trying to get an overdose victim to hospital, Brownlow organizes a community initiative scheme to earn back the trust of the estate's residents. Quinnan decides to face his demons and prove to the relief he can deal with the youth club, but soon finds himself haunted by the memories of his stabbing. Things get worse when a camera donating to the youth club is stolen, and Quinnan is furious when he is confronted by Mick Glover, recently released just a year after his son stabbed Quinnan on his behalf. Estate backlash is rife when the overdosing girl Quinnan and Stamp tried to get to hospital dies, and Boulton discovers local dealers are giving uncut heroin away to school kids. When Worrell, working at a women's drug groups, finds another teenager overdosing, Brownlow demands action. Boulton launches and ill-fated raid on the prime target, causing Brownlow to order the removal of Quinnan and Worrell.

19. Meltdown: Part II

Air Date: 2000-03-07

Boulton investigates the shooting of one of the youths from Quinnan's group. Convinced it is linked to the death of Donna Hunter, he searches the shooting victim's house, and Quinnan is disappointed to learn the girl has been dealing drugs. When Robbie Hunter disappears intent on finding his sister's killers, Quinnan conducts a private investigation, but finds himself attacked when he finds a badly beaten Robbie dying in a church crypt. Smith and Harker find Quinnan's car being joyridden but lose it when yobs on the estate interrupt the chase, but Stamp and McCann find it ablaze on wasteground. Jenny fears her husband has been killed, and while Brownlow reassures her and his troops, uniform believe he is deluded. When Boyden and Hagen find a burnt out body in a factory, the team are left fearing the worse.

20. Meltdown: Part III

Air Date: 2000-03-09

Quinnan reels following his rescue and the death of Robbie Hunter the day before. When savings of his sister Donna are reported missing the day of her funeral, the mother of the teenagers discovers Robbie gave Donna the uncut heroin that killed her and stole her savings to get a gun for revenge. With AMIP convinced Robbie killed Hall, identified as the burnt out body discovered by Boyden and Hagen the night before, Boulton and Quinnan put their differences aside to prove AMIP wrong. Convinced Mick Glover is responsible for the murders of Hall and Robbie Hunter, they seek the help of the youth club to nail Boulton for a series of burglaries. Quinnan thinks he's found the evidence to nail Glover for murder, until a shocking turn of events robs them of the result.

21. Old Flame

Air Date: 2000-04-02

Santini tries to convince his lover, Jess Orton, to set him up with some drug dealers – he wants out of Sun Hill, and DS Timpney, his friend in Area Drugs, has promised him a place in the squad if Santini can get him evidence on them. However, before he has the chance, the Ortons' club is firebombed, and Santini is shocked when one of the officers assigned by AMIP to investigate the explosion is his old nemesis, DS Rosie Fox. Fox is convinced that Santini is linked to the events in question, but her AMIP DCI, Richard Pallister, believes otherwise. When Santini manages to locate Jess Orton, he persuades her to make a false confession to bombing the club in order to gain the trust of the suspected drug dealers.

22. Kiss Off

Air Date: 2000-03-21

Santini is determined to find out if Jess Orton has grassed on him, and when he breaks into her home to challenge her, he causes her to fatally fall down the stairs. Fox is ordered off the case by DCI Pallister and warned that if her actions directly resulted in her death, then she could be facing criminal charges. Vicky plugs DS Timpney for information, suspicious that Santini may not be telling the whole truth. Desperate to conceal his involvement with the Ortons, Santini and Fox find themselves captured by Sherman and Ferguson, and facing possible execution. Fox believes she has a confession for Orton's murder and is attacked by Santini, but after their rescue, it's Santini's girlfriend Hagen who nails him for the murder.

23. The Trial

Air Date: 2000-04-02

Santini goes on trial at the Old Bailey accused of the murder of Jessica Orton, but tries to talk to CIB and implicate Quinnan and Rawton. A prison guard tells Santini that Sherman's drugs charges are being dropped in favour of conspiracy to murder Santini and Fox, who turns up dead in her hotel room after an apparent suicide. With Ferguson executed and Timpney taken on side by Sherman's heavies, Santini's trial starts falling apart. Hagen is discredited by her Sun Hill colleagues when she lies under oath and breaks down in the witness box after being caught out. With Santini found not guilty, he is warned by his recently released cellmate that he is in grave danger from Sherman's heavies.

24. The Driver

Air Date: 2000-04-11

Hagen goes undercover as the driver for a manager of a chain of massage parlours, Allison Spencer. Suspected of running a prostitution racket for her uncle and old adversary of Meadows, Charlie Mayne, and the DCI is intent on having Mayne extradited from Portugal. Hagen, subject to gossip from her colleagues over her performance at Santini's trial, struggles to get in with Spencer until Hagen saves her from an ambush. Peter Van Reissen, Spencer's boss and contact for her uncle, asks Spencer and Hagen to rob diamonds from a luxury house. When Van Reissen discovers the man who accompanied Spencer and Hagen to the heist is an undercover cop, Hagen takes drastic action to save his life. When Meadows reveals to Hagen that Van Reissen is going to double cross Mayne, an arrest team is scrambled to arrest all the targets as Mayne flies into the country.

25. Protect & Survive

Air Date: 2000-04-13

DC Mickey Webb arrives for his first night shift at Sun Hill, and assists an under strength uniform to track down dangerous prison escapee, Craig Ronson, who has served 8 years of life sentence for armed robbery and murder. Ackland warns the newer members of the relief that Ronson assaulted several officers when he was arrested in 1992. With Quinnan and Smith injured in separate mishaps, Ackland attends a break-in at a local sports complex and is confronted with an armed man who tries to attack her with a sledge hammer. Webb arrives and finds it to be Ronson's brother Colin, and uses his arrest to gain information as to Ronson's whereabouts. When Harker goes missing during a door-to-door on the Jasmine Allen, Rickman arrives to find him badly beaten – and herself confronted by an angry Ronson.

26. Take It Or Leave It

Air Date: 2000-04-18

Holmes investigates a suspected money-launderer named Terry Jowit, who is wanted by police in Scotland. Holmes discovers a cheque in Jowit's mail from an antiques dealer, which leads her to suspect that he buys expensive antiques with 'dirty money' as a means of laundering it. What Holmes doesn't count on is antique dealer Judy Ryan having a tape of Beech accepting a bribe from herself and Jowit, and Beech willing to do anything to keep it a secret. However when Holmes confronts Beech, he threatens her with the evidence that she has illegally opened Jowit's mail. When Judy Ryan is later victim in a hit-and-run, Beech uses the opportunity to fit Jowit up – but he finds himself unsuspecting when Jowit tells Holmes' about his dodgy dealings, leaving the corrupt DS scrambling to cover himself.

27. Over The Edge

Air Date: 2000-04-20

Brownlow and Mannion attend the panel for a Metropolitan Police hearing against a Sergeant who is charged with disobeying a direct order, which resulted in the career-ending injury of another officer. Mannion is easily convinced of Sergeant Gartland's guilt, but Brownlow isn't so sure. When Ch. Insp. Caine struggles to explain the evidence presented against him, and corroborative evidence from Sergeant Tillman, who is based at another station, soon begins to sway the evidence in Gartland's favour. However, when the injured officer, PC Beckett, takes to the stand, her testimony sounds a little too much like she is trying to cover for Gartland's mistake, but Brownlow remains convinced of Gartland's innocence.

28. Loyalty

Air Date: 2000-04-25

Lennox is tasked with assisting Webb and Holmes on a drugs bust, but after meeting with an old friend, who is a well-known figure in the Scottish parliament, he is more concerned with carrying out an unofficial investigation into a possible blackmail racket. When one of the suspects in the drugs bust manages to get away, Meadows and Webb are left furious. However, when Lennox explains to Meadows that he is acting on behalf of a friend, to the consternation of his colleagues, Meadows offers him support to investigate the detective agency involved in the blackmail scam, much to Webb's dismay. Lennox enlists Hagen to help out on an obbo.

29. Wheels

Air Date: 2000-04-27

Sun Hill has been given a new "crime car" for quick arrests and Boyden, Hagen and Proctor are chosen to crew it, much to the other officers' annoyance. Proctor is given a list of targets by DI Deakin and has been told to collar at least one to count towards his appraisal. However, Boyden is more concerned about his own collars. TSG have been assigned as cover as the relief are very low on manpower, but seem more determined to ruin the collars of the crime car than actually do any work themselves. When they dangerously vy for an arrest, disaster strikes. Meanwhile, Mannion arrives for a tour of the station just as the CAD room goes down due to an electrical fault, a fault caused by someone whom Ackland later discovers to be a regular in the cells.

30. Warm Bodies: Part I

Air Date: 2000-05-02

Stanton and Lennox are tasked with investigating a brutal assault outside a nightclub where the victim had pouches of what appear to be drugs stuffed into his mouth. The owner, Vince Carter, is a well-known figure on the plot, being the son of an old school villain, Frank Carter. Meanwhile, Boulton, bored of having to transcribe the tape of a murder confessions, assists when a young girl is run down by a car, and a witness claims that it was no accident. Boulton vigorously questions the witness when he discovers the man is blind, but soon finds himself believing that the incident was no accident. As his and Stanton's cases soon reveal a close link in Vince Carter, Stanton is tailed by an unknown assailant and run-off the road.

31. Warm Bodies: Part II

Air Date: 2000-05-04

Boulton and Stanton's personal affairs threaten to get in the way of their investigation, as Stanton attempts to block out the events of the night before. Persuading Meadows to separate the two investigations, Holmes discovers another link in the cases in a second witness who is involved with both victims. However, refusing to have her statement recorded on tape, Boulton is forced to use the information to place a 'bomb' underneath the Carter family, hoping it will go off and that they will all implicate themselves in the separate crimes they have committed. Stanton tries to distance herself from a smitten Boulton, who is unaware that the "sick mother" she keeps visiting is actually CIB's Detective Superintendent Steve Hodges.

32. Blurred Around The Edges

Air Date: 2000-05-09

Cryer, Smithy and McCann attend the scene of an RTA, where they find a supply of cocaine as well as two firearms in the boot of one of the cars involved. Smithy accompanies one of the victims involved to hospital, where he discovers him to be a member of the regiment in which Smithy served during his time in the army. Smithy enlists one of his old army buddies, Tony Mitchell, to do a little digging on his behalf on the quiet. However, when a CID operation is blown out of the water, McCann reveals Smithy's intentions to Meadows. Realising that his old friend is heavily involved with the operation himself, Smithy is torn between his loyalties to an old friend and his loyalty to the job.

33. Catch A Falling Star

Air Date: 2000-05-11

Conway jumps at the chance of helping Sixties pop idol Sadie Tyler after the draft of her autobiography is alleged to have been stolen by an obsessive fan. When the compere for a charity event Conway is organizing drops out at the last minute, he asks Sadie to step in and perform instead. As Klein and Worrell continue to investigate obsessive super-fan Pete, a conversation between Conway and Sadie's manager Bob Warner reveals a shocking revelation – Pete believes he is the father of Sadie's daughter. As Conway's personal feelings get in the way of his professional judgement, Warner uses Conway's information to exact revenge on Pete.

34. The Squad

Air Date: 2000-05-18

With the Flying Squad suffering from a staff shortage, Stamp is seconded away as a temporary driver. He struggles to impress senior officer, DS Harrap, but DI Lomax continues to encourage him. Lomax is left furious however, when a bank robbery they are trying to discretely bust is ruined by a silent alarm and appearance by Klein and Hagen in the Area Car. Stamp's standing with Harrap declines when he loses a car that kidnaps the bank manager's family. Lomax works with Monroe to negotiate with the robbers, but when he is arrested, he refuses to reveal the location of the missing family. Stamp gets a chance at redemption when the family are tracked down at a remote country house, taking a major risk to draw out the kidnappers.

35. White Lies

Air Date: 2000-05-23

A Barton Street PC is stabbed when he pursues two robbery suspects into Sun Hill. A black youth, identified as Mark Okin, is found beaten unconscious at about the same time. Carver is assigned to the Okin family in his first role as Family Liaison Officer, but further investigation by CID discovers Mark to be a suspect in PC Brennan's stabbing. Carver is horrified when Daly asks him to use his position of trust with the Okin family to collect evidence against Mark. Evidence soon mounts against John Wilson, the boyfriend of Mark's sister Amy, as Daly suspects that he is responsible for the robbery, stabbing PC Brennan, and assaulting Mark when he refused to take the rap for Brennan's stabbing.

36. Search Me

Air Date: 2000-05-25

Stop and search is resumed when there is an outbreak of street robberies. Mannion asks Brownlow to stand in for him for a TV interview, but he ends up shifting blame after two undercover journalists are subject two stop and searches. With the relief furious at their chief, Brownlow joins Conway on the beat in the C.I.D. car. They respond to a call and collar one of the street robbers, but when the other robber hops onto a bus and Brownlow gets uniform to stop the bus, he comes under public criticism, although uniform can only see the funny side.

37. Love Or Money

Air Date: 2000-05-26

Boulton and Holmes are left to pick up the pieces when the key witnesses in a robbery case refuse to give evidence. Holmes notices Boulton's change of attitude and suspects he may have found himself a woman. As word gets around the relief, Stanton attempts to cool things off with Boulton, which leaves him devastated. Meanwhile, Stanton's suspicions about Beech increase after she discovers his involvement with a credit card thief, Billy Bullock. Bullock pays Beech £1000 to destroy a CCTV tape of him stealing credit cards from a hotel conference. When Smithy and Hagen pursue Bullock, Beech's cover is nearly blown. When Bullock goes to make the drop, Stanton follows with the hope of catching Beech.

38. Going Public

Air Date: 2000-06-01

Webb investigates the brutal beating of businessman Kevin Hewlitt, who is found unconscious in his kitchen by his wife, Sandra. The investigation provides little information as to the motive for the attack, and very little description of the assailant is given by those who saw him. CCTV footage shows Sandra having intercourse with another man in her car a week before Kevin's attack, and she later admits to Webb that she and her husband were no longer in love. Lennox tries to break the alibi of Hewlitt's business partner Paul Wilcox, convinced that he is somehow involved in the attack. Webb makes the decision to mix business with pleasure as he begins to fall for Sandra.

39. A Sprat To Catch A Mackerel

Air Date: 2000-06-02

When an apparent drug-related murder leads Operation Trident onto Sun Hill's patch, they suspect Yardie street gangs could be active in the area. A new scheme by Conway to encourage taxi drivers to help the police bears fruit when an overzealous cabbie brings a 'prisoner', Wesley Carter, to the station, saying he heard him making a drug deal. When Carter is linked to gangster Leroy Jones, Trident get Rickman to go undercover. As they reunite, Jones admits there are Yardies operating on the patch and he is trying to take on their drug running operation - but that a rival firm is trying to stop him - leaving Rickman caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting.

40. The Hare & The Hounds

Air Date: 2000-06-03

To finance his buy-in to the Yardie drug dealing operation, Jones and his gang rob a building society, with Rickman forced to be getaway driver. Despite Trident being tipped off, the relief are left lying in wait for them at the wrong bank when Jones spots a cash in-transit van, with a special constable who tries to disarm Rickman being seriously injured. The relief buzzes with rumours that Rickman has "gone native", and she finds loyalties torn as she gets close to her target. However, she is given a harsh reality check when Jones is kidnapped by rival gang leader Touissant - who gives her an ultimatum.

41. The Deep Blue Sea

Air Date: 2000-06-08

With Leroy Jones being held captive by rival dealer Touissant, Rickman is sent to make a second purchase from the syndicate. Rickman tails her contact to a tower block in the city, where Touissant's crew burst in and shoot the ringleader of "The Syndicate" and Rickman's contact. When Jones is ordered to kill Toussaint's main rival, Nathan Clarke, Rickman finds she has fallen for Jones and confesses her love and status as a police officer. When he abandons her, she goes back to Sun Hill before getting into Touissant's so SO19 can conduct a raid. With Jones a surprise member of the group, Rickman warns him to leave, but she finds herself as a hostage for a vengeful Touissant when SO19 storm in.

42. Room Service

Air Date: 2000-06-09

Stanton is desperate to be discharged from the Beech case due to her love for Boulton, but Hodges assures her she is doing well. Boulton accepts a free night at a plush Docklands hotel, and invites Stanton to join him. Sure enough, as the pair settle down for their evening of luxury, an assault and robbery at the hotel sees Sun Hill officers arrive to investigate, and their night is ruined. The next day, CID investigates the theft of a laptop computer, and Beech is intrigued by reports of a "mystery blonde" sighted fleeing from the hotel. Horrified that Beech could have discovered their affair, Boulton and Stanton send Beech to the other side of London on a wild goose chase while they solve the case themselves.

43. Soft Talking

Air Date: 2000-06-13

Responding to an urgent call for assistance, Smithy arrives and has to deliver a baby in the street. Worried about the mother's condition, he investigates her background, and discovers a history of prostitution and drug abuse. When she vanishes from the hospital and abandons her newborn baby, Smithy has no choice but to inform her father, who subsequently reveals that he and his wife will be adopting the baby and bringing it up as their own. Smithy enlists the mother's help to catch her pimp, who is also dealing drugs in the process, by setting up an obbo to catch him in the act. However, the obbo goes badly wrong when the girl makes off with the drugs and tries selling them herself to local users.

44. Beyond Conviction

Air Date: 2000-06-22

Klein and Hagen are called to a stabbing at a shopping centre, where a foreign aid worker has been attacked and left for dead. Initially, suspicion falls on a local youth, Wayne Stevens, who has previous for similar offences and was seen running away from the scene. However, when another witness claims she heard the victim shouting something before she was attacked, the pair find themselves on the trail of a Rwandan war criminal, Colonel Augustus Ngeze, who is wanted for mass genocide and rape by the UN. Klein's personal views begin to cloud his judgement when they fail to obtain any evidence to prove Ngeze's identity, so he sets up a chance meeting with a Rwandan national in an attempt to identify him.

45. Whispers

Air Date: 2000-07-04

Proctor, under pressure over his poor performance, decides to trap a burglar to avoid being transferred from Sun Hill after being told by Deakin that he has a new job lined up for him at the Isleworth CSU, who are looking for a DC to investigate domestic violence. Proctor's hospital interrogation of the victim nearly results in the man's death and a bust up between his wife and his secret girlfriend. Proctor goes undercover with Page in an attempt to catch the culprit, but a jealous Quinnan, leaves the obbo, and Proctor's Sun Hill career in tatters. Meanwhile, when Hagen hears an Area Car crash on the main set, her investigation uncovers the car being chased by the officers wasn't the only vehicle involved in the crash. Things escalate when one of the officers involved in the crash dies.

46. Caught Short

Air Date: 2000-07-11

Boulton is determined to bring down a known drug dealer by using his wife as an informant to gather information. However, when a raid on his property goes pear shaped, Boulton is less than pleased. When broker Neil Ramsey is discovered to be part of the scam, Lennox's loyalties are tested when he discovers that Ramsey is one of his wife's business associates. Lennox attempts to gain Webb's silence in order to protect his wife, but Boulton soon gets wind of what is going on and threatens that Lennox could lose his job if he tries to intervene. Lennox is forced to make a tough decision when he has Ramsey in his clutches – let him go and his wife is off the hook, or arrest him, and she is in deep trouble.

47. Bad Habits

Air Date: 2000-07-18

Ch. Insp. Conway is astounded when an elderly man (and former police officer) turns up at the station with a suitcase containing half a million pounds, which he claims he found on the street. As PC Rickman counts the money, Conway decides to do some digging, as surely no-one could be that honest.

48. Say It With Flowers

Air Date: 2000-07-25

Glaze and Holmes investigate the apparent suicide of local councillor Anthony Snape, and uncover a plot involving two other councillors, Colin Cooper and Steven Trent, to pervert the course of justice by ensuring that massage parlours with links to the local freemasons' lodge are not raided. Glaze treads very close to the edge as he becomes determined to prove Brownlow is bent, as he is a member of the same lodge; even leaking information to a journalist who prints the story on his front page. When Glaze enlists Cooper's daughter as his star witness, it is soon discovered that Snape may not have committed suicide after all, and may be the victim of a very carefully planned and executed murder.

49. No One's That Honest

Air Date: 2000-08-01

Conway is astounded when an elderly man, Charles Arthur Cullen, a former police officer, turns up at the station with a suitcase containing half a million pounds, which he claims to have found on the street. Conway asks Hollis to count the money independently but he only manages to count £499,920. As Rickman counts the money again, Conway decides to do some digging, as surely no-one could be that honest. He discovers that the land on which the money was found has recently changed hands, and is now in possession of the Met. As the scam begins to show all of its true colours, Conway attempts to bargain with Cullen in order to get a deal which suits the both of them just perfectly.

50. No Man's Land

Air Date: 2000-08-08

Cryer decides to take it upon himself to discover the identity of a body found on a roundabout, after Webb shows a less than caring attitude towards the case. His investigation leads him to believe that the deceased is Graham Dennis Anderson, a man wanted by the fraud squad for falsely selling pensions and other financial services to customers. Cryer is convinced that Anderson's business partner is in fact his alter-ego, who created Anderson as a way of escaping capture. However, his trail soon leads him to uncover one individual with several alter-egos – and as pieces of the what seems impossibly difficult jigsaw begin to piece together, he finds himself with a body it seems nobody can identify.

51. Time To Kill

Air Date: 2000-08-15

When a woman is reportedly raped in an alleyway behind the Whitegate shopping centre, Lennox and Webb rake over the CCTV footage, however they fail to find the woman captured on the footage. When it is revealed that she was lying to protect herself from her husband, a sinister cyberstalker who is dating and attacking women is discovered to be operating in Sun Hill. Ackland adopts a new "virtual" identity to trap him, but comes under the radar of a particularly annoying drunk who nearly scares the attacker off the scent. When the first obbo goes pear shaped, Ackland tries to pull together what little evidence the team have left in order to catch the attacker in the act, and organizes a second, more secure operation.

52. Doppelganger

Air Date: 2000-08-22

Boyden is shocked to discover that someone has been impersonating him, raiding illegal poker games and pocketing all the cash, and decides to go undercover as a punter to trap him. However, during the operation, the technology provided by the yard goes haywire and all of the suspects manage to escape without capture. Meanwhile, as the phony Boyden attacks and robs a prostitute, the real Boyden finds two Yardies on his case set out for revenge. As a second operation is organised, Boyden asks one of the players from the first game to go undercover and catch the fake police officers in the act. However, having gotten the Yardies on his side, Boyden organises sinister revenge for his fake counterpart.

53. Lullaby: Part I

Air Date: 2000-08-25

Smithy and Rickman attend a break in at a primary school and find a seven-year-old boy looking for food. Further investigation reveals that the boy has been living alone for three days and his parents are nowhere to be seen. Interviewing the family's friends and relatives, Deakin discovers that it is very unlike the parents to just disappear without trace, and CCTV footage shows a van watching the family's house on the night of the disappearance. Blood found in the family bedroom indicates the parents may have been harmed, but Deakin is furious when a racial attack on the restaurant where the boy's father works is found to have been investigated by Smithy over a week previously.

54. Lullaby: Part II

Air Date: 2000-08-26

Smithy gets closer to Tim Tze as the search for his parents continues. His failure to investigate the attack on the Chinese restaurant correctly continues to hang over him, but when it appears that the man responsible had prior contact with the Tze family, Smithy finds he may well be in the clear. Deakin discovers that the restaurant has been put up for sale, but despite putting pressure on the owner, he refuses to give evidence. When Lenny Tze's car is found, and Tim finally gives up some information, Deakin uncovers details of an extramarital affair. As Jung Tze turns up alive and well, Smithy begins to wonder if the entire kidnapping has all been staged, until he and Tim are kidnapped.

55. Lullaby: Part III

Air Date: 2000-09-01

Smithy and Tim Tze are held hostage, while the kidnappers make their demands – they want their money back, and Lenny Tze to deliver it. Trouble is, Lenny is nowhere to be seen, and Deakin suspects that Lenny may well be dead, when Jung Tze's story fails to hold up. Still troubled as to the reason why Lenny was given £500,000 from an unknown source, Deakin digs deeper and discovers that the boy's missing parents were involved in a money laundering operation, but that Lenny had planned to do a bunk with the cash and flee to Hong Kong. During a bungled move, Tim escapes. Deakin realises he must discover the whereabouts of Lenny's body if he is going to save Smithy in time.

56. Gentle Touch: Part I

Air Date: 2000-09-05

A terrified young woman, Emma Roberts, fears that she has become the victim of a stalker when paint is thrown over her car and her cat is killed in mysterious circumstances. After spending a night at her house, Hagen is convinced that she is making the entire story up for attention, and refuses to believe her. When Emma makes a claim of rape against her boss Brian Woods, Page investigates the case, and she finds that she too is being drawn into a nightmare world of unseen terror. After going out to dinner with Dave and Jenny, Emma arrives home to find her house has been broken into. Page grows a little too close for comfort by inviting her to stay the night.

57. Gentle Touch: Part II

Air Date: 2000-09-07

As her friendship with stalker victim Emma Roberts develops, Page is determined to find the stalker and starts to believe that he might be closer than she thought. When a past allegation made against Woods comes to light, Emma decides to press charges. Woods is released on bail, but soon turns up and tries to force his way into her house. He is subsequently arrested again and remanded in custody. Meanwhile, Polly is spooked when she starts receiving nuisance calls and a strange bunch of flowers are delivered to her. Suspecting she may have become the victim of the stalker, she looks to Emma to find comfort, but little does she know that her stalker is much closer to home than she imagined.

58. Gentle Touch: Part III

Air Date: 2000-09-12

Page learns what it is like to be a victim of crime as the crazed stalker targets her further, making more nuisance calls, breaking into her flat and tearing up her clothes. Lennox and Glaze focus their investigation on Brian Woods, and discover he had an intriguing visitor in prison. Lennox is convinced that Woods is not the man responsible for the stalking, but Polly isn't so sure. As her suspicions turn to intrigue, Polly lets herself into Emma's house and finds a number of her missing photos that were stolen during the break in, but turns up a surprise lead when she finds Gina Reynolds lurking in the garden. Little does she know that Emma is not only her stalker, but she has a mad plan to prove to Polly she loves her – by getting Jenny Quinnan away from Dave, leading Emma to take horrifying action.

59. Some Like It Hot

Air Date: 2000-09-15

Lennox is stung by comments about his physical fitness, and becomes determined to beat Brownlow at squash, as soon as he has arrested a villain from his past. When his flat is broken into and his personal photographs are stolen, he begins a campaign to get his nemesis arrested and put behind bars once and for all. Rickman is asked to attend the magistrates court to prevent a demonstration against a cabinet minister, but when he is sacked, she reaches out to him and helps him to recover some very important cabinet documents from Conway's office. Meanwhile, still absent from duty, Page reaches out to Quinnan after being stalked by Emma Roberts, but he rebuffs her due to the injuries sustained by Jenny in her attack by Roberts.

60. First Impressions: Part I

Air Date: 2000-09-19

Probationary PCs Ben Hayward and Roz Clarke arrive for their first day at Sun Hill, and are subjected to a series of wind-ups by the relief. Boyden tricks Clarke into thinking that he has hit a pensioner in the surveillance van, while Stamp and Quinnan subject Hayward to the ride of his life in the area car. Hayward manages to stop a curb-crawler who evades capture, but his arrest is thwarted by Hollis. Meanwhile, Hagen and Rickman spin Clarke a story about 'nipper' Cryer, the famous bum-pinching sergeant, and Klein gets Worrell to be pretend to a dead body in order to wind up Hayward. However, the joke backfires when an angry and upset Hayward is punched in the face by Stamp.

61. First Impressions: Part II

Air Date: 2000-09-22

Hayward and Clarke try to redeem themselves after a disastrous first day, and decide to exact revenge on the wind-up merchants on the relief. Ackland is furious to learn that half of the relief are involved in the wind-ups, but is even more upset to discover Boyden played the worst trick of all. Meanwhile, after a curb-crawling class at the station, Hayward, Clarke and Page investigate when a tom is burgled and the ashes of her best friend are stolen. Hayward and Clarke believe not only have they discovered who is responsible, but they may have cracked the identity of her best friend's murderer as well, however they are brought back to earth by a tragic twist. Clarke exacts the ultimate revenge on Klein after she discovers he fancies her.

62. Old Enemies

Air Date: 2000-09-26

When the relief carry out a routine raid on a nightclub, The Pink Cockatoo, Carver is suspicious after he suspects that a face from his past was present at the scene. Later, he stops a driver who appears to be a little bit worse for wear, and discovers that it is none other than his former CID DS, Ted Roach. Carver encourages Roach to provide information on Mickey Owen, the owner of the club, in return for being let-off the drink-driving charge. However, his leak to the police soon turns out to be the driving force behind a harsh beating, warning him not to give evidence. Meanwhile, Quinnan uncovers a body on the marshes, and Lennox discovers a link between the deceased and The Pink Cockatoo.

63. New Friends

Air Date: 2000-09-29

Recovering in hospital, Roach agrees to tell Carver everything he knows about Mickey Owen, but asks that the police protect his long-time friend and former informant, Roxanne, from Mickey's clutches. Meanwhile, as investigations continue, Lennox discovers that the body is that of Phillip Macey, one of Roxanne's best friends, who disappeared without trace in the 1990s after a gig at The Pink Cockatoo. Realising that Owen must have been responsible for his death, Roxanne agrees to help Meadows set up a sting operation to catch Owen in the act. Roach's old-school police methods begin to yield results, much to the delight of Carver, but before they can catch Mickey red-handed, tragedy strikes.

64. Supping With The Devil

Air Date: 2000-10-03

Beech meets businessman Howard Fallon at a poker game. When Beech's winnings turn out to be counterfeit notes, he confronts Fallon, who offers him a substantial bribe to find out who hijacked one of his lorries, and to get to the stolen shipment back before customs or the police seize it. Daly becomes suspicious when Beech tries to get involved with the investigation, but one of Daly's snouts points the finger at a former employee of Fallon's, and the driver of the missing truck. As the missing shipment is safely returned, and with Daly off his back, it looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship between Beech and Fallon.

65. Touch & Go

Air Date: 2000-10-04

Boulton and Stanton investigate the vicious attack on Rachel Booker, a dancer at one of Howard Fallon's clubs, and Beech is furious when Fallon reveals his mobile number is among her possessions. Boulton and Stanton find the main suspect is Warren Askew, who was obsessed with Rachel, but he doesn't appear to be responsible. When Boulton tries calling the phone numbers in Rachel's diary, he is shocked when Beech answers the phone. Beech makes an excuse that he tried to pick up Rachel in a bar, and begs Boulton to overlook the evidence. When Rachel dies of her injuries, Fallon confesses to Beech that his associate Ray Bazzini was responsible, so he plants evidence on Askew that leads to his arrest for murder.

66. Fake Fur

Air Date: 2000-10-06

Following the death of prime suspect Warren Askew in custody, Stanton urges Deakin not to close the case of Rachel Booker's murder immediately. A series of mysterious numbers found in Rachel Booker's diary are later revealed by Scotland Yard to be a set of number relating to a number of bank accounts. One of Rachel's fellow dancers, Lynette, is persuaded by Boulton and Stanton to tell them exactly what is going on. They soon discover that Vickery's, a fur export company owned by Howard Fallon and Ray Bazzini, is actually a front for a major money laundering operation. In an attempt to uncover further information, Stanton and Boulton go on a double date with Beech and his girlfriend, Maggie Lyons. When the case is subsequently turned over to the NCS, Stanton covertly photographs Beech meeting in secret with Fallon and Bazzini.

67. In Safe Hands

Air Date: 2000-10-13

Harker is volunteered to work with a young offenders group in Canley, and immediately takes a shine to Carmel, the organiser of the group. When Carmel's foster son, 14-year-old Scott, goes off the rails, Harker steps in to try and defuse the situation. When one of Scott's friends is found dead from a heroin overdose, Harker discovers that despite previous claims that he is clean, Scott and his friend have been drug running for one of the major dealers on the Bronte. However, the situation is complicated further when Harker discovers that Scott and Carmel have been sleeping together, leaving him conflicted about job responsibility and his friendship with Carmel. Meanwhile, as Stanton and Boulton try to locate a witness, Beech attempts to prevent this due to his corrupt connections.

68. Find The Lady

Air Date: 2000-10-17

Stanton tries to find out if Boulton is working with Beech. When star witness Lynette resurfaces, they immediately hide her in a safe house, where she informs them that Ray Bazzini killed Rachel Booker. Beech informs Fallon the location of the safe house, but Lynette escapes from the thugs who are sent to attack her. As Stanton prepares to confess all to Boulton about her undercover op, he gets a phone call from Beech. They meet at a construction site, where Beech admits he has been working for Fallon, and reveals that it was him who gave up Lynette's location. He tries to convince Boulton to help him out, but an angry Boulton refuses, with the resulting fight ending in tragedy.

69. 50 / 50

Air Date: 2000-10-20

Quinnan and Carver find the body of Boulton at the construction site. Sun Hill is in shock, none more so than a devastated Stanton, who is suspicious when Beech lies about meeting him the night before. The Area Major Incident Pool arrive to investigate Boulton's death, and their subsequently investigations eventually lead them to Beech, who mysteriously disappears without trace. Maggie Lyons tries to smuggle Beech out of the country at the airport, but he cancels his escape after spotting AMIP outside the terminal. Knowing that his time is gradually running out, Beech weighs up his options, leading him to a stunned Stanton.

70. The River

Air Date: 2000-10-24

After Beech hands himself into CIB, Stanton is horrified when Beech convinces Hodges to ensnare Fallon, along with two Drugs Squad officers on Fallon's payroll, in exchange for a full confession of his crimes. He meets with DI Tasker and DS Garrard to arrange a double cross, working out that Fallon must have been who gave him up to AMIP. After being caught with a phone whilst attending the funeral of Boulton, Hodges threatens to pull the deal, until Beech falsely offers up the Drugs Squad DCI. Stealing the money for a drug deal, Beech attends a warehouse with Fallon, who tries to kill him. When Tasker and Garrard rescue Beech, they tie up Fallon and his associates, before Beech turns on his rescuers. When shots ring out, CIB and SO19 storm in, with Hodges and Stanton left furious when Beech is nowhere to be seen.

71. All Fall Down: Part I

Air Date: 2000-10-27

CIB sweep into Sun Hill and suspend the entire CID department with immediate effect, and all of their ongoing cases are subsequently transferred to uniform. Lennox is horrified when he discovers that Stanton is a CIB mole. As the disgraced detectives are interviewed to establish their connection to Beech, Meadows hurriedly calls in some favours at Scotland Yard. Mannion demands Brownlow resign to make a strong statement to the public and media, and after arguing the decision with Conway, he decides to make the tough decision after a heart to heart with Monroe. Meanwhile, Beech prepares to go into hiding, and radically overhauls his image in the hope that he is not recognized. He goes off to meet Maggie at a shopping centre, unaware Stanton is hot on his tail.

72. All Fall Down: Part II

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Beech manages to evade Stanton yet again, but she takes Maggie Lyons in for questioning. Beech recruits a crooked lawyer to represent her and perform other useful services for him. Beech obtains a false passport and buys a quantity of diamonds with the money he stole from Howard Fallon, as he prepares to flee the country with Maggie. Sun Hill officers continue to be interviewed by CIB, and although no firm connection with Beech can be established, it's the end of the line for Deakin and Daly, while a furious Holmes requests an immediate transfer. Meadows manages to survive the cull due to his contacts in the Yard, much to the dismay of Deakin. Maggie changes her mind about following Beech, and he boards a flight to Australia alone, while Stanton vows to make Beech pay for Boulton's death.

73. On The Hook: Part I

Air Date: 2000-11-03

The new CID team arrives at Sun Hill, led by the new station commander, Supt Tom Chandler. His pally attitude with the relief doesn't go down well, with the likes of Cryer, Smith and Meadows skeptical. Meadows feels the pressure of facing a disciplinary board hearing following the Beech scandal. New DI Alex Cullen is assigned to head the investigation of an apparently racially motivated harassment of a local family, along with cocky DC Paul Riley and hard-faced DS Debbie McAllister, after complainant Frank Griffiths says Meadows had history with Helen Freeley, whose sons are suspected of racially abusing Griffiths and his family. As facts become apparent, events take a dramatic turn. Meanwhile, new arrival DS Vik Singh dishes the dirt immediately by warning his new colleagues that McAllister is overcompensating for a recent promotion to DS, whilst telling them that Cullen in Chandler's pocket.

74. On The Hook: Part II

Air Date: 2000-11-07

Meadows is furious when Chandler demands he replace Cullen as Senior Investigating Officer following the murder of Darren Freeley. Meadows is desperate to make the breakthrough as quickly as possible, aware that Chandler will be coming to his discipline board later in the week. Meadows questions the prime suspects, two friends of Melody Griffiths who were seen leaving the scene, KJ Leonard and Oz Benson. Traces of Leonard's skin are found on Darren Freeley's knuckles, and although Oz Benson admits they were there and were angry with Freeley, they didn't kill him. When Rickman finds the murder weapon, the forensic evidence points to an unlikely killer.

75. A Girl's Best Friend

Air Date: 2000-11-10

Quinnan finds the body of Dennis Quigley, a man who has died of a heart attack in his car. Whilst delivering the man's personal effects to his wife, Quinnan is mortified to find they include a gift to the man's mistress, a woman named Alice. Trying to do a good deed, Quinnan resolves to deliver the gift to its intended recipient, and manages to locate Alice and give her the gift. However, things become much more complicated when his wife Jenny discovers the gift and thinks he's having an affair, while CID discover that the dead man is wanted by Interpol for diamond smuggling. Suspecting the package that Quinnan handed over may well be a shipment of uncut diamonds smuggled in from Antwerp, Cullen is left dismayed after realising the evidence has been lost.

76. Carnival

Air Date: 2000-11-14

Glaze is sent undercover to attempt to infiltrate a drugs ring when they become involved with a high-flying player, Bunny Small, who has been a target of the area drugs squad for some time. Meadows seizes the opportunity to try and win some brownie points for Sun Hill by nailing not only three small-time local dealers, but finally getting evidence to put Small away. During an obbo, Glaze and McCann end up at loggerheads over each other's attitudes to policing, but decide they must work together to get the best result. When Small is murdered during the obbo, NCS arrive to crucify Glaze, McCann and Meadows over their conduct. Glaze does back undercover, but has a brush with death during St Pauls Carnival.

77. Behind Enemy Lines

Air Date: 2000-11-17

Whilst out on a crime prevention sweep, Spears visits a local building society, only to be caught up in an armed robbery. Smithy tries to stop the robbers as they make their escape and is also taken hostage. As SO19 units surround the building, Conway and Chandler arrive to negotiate with the two robbers, Dwight and Rollo. A tense stand-off ensues, and Smith realises the men are ex-soldiers, and that they had help from one of the bank employees. When Rollo shoots Dwight during an argument, Chandler orders SO19 to storm the building despite Conway's objections, putting Spears at further risk.

78. A Gathering Storm

Air Date: 2000-11-21

Smith and McCann investigate a robbery involving local youth Lennie Cox. When they arrive at his flat, they find him liaising with Jurgen Holz, a Neo-Nazi criminal wanted by Interpol for drug trafficking charges. Holz manages to escape, but Smith catches up with Cox, and he is cornered by a group of black youths. As the pair catch up with Holz, they give chase, but Smith finds himself in a radio deadspot. He is then is suspected of having a racist motive when he fails to respond to an urgent assistance call from McCann, who is badly beaten by a gang of neo-Nazi skinheads. Determined to clear his name, Smith veers dangerously close to compromising an SO10 undercover operation to arrest Holz.

79. Sorted

Air Date: 2000-11-24

Klein spends all night DJing at a local nightclub, and lies to Cryer when he skips work the next day. When his car is broken into, his possessions are handed in at the station, with Cryer soon finding out what really happened. Smith has a touch of toothache and gets Rickman to take him to A+E. Klein, forced to come by an angry Cryer, is paired with Rickman. Klein finds his day is getting worse by the minute as Singh and McAllister investigate an abduction and extortion case involving two people who were at the club the night before. When both accuse Klein of using drugs at the club, he battles to clear his name and find the missing girl before it is too late.

80. Team Colours

Air Date: 2000-12-01

Spears and Worrell chase a suspect from the scene of a violent assault. They discover that the victim, Donna Elliot, is the sister of Frank and Peter Elliot, two insurance brokers suspected of being the ringleaders of a post-match fight that has been arranged between two rival gangs of football fans. With Sun Hill as the venue, Chandler assigns Cullen to the case, but Meadows is determined to show him up by cracking the case himself using a teenage assault suspect and member of the Larkmead Crew as an informant. When Cullen and Lennox discover Meadows' informant has lied to him about the gang's intentions, CID and uniform rush to head off the mob before they attack an Asian marketplace.

81. Two Way Burn

Air Date: 2000-12-05

Webb and Spears investigate when a house fire traps two young girls, who end up in hospital in a critical condition. Meadows is later assigned to lead the investigation when suspicion soon falls on a loan shark who was seen outside the house just before the fire. When witnesses place him elsewhere at the time of the fire, suspicion then falls on the girls' father, however questioning him is delayed when one of his daughters succumbs to her injuries. With Webb convinced of his guilt, Spears clashes with him when she suspects the mother is to blame. After cracking the case, Webb and Spears grow closer.

82. Friends

Air Date: 2000-12-12

Boyden spearheads a raid on a brothel, which uncovers several illegal immigrants from Croatia being forced to work as prostitutes. The owner of the premises, Carson, agrees to reveal who is bringing the girls into England in exchange for a lesser charge. However, on the way to court, the police van is ambushed and Carson is kidnapped. After the car used in the ambush is found with blood stained seats, it is suspected Carson has been killed. Carson's lawyer, Doyle, eventually agrees to set up a meeting with Luca, and Boyden sets up a surveillance operation on a locker. Meanwhile, McCann agonises as he waits for word on a transfer that hinges on the result of his Sergeant's exams.

83. Bad For Your Health: Part I

Air Date: 2000-12-15

Page and Hayward attend a disturbance at a pub and find the landlord and one of his regulars being beaten up by three masked men. Meanwhile, Stamp, Quinnan and Klein attend the scene of a second beating, another three masked men attacking local villain Frank McBride outside the back of his club. Realising the incidents could be connected, Hayward investigates, and discovers a turf war between two rival gangs of cigarette smugglers. As the evidence against the two rival firms stacks up, Klein finds himself in trouble when he tries to buy a mixing desk from his favourite DJ, Johnny Margolis, and ends up abducted by the McBride gang, but a freak accident leaves Tony McBride dead and Klein seriously injured.

84. Bad For Your Health: Part II

Air Date: 2000-12-19

After noting Klein missing from morning parade, Quinnan and Stamp find him unconscious and badly injured in the back of the crashed van belonging to the now-deceased Tony McBride and his cigarette smuggling gang. With McAllister determined to prove that Klein is corrupt, Boyden and the relief race to find evidence to clear his name. As Klein continues to recover in hospital, Hayward suspects that missing DJ Johnny Margolis may seem to be the key to the whole mystery, and he is found trying to escape from three thugs. Boyden searches McBride's house, and an obbo is soon set up to catch the cigarette smugglers red-handed. Boyden is stunned when he works out who is responsible for the smuggling ring.

85. The Night Before...

Air Date: 2000-12-22

Smithy becomes a knight in shining armour for a shop assistant when he and Rickman apprehend a shoplifter, with a little help from Santa! The shoplifter is suspected of brutally assaulting a shop assistant in the same store. Lennox bonds with the suspect due to the boy being from Glasgow, but Webb's hatred for Christmas leads to him refusing to help the boy out, although he attempts to track down a reported accomplice to the theft. Meanwhile, McAllister maliciously ruins Hollis's plans for the Sun Hill Christmas Party, by getting the pub landlord's son arrested on drugs charges. When they reschedule at a nightclub, the party turns sour and a fight breaks out. Quinnan, having argued with Jenny about her hopes of moving to Colchester, acts on his feelings for Page after Hagen's teasing about Page and Stamp being close.

86. ...The Morning After

Air Date: 2000-12-29

Sun Hill returns to normal after the Christmas break, although Quinnan and Page act suspiciously after their pre-Christmas encounter. As the pair try to rekindle their affair, Lennox and Webb continue investigating the assault on the shop assistant, and discover that the story concocted by the pair of crooked security guards is completely phony, who may be responsible for the attack. Monroe attempts to build bridges with the landlord of the Elcott Arms, while Riley nearly lets slip that McAllister was responsible for the sabotage. Meanwhile, Hagen and Page have a minor PolAcc in the yard, and Hagen later catches Quinnan and Page getting intimate in the back of the arrest van.

1. Appropriate Action

Air Date: 2001-01-05

A teenage boy is found badly beaten, and a young girl, Lisa, from the same school is missing. DC Webb shows little interest in the case, so Sgt Cryer investigates the girl's disappearance himself. A local 'photographer', Andrew Morton, is the main suspect, as he has an obsession with Lisa and her friends, and he is arrested when PC Harker spots him acting suspiciously by the canal. When Lisa turns out to have been hiding out at a friend's house the whole time, Cryer must rush to prevent Lisa's father from taking the law into his own hands by killing the innocent Morton.

2. Criminal Practice

Air Date: 2001-01-09

DC Webb and DC Riley wait outside a cafe, whilst inside DS Debbie McAllister is conducting a rather clumsy undercover sting on a suspected drug dealer. DI Cullen is furious when the suspect is released without charge following McAllister's poor handling of the case. Resentful of DS Singh's success in recruiting local informants, McAllister manages to coax some information from solicitor's clerk Jamie Ross, which eventually leads to a successful arrest when Ross's information blows apart a stabbing suspect's alibi. Pleased with her success, McAllister is determined to convince Ross to work as an informant for her. Meanwhile, DC Paul Riley meets up with his brother Joe, who seems to be in some trouble with the Nottingham police.

3. Upon Information Received

Air Date: 2001-01-12

CID investigate a spate of car thefts, and DS McAllister's informant Jamie Ross gives her a tip-off about a gang of French car thieves working in the area. Ross is reluctant to name his contact though, who turns out to be Joe Riley, DC Paul Riley's brother. The gang is arrested, but are broken out of Canley Crown Court by a trio armed with shotguns. An SO19 raid on Joe Riley's lock-up sees them in custody again, but DC Riley must work hard to hide his brother's involvement, particularly as Ross informs McAllister that it goes deeper than Riley thinks.

4. No Victim

Air Date: 2001-01-16

PC Worrell and PC Quinnan attend to a woman threatening to jump off a bridge. She turns out to be Sarah Collins, the wife of Terry Collins, a DS at Stafford Row CID. Despite the doubts of some of her colleagues, PC Worrell is determined to pursue the matter as a domestic violence case. She convinces Sarah to make a statement and testify in court by telling Sarah of her own experience with domestic violence. The case is dismissed, however - Sarah becomes reluctant to testify, and there are doubts about her character. When Worrell goes to check on her at the Collins house, she finds that Sarah has murdered her husband. Meanwhile, Dave Quinnan struggles to find the right time to tell his wife about his affair with Polly Page.

5. Common Language

Air Date: 2001-01-19

A young Russian girl leads Dale Smith out of a nightclub, where he is promptly attacked by three men. Despite Smith's protests, Supt. Chandler assigns DI Cullen to investigate the assault. They track down the Russian woman, Natasha Ivanova, through a language school which seems to be recruiting students to work as prostitutes. Natasha is desperate as her visa is about to expire, and her sister has disappeared. Her sister is found murdered, and Smith realises the men responsible for her death and his assault are linked to a man from his old army unit (episode: Blurred Around the Edges).

6. PC Smith

Air Date: 2001-01-23

Hoping it will convince Supt. Chandler to endorse his transfer to SO19, PC Smith volunteers with PC Klein to 'babysit' Clive Allein, the victim of a gay bashing who is reluctantly testifying against his assailant, Gary Cook, in court the next day. Smith nearly blows it when his angry reaction to Clive's partner Ian Jones's teasing causes Jones to run off, where he is promptly attacked, and Allein refusing to testify, until Smith convinces him otherwise. The trial goes ahead, and the attacker is found guilty, but further threats from Cook's friend Paul Taylor cause Ian to storm off again, this time he goes missing. Smith and Klein fear the worst when a stabbing victim is reported, but it turns out to be Paul Taylor who is the vicitm, and Ian Jones the attacker.

7. Family Honour

Air Date: 2001-01-26

Supt. Chandler is speaking at a meeting on the Larkmead Estate, but vandalism and a petrol bomb cut short his talk. Sgt. Ackland is called to the house of local MP Stephen Hadley and his wife Fiona, where their infant child has died of serious injuries. Forensic examination reveals the baby was thrown to the floor, and Fiona Hadley says her husband was responsible. Hadley is arrested, but denies her claim. A lack of evidence sees him released, but he is arrested again for beating his wife when he returns home. It turns out the Hadleys' other child knocked the baby's high chair over.

8. Words Of Wisdom

Air Date: 2001-01-30

After an ear-bending from Marsha Harris, Supt. Chandler is determined to bring to an end the one-boy crime wave on the Larkmead Estate caused by resident hooligan Peter Rogers. Chandler persuades Sgt. Ackland to talk to Peter's mother, and also tries to get Marsha Harris's daughter Cassie to make a statement to the police against Rogers, but both are too scared of the boy to comply. When Cassie Harris is found half-drowned in a river, and PCs Stamp and Hollis turn up a CCTV tape of Rogers smashing up cars, it seems they may be able to put him away at last - although it turns out that Cassie's drowning was self-inflicted and the CCTV tape is actually Peter's brother Gavin trying to frame him for criminal damage.

9. Out Of The Frying Pan

Air Date: 2001-02-02

DS McAllister continues to get useful tip offs from her informant and lover, Jamie Ross, including one about an armed raid on a betting shop. Meanwhile, there's a war brewing on Sun Hill turf between rival hot dog vendors, one of whom is DC Paul Riley's brother Joe. When Joe Riley's lockup is set on fire and several of his vendors attacked, PCs Hollis and Hayward and DC Riley go undercover as hot dog vendors to catch those responsible.

10. Mexican Stand Off

Air Date: 2001-02-06

DS McAllister pushes her informant and lover Jamie Ross too far when she tapes a privileged conversation between Ross and a client who admits to intimidating a witness in a court case. When Ross makes an official complaint against her, she turns to DC Riley for help and threatens to expose his cover-up of his brother's involvement with the French car gang unless he backs her up and says that he was present at all her meetings with Ross.

11. Cruise Control

Air Date: 2001-02-09

DC Webb poses as a 'rent-boy' in Eddington Park, a well-known gay beat in Sun Hill, as he and DC Lennox investigate a series of brutal attacks on gay men in the area. A car alarm alerts Webb and Lennox to the car of a local MP parked in the bushes. When questioned, the MP claims he was car-jacked and certainly was not 'cruising' in the park. He threatens legal action and Supt. Chandler moves quickly to prevent further damage to Sun Hill's reputation. A helpful security guard offers the police an observation post in a nearby office building, but Webb is suspiscious of the guard's attitude.

12. Real Crime

Air Date: 2001-02-13

DC Kate Spears is assigned to a domestic violence case, but is alarmed when DC Mickey Webb realises the perpetrator, Neil Hayes, is also a suspect in a series of truck hijackings he is investigating, and requests he be bailed so he can lead them to the gang. Spears's sympathy for the victim, Lisa Hayes, starts to wear thin when she refuses to press charges, harasses Spears at work, and then is discovered to be having an affair with Hayes's boss.

13. Home and Away

Air Date: 2001-02-16

Supt. Chandler is outraged when he finds out about the aggrevated burglery of a deaf and blind woman in the local paper rather than from CID. Reg Hollis overhears Matt Boyden gossiping to Vicky Hagen about Dave and Polly, and soon the news of their affair is all over the station. Accompanied by a reporter from the newspaper, CID and Uniform raid the house of suspected burgler Mick Corcoran, but when Corcoran attacks Polly Page, he is brutally beaten by Quinnan and requires hospital treatment. Sgt. Boyden arranges tickets for a charity ball, but the limo breaks down and they all take refuge in a country pub, where Jenny Quinnan finally works out that Dave is having an affair.

14. Going Under

Air Date: 2001-02-20

Dave Quinnan arrives late after rowing with Jenny all night. Ever the troublemaker, Sgt. Boyden sends him out on patrol with Polly Page, Tony Stamp and Vicky Hagen. Quinnan and Page have trouble keeping their mind on the job, and this gets dangerous when Stamp is attacked by a gang of thugs on the DLR and Quinnan is nowhere to be seen. When Jenny leaves him and returns to Dublin, Dave starts to crack up. He puts on his uniform after his shift and goes on a vigilante mission to find the gang responsible for the attack on Stamp. DC Webb gets an anonymous call and finds some of the gang members tied up and sprayed with pepper spray.

15. Faultline

Air Date: 2001-02-23

Dave Quinnan just stands and watches as a shopkeeper and a young woman are attacked by a gang of thugs at his local corner shop. When he finally turns up at the station, he identifies the leader of the gang as Robbie Gaitskill. Polly Page turns up in tears, and she and the rest of the relief are concerned as Dave seems to be cracking up. The crackheads arrested the previous night identify Quinnan as the policeman who attacked them. As Hagen and Page try to find him, Quinnan goes AWOL and tracks down the woman from the shop, Tricia Martin, and demands she tell him Gaitskill's address. Half the relief turn up on Gaitskill's doorstep, only to find Quinnan sitting in a car outside. Gaitskill is arrested, and Quinnan is told by Supt. Chandler to take his sick leave and seek professional counselling.

16. Long Shadows (1)

Air Date: 2001-03-02

When DC Lennox is accused of planting evidence in an armed robbery case, DCI Meadows is determined to charge the suspect's accomplice, Phil Brown. Unfortunately, Brown claims to have been an informant for DS Don Beech, which makes Supt. Chandler determined to drop the case. When an old friend of Meadows' reveals that George Stubbs had previously bribed Chandler's DS at Park Rise, Meadows realises he has some ammunition against Chandler. Meanwhile Sgt. Boyden and PC Hagen help PC Roz Clarke recover her ASP when it is stolen while pursuing a robbery suspect.

17. Long Shadows (2)

Air Date: 2001-03-06

Under pressure from Supt. Chandler and the NCS to release Phil Brown, DCI Meadows convinces Moira Scott to admit to George Stubbs's involvement in the armed robbery as well as drug dealing. DC Kate Spears goes undercover as a cocaine buyer, and with some help from NCS and SO19, they catch Stubbs and his supplier red-handed with the drugs. During his interview, Stubbs makes an allegation of corruption against Supt. Chandler. Before he calls in CIB, DI Cullen convinces Meadows he's only been told half the story.

18. Higher Power

Air Date: 2001-03-09

PC Jim Carver attends to a drug dealer found badly beaten on the Larkmead Estate, but finds himself in a dilemma when a friend Ossie from his AA group confesses to the crime. DS McAllister follows Carver when he tries to convince his friend to turn himself in, and to his horror, Ossie is arrested shortly after. Carver realises that Ossie had suffered an alcoholic blackout at the time, and that the real beating was committed by a rival drug dealer on the Larkmead. Meanwhile, Uniform contend with the BIC gang, a group of youths harassing local shopkeepers.

19. Touched By Evil

Air Date: 2001-03-16

PC Roz Clarke is on attachment to CID, and puts up with the usual teasing from the detectives and her uniform colleagues. She cracks the case she is working on with DC Glaze though, when she realises that a series of break-ins are all one surname in the phone book. When Ch. Insp. Conway and DI Cullen attend a rugby match between the Met and the Army, Conway is abducted when a disgruntled soldier decides to take revenge on those responsible for the abuse he received while at a children's home.

20. The Leopard (1)

Air Date: 2001-03-20

PC Smith and PC Klein attend to Mr Kennedy, whose house and garden shed have been attacked by vandals repeatedly over the past few weeks. When Kennedy threatens to take matters into his own hands, Smith casually comments that he wouldn't blame him if he did. Smith and Klein both apply for new jobs - Smith submits his application to SO19 and Supt. Chandler wants Klein to take the position of partnership officer at the Town Hall. When Kennedy shoots a young boy, and insists that PC Smith told him to do so, Klein reluctantly confirms what was said, and Smith accuses him of grassing him up. After attacking Klein in the corridor, and under investigation by CIB, Smith is suspended from duty.

21. The Leopard (2)

Air Date: 2001-03-23

PC Klein is offered the position of partnership officer, but he is shunned by the relief, who think he grassed Smithy up to get the job. Sgt. Cryer has a funny feeling about Frank Kennedy, and decides to do some digging of his own, and he encourages Smith to do the same. With Klein's help, Smith infiltrates the gang of youths intimidating the local residents, and discovers that the real estate firm Mather & Devine is indeed behind the harassment. Meanwhile, Cryer uncovers the fact that Kennedy was a notorious East End gangster named Ken Franklin who stored weapons for the Kray brothers, and that Kennedy's claim of shooting in self-defence is disproven by the forensic evidence and a statement from the other gang member. Smith is re-instated, Supt. Chandler approves his transfer to SO19, and Klein turns down the partnership officer job.

22. Tolerance (1)

Air Date: 2001-03-27

Sgt. Bob Cryer is approaching his 30th year of service, but some of the senior officers at the station doubt he is still up to the job. Supt. Chandler assigns Cryer the difficult task of resolving a situation where a group of prostitutes are at loggerheads with a local residents group led by Counciller Angela Morris. Cryer suggests a 'zone of tolerance', a non-residential area where the prostitutes can work without upsetting the locals, and manages to convince the girls to give it a try. As Chandler heads off to a charity dinner, a call comes through that the Morris' house has been torched. Meanwhile, PC Smith attends his interview for transfer to SO19 - he is successful, and leaves Sun Hill to join the Armed Response Unit.

23. Tolerance (2)

Air Date: 2001-03-30

When the victim in yesterday's domestic disturbance turns up badly beaten and left for dead, her husband is adamant he had nothing to do with it. Mandy tells Cryer that the woman who was bashed, Cath Evans, was working as a prostitute, and that the Councillor's husband Justin was one of her clients. But Justin in turn, having admitted his deeds to his wife, says that he was seeing Mandy as well, and that on the night of the fire, she turned up late and had blood on her clothes. Meanwhile, Smith arrives at SO19 to find his new friend Julie also made the grade, but on their training course, treats her as the token female. When she beats him on the rifle range it causes friction, and their boss cautions that they have to learn to work as a team.

24. Promised Land

Air Date: 2001-04-03

PC Nick Klein becomes involved when Kosovan refugees housed at a council estate are being harassed and attacked. Later, at a family gathering, Nick's cousin Jerry arrives and is praised by the family for his success. DC Webb investigates a robbery at a clothing factory, and his investigations lead him to Norman Klein, Nick's uncle. The link between the latest robbery and a previous one is revealed to be Jerry Klein who assessed security at both places. When Jerry is found badly beaten, Nick decides he must tell the police about his cousin's possible involvement, which results in DI Cullen catching the gang on their third job.

25. Return of the Hunter

Air Date: 2001-04-06

Sgt. Cryer and PC Hayward attend an incident at a local school where an angry divorcee, Chris Finnessey, is demanding to see his son. When the boy's teacher warns the police of Finnessey's violent reputation and a possible restraining order against him, he grabs a Stanley knife and takes the teacher and Sgt. Cryer hostage. Faced with an armed suspect and two hostages, Supt. Chandler calls in SO19, although the only Trojan unit available is that of the newly-qualified PC Smith and PC Stanley. When Finnessey and his son leave the school building, Chandler gives authorisation to fire. Smith shoots first but to his horror, accidentally hits Cryer. Stanley takes down Finnessey. Cryer survives the shooting, but his career in the police is over.

26. Tour of Duty

Air Date: 2001-04-10

Visiting Bob Cryer in hospital, June Ackland is horrified to find that Cryer doesn't know he has already been replaced at Sun Hill. His replacement is Sgt. Craig Gilmore, transferring from Manchester Police. Gilmore wastes no time in telling the relief that the rumours are true: he is gay. DC Lennox investigates the harassment of a local publican by a gang of youths, but when Gilmore organises a 'beat sweep' of the local estates, they find the publican's daughter is involved with the gang. Her information leads them to an illegal drinking club. After the police raid the club and arrest the gang members, one of them accuses PC Harker of brutality.

27. Lies of Silence

Air Date: 2001-04-13

On temporary assignment to the Serious Crime Group, DC Lennox is surprised to find Liz Rawton is Acting DI at SCG. The body of a young girl, later identified as Hayley Mills, is found in a concrete slab in a cement works. Rawton and Lennox question the new owner of the cement works, Digby Leake, and Rawton tells Lennox off for his aggressive approach to the case. Hayley's ex-boyfriend tells them of a modelling agency which doubled as an escort service where Hayley worked and that Hayley was pregnant, and the owner Leon Walsh is certainly suspiscious, especially when the police find a car of his containing Hayley's blood. Forensics reveals that Hayley died of an ectopic pregnancy, and was not murdered, Leake admits that he was the father and that his assistant Harry Rawlings dumped the body when Hayley died from the complications. Lennox forms a bond with Hayley's friend Karen, who confides to him that Rawlings and Leon are involved in smuggling heroin from Hong Kong, and the pair are

28. Over the Hill

Air Date: 2001-04-17

It's Sgt. Matt Boyden's 40th birthday, and to make matters worse, he has to cancel a date to attend an outward-pursuit weekend with PC Vicky Hagen and a group of wayward teenagers. CID investigate the serious bashing of an elderly man, and their prime suspect is Jason Wyatt who had attacked the same man some months previously. Jason is one of the group with Boyden and Hagen, and his aggressive personality causes several arguments and fights over the weekend. Boyden forms a bond with the boy though, and suspects Jason's abusive father had more to do with the attack. Forensics prove him right, but to Boyden's dismay, Jason faces a manslaughter charge as the injuries he inflicted on the man months ago caused the man to die. Hagen promises Boyden a birthday drink, but the relief have organised a surprise party, so they take a raincheck.

29. Head Over Heels

Air Date: 2001-04-20

Tony Stamp joins a dating agency for professional people, telling them he is an antiques dealer, and as he is living in the section house, gives them Polly Page's address. A CID operation involving forged banknotes goes wrong, and Sgt. Gilmore tells Stamp and Hayward off when they pursue and arrest an armed suspect without backup. When DC Webb and DC Spears investigate a series of robberies, they discover a link to Tony's dating agency, and that Tony's date Lisa invites men to stay at her flat and then arranges for their house to be burgled. CID set up surveillance outside Page's house, and catch the thieves, and Stamp must sadly arrest Lisa.

30. Hitting Home

Air Date: 2001-04-24

The relief have organised a farewell party for Bob Cryer, but it sounds like he's not too keen to go, so Ch. Insp. Conway pays him a visit. The police inquiry clears PC Smith of charges relating to Cryer's shooting, although his probation period is extended. PC Worrell and PC Clarke attend a reported break-in at the house of a hippy couple, who claim a valuable necklace was stolen, and the intruder turns out to be a plumber who still has the key. PC Klein and PC Hayward are called when a strange young woman accuses her neighbour of torturing her elderly mother. When the old woman disappears, it appears she was taken by her son who is wanted for parole violation in Manchester. Cryer turns up for his leaving do at the Bell & Badger, and is in high spirits, though he is angered by Supt. Chandler's speech. Cryer also announces he has brought along a special guest: Dale Smith - he insists he has no hard feelings against Smithy, and that the others should forgive him as well.

31. Value Judgement

Air Date: 2001-04-27

A man matching the description of a local paedophile is seen lurking outside a local school, but when the police visit him, he denies it. Outside the school, PC Reg Hollis sees three men fighting, and one of them bundles a struggling young boy into a car, one of the men in the fight runs but is arrested, and he denies knowing the boy. PC Vicky Hagen pursues in the Area Car, but dents the side when she swerves to avoid a head-on collision. The police investigate the case as an abduction, but the boy's aunt reports that he is safe and well and living with his mother - or as safe as he can be, since his mother is living with local scumbag Shane Weller. The boy Jack's mother tells Sgt. Boyden that the man they have in custody is Murad Gocek, Jack's Turkish father, and that he wants to take the boy back to Turkey with him. When Jack goes missing for real, his aunt tells Boyden that his father is staying in a hostel, and that Weller is on his way there. As the police arrest Weller's thugs, W

32. Collateral Damage

Air Date: 2001-05-01

DS McAllister is surprised to run into her former lover and informant Jamie Ross in a bar, when he returns to Sun Hill after the man who wanted him dead dies of a heart attack. Ross is in a new line of work: organising adventure holidays - but he still has plenty of inside knowledge, and when he and McAllister resume their relationship, he reveals the man responsible for a hit-and-run on a drug dealer and a schoolgirl. To McAllister's horror, she realises that Ross has used her, as he is deeply in debt to Brett Sadler who ordered the drug dealer killed. DI Cullen convinces Ross to help them catch Sadler, but Ross is shot and killed by a sniper.

33. A Week of Nights (1)

Air Date: 2001-05-04

New Area Car driver, PC Des Taviner, makes an instant (but negative) impression on the relief when he starts work on the night shift at Sun Hill, with his overbearing manner and sharp mouth. He clashes with PC Worrell, and demands she be taken off Area Car duty with him, as he says she is ""clueless"". Paired with PC Hollis, Taviner chats up two girls waiting for the night bus and offers them a lift home. DC Glaze makes a breakthrough in a series of brutal rapes on the Jasmine Allen estate, and when residents report a woman screaming on Canley Fields, all Sierra Oscar units race to the scene. Taviner is sympathetic towards the victim, prostitute Lynn Roberts, and vows to ""get the bastard"" responsible.

34. A Week of Nights (2)

Air Date: 2001-05-08

DS McAllister and DC Glaze are certain they've got their man for the Jasmine Allen rapes - Lenworth Lomanu, a convicted rapist who was seen by Klein and Stamp in the vicinity at the same time as Lynn Roberts was attacked. PC Des Taviner is not so sure, and he suspects that the young man he and PC Worrell questioned outside a pharmacy before it was robbed is responsible. As Taviner and Hollis do their own investigation, Lomanu's arrest causes a near riot on the Jasmine Allen, and Sgt. Gilmore is attacked when he returns two housewives to the estate. Taviner gets his man, Conrad James, but his solicitor brother gets him off the hook. Clear evidence that Conrad is dealing drugs on the estate gives the police the opportunity to raid and search his house, and Conrad admits to the rapes as well.

35. Wednesday

Air Date: 2001-05-11

PC Klein and PC Taviner arrest two men fighting in the street. DC Danny Glaze is surprised to see one of the men is his old school friend Lol Redman. He is even more surprised when Redman is charged with racial assault after the other man, Devon Russell, says Redman called him a 'black bastard'. Redman is bailed, Glaze gives him lift and arranges to meet him in the pub later. As Glaze waits, Redman is arrested again outside Russell's house. DS McAllister visits Russell's wife whilst he makes a statement at the station, and she admits that she and Redman had an affair and that her husband is a violent and paranoid man, and that Redman was just concerned with her well-being. Back at the station, Russell claims to have a tape of Redman's verbal abuse, but the tape is inconclusive and Redman is released again, although he admits to Danny he did say those things in the heat of the moment. As Glaze gives him a lift home, Redman is set upon by three men, led by Devon Russell's brother, and be

36. Billy the Kid

Air Date: 2001-05-15

A ten-year-old boy who calls himself 'Billy the Kid' is arrested twice in one day, and when Sgt. Boyden speaks to him, he reveals he wanted to speak to the police without being a grass, and that he is concerned about his sister, Kate, an underage prostitute who is being used by her stepfather in a blackmail scam. DI Jane Edmonds from SCG arrives to investigate the scam. She flirts with Boyden - the two clearly have a previous history together - which stirs up the jealousy of Vicky Hagen. When Billy is hit by a car, he is abducted from St Hughs hospital by Kate and their stepfather Tom Adams, who is behind the blackmail and whom Kate is besotted with. Edmonds is all for arresting Adams when they use one of the previous victims in a sting operation, but Boyden risks letting him go so he will lead them to the missing kids.

37. Still Crazy

Air Date: 2001-05-18

PC Dave Quinnan returns to duty, and is determined to prove to everyone that he's back to normal after his breakdown. Out in a panda car, Quinnan sees a man shot in the head in a van - he calls for assistance, but by the time reinforcements arrive, the victim, the van and the main witness have disappeared. Desperate to prove his sanity, Quinnan pursues the case vigourously, and enlists the help of DC Paul Riley's brother Joe, who asks the wrong people the wrong questions. PC Polly Page is outraged by a practical joke played by PC Taviner, but she and Quinnan get their revenge in a most amusing way.

38. Complicity (1)

Air Date: 2001-05-25

DS Vik Singh goes undercover to a 'car cruise', where he becomes involved with a well-organised car ringing gang led by Kevin North. Meanwhile, DC Mickey Webb tries to cultivate an unofficial 15-year old snout named Tyro Shaw, in the hope that he will grass up his father, Steve Shaw. Singh poses as a car thief, and is soon in with the gang, even gaining a meeting with North's boss - Jennifer Salter. As Webb gets frustrated by Shaw's dead-end leads, Singh pushes the boy too far about his involvement with the gang.

39. Complicity (2)

Air Date: 2001-06-01

Tyro Shaw threatens to blow DS Singh's cover in the car-ringing gang, but is convinced otherwise. Singh seems to have impressed both Kevin North and his boss, Jennifer Salter, who seems quite taken with him. Salter tells Singh the gang is moving on soon, and he realises he must get the evidence in North's office. As Singh enters the office, Webb realises that Tyro Shaw has set them up, and Vik is abducted by North and Salter. Webb convinces Tyro to tell them where Vik was taken, and CID narrowly rescue him from being set alight.

40. Suffer the Little Children

Air Date: 2001-06-08

DI Cullen leads a drugs raid on a warehouse owned by his old nemesis, Terry Barlow, but finds nothing. Cullen is furious with DC Glaze, whose snout tipped them off about drugs on the premises. PC Harker and PC Rickman deal with a domestic case involving an argumentative couple, the Carters, and their baby. Neither case makes any progress until a neighbour reports that Barlow has been to visit the Carters on several occasions. Determined to get one up on CID, Harker puts the pieces together and comes up with a theory that the Carters are putting their baby up for sale on the Guatemalan black market with the help of a doctor at St Hugh's, and Barlow is the broker. Despite warnings from Glaze, Harker presses on and is proven correct when they raid a hotel where the exchange has taken place. Baby Sean is recovered, and the police race to an office building where Jackie Carter is threatening to kill herself.

41. Happy and Glorious (1)

Air Date: 2001-06-15

The Section House is closing, and PC Reg Hollis is not only looking for a new place to live, he is also applying for a transfer to SO14 (the Royal Protection unit). He is about to buy a flat owned by an elderly friend, Doreen Tyler, but she changes her mind at the last minute, so he moves in with Tony Stamp temporarily. Hollis's intuition gives CID an important lead on a planned armed robbery, but his uniformed colleagues conspire to have Nick Klein organise the Section House closing party instead of him. Deciding to skip the party, Hollis goes to visit Doreen, but finds her dead in her flat. With no alibi, Hollis is the prime suspect for her murder, and he is suspended from duty. As Stamp and Klein work to find someone who can verify Hollis's whereabouts, CID discover a woman posing as Mrs Tyler's adopted daughter.

42. Gun Crazy (1)

Air Date: 2001-06-19

A mad gunman is on the loose in Sun Hill. Supt. Chandler takes a personal interest in the case, but when he confides his reasons to a young woman who was threatened by the gunman, he is horrified to find she was a journalist and the story is published in the Sun Hill Gazette. Feeling unappreciated in the job, DCI Meadows considers other options, and attempts to smooth things over with his long-suffering wife, Laura. Meadows teams up with DS McAllister and the two of them strike out on their own, and after a few close calls, arrest their prime suspect - a motor mechanic with a history of firearms offences. As they interview him however, the gunman strikes again...

43. Gun Crazy (2)

Air Date: 2001-06-22

At the stakeout of the prime suspect, Chandler prevaricates, and Meadows has to act quickly when McAllister is in mortal danger.

44. The Jury's Out

Air Date: 2001-06-26

After a minor car accident in the High Street, PC Jim Carver breathalyses an elderly man, but takes sympathy on him and allows him to leave in a taxi. The man turns out to be Hugh Alexander, a High Court judge with a renowned pro-police stance, and Carver finds himself suspected of showing bias, particularly when the other man involved in the accident threatens legal action against the Met. At the trial of a man accused of murdering a PC, PC Worrell feels marginalised as a black officer when she is asked to testify and be a character witness for the dead officer. Ch. Insp. Conway meets with Gary Fablon, and discovers that Fablon is addicted to litigation, and the accident was his fault. Carver, meanwhile, has a chance to redeem himself when Conway hears that Alexander may be drink-driving again that night.

45. Lick of Paint

Air Date: 2001-06-29

A spate of graffiti taggings in Sun Hill sees the police showing zero tolerance to the perpetrators. PC Carver is sympathetic towards an alcoholic teacher at Canley Art College when his classroom and students' work are defaced. Sgt. Boyden asks PC Hagen to move in with him, but she is reluctant, wanting her own space. To her outrage, Boyden moves her belongings to his house as a surprise. Boyden arranges for the council to paint a wall blank to set a trap for the graffitists, catching quite a few in the process. The defacement at the art college turns out to have been committed by the teacher who is jealous that one of his students is sleeping with his ex-girlfriend, life model Moira Sutherland.

46. Temptation

Air Date: 2001-07-03

PC Roz Clarke has been working double shifts all week, and goes behind Sgt. Ackland's back to get some more overtime from Boyden as she is desperately in debt. PC Taviner promises her some time in the Area Car, much to Reg Hollis's annoyance. Taviner and Clarke interview Warren Debdale, a student who was brutally beaten, but he insists he didn't know the perpetrators. His father suspects the boy's friends are involved, but DC Glaze discovers the father is being blackmailed by a drug smuggling gang. Assigned to watch Warren in the hospital, an exhausted and miserable Roz Clarke has a coffee with a nurse and is horrified to find Warren missing when she returns. With DI Cullen and CID holding back from raiding the gang in case they hurt the boy, Clarke spots Warren's friend Karen on the estate and she admits he is staying at her flat. CID sweep in and arrest the gang, and Clarke is off the hook for the moment, although her flatmate threatens to throw her out unless she pays the rent she o

47. Envy

Air Date: 2001-07-06

Clarke helps Taviner track down stolen diggers and crime families while moonlighting in telesales to pay off her debts.

48. Greed

Air Date: 2001-07-10

A distraught PC Roz Clarke fails her probation exams, and goes AWOL instead of returning to the station. A gang of thieves on rollerblades are rampant in Sun Hill, and their mobility makes it very difficult for the police to catch them. PC Taviner arrests a girl, Jackie Burns, at a skate park, but she insists she was just watching the skaters. As the skate gang gets more violent, animosity between PC Worrell and Clarke also grows more fierce, and the two come to blows in the corridor. A tearful Clarke admits her debt problem to Taviner. Scrutinising CCTV footage reveals Jackie's involvment with the gang - she phones them when a potential victim withdraws money from an ATM. Clarke returns home to find the bad news that her telesales commission has fallen through and her flatmate Caitlin wants her out.

49. Redemption

Air Date: 2001-07-13

PC Roz Clarke unsuccessfully applies for a police loan. PC Des Taviner buys her a pushbike and suggests she sell her scooter, but Roz is far from impressed. PCs Carver and Rickman find a young boy, Gavin Billson, overdosed on drugs, and CID investigate some of the local dealers. When it turns out Gavin overdosed on diamorphine, and after several dead ends, suspiscion falls on Dr Stuart Bremnar, a doctor at St Hugh's, who is also the boyfriend of Roz Clarke's friend Ruth. A review of the hospital's CCTV footage reveals Ruth herself sneaking into a storeroom, and Roz is forced to arrest her best friend.

50. The Dark Side

Air Date: 2001-07-17

PC Ben Hayward breaks down when telling primary school pupils about the death of his sister during an anti-drugs talk. Sgt. Gilmore is not happy, but the teacher thinks Hayward's sensitivity will help the students get the message, and may also help them trust Hayward enough to report a bully. An old friend of his sister's works at the school, and she asks him out, although when he meets her at a gallery opening, Hayward thinks her friends are dealing drugs. PC Klein and Hayward find the bully, who goes by the nickname ""Red"", and has been using two fierce dogs to steal money and mobile phones from schoolkids. They trace the dogs to the flat of drug-addicted prostitute Stacy Dodds, and a subsequent search of her flat uncovers a large stash of heroin. Stacy insists her pimp forced her to deal drugs and have sex with Red, and instead of having the dogs picked up, Hayward and Klein search the pimp's boat, finding more heroin. The pair argue: Klein wants to set up an obbo to catch the pimp r

51. Angel Rooms

Air Date: 2001-07-20

PC Hayward and PC Klein arrange to get their stories straight over the missing bag of heroin. Roz Clarke ends up sleeping with 'Phil the Pill', and is surprised when he turns up at Sun Hill the next day as DC Phil Raven from the Drug Squad. Raven and CID arrest Benji Pullinger for intent to supply, but inevitably the missing bag is mentioned in the interview. Station gossip starts to point towards Klein, and Hayward confesses to Sgt. Gilmore what really happened. While out at a nightclub with his new girlfriend, Fiona, Hayward is sure he sees DC Raven selling drugs, and discovers that Raven and Fiona are previous acquaintences. With Klein's help, Hayward tries to set up a sting to catch Raven - he offers to sell him the missing heroin. They meet in a car park, and Hayward (carrying a bag full of baking soda) is surprised when the tables are turned and Raven arrests him.

52. Paint It Black

Air Date: 2001-07-24

Klein's doubts about an unstable Hayward seem to be justified when his friend puts his life in the hands of Raven - an undercover cop with unconventional methods...

53. Eye of the Lens

Air Date: 2001-07-31

Supt. Chandler assigns DC Kate Spears to a project involving CCTV cameras in the Sun Hill area. Much to Sgt Ackland's annoyance, she takes PC Jim Carver with her, and they have words. Spears tells Ackland to take it up with Chandler. But word is getting around that Spears gets special treatment from the boss. When a number of cameras are damaged, two youths who have threatened one of the operators, Pat Spencer, are suspected, but the culprit turns out to be Robert Slade, who the youths call ""weird"". Then Spears discovers Robert lives in community care and thinks the cameras are spying on him. Robert spends a lot of his time in an internet café and tells Hollis about his homepage, where Hollis sees a picture Robert has taken of a shopping centre security guard, Tony Malone. He is being given an envelope by known robber Roger Franklin, who has just finished doing time. Cullen assigns DS Singh and Kate Spears to find out how all these disparate players are involved. Then Pat Spencer is at

54. Another Country

Air Date: 2001-08-03

While on foot patrol on the Jasmine Allen estate, PC Jim Carver contends with an elderly man, Ronnie Atkins, who wants to deal with the local youths ""his way"". When Atkins' best friend, Len Harrap, is found having fallen from the top of the building, Carver suspects foul play and investigates further. Harrap's GP tells him that Len was recently suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and that he had served with British forces during the Korean War. When a man matching the description of the association secretary, Charles Barratt, is reported to have left Len's flat, Atkins realises what has happened. Barratt was a corporal in their platoon during the war, and had forced Len at gunpoint to murder surrendered Chinese soldiers. When Len's daughter put his name up for the reunion, Barratt realised this was his chance to get rid of the photographic evidence of his war crime. Carver admits it will be difficult to get the CPS to prosecute Barratt, especially now the photographs are mis

55. Britanniamania: Going Underground

Air Date: 2001-08-07

When an undercover officer from the Met's Football Intelligence Unit (FIU) is found stabbed after a football game, Supt. Chandler and Ch. Insp. Morys from FIU send a Sun Hill team to infiltrate Britannia, the hooligan gang responsible, and investigate their leader, a former police sergeant named Julian ""The Nap"" Napper. DC Mickey Webb goes undercover as builder Mickey Malone with support from DS McAllister as his girlfriend and DC Riley and PC Quinnan as his workmates. Webb successfully makes contact with gang member Gary Hughes, and meets Napper when the gang travel 'up north' for a game.

56. Britanniamania: To Us and Ours

Air Date: 2001-08-10

DC Mickey Webb is close to infiltrating the Britannia gang, despite the suspiscions of some of its members - suspiscions which fire up when DS Debbie McAllister, posing as his girlfriend, turns up to a gang meeting overdressed and wearing Givenchy perfume. Julian Napper smells a rat and follows McAllister as she desperately tries to find a hospital to keep her cover as a nurse intact. Napper catches up with her and accuses her of being an undercover reporter - with her cover blown, McAllister returns to Sun Hill. Supt. Chandler blasts her for her stupidity, and forces her to take notes as they hear Webb taking a severe beating from Napper's thugs over his mobile phone. As DCI Meadows races to save Webb, Napper stops the beating and welcomes ""Mickey Malone"" as a full-fledged member of Britannia.

57. Britanniamania: To Us and Ours

Air Date: 2001-08-12

58. Britanniamania: Stand By Me

Air Date: 2001-08-17

A series of dawn raids captures most of the Britannia gang, but Julian Napper and Gary Hughes are still at large. With Napper on the loose, Supt. Chandler and DCI Meadows insist DC Webb go into hiding, but he refuses to be intimidated, even when DC Lennox's wife's car goes up in flames. Webb convinces Gary Hughes to tell him where ""The Nap"" is, but Napper still manages to stay one step ahead of the police every time. Chander and Ch. Insp. Morys begin to suspect that Webb is the one informing Napper of their movements, but DC Riley and PC Quinnan's investigations turn up the FIU's DS John Curtis as Napper's brother-in-law and the informant. Webb races to Napper's hideout, but is too late to save Hughes from being stabbed by Napper.

59. Beech on the Run

Air Date: 2001-08-19

Don Beech turns up in Sydney, Australia, and almost immediately hooks up with Frankie Nguyen, a Vietnamese-Australian woman with contacts in Sydney's criminal underworld. Together, she and Beech engage in a ruthless crime spree and are soon wanted by the New South Wales Police, the Australian Federal Police, a rival Vietnamese gang and a ruthless and determined DI Claire Stanton, who has arrived to arrest Beech and extradite him to Britain for the murder of DS Boulton six months earlier. The chase comes to a head at a Sydney dock, and as Beech tries to make a getaway in his new boat, Stanton fires a shotgun after him, blowing up the boat and leaving Beech missing, presumed dead.

60. Episode 60

Air Date: 2001-08-19

61. Come Live With Me

Air Date: 2001-09-18

PC Cass Rickman's lover Leroy Jones asks her to move to South Africa with him. As PC Sam Harker becomes involved in the NCS investigation, he warns Rickman about Leroy's suspected connection with heroin smuggling and a triple-homicide, but she doesn't believe him until she confronts Leroy. With the help of Nina, a woman he met in the hotel lobby, Harker keeps tabs on Leroy's movements until the NCS and CID make their move and raid a nightclub owned by one of Leroy's associates, Jen Resenbrink. A search of the furniture by Customs reveals no drugs as suspected, so Leroy is released. As he angrily heads off to the airport, leaving behind a distraught Cass Rickman, his fingerprints are found on a gun used to murder an undercover NCS officer.

62. In Another Life

Air Date: 2001-09-21

PC Sam Harker tells DI Cullen that he knows Leroy Jones didn't kill DS Hanbury, but they still use the charge as leverage to convince Leroy to help them catch Jen Resenbrink, the drugs importer. PC Rickman attends a possibly racially-motivated attack on Didi Marr, the boy who was found with heroin on the Bronte Estate. His attacker is Nicky Gable, and the racism element of the case becomes unlikely when it is revealed that Gable is in mourning for his mixed-race brother. Harker arranges with Leroy to escape, and offers to clear him of the murder charge on the condition that he end his relationship with Cass Rickman. With Leroy's help, Cullen and Pennington arrest Resenbrink, but he is freed on bail. When Resenbrink arrives at Sun Hill to sign his bail, Gable appears and guns him down in the car park. Gable says he killed Resenbrink because Leroy Jones told him that Resenbrink had his brother killed. Leroy is arrested again, and Rickman visits him and tells him it's over between them fo

63. Crush

Air Date: 2001-09-25

A gang of masked girls armed with baseball bats run riot at a wedding, but escape with the presents before PC Taviner and PC Hollis can catch them. The gang have been causing headaches for Sun Hill for weeks, and although she is not involved in the case, Supt. Chandler sends DC Kate Spears to visit the local schools, ostensibly to encourage students to join the Met's Volunteer Cadet Corps, but secretly to obtain information on the gang and its members. The gang's violence intensifies and the bride's sister, Debbie Pike, is found badly beaten after an altercation with a mother and her baby on the high street. As rumours about her and Supt. Chandler fly around the station, Kate Spears pushes an eager schoolboy informant too far, and he too is found bashed. When he regains consciousness, he tells Spears that Debbie is a gang member. Debbie admits she arranged for the gang to attack the wedding as she was in love with the groom, and Spears finds herself in grave danger when she confronts t

64. Liquid City

Air Date: 2001-09-28

While at a police function on the Thames with Supt. Chandler and DC Spears, DI Cullen spots a man climbing through the window of a riverside house. Cullen calls Sun Hill, but the rather inept team of Hollis and Taviner fails to capture the intruder. Embarrassed by the spectacle, Chandler assigns Spears to work on Sun Hill's burglery statistics, and she finds a link between a number of other break-ins. Chandler is furious when Cullen hires a criminal profiler, Roy Stenning, but his information gets CID close to a likely suspect. Rumours about the relationship between Spears and Chandler are rife thoughout the station, and Spears is not popular with her colleagues, who accuse her of sleeping her way to the top. When Reg Hollis is caught by Chandler for unauthorised use of the PNC, Des Taviner threatens to reveal a secret from their past at Hendon, but finds his own use of the PNC under scrutiny. Chandler and Spears meet for dinner, but Chandler is hesitant to move too fast. The intruder

65. A Pound of Flesh

Air Date: 2001-10-02

Boyden finds himself paying crooks in order to clear his daughter's debts.

66. Home Run

Air Date: 2001-10-05

Boyden puts his job and his love life on the line when his daughter disappears.

67. Debt of Love

Air Date: 2001-10-09

Amy's money worries are still causing concern for Boyden and her debts put them both in danger after he tries to rescue her from the drug dealers who've kidnapped her and he's not the only one who's worried, as Stamp and Page unwittingly become embroiled in her problems.

68. Blood and Money

Air Date: 2001-10-12

Sergeant June Ackland is visiting Sergeant Matthew Boyden at home to discuss his missing daughter Amy. Ackland reassures him and offers to help with his grand-daughter, Sophie. Later, his on-off girlfriend PC Vicky Hagen arrives but their encounter is frosty; Boyden still hasn't forgiven her for shopping Amy. With no formal police co-operation, Boyden sets out to find his daughter himself. At Sun Hill, police informant Tyne tells DS Vik Singh that Amy is a drugs courier for moneylender Ashley Mullen and a serious user. Despite Amy's involvement, DI Alex Cullen agrees to a covert operation at the next drop. Boyden is kept in the dark. Meanwhile, Boyden manages to trace Amy who claims to be in great danger and begs him to look after Sophie until she has sorted things out. As Boyden lets her go, Hagen rings to alert him about CID's plans.

69. Hidden Agenda

Air Date: 2001-10-16

As they enter Sun Hill, PC Vicky Hagen suggests to Matthew Boyden that a short holiday might save their rocky relationship but he is adamant - it's over. Later, they are both part of a team watching the home of the Padfield brothers who are suspected transvestite bashers. The police move in and as Boyden restrains one of the brothers he begins to caution him but does not complete it. Back at Sun Hill, PC Polly Page finds Hagen crying in the locker room. She reveals that despite sleeping with Boyden last night their relationship now appears doomed. Page suggests she moves out for a while. When a witness to one of the assaults identifies the Padfields, CID are confident of getting a result. However, Padfield complains that he wasn't formally cautioned. Despite Boyden's insistence that he was, DCI Jack Meadows demands confirmation from his nearest colleague at the raid. Horrified, Boyden realises it was Hagen. Despite the urgings of Boyden, Meadows and Conway, Hagen refuses to vouch for B

70. Lifelines

Air Date: 2001-10-19

In the station locker room, PC Roz Clarke tells PC Cass Rickman that she's got tickets for a hot club. As they laugh, Vicky Hagen enters and the room goes silent. Hagen demands to know what they are saying about her and Sergeant Boyden. She haughtily boasts that she might try Superintendent Chandler next time. Hagen joins PC Tony Stamp in the area car but is unimpressed by his lack of speed. They attend the mugging of a pensioner Archie Dodds who has had his wallet taken by a young kid. When the mugger is spotted assaulting another pensioner, Stamp and Hagen set off in pursuit. However he escapes when Stamp stops to help the victim. Hagen sarcastically dubs him 'Florence Nightingale'. That evening Hagen turns up, uninvited, at the girls' night out and quickly picks up Rob Seaton, but her amorous advances have catastrophic consequences.

71. Sacrifice

Air Date: 2001-10-26

As the dead body of her one-night-stand, Rob Seaton, is carried out of Polly Page's flat, PC Vicky Hagen is taken into Sun Hill by CID for a taped interview. She is cleared of any involvement, as Rob's death was clearly a suicide, but she is determined to find out what drove Rob to kill himself. Off-duty, Hagen does some investigating, and discovers his real name, Rob Seaton, and that he had recently served a prison term for rape. PC Jim Carver arrests the violent husband of Yvonne Worth when he attacks a police officer, and when Seaton's mother sees Yvonne at the station, she recognises her as the woman who accused her son of rape. As Hagen and DC Glaze put the pieces together, and Yvonne finally confides in her, Hagen is the subject of a cruel prank. PC Taviner steals the tape of her interview, and plays the intimate details over the station's PA system. Supt. Chandler and the visiting Borough Commander are furious. While out in the area car with Taviner, Hagen drives off when Tavine

72. White Cliffs of Dover

Air Date: 2001-11-02

Jack Meadows faces an old enemy, while a beautiful woman makes him an offer that is too good to be true.

73. The Value of Nothing

Air Date: 2001-11-09

DC Duncan Lennox is on a week's secondment to Scotland Yard's Art and Antiques Squad. Investigating a young woman, Tessa Gannon, who tried to sell a forged painting to a gallery, Lennox finds a receipt from a gallery owned by an art dealer named Ivor Gregory, who has form for deception. Lennox befriends an artist named Richard Townes, who charges into Gregory's gallery as Lennox peruses the paintings. In the hope of getting a closer look at one of the paintings, Lennox arranges for his wife Shona to buy one of them. He gets it verfied, and is disappointed when it is an original. Shona insists on keeping it, but sends it back to the gallery to be re-framed. When the painting is returned, Lennox realises Gregory has swapped it for a fake, and it's the work of Richard Townes, but to his horror, Shona returns the painting to Gregory before the squad can arrest him. Tessa Gannon admits she had a painting copied by Townes, but she too is in possession of a fake. Gregory is arrested, and Lenn

74. Money Man

Air Date: 2001-11-16

An escape bid turns into a hostage situation as DC Danny Glaze goes undercover in prison.

75. Beyond the Call

Air Date: 2001-11-20

Kate Spears is sent undercover to catch the murderer of McAllister's lover, but does McAllister push her too far?

76. Night Games

Air Date: 2001-11-23

Sun Hill is eagerly preparing for the final of the 'Ask A Policeman' quiz but when Sergeant Ackland lets them down at the last minute, Inspector Andrew Monroe replaces her with the unpopular Kate Spears. Meanwhile familiar face DI Liz Rawton arrives at the station. She is heading up an operation which is trying to catch a dangerous rapist, most of whose victims have been prostitutes. She plans to be based at Sun Hill. The quiz is in full flow with Tony Blackburn at the helm but Sun Hill is losing until Spears saves the day and they win a weekend away. Only Monroe congratulates her. The next day Spears asks to be part of Rawton's team but her request is denied and she is forced to join the others at a grand hotel where they are greeted by hotel reps Tommy and Fay. Later, both PCs Cass Rickman and Roz Clarke take a shine to local DS Pete Cork but he only has eyes for a certain DC. By bribing Tommy, Cork ensures that his blind date for the salsa evening is Spears.

77. Aftershock

Air Date: 2001-11-27

A traumatized Spears' attempts to escape the horrific events of the weekend are hindered by the surprise re-appearance of her tormentor. Once she is sure that would-be rapist DS Peter Cork has gone, a shaken DC Kate Spears hesitantly emerges from her hotel bathroom. Spotting her dishevelled appearance she tidies up herself and the room. Downstairs Cork arrives and asks hotel rep Fay to dance. They are watched by a jealous Tommy who tells PC Nick Klein that Fay has dumped him. At breakfast the next morning, Inspector Andrew Monroe notices uniformed police arrive at the hotel. He introduces himself to DS Greg Georgiou. As the others speculate, he returns to tell them that Fay has been found dead and Tommy is missing. Horrified, Spears runs to the Ladies and is sick. After being questioned by the local police the team return to Sun Hill. Spears' relief at being seconded to work with DI Liz Rawton on the serial rapist case soon turns to despair when she is introduced to case profiler DS Co

78. Compulsion

Air Date: 2001-11-30

DI Liz Rawton addresses her team and puts forward the theory that rape victim Terri's death was not suicide but murder. Whilst Pete Cork and DS Vik Singh voice doubts, Spears supports Rawton. Afterwards, when Cork tries to talk to Spears, she accuses him of nearly raping her but he scoffs that no one would ever believe her. Spears returns to the riverside where Terri's body was found and makes a major break-through when a passer-by, Mr Bindman, reveals that his wife saw Terri's body being dumped. He promises to get his wife to call her. Later, Spears decides to keep an eye on Cork and follows him to a pub where he meets up with an old mate, DI Collins. Spears remains outside whilst inside Collins and Cork talk cryptically about the case. On her return, Spears spots a man lurking outside her flat and blasts him with CS Spray. He turns out to be her friend Eddie who works for the Thames Valley police. Her feminine charms persuade him to get information on Cork. Unfortunately, Spears is a

79. Shout

Air Date: 2001-12-04

DI Liz Rawton and DS Peter Cork are visiting the scene of the latest attack. Cork is doubtful that the perpetrator is 'their' rapist as there's no bag over the victim's head and her hands haven't been tied. Meanwhile DC Kate Spears is fruitlessly searching for her missing friend Eddie; she fears for his safety when Cork hands in Eddie's phone, claiming to have found it. As DS Vik Singh propounds to Cork and Rawton that their prey might be getting bolder, Rawton opens a package containing torn knickers and a rose petal. Horrified, she explains she received the same from an old boyfriend a couple of years ago who later committed suicide. Cork is aware of this and suggests the rapist is baiting them. He proposes they set a trap. Along with PCs Roz Clarke and Polly Page, Spears volunteers to pose as a prostitute in a local park hoping to attract the rapist. However, it is Spears who is dangerously exposed when Cork, who is supposed to be guarding her, is nowhere to be seen.

80. Judas Kiss

Air Date: 2001-12-07

DC Spears's hunch is proved correct when the truth about the rapes turns out to be more terrifying than anyone imagined.

81. Slash and Burn

Air Date: 2001-12-11

Terrified, DC Kate Spears hides as Ferdinand crouches over DS Cork's motionless body and removes his car keys. When Spears calls on her mobile for back-up, Ferdinand hears and starts to approach her. Suddenly PCs Cass Rickman and Des Taviner appear and Ferdinand makes a run for it, escaping in Cork's car. Barely alive, Cork is rushed to hospital. DI Liz Rawton invites a traumatised Spears to stay at her place. That night she is awoken by the sound of DI Collins attacking Rawton. Overpowered, he is brought to Sun Hill where he refuses to talk but is rattled to hear that Cork is not dead. Ferdinand proves evasive despite evidence that he has been in Spears' flat the night before. His house is located and when searched a bag is found containing money and Ferdinand's passport but Rawton believes it is a decoy. In the garden Spears finds a box in the pond as Rawton takes a call telling her that Cork has died. In the box they find cash, drugs, diamonds and a passport with a false name. Knowi

86. Deadly Encounter

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89. For Better, For Worse

Air Date: 2001-12-14

Polly Page is up against it when the wife of a murderous ex-con goes missing.

90. Special Attention (1)

Air Date: 2001-12-18

PCs Des Taviner and Reg Hollis are 'volunteered' to look after new recruit Terry Knowles. Taviner is unimpressed and tells Knowles to do only as he's told. Meanwhile DS Vik Singh and DC Paul Riley are visiting the Mahmoods whose house has been vandalised. Mrs Mahmood and Rikki claim their neighbours, the Halston family, are racists and imply they caused the damage particularly as Janice Halston worked for them at their launderette until recently when she was sacked for stealing. CID visit Janice who says she can hardly be racist when her baby is the son of her black lover and denies any responsibility. Out on the beat Knowles is desperate to prove himself and wants to attend when he hears that the Mahmoods' launderette has been smashed up but Taviner tells him to wait. Later, Taviner insists they ignore another call requesting further help for the Mahmoods. Back at the station Sergeant Craig Gilmore warns Knowles that he only needs to impress the Sergeants, not his colleagues and he ca

91. Lure of the Sirens (2)

Air Date: 2001-12-20

An angry PC Des Taviner, who is the Area Car Driver, has been allocated to CAD duty by Sergeant Craig Gilmore who is determined to rein in the maverick copper. As they leave the station, PC Tony Stamp is amused by Taviner's predicament but Terry Knowles is sympathetic. The team are called to a disturbance at the Peters'. John Peters is trying to get into his estranged wife's house. He wants to take his sons to a football match but his wife won't allow it. Knowles makes his feelings clear about absent fathers but PC Reg Hollis reprimands him. Mr Peters leaves sadly with Stamp sympathising with his plight while Knowles is dismissive. Back in the car they receive a call to youths damaging cars. At the scene Knowles and Hollis recognise Josh, a young lad who is infatuated with Taviner. He denies doing the damage and gives a description of two boys. Josh asks after his hero but on learning that Taviner has gone home sick, Stamp is scornful but Knowles retaliates. The situation hots up when

92. The Risk Factor (3)

Air Date: 2001-12-21

PCs Jim Carver and Des Taviner are following PC Polly Page and Terry Knowles into a flat where they find terrified tenant Billy Martin. Outside they chase two masked men but lose them. As they return, Taviner is water bombed by kids, much to his colleagues' amusement. Later, Page and Knowles spot a man hanging around a local school. Knowles gives chase but loses him. Using the computer Page identifies him as Dave Scoby, a registered sex offender. Knowles notices his address and is concerned as he lives near his sister and her daughters. Page makes it clear that no matter what his concerns are he is not allowed to tell them. Knowles struggles to keep this information to himself but unwisely confides in his mate Taviner. However, when Knowles' sister does find out, the finger of suspicion points firmly at her brother as the 'grass'.

1. Out Of A Clear Blue Sky

Air Date: 2003-01-01

DS Phil Hunter's devious ways are catching up with him - DCI Meadows and Supt Okaro execute raids on known fences in the area before Hunter has time to warn Ron Gregory, the local crime boss who pays him off. Hunter's attractive, long-suffering wife attracts Gregory's attention, and instead of the payback he was expecting, Hunter has to deal with an unusual request to keep his head off the chopping block. An alibi from a prostitute takes Simon Kitson out of suspicion as the serial killer, leaving Acting DI Samantha Nixon to follow some of her theories. When DC Lennox can't get anything further out of Simon's sister Pat, Samantha takes over, and is surprised by what she discovers. But is her curiosity leading her into a dangerous situation? Luke Ashton is persuaded to celebrate his ""last night of freedom"" and Craig Gilmore reluctantly joins the boys for a drink, while Robbie, Gina and Gemma surprise Kerry at home - booze in hand and ready for fun. Sgt Boyden's plans to leave Luke trouse

2. A Match Made In Hell

Air Date: 2003-01-02

DI Samantha Nixon is on the trail of the serial killer and on the phone to DC Duncan Lennox when it goes dead. Duncan traces the call, but he and PC Taviner arrive to find only Cass Rickman's neck chain, and Samantha's phone - and her last call was from Pat Kitson... It's Kerry and Luke's wedding day and Inspector Gina Gold is not happy to find the groom in bed with Craig Gilmore. Both Gina and Gilmore want Luke to tell Kerry, but for very different reasons, so with a reception venue in doubt, Gold tries to convince Kerry to postpone the wedding. DS Phil Hunter is in deep, as crime boss Ron Gregory wants to sleep with Hunter's wife and Phil has no way out. What will he do now that the tables have been turned on his philandering ways? Lennox and DC Mickey Webb break into Kitson's house, but find nothing. While from the attic of the house next door, Kitson taunts a bound and blindfolded Nixon as she watches them drive away. Nixon fishes for information, and when prodded by Pat, talks abo

3. Bad Taste

Air Date: 2003-01-08

Glaze becomes involved in the case of a paedophile priest who is taking refuge at a local church, which is being besieged by local parishioners. Best is called to a domestic at his sister Karen's house. Hunter finds himself in a trap when he is forced to prostitute his wife to a local gangster. [Source: Radio Times]

4. A Smart Bomb

Air Date: 2003-01-09

Being in the pay of crime boss Ron Gregory is not paying off for DS Phil Hunter. Not only is his wife Cindy caught up in Gregory's dirty tricks, but DCI Meadows and Supt Okaro are onto him as well, and decide to use him to bring Gregory down. Supt. Okaro clashes with the Borough Commander, Jane Fitzwilliam over how to solve the drug problem, and his old friend David Ackroyd's information about Gregory's plans to flood the streets with cheap heroin, costs him his life. Sister Sarah Donohue, the nun who runs the local community centre, and who was also friends with David, is so upset by his death that DC Danny Glaze gives her a more than sympathetic kiss. With the Supt's crackdown on burglaries, ATM robberies are on the increase and Cindy Hunter is mugged. Seeing her lying bashed in a hospital bed, Phil Hunter takes new interest in the robberies, and he and Webb and McAllister set up an operation to catch the culprits. Hunter's fury overtakes him and Webb has to stop him using a baseball

5. Method To The Madness

Air Date: 2003-01-15

Supt. Adam Okaro issues an order that drug users are not to be arrested by his officers - instead Sun Hill will target the dealers. PC Cathy Bradford is furious at this change in policy when the junkie who stabbed her with a hyperdermic needle walks free. Meanwhile DS Phil Hunter is given a tip off about a 20k drug deal about to take place in Sun Hill. Villain Ron Gregory has a plan. He wants Phil and his fellow officers to intercept this deal so the patch stays clear for Ron's own dealing. But Phil's already on thin ice with his superiors. Will Phil ever get Ron Gregory off his back? PCs Ruby Buxton and Nick Klein are called to a violent domestic in a smart area of town, they are quick to arrest the husband for assault. But is it as simple as it at first appears? DC Danny Glaze is eager to talk to Sister Sarah Donohue after the pair's kiss the previous night, but the nun is in no mood to talk, particularly when her the community centre she runs is in danger of being closed by Ron Greg

6. Controversial Approach

Air Date: 2003-01-16

Supt Adam Okaro's rumoured controversial approach to drug policy draws the media like flies, so Borough Commander Jane Fitzwilliam calls a press conference to make him toe the company line. PC Cathy Bradford has come to rely on her partner DC Brandon Kane's support, so when her HIV status is revealed, will she tell him the truth? If she plays on his sympathy, she may get him to bed. Suspecting him of having an affair with DS Debbie McAllister, DCI Jack Meadow's wife Laura arrives at the station to give him his marching orders. But even after McAllister explains to her there is nothing going on, Jack decides he's had enough and leaves home anyway. A small boy dies in a drive-by shooting in his neighbourhood, and Supt Okaro decides to walk to his press conference to give himself time to think. Will the press, the police and the community be ready for what he has to say?

7. Hard Liquor

Air Date: 2003-01-22

Supt. Adam Okaro makes a shock decision to resign after he is forced to toe the line on the drugs issue by the Borough Commander. PC Des Taviner suspects a judge is corrupt when the absence of a key witness sees a court case collapse. PC Cathy Bradford is delighted after spending the night with TDC Brandon Kane, but Kane is indifferent. When an old school friend of PC Ruby Buxton disappears after being robbed, Buxton finds her friend's mother is defensive about her daughter's whereabouts. When the bank mistakenly credits his account, will DC Ken Drummond take the money and run, or notify them of their mistake?

8. Cross Transfer

Air Date: 2003-01-23

PC Des Taviner is eager to investigate Judge Sinclair, who he suspects is corrupt. DCI Meadows, a friend of the judge, insists he drop it, but asks DC Mickey Webb to keep an eye on the case. Insp. Gold overhears Taviner and Meadows, and encourages Taviner to investigate in secret. TDC Brandon Kane urges PC Cathy Bradford to reveal that she is HIV positive, but Bradford is reluctant as she thinks it could ruin her chances of joining CID. A clairvoyant's glimpse of the future encourages Sgt. June Ackland to reconsider the nature of her relationship with PC Jim Carver.

9. Crackdown

Air Date: 2003-01-29

PC Des Taviner is transferred to CSU, and unsettles the team with his methods and aggressive attitude. Sgt. June Ackland worries about her marriage proposal to PC Jim Carver, and DCI Jack Meadows makes his feelings for DS Debbie McAllister. Roberta Cryer questions an evasive PC Cathy Bradford about her medication - a question Bradford is ill-prepared to answer. DS Phil Hunter is also caught on the wrong foot when DC Mickey Webb's investigation into a corrupt judge could land him in hot water. Attending a domestic at a local house, PC Luke Ashton discovers a love triangle that is not all it appears to be.

10. Thinking Out Loud

Air Date: 2003-01-30

The seemingly random drive-by shooting of a young girl at a local bank seems more deliberate when her father is discovered to be an accountant for some local thugs. FDO Roberta Cryer is suspicious about PC Cathy Bradford's HIV lie after Bradford is berated by DS Phil Hunter for putting others at risk. PC Nick Klein attends Simon Kitson's memorial service, but lets his emotions get the better of him when he encounters Pat Kitson there. PC Kerry Young investigates reports of a flasher, and encounters the mysterious but charming new Aussie PC, Cameron Tait.

11. Dropout Factory

Air Date: 2003-02-04

PC Luke Ashton is shocked to discover that his wife, PC Kerry Young, is pregnant. DC Danny Glaze sees a way to get enough evidence to arrest a teenage burglar when a young man is attacked by two thugs, although his informant may be at risk. DCI Jack Meadows is furious when DS McAllister is dropped off at work by a handsome young man. Sun Hill station holds an Open Day, and DC Eva Sharpe invites her family along, but after a row, her daughter Joanna goes missing.

12. Without A Trace

Air Date: 2003-02-05

A massive search is underway for DC Eva Sharpe's missing eight-year-old daughter, Joanna. As a police officer, Eva is only too aware how serious the situation is, especially when a press conference is called. PC Reg Hollis is suspicious of a couple he questions during enquiries. Joe Kincaid joins the search, and Sgt. Craig Gilmore notices the attraction between Kincaid and PC Luke Ashton. PC Ruby Buxton discovers a vital clue to Joanna's disappearance at a local corner shop.

13. The Cat With Nine Lives

Air Date: 2003-02-06

An assault on a prison officer may not be the straightforward mugging it appears to be. PC Jim Carver moves in with the Sharpes as their Family Liaison Officer, hoping to glean some vital information on Joanna's disappearance. PC Kerry Young suspects her husband is having an affair, and notices something going on when Ashton visits his sergeant in hospital after Gilmore is attacked while guarding a witness. PC Des Taviner ignores what could be an important clue in the Joanna Sharpe investigation, as he thinks it comes from an unreliable source. When the police get word there may be a paedophile ring operating in Sun Hill, they are determined to keep this news from Joanna's distraught parents.

14. False Pride

Air Date: 2003-02-12

Despite the objections of her colleagues, DC Eva Sharpe returns to work, escorted by new Sergeant Sheelagh Murphy. Eva's colleagues, and a special unit from Scotland Yard, do their best to investigate a possible paedophile ring without alarming Eva and her husband. PC Jim Carver finds the pressure of being the Sharpes' Family Liaison Officer too much, and finds himself tempted to have a drink, but Sgt. June Ackland is on hand to show him just how much she cares about him. DCI Jack Meadows is convinced his old friend Judge Sinclair is a paedophile, and despite DC Mickey Webb's objections to keep the investigation official and above board, Meadows confronts Sinclair on his own terms.

15. Under Pressure

Air Date: 2003-02-13

Supt. Adam Okaro is under pressure from the Borough Commander to get rid of DCI Jack Meadows after Meadow's confrontation with Judge Howard Sinclair. DC Eva Sharpe is furious when she discovers that her colleagues have kept the paedophile investigation from her, but when a child is found dead, there are fears it could be Eva's daughter Joanna. DC Sharpe and Sgt. Murphy investigate a pizza delivery man's missing moped. With his career on the line, DCI Meadows turns to Sgt. June Ackland to convince a reluctant witness to make a statement against Judge Sinclair.

16. The Darkest Hour

Air Date: 2003-02-26

CID's investigation into the paedophile ring continues to throw up unanswered questions. Meadows realises that he is sailing very close to the wind whilst trying to link Howard Sinclair over his involvement with the ring. Fitzwilliam begins to get very iffy about Meadows' actions and warns Okaro he could face disciplinary action if he fails to deal with him. Sharpe is relieved when the young child's body is revealed not to be Joanna, but is frightened that she may have come to harm. Hunter is disturbed to find his criminal contacts are being linked with the abduction inquiry, while Stamp and Best are called out to a burglary at a luxury flat and discover a little more than they initially bargained for.

17. Fraught With Danger

Air Date: 2003-02-27

It's the day of reckoning for CID when they finally get suspected paedophile Clive Inverdale into court, but the situation goes from bad to worse when the court is stormed by a masked man with a gun, and Inverdale is shot dead. To make matters worse, Meadows' prime suspect, Ron Gregory, has an alibi in the form of none other than Hunter. With Sinclair also out of the picture, the investigation looks to be heading nowhere. Meanwhile, Osbourne and Hollis investigate several cases of stolen masonry, including one where the owner was brutally attacked during the robbery. A search of a derelict building for the stolen goods yields much more than expected when Joanna Sharpe is found alive.

18. Found

Air Date: 2003-03-05

DC Eva Sharpe is relieved when her daughter is found alive, although what ordeal she has been through remains unknown. The paedophile investigation into the charity ""Global Families"" continues, as the officers try to identify a dead child. PC Cathy Bradford is jealous when DC Brandon Kane starts dating a doctor. DC Drummond's son sees him meeting his mistress, and DS Phil Hunter continues to play off villain Ron Gregory and DCI Jack Meadows against each other.

19. The Nouveau Riche

Air Date: 2003-03-06

Acting DI Sam Nixon is convinced that Ron Gregory is behind the paedophile ring - but can she prove it? While DCI Jack Meadows is certain DS Phil Hunter is still working for Ron and is reporting him to the police authorities. Phil pleads, ""I'm the only one that can get a result, because I know Gregory better than anyone. Give me 24 hours and I'll have Gregory sitting in one of them cells"". But will he convince Jack to give him more time? The police now know that the murdered girl 'Angel', real name Rachel, had been brought over from Africa to sponsor parents Mr. & Mrs. Eddison. The couple now face severe questioning at the station. Were they aware abuse was taking place with their sponsor child, and could they have been the perpetrators? When Rachel's sponsor parent, Mr Eddison suddenly makes a confession, the police suspect he's been 'influenced' by someone to change his story. Did he really kill Rachel or is he just acting on someone else's orders to save his own life?When PCs Des Ta

20. Classroom Politics

Air Date: 2003-03-12

Boyden and Tait attend a fight at Harvey Wallace comprehensive and discover that one or two of the pupils are acting strangely around their teacher, Sonia Graham. While Tait is smitten, Boyden discovers that rumours are escalating that Sonia is having extra-marital relations with some of her students. Meanwhile, Ashton and Buxton attend a fire at a public convenience, and find two young girls trapped in the toilet cubicle. When Ashton manages to free them from danger, they both make good their escape and Ashton suspects that something is wrong. Glaze and Webb attend a shooting at a local gymnasium, where they find that none of the witnesses are willing to offer any information.

21. Sleeping Dogs Lie

Air Date: 2003-03-13

Abi Nixon arrives at the station on a work experience placement, and is sent out on patrol with Boyden, much to her delight. When Boyden is accused of having a sexual encounter with one of Abi's friends, Abi steps in to defend him. Young suspects that rape victim Louanna isn't telling the whole truth when she accuses one of her schoolmates of rape, despite the fact that her injuries suggest that she was attacked by more than one person. Schoolteacher Sonia Graham finds herself on the end of a sustained barrage of abuse, including offensive graffiti being sprayed on her house and pornographic material being posted through her letterbox. Ashton races to stop Young from having an abortion.

22. The Philadelphia Lawyer

Air Date: 2003-03-19

The sustained abuse towards schoolteacher Sonia Graham runs into overdrive when she is found in her flat, having been shot through the chest, and the list of suspects soon begins to mount. Glaze struggles to get Prince's brother Nathan back on side after harsh mishandlings by Webb, so Webb decides to trail him to see if he leads him to the top prize - and soon enough, his suspicions are proved to be correct. Young finally manages to get young rape victim Louanna to open up about her ordeal, and subsequently, members of the Bevan Park crew are arrested on suspicion. On the way to respond to an urgent call for assistance, Hollis notices Boyden pulled over at the roadside in a clinch with Abi Nixon.

23. Throw For A Loss

Air Date: 2003-03-20

PC Gary Best is smitten by the arrival of new PC Honey Harman, whose manner and appearance lead Sgt. Matt Boyden to conclude that she's a bit of an airhead. Searching the school for the gun used in the gymnasium shooting and the shooting of teacher Sonia Graham, PC Reg Hollis stumbles upon Boyden in an embrace with DI Nixon's 15-year-old daughter. Sgt. June Ackland recommends Reg inform the Superintendant, which he does. Boyden is furious, but not as furious as DI Nixon when she finds out that her colleague has taken advantage of her underage daughter. Insp. Gina Gold and PC Luke Ashton are concerned that PC Kerry Young is back at work too soon after her miscarriage, but Kerry's considerable persuasive skills come into play when rape witness Beth Tyler is threatened on the estate and refuses to testify. Best and Harman follow some robbery suspects on foot patrol, but when this leads them to the gun and the student who murdered Sonia Graham, Best is taken hostage. Harman uses her judo s

24. The Square Apple

Air Date: 2003-03-26

PC Polly Page returns to duty at Sun Hill following her breakdown. She is assigned to the CSU, and paired with PC Cathy Bradford. Page and Bradford investigate a stalking case which becomes far less straightforward when both parties accuse the other of harrasment. PC Gary Best goes undercover as a schoolboy to investigate drug dealers targetting the school, but when his information leads to a raid, Abigail Nixon blows his cover. Arrested for assault by PC Luke Ashton, Acting DI Nixon and Sgt. Murphy witness Abi putting the moves on a befuddled Ashton, making Sgt. Matt Boyden's denials slightly more believable. PC Jim Carver spends the day with the mother of murdered teacher Sonia Graham, but his professional role as Family Liaison Officer is comprimised when they end up in bed together.

25. Under The Thumb

Air Date: 2003-03-27

PC Des Taviner is given his own set of wheels - a bicycle - and hits the road in a new capacity as ward officer on the Coal Lane Estate. Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy is not so pleased when Taviner eagerly assists an attractive resident. An abandoned lorry leads Sun Hill officers to the discovery of a Chinese ""snakehead"" gang smuggling illegal immigrants into the country. The shooting and ritual disfigurement of one of the owners of the lorry company sees Sgt. Matt Boyden staring down the barrel of a gun when he attends the scene. Furious after Boyden's indiscretions with her daughter, Acting DI Nixon is reluctantly paired with the sergeant to find the gunman. DS Debbie McAllister's patience is wearing thin, as rape case witness Beth starts acting up and demanding perks for her testimony. PC Kerry Young manages to settle her down, but Young's actions could severely jeopardise Louanna's case. PC Jim Carver flounders in a state of romantic confusion as he tries to avoid Marie Graham. DC Danny Gla

26. Out Of Your Depth

Air Date: 2003-04-02

PC Des Taviner finds a terrified shoeless Chinese man on the Coal Lane estate, but when he is taken to the station for interview, there are serious doubts about the Chinese interpreter sent by the Yard, Mai Ann Wey. Unaware of these doubts, Taviner seeks Mai Ann's help when he discovers a flat full of illegal immigrants on the estate. When the immigrants all disappear and there are signs of violence, it becomes clear that Mai Ann is working for the snakehead gang, and Taviner turns to a reluctant Chinese priest, Father Kwong, to locate the immigrants. The court case against the boys who gang-raped Louanna Shaw nearly falls apart when Louanna's friend Beth loses her temper in court and the defence lawyer sees PC Kerry Young discussing the case with her husband PC Luke Ashton. Only Insp. Gina Gold's forceful testimony saves the day, but Young is furious with Ashton for jeopardising the case and insists their marriage is over. DC Mickey Webb is delighted when Ron Gregory's car is stolen,

27. Juggernaut

Air Date: 2003-04-03

Sun Hill police officers swoop into London's Chinatown to locate and arrest corrupt interpreter Mai Ann Wey. Desperate to make amends to Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy, PC Des Taviner manages to catch Mai Ann when she eludes the rest of the team. DC Mickey Webb is in turmoil after witnessing Supt. Adam Okaro having a friendly meeting with a suspected paedophile. Even a sceptical Insp. Gina Gold begins to have her suspiscions about Okaro when Webb sees him taking his own daughter to Gregory. Okaro is furious when Webb charges into a delicate covert op to ensnare Ron Gregory. Gregory is arrested, and the ""child"" in his boot is revealed to be civillian Front Desk Officer Roberta Cryer. Since there is so little evidence against Gregory, his solicitor demands his release. As Mickey drives Robbie home, they realise that Gregory's solicitor, Warren Napier, is in the paedophile ring as well. The pair break into Napier's house, and find a frightened little African girl in an attic room. As they try to es

28. Week By Week

Air Date: 2003-04-09

DC Mickey Webb and Robbie Cryer attempt to escape from Warren Napier's house with little girl Abeo, but are captured by Ron Gregory and his thugs. A weary DCI Jack Meadows receives Webb's phone message, and he and Supt. Adam Okaro leap into action to find Webb and Cryer before Gregory murders them. A horrific road accident sees a man impaled by a pole, and believing himself to be dying, he confesses to killing his wife and hiding her body. DS Debbie McAllister and DC Ken Drummond discover his wife alive and well, but Peter Wallace's confession may be true after it is revealed he has been married before and his ex-wife had mysteriously disappeared. Tracking Mickey and Robbie through Mickey's mobile phone, the police close in on their location, arriving just in time to arrest Ron Gregory for numerous charges. PC Gemma Osborne is surprised when a former lover turns up at the station with several kids in tow, saying she's left her husband and they can be together at last.

29. Frail

Air Date: 2003-04-10

PC Nick Klein and PC Ruby Buxton find Edith Bradley, an elderly woman, wandering alone and frightened on the Coal Lane estate. Moments later, Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy and PC Des Taviner discover an elderly man, Ted Davis, in the same condition. Both refuse police help, despite their flats having been broken into. Klein teams up with Murphy to find out what has happened and why the two are so terrified of the police. PC Jim Carver nearly catches Klein with cocaine in the locker room. When Sgt. Murphy notices the animosity between the two, it isn't before Carver spills the beans about Nick's drug habit. TDC Brandon Kane's ex-wife Tanya arrives at the station, anxious over hate mail she has received. When she meets up with PC Cathy Bradford and metnions a possible reconciliation between herself and Brandon, Cathy lashes out, with fatal consequences.

30. Grandstand

Air Date: 2003-04-16

PC Cathy Bradford looks down in horror at the prone body of TDC Brandon Kane's ex-wife Tanya. After calling an ambulance, Bradford makes a hasty escape from the car park before her Sun Hill colleagues arrive to investigate. PC Cameron Tait's suspiscions are aroused when he discovers the complex's CCTV tapes have been stolen. DS Debbie McAllister suspects Brandon Kane is responsible, and her abrupt line of questioning puts both Kane and DC Ken Drummond off-side. As Kane waits at St Hugh's for news of Tanya's condition, Bradford turns up to work, full of sympathy for Tanya. Only Robbie Cryer has suspiscions, as Cathy Bradford adds lie upon lie, even volunteering to help with the case so she can cover up evidence of her involvement. As Cathy comforts Brandon at the hospital, she is horrified to hear that Tanya's condition is improving and she may recover...

31. Disillusion

Air Date: 2003-04-17

The investigation into the attack on Tanya Fisher continues, with DS Debbie McAllister and DI Will Elvins from MIT having strong suspicions about her ex-husband, TDC Brandon Kane. As PC Cathy Bradford prepares to flee the country, she receives a phone call from PC Polly Page telling her about Kane's questioning. As suspicion begins to fall on her, Bradford arrives at the station and taking a leaf out of DS McAllister's book, tells the investigators that Brandon couldn't have attacked Tanya - he was beating her up at the time, and she is pregnant with his baby.

32. Rose-Coloured Glasses

Air Date: 2003-04-23

PC Gemma Osbourne arrests a minor celebrity, Channel London weathergirl Sandie Booth, for shoplifting. While being charged in Custody, Booth overhears a reference to Gemma's sexuality, and it's not long before she's concocted an accusation of indecent assault by Osbourne. A glamourous robbery victim has PC Cameron Tait and PC Gary Best tying themselves in knots trying to impress her. Tait conspires to have Best recalled to the station, and then gives the case some ""special attention"", but when PC Des Taviner is called out to the same house later in the day, he also leaves with a smile on his face. Feeling left out, Best also drops round, but is caught with his pants down when the woman's jealous husband - under surveillance by CID for a brutal beating - turns up. PC Nick Klein is heavily in debt to his drug dealer, Dexter. When he turns up to pay off part of the debt, he meets Dexter's girlfriend Amy - who looks somewhat familiar. As PC Osbourne leaves the station after being cleared o

33. Come Home To Roost

Air Date: 2003-04-24

The disappearance of a young girl prompts the relief to swallow their pride and call in retired sergeant Bob Cryer, who knows the family better than anyone — but his services are soon dispensed with when it becomes clear that his old-school methods aren't suited to Sun Hill's modern style of policing. Undeterred, the veteran plod teams up with his niece to finish the job, but it appears the suspect may be someone believed to be dead. Meanwhile, Osbourne ponders her future at the station following her brutal attack, and drug-addled Klein looks set to be found out when his colleagues raid the house where he is taking his first dose of crack, with the help of Boyden's daughter Amy.

34. Surprise Surprise

Air Date: 2003-04-29

With a five-year-old girl in hospital having accidentally ingested crack cocaine, the search is on to find her mother—and it's not long before Sgt Matt Boyden realises the missing woman is none other than his own tearaway daughter Amy. But the case takes on a different dimension for PC Gary Best when he discovers that colleague PC Nick Klein was also in the taxi that dropped the little girl off. Back at the station, a thief is at large and new boy PC Cameron Tait is in the frame, while Acting DI Sam Nixon faces facts when her trouble-making teenage daughter is brought in for being drunk and disorderly.

35. Played Like A Fiddle

Air Date: 2003-04-30

Supt. Adam Okaro and Insp. Gina Gold set up a surveillance camera in the male locker room to catch the station thief - with suspiscion falling heavily on PC Cameron Tait, after DC Danny Glaze's phone was found in his locker. The camera reveals PC Jim Carver breaking into PC Nick Klein's locker, but all is not as it seems. Carver has had enough of Klein's drug problem, and sets up an elaborate trap to catch Nick stealing to feed his habit. Carver and PC Gary Best catch Klein red-handed stealing from Marie Graham's house, but he manages to slip away. Klein goes on a desperate rampage to score his next hit of crack cocaine, but is caught and arrested by Carver as he leaves Amy Boyden's flat. Instead of sacking him, Okaro sends Klein into rehab. When a young adoptee is suspected to have attacked his foster father, ADI Samantha Nixon and DC Ken Drummond find a boy torn between two families. The boy jumps from a building, despite Sgt. Matt Boyden trying to talk him down, and his brother blam

36. Moving Target

Air Date: 2003-05-01

It's an eventful day for Matt Boyden. Having discovered the identity of Abi's father, he confronts the girl's mother, his hated colleague Acting DI Sam Nixon, threatening to tell the tearaway teen everything he knows. Then he gets a blast from the past when his own estranged, crack-addicted daughter Amy is found and brought in for questioning. But it soon becomes clear none of these loose ends will ever be tied when the dodgy sergeant answers a seemingly routine callout to a suspect package—only to fall victim to a drive-by shooting. (For the answer to who pulled the trigger and why, viewers will have to tune in to the new Bill spin-off series MIT: Murder Investigation Team.)

37. Laid To Rest

Air Date: 2003-05-07

Life goes on at Sun Hill, after the recent murder of Sgt. Matt Boyden. When PC Gary Best and PC Honey Harmen bring in an Australian girl believed to be part of a shoplifting gang, it attracts the interest of CID. DC Mickey Webb uses Aussie PC Cameron Tait to infiltrate the gang, run by the Fagan-like Gene Bishop, but Cameron may have gone too far when Robbie and Bob Cryer witness him shoplifting in a department store. DC Danny Glaze finds Nathan Morley stuck through with a spear, and Mickey Webb and TDC Brandon Kane face a brush with death when an armed gang springs Nathan's brother Prince from a prison transport. Bob Cryer rallies the troops when Sgt. Boyden's unpopularity casts a cloud over his funeral, and Tony Stamp is surprised by the arrival of Cass Rickman's mother. PC Jim Carver helps his girlfriend Marie out with some domestic issues, and is shocked when she proposes marriage.

38. Turning Back The Clock

Air Date: 2003-05-15

PC Jim Carver is in a quandry over the marriage proposal from his girlfriend, Marie Graham, which he has just turned down. His old flame, Sgt. June Ackland, is about to return from leave and PC Honey Harman advises him that her astrology book suggests that he steer clear of his colleague and return to Marie. DC Danny Glaze finds himself in a dangerous situation when he goes looking for the gang that have abducted Nathan Morley. PC Des Taviner takes a witness statement from a cabbie, and tries to dissuade him when the cabbie insists on seeing Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy after the interview. Taviner is unaware that the cabbie is Sheelagh's husband Patrick. Sgt. June Ackland arrives back at Sun Hill.

39. Charlie Foxtrot: Part 1

Air Date: 2003-05-20

Osbourne finds herself troubled after dealing with an asylum seeker, and finds it difficult to keep her professional and personal objectives separate. Torn between a war-torn Iran and a troublesome Sun Hill estate, Osbourne can't work out what sounds better for the woman and her young daughter. Osbourne is later reprimanded by Gold and warned to stay well away from the situation. Meanwhile, Sharpe and Hunter investigate an alleged assault on a lawyer by a female colleague, but Hunter suspects that ulterior motives are at work. Meanwhile, Ackland's hopes of engagement to Jim are boosted when she finds a ring in his desk, only to be told by Jim that he's engaged to Marie Graham.

40. Charlie Foxtrot: Part 2

Air Date: 2003-05-21

Sgt. June Ackland is feeling sheepish about last night's blunder - thinking PC Jim Carver was about to propose, but work beckons. An elderly Czechoslovakian woman is being victimised on the local estate and June feels it is racially motivated. DS Phil Hunter and DC Eva Sharpe are puzzled when solicitor Robert Fenn withdraws his assault complaint against colleague Kim Bradbury, but then they discover Kim has resigned. Eva confesses she visited the seedy bar where Robert and his friends hang out and where the assault happened and she convinces Phil that they're dealing drugs. Cameron Tait goes undercover to check out the action, gets the evidence and they raid the bar. PC Gemma Osbourne is determined to help Ziba and her daughter Niki and can't even conceive of their returning to Iran, but at what cost to her career? Having already been warned off by Insp. Gold, her conscience gets the better of her, and she helps the woman escape. A screaming match ensues and Gemma is given her marching

41. Boomerang: Part 1

Air Date: 2003-05-22

PC Tony Stamp is avoiding Sgt. June Ackland after their drunken kiss the previous night. Sun Hill officers investigate a series of assaults on homeless people in the area, but when social worker Clare Johnson is brutally attacked, the prime suspect is cabbie Patrick Murphy - Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy's husband. Despite warnings to tread softly from DCI Meadows, DS Debbie McAllister is sure Murphy is her man, with little regard for her colleague's sensibilities. PC Des Taviner and PC Luke Ashton have their hands full when two elderly men fight over some misplaced books.

42. Boomerang: Part 2

Air Date: 2003-05-29

PC Luke Ashton is first on the scene of a horrific car crash, but is shocked to hear a familiar voice when his backup arrives - Sun Hill's new sergeant: Dale Smith. Smith takes a huge risk when he and Luke rescue a boy trapped in the car, a fact which does not escape the notice of Insp. Gina Gold, who is already well aware of Smiffy's reputation from his last posting to Sun Hill. Linking the boy and the car to a local gay nightclub, Smiffy believes the club is pimping underage rent boys, but his brusque manner sees a complaint brought up against him by the club's owner. PC Tony Stamp tries to do a good deed and convinces PC Jim Carver to invite Sgt. June Ackland to his wedding, but he underestimates June's feelings for Jim. Things aren't looking good for Patrick Murphy after the Garda in Dublin supply DS Debbie McAllister details of his form for assault, but Murphy is bailed due to lack of evidence. When one of PC Des Taviner's young snouts finds Murphy's wallet and cab in a warehouse,

43. A Growing Concern

Air Date: 2003-06-04

Sgt Sheelagh Murphy regains consciousness in the back of the stolen cab and texts PC Des Taviner her whereabouts. She escapes, only to be recaptured, but Des arrives in time to disarm her attacker. Relieved that they have actually caught their man, Sheelagh tells Des how grateful she is he helped clear her husband's name. Sgt Dale Smith and PC Cameron Tait stake out a local club where they suspect manager David Wemmick is running rent boys. Cameron poses as a client, and rent boy Justin gives him an address where he finds enough evidence for a raid. While waiting for Tait, Smith sees PC Luke Ashton enter the gay club with a male companion. After the raid, the rent boys are using the same number to call 'home' - a number that belongs to the club's barman, Colin Meakes. Now it's a matter of convincing Justin to help them. Sgt June Ackland is bemused that Marie Graham, Jim Carver's intended, is involved in an assault, but decides to dig into her past anyway - could Marie be a violent woma

44. Rescue

Air Date: 2003-06-05

Sgt June Ackland and PCs Jim Carver, Tony Stamp and Polly Page are trapped in a cellar, and with Jim's wedding to Marie Graham only hours away, tempers start to fray amongst the group as old tensions boil to the surface. A leather-clad biker who turns up at the station turns out to be the new Detective Constable, Juliet Becker, who is paired with Mickey Webb when PC Gary Best realises that four Sun Hill officers have gone missing. It's a race against time, as a gas leak threatens the trapped officers, but Webb and Becker manage to rescue them in the nick of time. Despite his discussions with June Ackland in the cellar in which she asks him to call off the wedding, Jim and Marie get married. PC Luke Ashton is terrified that Sgt Dale Smith will ""out"" him to the rest of the relief - Smithy is non-committal, but it's Ashton's estranged wife Kerry Young who reveals his secret at Jim's wedding reception.

45. Security Risk

Air Date: 2003-06-11

A furious DCI Jack Meadows finds DC Ken Drummond asleep at his desk, and also hauls DS's Debbie McAllister and Phil Hunter over the coals for failing to meet their crime targets. Deeply in debt to Hunter, Drummond is moonlighting as a security guard for Mortis Security - a private security firm which has taken over ""looking after"" the Coal Lane Estate. As Mortis boss Alan Trent moves into the ward office previously occupied by PC Des Taviner, DCI Meadows and Supt. Adam Okaro begin to suspect that Trent's company is causing many of the crimes they claim to prevent, as well as racially harassing black residents. PC Cathy Bradford turns a blind eye to Trent's methods. When DS Hunter discovers Drummond's second job, he threatens to spill the beans, which could cost Ken his job. DS McAllister and DC Juliet Becker are paired when a young mother, Lindsey Holland, and her son are run off the road. McAllister is irritated when Becker's enthusiasm and fresh ideas in the investigation conflict wi

46. Underground Railroad

Air Date: 2003-06-12

DS Phil Hunter tells his bosses about DC Ken Drummond's moonlighting as a security guard - DCI Jack Meadows and Supt. Adam Okaro tell him to forget it, but secretly plan to use Ken to get the evidence they need on Alan Trent, so posing a bent copper, Drummond manages to convince Trent to rehire him. Trent meanwhile, has charmed DS Debbie McAllister into a dinner date, which he uses to question her about her supposedly corrupt colleague. Concerned with Trent's moving in on the estates, the Borough Commander, Okaro and Meadows organise a residents' meeting on the Jasmine Allen which is interrupted by three armed men in masks. Forensics of the shots fired indicates a flood of converted replica firearms on the estates. PC Cathy Bradford once again has her sights on DC Brandon Kane, and she will stop at nothing to get her man. Since his public outing, PC Luke Ashton is convinced he is being assigned all the 'gay' cases, and he confronts Sgt. Smith, and is horrified to find out that Smith an

47. Written In The Stars

Air Date: 2003-06-18

Sun Hill comes under fire from a gun epidemic due to the illegal firearms flooding the area, and Webb is convinced that Trent is the cause. As he and Drummond investigate Trent's activities, Drummond comes across an arms cache. McAllister finds solace in her boyfriend Michael, surprised at how much interest he is showing in her. However, Webb's investigation throws up some interesting facts and McAllister puts her life at risk after making the alarming discovery about who her boyfriend really is. It's the end of the road for Ashton when he comes face to face with an armed teenager in a local mini mart. Page finds herself falling in love again after getting emotionally involved with Dr. Owen Preston.

48. High Speed Chaos

Air Date: 2003-06-19

PC Reg Hollis intervenes when he sees a trio of youths harassing a bus driver, but the situation takes a dangerous turn when one of the youths pulls out a gun, and they hijack the bus with Hollis, the driver and a busload of terrified passengers. The gun is one of Alan Trent's replicas from the Coal Lane estate, and it backfires, hitting the driver. PCs Best and Harman spot the runaway bus, but their moment of glory is lost when PC Taviner and Sgt Murphy take over the pursuit in the area car. A man is found beaten in the street, with PC Polly Page's friend Dr Owen Preston tending to him. When it is revealed that this was the man who killed Preston's wife in a drink-driving accident, to Page's horror he becomes the prime suspect. When the victim revives, he clears Preston of any wrongdoing, but Page's decision to help Preston end his life could have far-reaching consequences. PC Cameron Tait and PC Honey Harmen investigate a green-thumbed resident at an retirement home, whose plants are

49. Count Me Out

Air Date: 2003-06-25

A distraught PC Polly Page is told by her friend Cathy Bradford to cover up her involvement in the death of Dr Owen Preston, but as Polly types up her statement for the police she receives a letter naming her as the beneficiary of Owen's will - will Polly's conscience get the better of her? CSU gains a new officer - sexual offences expert DC Ramani De Costa, who hasn't even reached the station when she is assigned to investigate the alleged rape of a university student. Acting DI Samantha Nixon has her hands full when a daring armed robbery is carried out on Sun Hill's patch, but as Nixon takes on the case, she is distracted by the presence of reporter Dougie Pritchard, who threatens to reveal the father of Nixon's daughter Abigail, a fact passed on to him by the late Sgt Matt Boyden. Sgt Sheelagh Murphy betrays more than professional concern when shots are fired as PC Des Taviner pursues the armed robbers.

50. Out In The Open

Air Date: 2003-06-26

DC Danny Glaze returns to Sun Hill, and as he is still assigned to CSU, assists DC Ramani De Costa and PC Cathy Bradford in investigating the student rape case. CSU's prime suspect is union bar manager Keiran Thompson, but they have no firm evidence or testimony as the victim Izzy Scott was drugged before she was attacked. When Thompson is assaulted, De Costa realises this might not be the rapist's first offence, and their discovery of a previous victim reveals videotapes of the rapes - filmed by Izzy's so-called best friend Emma. With Acting DI Samantha Nixon distracted by Dougie Pritchard's threats to reveal Abi's parentage, DS Phil Hunter relentlessly pursues his theory that the armed robbery was an inside job, but he may have pushed too hard when the bank security guard kills himself. Nixon is forced to reveal to Abigail that her father is convicted child murderer Glenn Weston, but when Weston turns up at the station, she is unable to avoid father and daughter meeting face to face.

51. Home Run: Part 1

Air Date: 2003-07-02

Acting DI Sam Nixon hustles Abigail and Glenn Weston into the station as reporter Dougie Pritchard approaches with a camera. Nixon wants Abi to have nothing to do with Weston, but he is insistent, and she agrees to meet with him to discuss terms. DS Phil Hunter uses Nixon's personal crisis to go over her head to DCI Jack Meadows to approve surveillance on Sid Wright, a security guard he believes is involved in the armed hold-up. Hunter's persistance pays off when it transpires Wright is planning a raid on the Metropolitan Police warehouse, and DC Ken Drummond is hastily drafted back into his undercover security guard persona. New PC Gabriel Kent starts at Sun Hill, but despite his age and ambition, his ""puppywalker"" PC Tony Stamp shows no mercy from the usual jokes played on probationers. PC Des Taviner confronts Sgt Sheelagh Murphy with his feelings for her, and despite her initial objections, the two end up going home together.

52. Home Run: Part 2

Air Date: 2003-07-03

DC Ken Drummond's attempts to gain the confidence of Sid Wright are getting nowhere, but Drummond literally plays his last hand when he follows Wright and gatecrashes a private poker game between Wright and the Fosters. A drunken brawl outisde a pub turns nasty when Sgt Sheelagh Murphy finds a boy beaten badly on the street. Feeling guilty at having let the suspects off with a warning earlier, Murphy tackles the case on her own rather than handing it over to CID. After their night of passion, a smitten PC Des Taviner will do anything for her - but Murphy's doubts and guilt over their affair could put a crimp in Taviner's ardour. Acting DI Samantha Nixon reluctantly organises a meeting between her daughter Abigail and Abi's father, Glenn Weston, but it all goes horribly wrong when the father of the child Weston murdered arrives and attacks him in front of waiting press cameras. Supt. Adam Okaro and DCI Jack Meadows are furious when the story hits the papers. DC Ken Drummond is abducted

53. A Man Of Few Words

Air Date: 2003-07-09

DC Ken Drummond's cover as a security guard has been blown, and he's been taken hostage by the Foster family. Archie Foster wants Drummond to help them raid the Metropolitan Police warehouse to steal millions of pounds worth of luxury sports cars - and as an incentive, he threatens Ken's family - both of Ken's families. Drummond's absence at the station goes unnoticed at first: Acting DI Samantha Nixon's family troubles come to a head, and after a confrontation with her daughter, Nixon decides to resign from the police to prove her love for her daughter, and uniform are kept busy by a series of bomb hoaxes organised by Foster. With the raid underway, Foster's plans begin to unravel - Drummond has to knock a fellow security guard unconscious, as well as put off a curious DS Debbie McAllister and DC Juliet Becker who turn up looking for him. As Foster and his gang make their escape, internal rivalries and a counter-raid by a rival gang see the body count rise ever higher, and DC Drummond

54. In High Demand

Air Date: 2003-07-10

Drummond is taken to hospital following the shooting, but decides to discharge himself when he discovers that his son, Alex, has been kidnapped by the Fosters. Meanwhile, Okaro is furious after reading the news stories featuring Nixon and Glenn Weston, and whilst being left with the backlash from the robbery operation going belly up, Okaro pulls Nixon off the case and forces her to take two weeks sick leave. Nixon decides to prove to her daughter that despite all of the recent events, she does love her and does care about her. Meanwhile, an audacious Young is called to deal with a vicious catfight between two young girls, and suspects that she may have stumbled on a prostitution ring.

55. Bully

Air Date: 2003-07-16

Drummond escapes from hospital to find his son Alex, and doesn't waste any time in recruiting Best to assist his search. When he manages to locate Vince Foster, Foster informs him that the only way he will ever see his son again is if he delivers him Sid Wright on a plate. Meanwhile, Taviner and Murphy attend to a disturbance at a local brothel, but their own personal feelings for each other begin to get in the way of their work. Hunter and Becker discover the location of the car gang's hideout. Page attends Dr. Owen Preston's funeral, but during her speech, nearly blurts out that she was present when Owen committed suicide, until an audacious Bradford manages to step in and save her.

56. Two Hours

Air Date: 2003-07-17

Despite delivering the goods as planned, Foster demands that Drummond finds the men who murdered his father - and his missing cargo of stolen cars - in return for his son's safety. With little information to go on, Smithy goes undercover as a prisoner to find out exactly where the stolen cars are being hidden. When Taviner and Murphy begin the search for a missing prostitute, they uncover an underage prostitution ring run by a known pimp, who low and behold, was interviewed by Young the previous day. An intrigued Hollis tries to find out the identity of the new woman in Taviner's life. Murphy feels she's been taken for a fool when Hollis tells her that Taviner has told him about his relationship.

57. Ruthless

Air Date: 2003-07-23

Young girls arriving from the North at London's Kings Cross Station are being forced into underage prostitution rings from which they cannot escape. Main suspect John Rutherford is believed to be based in Canley, so Sun Hill officers team up with British Transport Police to track him down. PC Gary Best goes undercover at the station, watched by a police surveillance teams. He rescues a young girl, Lorna, from a mugger and the two get on well. The pair are approached by Rutherford, who suggests they stay at a squat he knows. Gary is suspiscious, but doesn't want to leave Lorna in Rutherford's clutches. However, when the support team lose sight of him, Gary is in way over his head. At the squat, he is drugged and wakes up with no memory of the previous night when PCs Des Taviner and Reg Hollis raid the house. As Gary struggles to come to terms with the fact that he may have been raped, PC Honey Harman discovers Lorna is not the innocent girl she appears to be. Supt. Adam Okaro comes unde

58. Under Fire

Air Date: 2003-07-24

Ackland finds she is becoming too personally involved with the domestic violence case when she tries to protect victim Monica Skinner from her husband, Sean, by forcing her to testify against him. When Monica and her boyfriend are found attacked, suspicion immediately falls on Sean, but Carver isn't too sure. Buxton finds herself having to lie in her statement when she naively purchases cheap electrical goods from an old friend, later to discover they are stolen. A drug dealer is brought in for questioning and offers to provide information on Klein in return for a deal. Okaro catches Murphy in throes of passion with Taviner, and is accused of being soft on prostitution by a local councillor.

59. Professional Image

Air Date: 2003-07-30

Ackland finds herself caught up in a difficult situation when her professionalism is called to into question following Monica Skinner's suicide, and her position as the head of CSU is called into doubt. Meanwhile, Stamp and Hollis find themselves having a slow day, and find that the most exciting thing for them to do is to help accompany an elderly couple to church. Tait is surprised when he is called to the scene of a general robbery and finds that his ex-girlfriend, and the mother of his child, is working there. As well as having to deal with the fall-out, his day turns from bad to worse when he discovers that his daughter, Emily, might be in danger from his ex-girlfriend's new partner, Mark Davies.

60. Sunday Driver

Air Date: 2003-07-31

On her first day back in uniform, Sgt June Ackland finds a man brutally stabbed in the house of prominent CPS prosecutor Carl Harris. Arresting Harris for GBH, they find back at the station that Supt Adam Okaro has some history with him - Harris threw out an assault case Okaro had worked on, and Okaro suspects he is corrupt. Harris's daughter Natasha stays quiet, and it is clear she knows more than she is letting on. Acting DI Samantha Nixon investigates a fraud case Carl Harris was prosecuting, but Ackland convinces Natasha to reveal the truth - the victim was her biological father, and had been blackmailing Carl. PC Cameron Tait takes desperate action when he thinks his daughter Emily might be in danger from her mother's boyfriend, Mark Davies. When Davies ends up in hospital after a mysterious assault, PC Gary Best looks on in horror as Tait bundles Emily into a minicab and speeds away...

61. A Head On The Block

Air Date: 2003-08-06

Tait, after abducting his own daughter, Emily, decides to return to Australia, but realises that he is making the wrong decision and decides to return to Sun Hill. Best, suspicious that Mark Davies will refuse to name his attacker, decides to keep a close eye on Tait. When Mark Davies is discharged from hospital, he is involved in a hit-and-run, and later dies in hospital of his injuries, but Best discovers a link to a violent loan shark. Webb investigates when a man is found injured in a woman's home in mysterious circumstances. Meadows does all he can to prevent Rachel Heath from being charged with GBH, but when the victim presses charges, he finds that the matter is out of his hands.

62. Pick Your Friends

Air Date: 2003-08-07

PC Polly Page's horrible cousin Michelle turns up at Sun Hill, to report she is being stalked. Despite Michelle's obstructiveness, Polly manages to convince PC Cathy Bradford to get some information out of her so they can find the suspect. DCI Jack Meadows does all he can to prevent Rachel Heath from being charged with GBH, and when the victim presses charges, the matter is out of his hands. Sgt. June Ackland feels her age when she falls behind while chasing a bag snatcher. When an elderly lady is struck by a car and later dies in hospital, Ackland realises the dead woman could be the mother of DC Mickey Webb. DS Phil Hunter convinces DC Juliet Becker to tell his wife she was the cop having an affair with Heather Rayner, not him. As PCs Page and Bradford uncover details of Michelle's love life, Bradford's indiscrete line of questioning results in a complaint made against her and a tongue lashing from DS Ramani De Costa - but Bradford turns the tables once again by summoning crocodile t

63. Cheating

Air Date: 2003-08-13

DS Phil Hunter and DC Eva Sharpe investigate an assault case, where a man's football career has been ruined by an apparent deliberate foul. They arrest the suspect after viewing a videotape of the match, but bringing him back to Sun Hill, they are surprised to find out he is PC Honey Harman's fiancé. Harman risks her career to save ""her Fletch"" and hides the videotape evidence in her locker. No one is surprised when DC Mickey Webb turns up to work despite the death of his mother the day before. DCI Jack Meadows tries to distract him with another case, but Webb is determined to track down the driver who killed his mother. Arresting a drunk driver, Webb thinks he has his man, but a woman turns up at the station to admit she was the driver. At Webb's encouragement, DC Juliet Becker uses a young prostitute as bait in a big drugs sting. When the woman goes missing, Webb checks her escort agency's website and is stunned to see DCI Meadows' new girlfriend is a prostitute. Sgt. Dale Smith and

64. A New Lease Of Life

Air Date: 2003-08-14

On her way into the station, Insp. Gina Gold is involved in a minor traffic accident when a white van cuts her off. When the police arrive, it is a horrified PC Gary Best who is forced to breathalyse his Inspector - when the test is postitive, Best is forced to arrest her for driving under the influence. Sgt Dale Smith, realising that Gold's condition is due to him cheating in their drinking contest conspires with Best to rig the test by using Gary's breath sample. When Gold works out what they've done, she is furious that they have implicated her in a conspiracy. DC Juliet Becker goes to the house of her friend and former lover Heather Rayner, who has left her violent husband after he raped her - but the unexpected arrival of Heather's husband sees Becker knocked unconscious and abducted.

65. Silver to Grey

Air Date: 2003-08-20

Becker regrets her attempts to help out her married lesbian lover after her husband vows to get his revenge. After being taken to an empty house which is under construction, Becker suspects that Gavin's motives may involve the same treatment which he gave to his wife. McAllister manages to track down her missing colleague, and the pair manage to overpower him and take him into custody. Meanwhile, Smithy and Young are in pursuit of a drug dealer, when the suspect runs straight into the path of McAllister's oncoming car. When McAllister goes to check on Gavin, he escapes her clutches and leads her and Becker to a warehouse. The pair soon face an investigation when Gavin falls to his death.

66. Step up to the Plate

Air Date: 2003-08-21

Taviner and Young end up pursuing a speeding car after responding to a burglary call, and discover that the car has been stolen by the masked driver. Taviner matches the MO to a number of similar cases in the area, and decides to challenge a group of young joyriders who seem to be giving him the runaround. When the leader of the gang turns up at the station and gives false information to Smithy, Taviner arrives at the suspect's reported location to find himself in the middle of an ambush. He pushes Smithy to set up an obbo, but when he refuses, he goes over his head to Gold to get the obbo authorised. During the obbo, Taviner is distracted, and watches on as the Area Car speeds out of sight.

67. Centre Of Attraction

Air Date: 2003-08-27

A stunned PC Des Taviner catches Sgt. Dale Smith and PC Kerry Young in a passionate clinch in the back of a car during an obbo on a gang of teenage joyriders - so stunned that he leaves the keys in the Area Car, and is horrified to see Sierra One roaring out of sight with a young boy at the wheel. When the car turns up vandalised, Taviner is determined to catch the boy responsible, but with no evidence, Taviner borrows a 'stinger' from traffic and lies in wait at the location of the next joyride. Sgt June Ackland convinces Julie Lewis to help the police sting a big drug buy, but Julie's husband Eddie is shot dead by SO19 when one of the dealers pulls a gun. PC Ruby Buxton decides to resign after committing perjury, despite PC Gabriel Kent's pleas. As the police rush to a bomb scare at the local cinema, Kent watches as Buxton leaves her resignation letter on Insp. Gold's desk. DC Mickey Webb visits Rachel Heath demanding she end her relationship with DCI Jack Meadows, but Meadows walks

68. Bold As Brass

Air Date: 2003-08-28

A furious DCI Jack Meadows is about to arrest DC Mickey Webb for an assault on his girlfriend, Rachel Heath, but Heath stops him, knowing that revealing their relationship would end Meadows' career. Insp. Gina Gold leads a team searching a cinema for a hidden bomb, with the help of two ushers. When the bomb explodes, PC Honey Harman is critically injured - when PC Ruby Buxton finds usher Stephen at Honey's bedside, she knows something's up, and manages to talk Stephen down from setting off another bomb. Despite her bravery, and sick of being pressured by the unscrupulous PC Gabriel Kent, Buxton admits her perjury to Insp. Gold and tenders her resignation.

69. Power Trip

Air Date: 2003-09-02

PC Nick Klein is back on the beat after his spell in rehab for drug addiction, and not many people are pleased to see him back, but Klein is eager to show he has reformed and is up to the pressures of the job. Paired with PC Gary Best, they attend a break-in at a young woman's flat, which seems to be part of a campaign of harrassment by property developer Charles Vanderbilt to force two women to sell their flats to him. Reluctant to testify, but holding out for more money, the women stay put, until an arson attack takes place with fatal consequences. Acting DI Samantha Nixon investigates a different series of burglaries, and when the latest victim is DCI Jack Meadows estranged wife Laura, the link is revealed to be an internet dating agency which all the women used. PC Gabriel Kent uses his knowledge of Insp Gina Gold's drink driving to blackmail her into putting him forward for an advanced driving course at Hendon. DC Eva Sharpe is having problems at home.

70. Ride The Tiger

Air Date: 2003-09-03

McAllister acts as a decoy to catch property developer Charles Vanderbilt in the act, but is taken aback when one of Vanderbilt's henchmen lobs a grenade through the window of the stake-out flat. Hunter asks Tait and Klein to keep an eye on Vanderbilt's right-hand man, and tail him following an altercation. When Klein corners Vanderbilt's second-in-command, Jim Conrad, the ensuing events once again leave Klein with trouble looming. Meanwhile, Nixon manages to persuade Ackland to go undercover to attract the online-ad burglar, and Stamp and Kent try to identify a young boy who has found unconscious in the street, having been the victim of an overdose of ecstasy.

71. The Law Of The Jungle

Air Date: 2003-09-04

DS Phil Hunter has PC Nick Klein in his clutches again when he forces Klein and PC Tait to lie to Acting DI Samanatha Nixon about the circumstances of Jim Conrad's injuries. When Matthew Easton's brother dies after taking his drugs, Easton attacks his dealer, and both are arrested. When DC Eva Sharpe sees the dealer at the station, she realises her bad-boy lover Tyler may have compromised her, and she admits all to Nixon. Supt. Okaro is determined to nail property developer Charles Vanderbilt before he can get planning approval for the flat redevelopment. His officers nearly succeed in getting Carol Evans and Sandra Yorke to testify, but DC Danny Glaze and Okaro have a lucky break when they arrest Vanderbilt on Customs and Immigration charges when he ""imports"" prostitutes and drugs from Eastern Europe on his private plane. Sgt. June Ackland goes ahead with the sting operation on the internet dating burgler, but is shocked when Laura Meadows arrives at Sun Hill to report that she has be

72. Truth

Air Date: 2003-09-10

Ackland consoles Meadows' broken wife Laura when she informs her that she has been raped. The case is immediately referred to Barton Street, where sexual offences expert Terry Perkins deals with the case. A search of the crime scene reveals a lost driving licence belonging to Keith Brennan, the prime suspect in the string of online-ad burglaries back at Sun Hill. When Webb discovers Brennan is in custody elsewhere, his digging to discover why leads him to accidentally break the news to an unsuspecting Meadows. Meanwhile, Klein and Tait solve a spate of muggings involving skateboards and a stun gun, and Best is furious when Harman invites his father to a surprise birthday party.

73. A Close Shave

Air Date: 2003-09-11

Preoccupied with her 'best friend' Polly's arrest, PC Cathy Bradford visits Polly's boyfriend Max, implying to him that he may have been her next victim. Bradford ignores the urgent calls of domestic violence victim Paula Robinson and her son as the woman is brutally beaten by her husband. The woman's young son volunteers to act as bait for the father when he eludes the police, and DS Ramani De Costa begins to have serious doubts about Bradford. PC Gary Best is horrified that he knocked back PC Honey Harman the previous night, whilst DS Debbie McAllister and DC Juliet Becker argue after their night together. Polly Page is questioned at Barton Street by DCI Ross from MIT. Ignoring her solicitor's advice, she admits to assisting Owen Preston's suicide. To the shock of Polly and her colleagues, the CPS charges her with murder. Now working as a CAD Officer, Robbie Cryer realises that Bradford's deceit has been responsible for the assault on Paula, and threatens to tell all to Supt. Okaro.

74. Beware The Smiling Knife

Air Date: 2003-09-17

Insp. Gina Gold has no choice but to suspend Robbie Cryer following PC Cathy Bradford's hospitalisation, and Robbie is escorted from the station. Desperate to save her job, Robbie calls on her uncle, Bob Cryer, and the pair do some investigation into Cathy's lies. Sandra Malik, the doctor who Bradford harrassed and framed, has moved to Australia, so they track down Petra McAvoy, who Cathy beat up in the interview room. Petra is only too happy to make a statement, but once again, her evidence is called into question. PC Gabriel Kent ignores PC Des Taviner's advice when he sympathises with a depressed father and helps him get bail, but Kent's good deed has tragic and fatal consequences. Polly Page's bail hearing is refused, and she is sent to prison pending trial.

75. The Dirty Dozen

Air Date: 2003-09-18

Best and Harman finds themselves in an unexpected passionate clinch whilst searching for a madman who has been brandishing a sword. McAllister and Hunter begin to find mutual attraction to one another as they investigate a car ringing scam. The CID love triangle begins to hot up as Becker notices Hunter and McAllister's behaviour towards one another. Smithy is outraged when Okaro accuses him of racism. Murphy begins to suffer from morning sickness, and worries about telling Taviner. Page begins to adjust to life in prison.

76. Hallmark Moment

Air Date: 2003-09-23

DCs Eva Sharpe and Ken Drummond investigate when a black man is set alight on the Jasmine Allen estate, and a graffiti tag on a nearby wall leads them to Brad Kelso, one of a gang of youths who don't hesitate to make racist comments to DC Sharpe. Concerned that he might be violent like his dad, PC Gary Best agrees to a magazine personality test conducted by PC Honey Harman. DS Debbie McAllister takes her chance to surprise DS Phil Hunter in the shower after the two of them fall in the mud while investigating a severed arm found on a beach. The CID love triangle hots up as DC Juliet Becker notices their behaviour. In prison, Polly Page has befriended Eileen, a Customs & Excise officer who insists she has been framed by her boyfriend. Polly asks Cathy Bradford to do some investigating, but DC Becker instead asks Polly to keep an eye on her cellmate. Calling for urgent assistance, Sgt. Dale Smith is attacked by Brad Kelso and his gang, but when Kelso stops breathing after being arrested b

77. Going Down In Flames

Air Date: 2003-09-24

Smithy unwillingly gives CPR to Brad Kelso, but by the time the ambulance crews arrive, it appears that it is just a little too late. Sharpe realises that she faces an inquiry into Kelso's death, and wonders whether Smithy will reveal her indiscretions whilst she was arresting Kelso. Meanwhile, Smithy has problems of his own to contend with as he fights to prove to Okaro that he's not a racist. Page provides information on her cellmate, who wants a hitman to eliminate a witness against her. Webb and Meadows are hot on the trail of violent criminal Martin Delaney, who is assaulting and stealing from escort girls, and Meadows arranges another meeting with Rachel Heath, much to Webb's disliking.

78. Salt Of The Earth

Air Date: 2003-09-25

Smithy puts his neck on the line by digging into Brad Kelso's past, in an attempt to uncover information that will clear Eva's name. Meanwhile, the investigation into Page's cellmate takes an interesting turn when Carver goes undercover as a hit-man in an attempt to gather evidence against her. Webb's investigation into Martin Delaney takes a vicious turn when Delaney takes a dislike to Webb's line of questioning. CID soon becomes a hot plate of unbridled passion when McAllister and Becker offer Hunter the promise of a lifetime - a threesome. Carver's wife turns up drunk at the station and assaults him in front of his colleagues. Harman informs a disappointed Best that their liaison was a one-off.

79. Haunted: Part 1

Air Date: 2003-10-02

Webb is in denial after the attack by Martin Delaney, and tries to keep the incident secret, but is furious when he discovers that Smithy has discussed it. Webb is distraught and battles himself over whether or not to throw in the towel. Detective constable Rob Thatcher arrives for his first day at Sun Hill and is tasked with investigating the malicious stabbing of a Chinese waiter. Best is shocked when he finds his father drinking with Gold. Meanwhile, Taviner and Glaze realise their days might be numbered when former inspector Sally Johnson arrives at Sun Hill, now a private investigator, to look for evidence to prove that Jeff Simpson was innocent of the firebombing of Sun Hill.

80. Haunted: Part 2

Air Date: 2003-10-08

DC Mickey Webb decides to go after Delaney. He sets about tracking by getting to know more about him, while other officers just want to catch him. Webb strikes lucky with Delaney's prison padre and goes in search of a lead on the man who raped Delaney in prison. He comes across Delaney in a park and after a confrontation, chases him. Delaney is caught and charged but has no intention of leaving Mickey out of it and tells the officers he raped him. Devastated, Mickey decides to press charges and sadly to leave Sun Hill before he's the talk of the nick. Meanwhile, Jack's relationship with Rachel becomes the talk of the station and Mickey persuades Jack to knock it on the head. DC Danny Glaze also leaves, but under a cloud and on the run. PI Sally Johnson is getting closer and closer to uncovering the truth about the Sun Hill fire. Unable to take the heat, Danny decides to cut and run - complete with a robbery victim's cash. Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy has troubles of her own when PC Des Tavi

81. Antecedent

Air Date: 2003-10-09

PI Sally Johnson questions new PC Yvonne Hemingway about Danny Glaze and Des Taviner, but as she is new, she doesn't know them. Danny Glaze is long gone, as DCI Meadows discovers when he receives Glaze's warrant card in the post. Hemingway and Klein find a teenage girl being harrassed, and when a cyclist is hit by a stolen car during a chase with police, the prime suspect is one of the girl gang - Beth Tyler - the reluctant witness in a rape case several months previously. PC Des Taviner is devestated when he fails to revive a baby who appears to have died of SIDS, and Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy admits she is pregnant with his baby. DC Rob Thatcher notches up his first conquest at Sun Hill - PC Cathy Bradford, who is shocked when Polly Page's boyfriend Max proposes to her.

82. Fatality

Air Date: 2003-10-15

Murphy finds herself caught in the middle of a personal dilemma when she is asked to investigate a possible cot death. Taviner decides to put his priorities in order and to focus on Murphy and their baby. Hemmingway and Young have a falling out over different ways to approach a case. Thatcher continues to try and woo the entire female Sun Hill workforce, and sets his eyes upon new station reception officer Marilyn Chambers. He bets Klein he can get her into bed on the first date, but he soon finds himself in close competition with none other than Hollis. Taviner becomes determined to cover his tracks for the sake of his baby when Johnson continues to pressurise him over the Jeff Simpson case.

83. Dead And Gone

Air Date: 2003-10-16

DCs Rob Thatcher and Brandon Kane raid the house of a heroin dealer after several addicts have died from a bad batch. Thatcher is determined to catch the supplier, and once again, he goes too far and arrests a suspect: Alan Best - PC Gary Best's father, who is working as a police informant for Insp. Gina Gold. Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy tells PC Des Taviner she is going to leave her husband for him - but Taviner has other matters on his mind. PC Reg Hollis warns his friend that PI Sally Johnson is closer to the truth about the Sun Hill fire than ever, and at a memorial ceremony for the officers who died that day, Taviner is too overcome with guilt to make a speech. Determined to be honest with Murphy, Taviner admits he framed Jeff Simpson for the fire, but Johnson tells DCI Jack Meadows that Taviner's involvement may go further than that.

84. Writing On The Wall

Air Date: 2003-10-22

With the guilt of what he has done weighing heavily on his mind, PC Des Taviner admits to Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy his part in the Sun Hill fire which killed six of his colleagues. To his horror, Murphy demands he turn himself in or she will do it for him. Instead, she calls her husband Patrick and admits her affair, saying she is leaving him for Des. Alan Best tells Insp. Gina Gold that a big heroin deal is about to go down at the garage where he works, so CID set up an obbo. They don't count on PC Gary Best turning up at the garage in full uniform and a panda car to apologise to his dad for assaulting him. When the dealer pulls a gun, DS McAllister calls for a Trojan unit, but when the gunman takes aim at Gary, his dad offers himself as a hostage in his place. PC Taviner becomes obsessed with finding a mugger responsible for the death of an elderly woman who dies of shock after her husband is stabbed. Hearing that Sgt. Murphy has gone to Scotland Yard, and that Supt. Okaro wants to see h

85. Lap Of The Gods

Air Date: 2003-10-23

Smithy rushes to the burning warehouse, while Stamp puts in the urgent assistance call. Smithy pulls Hollis from the car, but as he goes back for Taviner, a balcony collapses onto the two cars, causing another explosion. As the dust settles and the fire stops, a body is removed, but there is no sign of Taviner. Is he dead, or has he managed to escape capture? The search for kidnap victim Alan Best gets underway, but Best is concerned he won't be able to make up things with his father. Page's trial starts smoothly, but she is devastated when both Bradford and Max Wyatt betray her in the witness box. Meanwhile, Carver's wife Marie harangues June and presses her over her past relationships and Sheelagh tells June that Des is the father of her unborn child.

86. Better Late Than Never

Air Date: 2003-10-29

A siege is underway… the gunman who took PC Gary Best's dad is now holed up in a building, and when Inspector Gina Gold finds out two elderly residents, one a diabetic in urgent need of medication, are trapped she has to decide whether to let SO19 take him by surprise. When Smithy volunteers himself as a hostage in return for the elderly couple to be released, his actions are totally against protocol, much to Inspector Gold's dismay. Smithy desperately attempts to talk the gunman down but he's dealing with a deranged man capable of anything. Will Gina Gold put her officer's life at risk by allowing SO19 to storm the building and will Gary Best ever have the chance to make amends with his father? It's the last day of PC Polly's trial and she takes the stand to try and convince the jury of her innocence. But will she convince the packed courtroom that she did the right thing? And how will Polly's confession that she was set up by Cathy go down with her Sun Hill colleagues, especially wh

87. Fatal Consequences

Air Date: 2003-10-30

Live episode. Becker and Bradford are held hostage in the yard by a drunk wielding a knife. Becker is dragged into a carrier and Bradford escapes to get backup. Okaro takes control and orders Kent, Klein and Smith storm the van and but Becker has been stabbed, and she tragically dies in hospital. There are complications when the suspect swallows his tongue in custody. Best comes face-to-face with his father's murderer and during a rooftop tussle when Ellis escapes from an open custody door, Ellis falls to his death with Gary on top of him. Carver and Ackland reminisce over their twenty years of service together at Sun Hill when he is in hospital after being assaulted by his drunken wife, Marie. Murphy sees Taviner in the yard, and realizes he is alive. Webb returns to collect his belongings and reveals that he has transferred to the Murder Investigation Team, but has a frosty reception due to his rape by Martin Delaney, but tells his former colleagues to ignore it.

88. What's The Scoop?

Air Date: 2003-11-05

McAllister and Hunter investigate a serious assault on a prostitute, while Okaro is forced to deal with National Party councillor Nicola Marsh, who is trying to raise racial tensions by highlighting an increase in black-on-white crime. Best recovers in hospital after throwing Jules Ellis to his death from the station roof, and falling off himself. McAllister is saddened to discover that Becker died the night before, and Sun Hill deal with the fallout due to the death of the suspect, who swallowed his tongue in custody. Murphy admits to Okaro that Taviner was responsible for the Sun Hill firebombing when forensics discover that he wasn't killed in the Area Car warehouse explosion. Page is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. Kent gets close to Ackland.

89. Overdue Honeymoon

Air Date: 2003-11-06

Thatcher and Hunter investigate a campaign of hate against a boxer and discover that the motive behind the vendetta may not be as simple as they first imagined. With racial tensions once again threatening to rear an ugly head, Okaro finds himself under pressure to placate both local community leaders and National Party councillor Nicola Marsh in the light of recent events. A gang of racists are terrorizing an Indian restaurant, so Ackland and Kent decide to go undercover to fish them out. However, their undercover status as a couple leads to Ackland asking Kent out for a drink after work. Hunter struggles to keep his work life separate when he attends a session of IVF treatment with his wife.

90. Live A Charmed Life

Air Date: 2003-11-12

DC Terry Perkins arrives to implement a Public Protection Unit at Sun Hil; which will manage dangerous offenders released back into the community. His job starts immediately when paedophile Ian Forrester comes to sign the sex offenders register after serving six months for downloading obscene images of children. Things seem to turn dangerous when Ian is seen giving a school girl wads of cash. She claims that Ian was paying her for a forthcoming nude photo shoot but when Terry discovers that she is blackmailing him about his past conviction we start to question who the real victim is. Meanwhile other officers question Terry's chosen line of work. Will the sensitive nature of Terry's job prevent him from being accepted at Sun Hill? Gina and Rob head an outing to Joel Brewer's latest boxing match on the suspicion that known gangster Dennis Weaver is pressuring him to throw the fight. When Joel is found badly beaten in his dressing room, Phil is assigned the case and his previous affair w

91. Close To Home

Air Date: 2003-11-13

The staff at St Hugh's Hospital fall under suspicion when an elderly patient, Florence, has her house burgled with the keys that were in her bedside cabinet. Jim and Ramani trace it back to one of the nurses but a discrepancy in the amount of money that has been stolen makes them wonder whether Florence is really as innocent as her frail exterior might suggest. Terry arranges a rehabilitation programme for paedophile Ian Forrester but is unsettled by his progress. Eva begins to sympathise with Ian's situation and is convinced that he is desperate to control and conquer his desires. However, it is Terry's cynical outlook and cautious approach that proves to be most effective as it transpires that Ian has been getting a young girl to text him naked pictures of herself. Terry and Eva rescue Ian from a suicide attempt and are left wondering whether saving him will ultimately do more harm than good. Honey is on a mission to fix Tony up with a girlfriend and is shocked to discover that a su

92. Doghouse

Air Date: 2003-11-19

DS Phil Hunter and DC Eva Sharpe follow separate lines of enquiry when investigating a young prostitute who's been stabbed. Phil believes that a young schizophrenic is responsible but Eva takes the time to delve deeper and uncover the actual perpetrator. But an unorthodox interview with a bailed suspect lands her in a life-threatening situation with corrupt social worker, Martin Fisher (Don Gilet from Baby Father). PC Nick Klein is furious when Phil takes the credit on the case and decides to expose him once and for all. Nick puts in a call to Phil's wife but will he really tell her about Phil's secret love child Madison? PC Jim Carver suffers the embarrassment of having a drunken wife bought into the station on a disorderly charge. Wife Marie is quick to have a go at Jim for leaving her in the cells all day and he is eventually pushed to breaking point. Eva is shocked to find Jim forcing Marie against the wall of the interview room. And that's not the only troubling moment for Ev

93. Blaze Of Glory

Air Date: 2003-11-20

Sergeant Dale Smith finds it difficult not to get too involved when dealing with Julian Walker who is a victim of male rape, following a burglary. Still feeling guilty over the way he dealt with Mickey following his ordeal, Smithy pushes Julian to make a statement while his credit cards reveal a different side. PC Gabriel Kent struggles to keep composed when he has to tell a man that his parents have been killed. Sergeant June Ackland's concern forces a distraught Gabriel to reveal that his own parents were recently killed in a car crash. PC Jim Carver is defensive when DC Eva Sharpe confronts him about the threats he was making to Marie but Marie is busy making her own threats when she follows June home and warns her to stay away from her man. And the team at Sun Hill plant a tree as a memorial to Cass Rickman, killed a year ago by the Sun Hill serial killer. Nick makes a difficult speech but his day only gets worse when he admits to telling Phil Hunter's wife her husband has bee

94. A Bleeding Heart

Air Date: 2003-11-26

DS Ramani De Costa and DC Rob Thatcher investigate a man who has been secretly filming girls in the changing rooms of a leisure centre. Ramani is horrified when Steve's tapes show that her stepdaughter, Jasmin, has been the subject of the man's drunken and sexually charged interviews. Rob tries to protect Ramani from seeing the video footage but she is adamant to remain part of the investigation despite her personal involvement. Later, her resolve is sorely tested when Jasmin is raped. PC Reg Hollis thinks that his first day back will be a complex one, and that dealing with PC Des Taviner's disappearance in the face of questioning will be tough. However a dejected Reg finds his confidence and pride restored when he proves himself to be a successful and capable copper in the investigation of an attack on a blind woman. Sergeant June Ackland is feeling despondent after her confrontation with Marie, but her day becomes worse when she mistakenly arrests a woman and then witnesses a r

95. Shooting The Daggers

Air Date: 2003-11-27

Ramani is distraught when she discovers that her stepdaughter has been raped by the peeping tom and finds it impossible to stay away from the case. DC Rob Thatcher is put on the case much to Ramani's displeasure. She has concerns over whether he's up to the job. When Jasmin admits that she lied in interview, Ramani is concerned that she'll be pulled apart in the witness box if she goes ahead with the prosecution. PC Tony Stamp discovers that his Filipino girlfriend, Mae, is part of an illegal immigration racket, caught up in it because she owes money to the people that bought her to England. Tony offers to help her in any way he can, but his judgement is called into question when an identity fraud racquet reveals that his passport has been sold to them by Mae. Tony gives Mae the money to pay off her creditors, but then secretly sets up a sting with Immigration to catch the human traffickers. Mae is furious with him for keeping her in the dark. Is this the end of their relationship?

96. Forgive And Forget

Air Date: 2003-12-03

Jim recovers in hospital where he has to suffer the doubts of his colleagues and a step son who is accusing him of battering Marie. When the truth comes out Jim realises that he can't stay married to his abusive alcoholic wife. He knows that he will have to be cruel to be kind but can Jim be convinced that making an official complaint against her is the best way she will receive help? PC Gabriel Kent is desperate to cover up his attack on Jim and panics when Marie makes a complaint against his assault. Gabriel relies on emotional game playing, tampering with evidence and a lot of good fortune to divert all suspicions. Gabriel threatens to hand in his resignation but when Sergeant June Ackland proves that she trusts him he retracts it and their relationship progresses to the next level. Inspector Gina Gold doesn't trust Gabriel's statement, neither does Sergeant Smithy who does some investigating work of his own. The two share a sense of horror when they uncover a secret that has

97. Twenty-Twenty Hindsight

Air Date: 2003-12-04

PC Honey Harman proves herself to be a very capable officer when she and DC Brandon Kane investigate a case involving an abandoned baby. Honey shows an ability to form a relationship with the mother and impresses Brandon with her policing skills. She is ultimately disappointed when the mother goes back to her violent husband but is comforted by Brandon and the spark that is beginning to develop between them. Samantha Nixon is on edge regarding her possible promotion to DI and works hard to get a result in a difficult case surrounding a mysterious death. Her intuitive police skills and her focused persistence enable her to get an outcome that leaves a lasting impression throughout the relief. Sam is sure that she's done enough to get the promotion, but Superintendent Adam Okaro speaks to DCI Jack Meadows and suggests otherwise. Smithy has trouble keeping PC Gabriel Kent's identity to himself; he believes that Sergeant June Ackland has a right to know that he's her son. Inspector Gin

98. Pandora's Box

Air Date: 2003-12-10

Cathy Bradford returns to work after taking forced leave due to her un-authorised appearance on the Lorraine Kelly Show. She quickly becomes angered when she see's Brandon Kane and Honey Harmond becoming closer. Tony Stamp stops a Blackman who fits the description of a mugger. However, the Blackman claims racism and tries to make a compliant about it. Supt Okaro is furious about the event and isn't happy that Sun Hill are failing to meet crime targets. Brandon later finds evidence that the Blackman is involved with credit card fraud. Okaro tells him to find more evidence before brining him in but Brandon ignores him and does so anyway. Phil Hunter starts a rumour that Sam Nixon has got the DI's job knowing full well that she hasn't. Jack Meadows tells Sam that she is being demoted back to DS and a new DI will be appointed. Honey Harmond moves in with Brandon Kane and Jack tells Adam that he is loosing the support of his officers.

99. Bulldozer

Air Date: 2003-12-11

DS Samantha Nixon and DS Ramani De Costa investigate a case of domestic violence which eventually turns out to be a murder. The investigation is hindered by PC Cathy Bradford who loses control and resorts to unconventional interview methods which force Ramani to cut the interview short. When Cathy goes on to lose a vital piece of evidence, Ramani can take no more and demotes her back to uniform. Christine Weaver is found attacked and the suspect is Cindy Hunter. When Inspector Gina Gold confronts PC Nick Klein about his suspected drug abuse he is forced to admit he's been collecting evidence to prove that DS Phil Hunter is the father of Christine's baby. Now that the truth is finally out the situation cannot be contained. Cindy goes to Christine's house and attacks her again. Dennis Weaver still doesn't know that Madison is not his child but the actions of a bitter and unforgiving Nick could change that in an instant. PC Cathy Bradford is furious when she sees that DC Brandon Kane

100. Hit The Jackpot

Air Date: 2003-12-17

Supt Adam Okaro is desperate to put away some teenage thugs responsible for an attack which left the new Borough Commander injured. Adam's heavy handed tactics results in a riot on the estate and he deals with the situation by heading down to the frontline himself. But the Borough Commander has been watching his every move and these actions are about to bring his future in the force in to question. DC Brandon Kane blames PC Honey Harman when they discover that the fire was caused by a joss stick that was left burning in the house. Honey is upset at the accusation and assures him that she would never have done anything to endanger his children. PC Cathy Bradford relishes the chance to make Honey paranoid about the fire and thrives on the fact she's managed to manipulate the whole situation to such a degree - she seems to be getting out of control. Is Cathy capable of stopping herself? Elsewhere, Dennis Weaver finally catches up with DS Phil Hunter and PC Nick Klein watches the beatin

101. Tender Age

Air Date: 2003-12-18

What could a lorry full of geese and these two gentlemen possibly have in common? Superintendent Okaro is back on the frontline trying to keep in touch with his officers and their jobs. His time spent with PC Tony Stamp teaches him a lot about the pressures facing his officers. Especially when their investigations of a robbery result in the mother of a straight 'A' student threatening to register a complaint against them because they assume her son is a thief. DC Phil Hunter is placed in a difficult situation when Christine Weaver is arrested for shoplifting and has no one else to turn to. Will Phil be able to watch his wife and kid wander the streets this Christmas?. And Inspector Gina Gold's duties as a senior officer are tested to the limit when Sergeant Sheelagh Murphy suddenly goes into labour. Out of the beat and with no ambulance in sight, how will Sheelagh cope? And what's more, how will Gina?

102. On A Lonely Island

Air Date: 2003-12-23

PC Cathy Bradford is back on the beat, but this time it's quite literally, MURDER! Having been sent out on a case involving a man who has been left broken hearted after discovering his wife's infidelities, Cathy has no time for pathetic men and finds herself increasingly frustrated with her fiancé Max. When he makes a move on her, she suddenly finds herself unable to carry on with the charade of their relationship and pushes him away. Falling to the ground he cracks his head and asks Cathy to help him up. Instead, she smashes Max's head with her ASP - just how far will she go? Sergeant Dale Smith forms a bond with teenager Leo Price who is struggling to hold his family together against the pressures placed on him by his junkie mum, her abusive boyfriend and the drug dealing gangs that control the estate they live on. But are Smithy's good intentions about to prove his trust in human nature wrong? Reg visits Sheelagh and the new baby in hospital, whilst PC Jim Carver is back in acti

103. Chasing The Dragon

Air Date: 2003-12-24

New DI Neil Manson arrives at Sun Hill and immediately stamps out his authority. He's bad news, an old school cop in the worst possible sense. Arrogant, sexist and a bully who resents women being in the MET, DI Manson isn't afraid to bend the rules to get what he wants. DS Phil Hunter is disappointed to learn he won't be in for an easy ride now that his old mate is in charge, and DS Sam Nixon takes an instant dislike to the man who's taken the job she was convinced she had. Max's body is discovered in the freezer of his chip shop and MIT are called in to investigate. PC Cathy Bradford acts the devastated fiancée but time could at last be running out for Sun Hill's psycho cop when a horrified DC Brandon Kane discovers his children watching a video of the missing CCTV footage they found in Cathy's bedroom, which shows Cathy with Brandon's wife moments before her death. PC Nick Klein enjoys DS Phil Hunter's increasing misery when his ex-lover and mother of his child Christine Weaver a

104. The Law

Air Date: 2003-12-30

After seeing the tape of PC Cathy Bradford with his wife just moments before she fell to her death, DC Brandon Kane's suspicions rapidly mount! He turns to Robbie Cryer who is reluctant to get involved. Is the full extent of Cathy's madness about to be discovered? Elsewhere, Cathy manages to convince the investigation team that she is emotionally distressed by his murder and spins a convincing story to distract attention away from herself. Convinced she's in control, her feelings of power are shattered by Robbie Cryer's appearance, telling her that Brandon is on to her deceit. New DI Neil Manson and DC Terry Perkins are on the case of a serial attacker who is assaulting young women with a hammer. The new DI makes a public address on television assuring people the criminal is back at the nick. He returns and is horrified to discover DC Ken Drummond has let their prime suspect go.

105. Lured Into The Trap

Air Date: 2003-12-31

DC Brandon Kane informs Inspector Gina Gold and DCI Jack Meadows of his suspicions. He is convinced that PC Cathy Bradford had more than a glancing involvement in his wife's death. When Roberta Cryer is found badly beaten there is only one probably suspect. When a car is pulled out of the canal, DC Eva Sharpe and DC Rob Thatcher begin a hunt for a young girl whose bloodied cardigan is discovered in the boot. When a car is pulled out of the canal, DC Eva Sharpe and DC Rob Thatcher begin a hunt for a young girl whose bloodied cardigan is discovered in the boot. But it's not just the search for the child that causes police activity. PC Gabriel Kent finds himself on the wrong end of a savage dog...

1. The Bill Season 20 Episode 1

Air Date: 2004-01-07

Having discovered the CCTV tape of PC Cathy Bradford with his wife on the night she died, and the body of Cathy's fiance, Max Wyatt, the Murder Investigation Team are called in. DC Brandon Kane is horrified to discover that Bradford (using her police uniform) has abducted his children from their school. Sgt. Dale Smith tries to convince Insp. Gina Gold to tell Sgt. June Ackland of their discovery of Gabriel Kent's birth certificate reveals that he is June's son. An old friend of Gina's arouses suspicion when he is found in a stolen car and then tries to hide a briefcase containing £15000 in cash. As the search for Bradford and the Kane children intensifies, Bradford sneaks the kids into the station under the very noses of the investigating officers - into the Sun Hill boiler room.

2. The Bill Season 20 Episode 2

Air Date: 2004-01-08

Leo Price agrees to help Sgt. Dale Smith and CID with some information when his little brother is attacked and left injured. When the information leads to several arrests on the estate, Smithy must take steps to protect Leo from a possible revenge attack. PC Cathy Bradford, still in the boiler room with the Kane kids, turns off the station heating to lure someone down there. An engineer is called to fix the boiler, but he is knocked unconscious by Cathy. When Sgt. June Ackland and PC Honey Harman go looking for the missing engineer, they find him outside the boiler room, they realise what's going on. Ackland tries her best to coax the rogue copper out, but Bradford refuses to talk to anyone except DC Brandon Kane.

3. The Bill Season 20 Episode 3

Air Date: 2004-01-14

Sgt. June Ackland has discovered PC Cathy Bradford has barricaded herself and DC Brandon Kane's kids in the station's boiler room. When Cathy promises to release the kids in exchange for Brandon as a hostage, Insp. Gina Gold refuses, but Supt. Adam Okaro overrides her decision. Cathy insists Brandon must choose one child, but he manages to negotiate Zoe's release as well. Forcing Brandon to handcuff himself, Bradford relives the events of the past year, including the death of Brandon's wife Tanya. The station is evacuated, and the TSG arrive to provide support. Cathy's stories become increasingly unbelievable, as she tells Brandon that she was abducted by a serial killer as a child. DS Samanatha Nixon and DC Eva Sharpe trawl through Cathy's belongings and find that was not true. When Cathy moves Brandon out of range of the TSG probe, Okaro authorises TSG to force entry into the room. Brandon manages to overpower Cathy, but she lights a petrol fire intending to kill them both.

4. The Bill Season 20 Episode 4

Air Date: 2004-01-15

TSG storm the boiler room and Supt. Adam Okaro arrests a screaming Cathy Bradford for murder. Despite his colleagues' warnings, DC Brandon Kane insists on returning to work at CID, but when he finds himself conned by an elderly woman for an insurance scam, he realises his mind isn't on the job any more. Kane goes to see Supt. Okaro and hands in his resignation, saying he wants to spend time with his kids. PC Gary Best is seconded to CID, and is temporarily partnered with DC Terry Perkins who barely tolerates his new sidekick. The pair investigate the mugging of a city trader by two homeless ex-servicemen. Terry is disgusted by the world the traders inhabit and is frustrated when he learns that the mugging was a revenge attack. When Gary goes out on his own initiative and almost blows the case, Terry takes matters into his own hands and threatens to reveal the trader's cocaine use. PC Jim Carver's wife Marie turns up, begging him not to proceed with the trial against her. When he refuse

5. The Bill Season 20 Episode 5

Air Date: 2004-01-21

Marie Carver is in court on charges of domestic violence against her husband, PC Jim Carver. Despite testimony from PC Gabriel Kent, who witnessed one of Marie's attacks on Jim, Marie and her lawyer manage to turn the case around and plead self-defence, saying that Jim had attacked Marie first. Marie's son, Ben Graham, takes the stand, and his emotional testimony absolves Jim of any violent actions - Marie changes her plea to guilty, and Jim finds himself tempted to drink again. Supt. Adam Okaro is worried that his job is on the line - the new Borough Commander, Louise Campbell, is on her way to see him, and he blames himself for the Cathy Bradford incident as he had neglected to cancel her keypass to the station, allowing her access to the boiler room. PC Tony Stamp and PC Kerry Young bring in two teenagers, Curtis and Carla, on suspicion of mugging, but when Curtis admits stealing money from Carla's father, Rev. Andho, further investigation reveals that the Reverend has been skimming

6. The Bill Season 20 Episode 6

Air Date: 2004-01-22

Supt Okaro faces a difficult time with the fraud investigations into his wife's bank accounts and her relationship with the Reverend Andho. How will Okaro deal with the subsequent and growing press interest and the certain scandal, especially when Denise admits her feelings for the Reverend? It's not as though he doesn't have enough worries on his plate when Sun Hill faces a civil law suit after a raid on the wrong home. DS Sam Nixon goes out of her way to get a result on a case involving a guy called Devon who is selling counterfeit DVDs and who she knows is carrying a gun. She turns to Devon's father, revealing to him his son's involvement in the underworld. But when the sting operation he agrees to take part in backfires, he becomes an innocent victim in a gang shooting and Sam faces the responsibility. It's a real kick in the teeth for her, especially when new DI Neil Manson tells her he's not impressed with her actions. And Sergeant Sheelagh Murphy is left in total shock when

7. The Bill Season 20 Episode 7

Air Date: 2004-01-29

Sergeant Sheelagh Murphy is shaken by the previous night's sighting of Des Taviner. Confused about why Des should come back to Sun Hill, Sheelagh becomes frantic when she believes her baby Niamh has gone missing and Reg attempts to calm her. When the baby is discovered safe and well Sheelagh refuses to take any chances and asks PC Cameron Tait to babysit. Thinking her baby is in safe hands, Sheelagh returns home to find Cameron and a paramedic desperately trying to save her baby's life. Elsewhere, PC Yvonne Hemmingway deals with an hysterical woman who is smashing up a shop. Discovering that she is a rape victim who is being traumatised and stalked by her attacker, DC Terry Perkins and DC Eva Sharpe step in to try to convince another of the rapist's victims to come forward and press charges after years of keeping quiet. And Superintendent Adam Okaro is forced to put his recent domestic troubles behind him and begins to build bridges with both the relief and his wife.

8. The Bill Season 20 Episode 188

Air Date: 2004-02-05

Sergeant Sheelagh Murphy is rushed to hospital with her baby's life hanging in the balance. With news of the baby's tragic death, Sheelagh struggles with the loss especially when her house is turned into a crime scene. Turning to PC Reg Hollis she voices her fears that Des Taviner may have been involved in the baby's death. Meanwhile PC Cameron Tait turns to drink in an effort to escape his feelings of guilt and responsibility. Having picked a fight in a pub, he turns to the bottle again and finds a sympathetic PC Kerry Young to help him home. Will Kerry fall for his drunken attentions? PC Tony Stamp and PC Honey Harman arrest an ex criminal, George Dooley, (Alan Ford, from Snatch and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) for assaulting his prospective son-in-law, Steve. George doesn't want Steve marrying his daughter because he seems to be embroiled in a replica gun racket. It's a scam Eva and Sam have been investigating but there's frustration ahead when DI Neil Manson hijacks the

9. The Bill Season 20 Episode 9

Air Date: 2004-02-11

When DS Debbie McAllister has trouble with her babysitter, she is forced to bring Andrew into the station. While McAllister is indisposed, DC Eva Sharpe is assigned to what looks like a straightforward case of bigamy when two men are arrested fighting in the local library. After witnessing a fight in custody, the suspect Leonard Noakes, admits to murdering a man many years previously, but Sharpe finds Noakes' supposed victim alive and not-so-well in St Hughs Hospital. As the case gets more intriguing, Sharpe finds herself under scrutiny from her boss, DI Neil Manson who orders her to leave the case to MIT. When Ross requests her help, Sharpe can't help but close up the loose ends, but a furious Manson warns her ""her card is marked"". After their night of passion, PC Kerry Young finds PC Cameron Tait is acting coldly towards her. Could it be that Cameron is carrying heavy guilt over baby Niamh Murphy's death, or is it because Sgt. Dale Smith has warned him of Kerry's ""reputation""? Sgt. S

10. The Bill Season 20 Episode 10

Air Date: 2004-02-12

Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy reports to Insp. Gina Gold and DCI Jack Meadows that she was visited by Des Taviner the night before. Having learned of baby Niamh's death, Taviner finds PC Reg Hollis alone guarding her chapel of rest. When Hollis tries to radio Sun Hill, Des overpowers him and handcuffs him, and Hollis lets slip that PC Cameron Tait was babysitting Niamh when she died. Back at the station, Hollis admits to Insp. Gold that he knew Des started the Sun Hill fire, and he fears for his career as he is questioned by MIT. Following a tip-off from DC Terry Perkins' snout, DI Neil Manson goes undercover as a hitman when a woman wants her husband killed. As DS Ramani De Costa investigates the domestic violence aspect of the case, the husband's involvement in an actual murder is revealed. DI Manson is delighted with the result, but DS De Costa is upset when Manson usurps her CSU authority. PCs Gary Best and Tony Stamp trawl internet chat rooms looking for 'Hotpants', a suspected fraudster w

11. The Bill Season 20 Episode 11

Air Date: 2004-02-18

A covert operation is planned to trap Des at Niamh's funeral despite Sergeant June Ackland's promise to Sergeant Sheelagh Murphy that this will not happen. Sheelagh is upset when she discovers the deception, and the last straw is when PC Kerry Young lets slip that she knows Des is the father. Sheelagh dramatically announces to the guests that Des is the father while her humiliated husband stands by. She decides to run away with Des, but at the last minute Sheelagh informs Superintendent Adam Okaro. Will Sheelagh's defection finally capture Des? PC Reg Hollis fears that his career is on the line when Inspector Gina Gold discovers that he knew about Des Taviner starting the fire. PC Cameron Tait and Kerry uncover a shoplifting scandal, and Cameron refuses the offer of a safe house following Des's threat on his life. This proves a big mistake as Des attempts a hit and run, and then turns up with a gun at Cameron's daughter's school to kidnap her. Cameron offers himself in her plac

12. The Bill Season 20 Episode 12

Air Date: 2004-02-19

The hunt is still on for Des Taviner who holds Sergeant Sheelagh Murphy and PC Cameron Tait hostage. Sheelagh has left her mobile on and connected to DCI Jack Meadows to give them a lead on their whereabouts. But Taviner soon realises that Sheelagh is double crossing him and during a dramatic road chase drives the car straight into a tunnel. With the full force of Sun Hill in pursuit and the road ahead closed, it seems as if Taviner's days on the run are numbered. But when police hear two gun shots ring out, they realise just how crazed Taviner is. With the discovery of Gabriel Kent's birth certificate and the knowledge that June Ackland is his mother, Jim Carver is the one to spill the incest beans and June is faced with the shocking revelation that she has been sleeping with her own son. DS Samantha Nixon and DI Neil Manson investigate a cigarette smuggling operation, thrown together on the case the sparks fly between them and it soon becomes clear that Manson is merely play

13. Episode 193

Air Date: 2004-02-25

Sergeant June Ackland confronts PC Gabriel Kent over the shocking discovery that he is her son. With her world in turmoil, she is horrified to hear him confirm that he is her son. But there's an even more sinister twist to the story when she breaks down, confiding in him that she was raped and her child is the outcome of that attack. Gabriel has a sudden change of heart and June is set to face the real truth behind his warped mind. Will Gabriel's revelation be too much for June? PC Cameron Tait is still being held hostage by Des Taviner. Though a crazed man, Des is beginning to calm and realises killing Tait isn't the answer and leaves Cameron unharmed. Having made contact with Sheelagh Murphy and letting her know where Cameron is, Des' violent chase comes to an end and Sheelagh is left convinced this is the last they'll see of him. PC Kerry Young finds time to comfort PC Cameron Tait in the shower after his ordeal.

14. The Bill Season 20 Episode 14

Air Date: 2004-02-26

PC Gabriel Kent fears exposure and confronts Sergeant June Ackland who tells him that she will keep his identity secret if he gets her the address of her son. The difficulty of her situation is heightened by the fact that she deals with the case of a missing child. Elsewhere Gabriel confronts PC Jim Carver for telling June that he is her son and the two come to blows. Sergeant Dale Smith breaks them up and both Smithy and Jim agree to keep his secret quiet for June's sake. But with Gabriel's popularity seriously on the wane, how long can he hope to rely on them? PC Kerry Young confides in PC Yvonne Hemmingway about her night of passion with PC Cameron Tait the night before. It could be the start of something special but Smithy is not happy and it looks like he might stand in their way... DC Eva Sharpe and DI Neil Manson work on the case of a missing girl and discover that it is the girl's abusive grandfather that has taken her away. Meanwhile Polly Page returns to Sun Hill

15. The Bill Season 20 Episode 15

Air Date: 2004-03-03

Sgt. June Ackland threatens to expose PC Gabriel Kent's true identity, but Kent insists he loves her and his job. Ackland agrees to a compromise, she will keep quiet about Kent's assumed identity if he gives her the address of the real Gabriel Kent: her son, Robert Ackland. Kent refuses, but eventually relents when he realises June is serious. Posing as a housebuyer, ""June Carver"", an emotional June Ackland visits her long-lost son and meets her grand-daughter, but she is too afraid to tell him her real identity. DS Samantha Nixon grudgingly works with DI Neil Manson to locate dangerous escaped convict Eric Taylor, who has already eluded police twice. When Taylor is spotted, PC Jim Carver pursues him into a swimming pool complex, and the two end up in the water. PC Kent watches as the two struggle, and is going to let Jim drown until other officers arrive. When his former lover, Rachel Heath, arrives at the station on the eve of her trial for assault and pregnant with his child, DCI Ja

16. The Bill Season 20 Episode 16

Air Date: 2004-03-04

DCI Jack Meadow's former lover and ex-prostitute Rachel Heath (Lysette Anthony) is due in court to stand trial for assault. With the news that she's pregnant with his child, she tells Jack she intends to tell the court about their affair and go for a mistrial. With his police career on the line, Jack suddenly makes a surprise proposal but will former Sun Hill officer Mickey Webb be able to convince Jack he's doing the wrong thing? The pressure's mounting for DI Neil Manson when DC Eva Sharpe implies she knows about his father in law using rent boys. Neil learns of Jack's affair with Rachel which gives him the bargaining tool to get Eva off his back. Is this the end of Eva's time at Sun Hill? Elsewhere, DS Debbie McAllister investigates an attack on two boys but was the attack a racist or homophobic assault? Gary uses his own experience to convince one of the victims to make a tough decision.

17. The Bill Season 20 Episode 17

Air Date: 2004-03-10

PC Andrea Dunbar arrives in the force and her keenness seems to good to be true, but little do the relief know that they have an undercover reporter among them. When Eva discovers that Debbie told Neil about Jacks affair she is furious and they fight. Tensions run high between DCI Jack Meadows and DI Neil Manson because Neil wants Eva out, no matter what and just as he is announcing her departure, Jack comes in with an offer for Eva to join MIT. Polly returns to Sun Hill as the new CAD operator but after she is snubbed by Neil during her shift she feels vulnerable and things get worse when she returns home to find the word 'murderer' painted across her flat window.

18. The Bill Season 20 Episode 18

Air Date: 2004-03-11

PC Nick Klein and PC Yvonne Hemingway attend a disturbance at a funeral home and discover an unusual case: the body and casket of the mother of the Coombes brothers has disappeared - including £350,000. Turning the case over to DS Debbie McAllister and DC Ken Drummond in CID, the officers investigate all the involved parties including the brother, the funeral director and the security guard. Against her better judgement and PC Tony Stamp's warnings, Polly Page befriends journalist Frank Fisher who helps her out when she cops abuse and vandalism from local youths. PC Reg Hollis and Sgt. Dale Smith check out the local Lido swimming pool when the manager reports a break-in. Finding nothing, they return to the station, but when Reg heads back on his own, he is confronted by Des Taviner who wants to tie up the loose ends between them before he disappears for good. Reg's absence stirs Insp. Gina Gold's suspicions and she heads to the Lido with an SO19 team who manage to catch and arrest Tavi

19. The Bill Season 20 Episode 19

Air Date: 2004-03-17

Paramedics fail to revive Des Taviner, and MIT's DI Madden who has arrived to question Des about the Sun Hill bombing finds himself investigating the suspect's murder instead. Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy comes under particular scrutiny from MIT, given her history with Des, and her decision to place a mentally unstable prisoner in the same cell. Tensions between Sgts Murphy and June Ackland reach an all-time high when June is unable to confirm Sheelagh's innocence. Supt. Adam Okaro is determined to nail big-time criminal Bob Coles, suspected of people smuggling, and DI Neil Manson dangles the carrot of a free trip to Paris for the officer who arrests Coles. With DS Hunter and DC Thatcher both promising their partners a weekend away, DC Terry Perkins eventually wins the trip and auctions it to Hunter and Thatcher for charity. Polly Page ignores PC Tony Stamp's warnings about journalist Frank Fisher, and begins to feel disillusioned about her return to the Met. Undercover journalist PC Andrea Du

20. The Bill Season 20 Episode 20

Air Date: 2004-03-18

21. Smoking Demons

Air Date: 2004-03-24

As PC Nick Klein recovers from his forced heroin overdose at the hands of Dennis Weaver's henchmen, Sgt. Dale Smith and PC Kerry Young try to prove Nick's innocence beyond doubt as his condition and his previous history with drugs make his testimony unreliable. Nick confronts DS Phil Hunter and accuses him of telling Weaver that he had been a drug addict. Polly Page's house is broken into, and she begins to suspect that her night of passion with journalist Frank Fisher may have been a big mistake as he is the main suspect, particularly after an expose on her murder trial appaers in the local paper. Kerry Young and PC Cameron Tait have a huge row at the pub after Smithy tells Tait that Young has slept with him and Nick Klein. As PC Gabriel Kent watches, Young accepts a lift home with Smithy.

22. The Bill Season 20 Episode 22

Air Date: 2004-03-25

With PC Nick Klein in a police safe house, an enraged Dennis Weaver throttles DS Phil Hunter, demanding Klein's location. Having woken up with Sgt Dale Smith, PC Kerry Young realises she has no memory of the previous night, and is racked with guilt that she has cheated on her boyfriend, PC Cameron Tait. She takes the morning-after pill as a precaution, but is puzzled by PC Gabriel Kent's intense interest in the evening's events. Front Desk Officer Marilyn Chambers joins PC Reg Hollis on a trainspotting expedition, but Reg's passion for locomotives makes way for another kind of passion when the two share a kiss. Polly Page is devestated when the story of her murder trial appears in the papers, and she ends her relationship with journalist Frank Fisher when he offers her money for an ""exclusive"".

23. The Bill Season 20 Episode 23

Air Date: 2004-03-31

DS Debbie McAllister is determined to investigate links between her boss, DI Neil Manson, and a possibly corrupt magistrate when a drug dealer makes accusations during interview. PC Gabriel Kent plays on PC Kerry Young's feelings of guilt after her night with Sgt Dale Smith, by suggesting that Smithy may have raped her. Polly Page finds her home trashed and covered in offensive graffiti. She suspects her next-door neighbour, but could journalist Frank Fisher be involved? Out at the pub, PC Cameron Tait sees DS Phil Hunter meeting with crime boss Dennis Weaver.

24. The Bill Season 20 Episode 24

Air Date: 2004-04-01

DS Debbie McAllister is determined to investigate links between her boss, DI Neil Manson, and a possibly corrupt magistrate when a drug dealer makes accusations during interview. PC Gabriel Kent plays on PC Kerry Young's feelings of guilt after her night with Sgt Dale Smith, by suggesting that Smithy may have raped her. Polly Page finds her home trashed and covered in offensive graffiti. She suspects her next-door neighbour, but could journalist Frank Fisher be involved? Out at the pub, PC Cameron Tait sees DS Phil Hunter meeting with crime boss Dennis Weaver.

25. The Bill Season 20 Episode 25

Air Date: 2004-04-07

PC Nick Klein is back in the safe house, but when DS Phil Hunter gives the address to Dennis Weaver, a hitman is contracted to kill Klein. Meeting with the hitman to retrieve the gun and a photo of Nick's body, Weaver realises Hunter has set him up when the police lead by Supt Okaro and DCI Meadows swoop in on them. Escaping into North Canley Forest, a terrified Hunter barely escapes with his life as a maniacal Weaver swears revenge for his treachery. With Weaver on the loose, however, Nick Klein is relieved of duty and placed in deep witness protection far outside of London, but not before Hunter and Sgt Dale Smith have a chance to clear up their differences with him. Police Staff Polly Page investigates a forged drivers licence, but is reprimanded for exceeding her remit as a civillian staff member. Polly visits Cathy Bradford in a secure psychiatric unit, where Cathy tells her she is ""undercover"" in the hospital. Considering recent events and Bradford's taunts, Polly resigns from Su

26. The Bill Season 20 Episode 6

Air Date: 2004-04-08

PC Nick Klein is back in the safe house, but when DS Phil Hunter gives the address to Dennis Weaver, a hitman is contracted to kill Klein. Meeting with the hitman to retrieve the gun and a photo of Nick's body, Weaver realises Hunter has set him up when the police lead by Supt Okaro and DCI Meadows swoop in on them. Escaping into North Canley Forest, a terrified Hunter barely escapes with his life as a maniacal Weaver swears revenge for his treachery. With Weaver on the loose, however, Nick Klein is relieved of duty and placed in deep witness protection far outside of London, but not before Hunter and Sgt Dale Smith have a chance to clear up their differences with him. Police Staff Polly Page investigates a forged drivers licence, but is reprimanded for exceeding her remit as a civillian staff member. Polly visits Cathy Bradford in a secure psychiatric unit, where Cathy tells her she is ""undercover"" in the hospital. Considering recent events and Bradford's taunts, Polly resigns from Su

27. The Bill Season 20 Episode 27

Air Date: 2004-04-14

A major road traffic accident in Sun Hill sees a seriously injured man, Adrian Collins, rushed to St Hugh's Hospital. When Uniform discover a handgun and balaclava in Collins' car, and after questioning from DC Terry Perkins and PC Kerry Young, Collins admits he was on his way to a bank robbery. When an alarm is triggered at a nearby bank, Sgt Dale Smith realises the robbery has proceeded without Collins and takes charge of the situation. With SO19 delayed in traffic, Smithy has trouble commanding the respect of his officers with rumours of Kerry's alleged rape flying around. An angry PC Cameron Tait confronts him and the two nearly come to blows until they agree to concentrate on the job at hand. The lone bank robber is Trevor Willets, and he demands a getaway car. The situation gets even worse when the bank's terrified manager is pushed out with a bomb strapped to his waist. The bank manager's partner, and Willets' ex-wife Louise is brought to the scene, but her hysterical presence d

28. Episode 28

Air Date: 2004-04-15

29. The Bill Season 20 Episode 28

Air Date: 2004-04-15

PC Kerry Young is found injured but alive in the rubble after the explosion behind the bank, but the bank manager was killed in the explosion. As DS Samantha Nixon investigates the aftermath, there is considerable question over where the blame will lie. PC Cameron Tait begs Kerry not to reveal that they were arguing when the bomb went off, but he later reveals this to DS Nixon, as well as telling her about Kerry's accusation of rape against Sgt Dale Smith. Smithy comes under scrutiny as he was in charge of the operation, and PC Andrea Dunbar admits that she told Louise Willets that the bomb was a fake. Under pressure from her editor, Dunbar may be able to keep him sweet with the date rape story which is now the talk of the station. PC Gabriel Kent steals the CCTV footage that would reveal what happened and could incriminate Kerry Young.

30. The Bill Season 20 Episode 30

Air Date: 2004-04-28

DC Terry Perkins is undercover in prison, where he investigates convicted paedophile Charles Mawdsley who is believed to be running a paedophile ring with the help of one of the prison guards. DS Ramani de Costa appears as a prison counsellor, acting as Terry's contact with the outside world, but when Terry opens up in a group therapy session, Ramani begins to suspect that he was abused as a child. By arresting a corrupt guard who was dealing drugs, Supt Okaro hopes to force Mawdsley to play his hand, but in interview, the guard reveals that the prison's assistant governor is also corrupt. Okaro and de Costa race to the prison just in time to stop Terry from being killed by Mawdsley. Meanwhile DI Neil Manson gets a call from a prisoner at the same nick who wants to pass on information about a huge planned diamond robbery - the grass is none other than Don Beech, Manson's former sergeant at Barton Street and former Sun Hill DS.

32. Episode 211

Air Date: 2004-04-29

DS Sam Nixon and DS Debbie McAllister investigate when the stolen digger turns up at a transport site. DI Neil Manson's suspicions are proven correct, but nobody else knows that Manson's tip-offs are coming from Don Beech. The arrival of DI Peter Cavanaugh, an Australian cop on attachment to the NCIS, sets hearts a-flutter, but DCI Jack Meadows is furious when DI Manson's liaisons with Beech are revealed. New PC Lance Powell arrests a black teenager on suspicion of shoplifting, but cops a warning from Supt Adam Okaro to tread more carefully with the black community in future. An angry Powell is fair game for DC Rob Thatcher and undercover journalist PC Andrea Dunbar, who are both seeking to prove that Okaro has it in for his black officers. PC Gary Best is stunned when Powell tells him he's gay.

33. The Bill Season 20 Episode 33

Air Date: 2004-05-06

After failing to capture Trevor Little and his gang after their aborted diamond raid, DI Neil Manson begins to have his doubts about his Australian colleague, DI Peter Cavanaugh, and suspects he may be leaking information to the gang. The rivalry between the two DIs escalates, but Cavanaugh has his eye set on DS Samantha Nixon, and the two share a passionate kiss. Insp Gina Gold and CPS Lawyer Jonathan Fox's verbal sparring also turns to passion, and PCs Cameron Tait and Kerry Young decide to give their disasterous relationship another try. PC Gabriel Kent continues his vendetta against Coal Lane resident Roy Stafford who he suspects is a paedophile. When he suspects Stafford has staged a robbery to gain access to the victim's grandchildren, he crosses the line and attacks Stafford, beating him badly. Supt Adam Okaro sends the hate mail he has received for forensic examination, but with the sender almost certainly an officer in his station, they most likely know how to cover their trac

34. The Bill Season 20 Episode 34

Air Date: 2004-05-13

DI Neil Manson's suspicions about DI Peter Cavanaugh continue during an obbo on the diamond heist suspects. When the suspects get away from them, Cavanaugh doesn't seem particularly concerned. Concerned for the safety of DS Samantha Nixon and PC Cameron Tait who are undercover as waiting staff on the target boat, Manson orders DS Phil Hunter on to the boat as well. PC Gabriel Kent could be in trouble when Roy Stafford turns up at the station to report Kent's assault on him. Insp. Gina Gold is delighted she may be able to get rid of the evil Gabriel at last, but a Coal Lane resident arrives and gives Kent an alibi. She has an ulterior motive however - as well as approving of Kent's brutal actions on Stafford, she wants him to enact some vigilante justice on a loan shark on the estate. CPS Lawyer Jonathan Fox asks Gina Gold out on a date, and Supt Adam Okaro continues to receive hate mail from within the station.

35. The Bill Season 20 Episode 35

Air Date: 2004-05-19

Don Beech has the only evidence that could incriminate corrupt DI Peter Cavanaugh. DCI Jack Meadows is reluctant to have to rely on the slippery Beech, but Supt Adam Okaro insists he is their only choice. DI Neil Manson and DS Phil Hunter take Beech to visit Maggie Black who has the incriminating tape, and Beech asks Manson if he can have ten minutes alone to ""say goodbye"" to Maggie. Manson foolishly agrees, and when DS Hunter goes to interrupt their little liaison, he finds himself held at gunpoint. Beech is on the run again! DI Peter Cavanaugh contacts DS Samantha Nixon and declares his love for her, begging her to join him on the run. She agrees, but informs DCI Meadows of his plans. Using her mobile as a tracking device, Meadows and his team close in, but when Cavanaugh realises he's been betrayed he takes Nixon hostage. DS Ramani De Costa requests a profiler when she suspects a serial rapist may be at work in Sun Hill, but is told that another attack must take place before a profi

36. The Bill Season 20 Episode 36

Air Date: 2004-05-20

DCs Rob Thatcher and Ken Drummond are on an obbo watching a witness in a fraud case, when Ken's son Alex turns up on the doorstep in a state of shock. While on a night out with his mates to celebrate his 17th birthday, Alex believes he has killed a prostitute. Drummond leaves Alex with Thatcher, and rushes to the woman's flat - she is dead, and Ken hastily removes evidence from the scene (Alex's hat). With their obbo blown, and Thatcher suspecting their target has switched places with another person, he and Alex manage to salvage the operation when they find some vital evidence in the target's rubbish bin. When Ken informs Alex of the death, he runs off and is found the next morning threatening to jump off a building, but he is talked down by his father. Drummond replaces the evidence and reluctantly calls in MIT, and Alex is arrested. DI Neil Manson and DS Samantha Nixon discuss DI Cavanaugh's corruption and Don Beech's escape, and they know DCI Jack Meadows will be furious. Meadows a

37. The Bill Season 20 Episode 37

Air Date: 2004-05-27

PC Gabriel Kent and PC Kerry Young attend a call to what initially appears to be the case of a ""bunny-boiler"", Sharon Wallace, stalking her ex-boyfriend, Chris Loftus. Kent, however, sees the fear in the Sharon's eyes, and when she is later attacked, he probes further and discovers that the boyfriend is blackmailing her with some nude photos in his possession. Holding the threat of the incriminating CCTV tape of the bank explosion over her, Gabriel convinces a reluctant Kerry to distract Chris while he breaks into his flat and retrieves the photos. Mission accomplished, he tells Kerry he's wiped the tape, and she is so relieved, she nearly kisses him. Back at the station, PC Cameron Tait stuns Kerry further with a surprise marriage proposal. DI Neil Manson is cleared of any involvement in Don Beech's escape, but DCI Jack Meadows warns him he's still on thin ice. DC Ken Drummond is also relieved when his son is cleared of manslaughter. CID's attention is diverted when a car containing a

38. The Bill Season 20 Episode 38

Air Date: 2004-06-02

DS Phil Hunter is desperate to find his daughter Madison, who has been abducted by Dennis Weaver. DCI Jack Meadows orders him not to get involved in the investigation, and assigns DS Samantha Nixon to keep an eye on Hunter. Hunter and Nixon investigate when a kilo of cocaine is found in a car after a chase with police, and find the driver Sonny Jonson at the hospital. PC Yvonne Hemmingway arrests a 17-year old girl, Shirley Moss, on shoplifiting charges and forms a bond with the girl when Shirley tells her she's pregnant. Hemmingway convinces the shopkeeper to drop the charges, and when the father of Shirley's child turns out to be big-time drug dealer Rifkin, Hunter and Nixon organise an SO19 raid on Rifkin's flat, but with drug courier Sonny and Shirley both in police custody, Rifkin clearly has his bases covered. PC Gary Best is surprised when the SO19 sergeant at the raid turns out to be PC Lance Powell's partner, Mark Rollins. Yvonne offers Shirley a place to stay at her flat, but

39. The Bill Season 20 Episode 39

Air Date: 2004-06-03

DS Samantha Nixon drags a wounded DS Phil Hunter out of the line of fire of an enraged Dennis Weaver, and the two escape into an abandoned Tube tunnel. PC Yvonne Hemmingway is frustrated when police red tape prevents her from helping pregnant teenager Shirley who has been badly beaten. Hemmingway angrily confronts Supt Adam Okaro, and his reaction attracts the interest of DC Rob Thatcher. PC Gary Best tracks down Shirley's mother, and Hemmingway convinces her to testify against Stuart Rifkin. Realising DS Hunter and DS Nixon are missing, DI Neil Manson and DS Debbie McAllister try to track them down with the help of Phil's daughter Madison and his informant Stephen Fletcher. Barricaded in a storage room, a delerious Hunter admits to Nixon that he blackmailed and betrayed Nick Klein, but when Nixon tries to get help, Dennis Weaver attacks them. As Weaver and Nixon fight, Hunter manages to get hold of the gun, and he shoots Weaver, ending the ordeal. PC Gabriel Kent visits PC Kerry Young

40. The Bill Season 20 Episode 40

Air Date: 2004-06-09

PC Kerry Young is in turmoil after her rape at the hands of the evil PC Gabriel Kent. Naturally, Kent denies the charge, and he insinuates that Kerry has ""cried wolf"" before, when she accused Sgt. Dale Smith of rape. Confiding in her fiance, PC Cameron Tait, Kerry is shocked when Cameron doesn't believe her story. He insists she makes the allegation official if they are to stay together, but Kerry is reluctant to do so after the incident with Smithy. DS Samantha Nixon must decide whether to defend DS Phil Hunter when questions arise over Hunter's killing of Dennis Weaver. As the only witness, Nixon can clear Hunter's name if she confirms Weaver was killed in self-defence. Back in CID, DC Jim Carver and DS Debbie McAllister investigate a young man going nuts on steroids.

41. The Bill Season 20 Episode 41

Air Date: 2004-06-10

A skeptical DI Neil Manson reluctantly agrees to DS Samantha Nixon's requests to hire a profiler to help catch Sun Hill's serial rapist. Nixon and profiler Dr Hugh Wallis review the cases and the locations, and conclude that the perpetrator knows the area very well. PC Gabriel Kent's vigilante actions on the Coal Lane Estate spiral out of control when he arranges for a skinhead gang to attack two black youths as revenge for mugging an elderly Asian lady. With his former allies on the estate turning against him, Kent must act quickly to ensure his involvement is not discovered. Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy is in court in the case of a drink-driving Rastafarian she arrested for refusing a blood test, and is humiliated when the case is thrown out of court, and she is accused of racism and insensitivity to the man's religious beliefs. Advocate Jerome Taylor alerts the Borough Commander to the case, and Supt Adam Okaro is forced to offer Sgt Murphy a choice between transfer or demotion. PC Honey Ha

42. The Bill Season 20 Episode 42

Air Date: 2004-06-17

PC Cameron Tait dives into the Thames to rescue the two children from the sinking car. He manages to get the girl out, but the boy is missing and the girl later dies in hospital. Cameron is deeply affected, and begins to sink into a deep depression, while PC Honey Harman does her best to console him. PC Gabriel Kent's vigilante actions on the Coal Lane Estate could be his undoing when one of his supporters, Laura Bryant, decides he's crossed the line, and reports his actions to DC Rob Thatcher. As Thatcher and DC Ken Drummond follow up Laura's allegations, Gabriel's accomplice Kev is found beaten and locked in the boot of a car. Drummond sees Irene Radford, head of a ruthless crime family on the estate, and it looks as though the Radfords are running a protection racket. DS Debbie McAllister leads a raid to arrest an aggravated burglary suspect, and DS Samantha Nixon realises he fits the profile of their serial rapist. DS Phil Hunter returns to work, but makes excuses that due to his i

43. The Bill Season 20 Episode 43

Air Date: 2004-06-24

DC Rob Thatcher is keeping a close eye on the Radfords despite the warnings of his colleagues. He eagerly arrests David Radford for selling bootleg DVDs on the Coal Lane Estate, but when David's mother Irene turns up with a proof of purchase, Thatcher knows he's been set up by his nemesis. DS Phil Hunter in running the CSU, and despite DC Jim Carver's misgivings, Hunter's forceful manner gets results when he convinces a reluctant pregnant domestic violence victim to testify. When a casino punter is mugged after a large win, Carver organises an undercover operation with PCs Cameron Tait and Honey Harman. Carver wins big on the tables, and sure enough, is mugged as he gets home. The team manage to crack the case when they realise the connection between one of the croupiers and a cab driver, but has Carver's big win tipped his addictive personality back into overdrive? Despite being on leave, PC Kerry Young returns to the station to declare her love to Cameron, but after being taunted by

45. The Bill Season 20 Episode 45

Air Date: 2004-07-07

PC Yvonne Hemingway puppywalks probationer PC Steve Hunter on his first day at Sun Hill. Eager to impress, Steve lets slip some gossip about Phil's impotency, which soon is all over the station. A furious Phil Hunter demands his brother be transferred, and desperate to make amends, Steve follows up an informant's info on a bootleg liquour ring. Finding himself at gunpoint, Steve may not live to regret his indiscretion. PC Kerry Young boldly confronts PC Gabriel Kent at his flat, and records him admitting to her rape. Gabriel is too smart for her though, and takes her dictaphone and mobile. He seems to be showing remorse for his actions, but just as quickly turns and taunts her once again. Kerry takes a pair of scissors and attacks him. PC Sheelagh Murphy and PC Lance Powell investigate when homophobic graffiti is scrawled over a restauranteur's car and business. The man insists he isn't gay, and when Murphy and Powell check the CCTV footage, Murphy is shocked when it leads them to a fr

46. Episode 226 Season 20 Episode 46

Air Date: 2004-07-08

48. Episode 227

Air Date: 2004-07-14

DS Samantha Nixon and Dr Hugh Wallis are concentrating on the Royal Navy link to the serial rapist, and interview a Scottish prostitute whose rape over ten years previously matches the profile and may have started the rapist off. PC Andrea Dunbar hides a press clipping of an article she wrote about the incident, but fears for her cover when a journalist colleague arrives at the station to interview PC Lance Powell as the 'new face of Sun Hill'. Powell investigates what looks like another homophobic hate crime when a man is bashed after meeting a young man at a gay club. PC Sheelagh Murphy is shocked when she recognises her son Conor on the CCTV evidence, and Powell is forced to arrest Conor for GBH. DC Jim Carver and PC Honey Harman investigate when a fortune teller has her crystal ball stolen, and Jim later visits June Ackland in hospital where he hands her a ring and proposes to her. PC Gabriel Kent all but admits to PC Cameron Tait that he raped PC Kerry Young, then calls off sick.

49. The Bill Season 20 Episode 49

Air Date: 2004-07-21

The net is closing in on Alan Kennedy, the main suspect for the serial rapes. Kennedy is not at home when the police raid his flat, and several other leads - an allotment he keeps, and his (deceased) mother - also fall through. Eventually he is found through his hobby of falconry and arrested. CPS lawyer Jonathan Fox warns that more than the forensic evidence is needed to prosecute Kennedy, and reluctant witness Khadija Miah is brought into the station to identify him as her assailant. However, when Khadija runs into PC Gabriel Kent, PC Kerry Young could lose her job over the fact that she may have ""tainted"" the witness by showing her Gabriel's photograph. PC Cameron Tait's job is also on the line after his attack on Kent in the canteen. Despite Kent's agreement to a transfer, Tait decides to leave Sun Hill, London and Kerry Young behind and he catches a cab to Heathrow to fly back to Sydney.

50. The Bill Season 20 Episode 50

Air Date: 2004-07-22

With insufficient forensic evidence to charge him, DI Neil Manson and DS Samantha Nixon have 24 hours to extract a confession from serial rape suspect Alan Kennedy. CPS laywer Jonathan Fox, who previously defended Kennedy on an assault charge, watches the proceedings with great interest, but the stress may be too much for him, and he jeopardises his relationship with Insp. Gina Gold when he makes a comment about her not having children. With police scouring Kennedy's mother's flat for forensic evidence or clues which will help, Manson and Nixon continue their interview, but Kennedy is a tough nut to crack. The next day, literally at the last minute, Nixon puts the pieces together and Kennedy finally confesses. Simultaneously, Dr Hugh Wallis finds a knife in the flat. With Kennedy behind bars, the relief attend a community party organised by Supt. Okaro, but the fun is quickly over when a massive bomb explodes.

51. The Bill Season 20 Episode 51

Air Date: 2004-07-28

DI Neil Manson orders PCs Tony Stamp and Lance Powell to stay out of the wreckage of the pub where the bomb has gone off while he summons help. When Stamp realises Supt. Okaro is still inside, he risks his life to rescue the Super, and manages to save him in the nick of time. Unaware of the chaos nearby, DC Rob Thatcher slips another racist hate letter into Okaro's internal mail. When it looks like Okaro was the bomb's intended target, Thatcher and Jerome Taylor realise their letter campaign could be their undoing when SO13 (the Anti-Terrorist Branch) investigate. Thatcher discovers CCTV footage of on of the Radford boys near the pub at the time of the explosion, and he follows the Radfords into a trap. DCI Jack Meadows takes charge when his baby with Rachel Heath is kidnapped by a religious fanatic, but when the baby is recovered, Meadows is alarmed to find Rachel doesn't want him involved in their lives. Insp. Gina Gold steels herself to reveal her feelings to Jonathan Fox, but Fox t

53. The Bill Season 20 Episode 232

Air Date: 2004-07-29

PC Lance Powell tries to work out who sent him the text message about the bomb, and realises only three people had his new number: his family, his boyfriend... and Conor Murphy. Powell tells PC Sheelagh Murphy about his suspicions, and she is disgusted that he could think her son could be capable of the bombing. DCI Meadows leads a search on Sheelagh's house, and the phone used to send the message is found in Conor's room. Conor is arrested when he is found brawling with a friend of his. His friend admits to the bombing, and Conor admits to his mother that he is gay. With the bomber found, Supt. Okaro must bite the bullet and apologise to Jerome Taylor for accusing him, but Taylor says it's too late, and he is determined to destroy Okaro's career. Trainee DC Gary Best goes undercover to catch a drug dealer with DC Ken Drummond and DC Rob Thatcher, but finds himself at the wrong end of a beating.

54. The Bill Season 20 Episode 54

Air Date: 2004-08-05

PC Sheelagh Murphy turns to her Catholic faith for guidance after her son Conor's announcement that he is gay, but the Church is not very helpful to her. She then asks PC Lance Powell for advice, but he tells her it's up to her to sort things out with her son. Murphy and Powell deal with a domestic violence case between two gay men, but when they hand the case on to CSU, DS Phil Hunter convinces the victim not to proceed. When Conor doesn't come home, Sheelagh accompanies Lance and Mark on a night out at a gay club to find him, and they witness the domestic violence first hand. DS Debbie McAllister is determined to prove that DCI Jack Meadows is making a mistake by reconciling with Rachel Heath. To prove Rachel is still ""on the game"", she gets PC Gary Best to call Rachel and make an appointment at a hotel. Meadows confronts Rachel at the hotel, but she insists she was merely going to hand the client on to a friend. DCs Rob Thatcher and Ken Drummond investigate an arson attack on an ice

55. Episode 235

Air Date: 2004-08-11

56. 236: Hope

Air Date: 2004-08-12

57. The Bill Season 20 Episode 57

Air Date: 2004-08-18

58. The Bill Season 20 Episode 58

Air Date: 2004-08-19

59. The Bill Season 20 Episode 59

Air Date: 2004-08-26

PC Kerry Young and Sgt Dale Smith are minutes away from a bullet in the head from Wayne Radford's goons, when a raid on Hedley's Club, lead by Sgt June Ackland and DCs Rob Thatcher and Ken Drummond, takes place just in time to save them. Smithy and Young are unable to say anything about their ordeal, and claim to have been innocently having a drink at the club when the raid occurred. Supt Adam Okaro and Insp Gina Gold are furious that the raid took place without their consent. David Radford is nicked for possession and mentions Kerry's secret undercover job. Gina confronts Kerry, but unable to prove the claims (which are denied by Wayne and Irene Radford), she warns Kerry she'll have her thrown out of the Met. DS Samantha Nixon tries files a missing persons report after her daughter Abi has not been seen for days. She tries to stay calm, but her daughter's clothes and travelcard are found by the side of the Thames. DC Terry Perkins and DS Ramani De Costa rescue a young boy from a convi

60. The Bill Season 20 Episode 60

Air Date: 2004-09-01

PC Kerry Young and Sgt Dale Smith are minutes away from a bullet in the head from Wayne Radford's goons, when a raid on Hedley's Club, lead by Sgt June Ackland and DCs Rob Thatcher and Ken Drummond, takes place just in time to save them. Smithy and Young are unable to say anything about their ordeal, and claim to have been innocently having a drink at the club when the raid occurred. Supt Adam Okaro and Insp Gina Gold are furious that the raid took place without their consent. David Radford is nicked for possession and mentions Kerry's secret undercover job. Gina confronts Kerry, but unable to prove the claims (which are denied by Wayne and Irene Radford), she warns Kerry she'll have her thrown out of the Met. DS Samantha Nixon tries files a missing persons report after her daughter Abi has not been seen for days. She tries to stay calm, but her daughter's clothes and travelcard are found by the side of the Thames. DC Terry Perkins and DS Ramani De Costa rescue a young boy from a convi

61. The Bill Season 20 Episode 61

Air Date: 2004-09-02

63. Episode 242

Air Date: 2004-09-08

Wayne Radford has been found dead in his prison cell. It appears to be suicide, but Radford also has a number of bruises and cigarette burns on his body. Insp. Gina Gold hears from Radford's cellmate that a copper was spreading rumours that Wayne was a child killer. Malcolm Willard's garden centre has reported him missing, and DS Ramani De Costa is concerned as she suspects DC Terry Perkins has been to see his childhood abuser. PC Reg Hollis and PC Steve Hunter find Willard alive and well at his home, but are called back later to find DC Perkins' brother Ben trying to drown Willard, who is later shot dead. PC Andrea Dunbar is on a crusade to clear Supt Adam Okaro's name, and angers DI Neil Manson when she illegally submits one of Jerome Taylor's cigarette butts for a DNA test, to prove that he planted the marijuana in the Super's car.

64. Episode 243

Air Date: 2004-09-09

Malcolm Willard has been shot dead from long range, and once again DC Terry Perkins and his brother Ben are in the frame. Perkins is shocked when he turns up at CID to hear that Willard is dead, and that MIT want to interview him. Perkins and DS Ramani De Costa head to Ben's lockup, where they find an empty rifle case. Perkins and De Costa head to the old Perkins house where the abuse took place, and SO19 storm in and arrest Ben, but he is later cleared as the bullet that killed Willard was a different calibre. Supt. Adam Okaro is on trial for drug possession, and DI Neil Manson's wife is his defence barrister. His chances are not looking good though, as the prosecution tears through witnesses PC Steve Hunter and DC Rob Thatcher. DI Manson and PC Andrea Dunbar discover that the DNA on the drugs matches that of Jerome Taylor, and they locate the man who sold Taylor the drugs. Needing an excuse to arrest him so they can get a legitimate DNA sample, Manson goads Taylor into attacking him.

65. The Bill Season 20 Episode 65

Air Date: 2004-09-16

DC Suzie Sim arrives to join CSU, and she excels on her first day when she and trainee DC Gary Best investigate the racial harrassment and sexual assault of an asylum seeker. The perpetrator is Bradley Perkins, the son of DC Terry Perkins' brother Ben, and Sim expresses her concern to DS Ramani De Costa that Ben's actions may be due to him being sexually abused himself. DS Samantha Nixon is frantic about an apparant suicide email from her daughter Abi, as well as reports that Abi had frequented a suicide website. Profiler Dr Hugh Wallis assures Nixon that the writing style doesn't match, and one of the website's users says that Abi was not suicidal. PC Kerry Young is disillusioned with her job and her colleagues, and takes her frustration out on them. PC Steve Hunter gives PC Honey Harman the cold shoulder after he hears she's been gossiping about their date to her mates.

66. The Bill Season 20 Episode 66

Air Date: 2004-09-22

DC Suzie Sim arrives to join CSU, and she excels on her first day when she and trainee DC Gary Best investigate the racial harrassment and sexual assault of an asylum seeker. The perpetrator is Bradley Perkins, the son of DC Terry Perkins' brother Ben, and Sim expresses her concern to DS Ramani De Costa that Ben's actions may be due to him being sexually abused himself. DS Samantha Nixon is frantic about an apparant suicide email from her daughter Abi, as well as reports that Abi had frequented a suicide website. Profiler Dr Hugh Wallis assures Nixon that the writing style doesn't match, and one of the website's users says that Abi was not suicidal. PC Kerry Young is disillusioned with her job and her colleagues, and takes her frustration out on them. PC Steve Hunter gives PC Honey Harman the cold shoulder after he hears she's been gossiping about their date to her mates.

68. Episode 247

Air Date: 2004-09-23

DCI Jack Meadows arrives in a sleepy village for the funeral of old friend and colleague Ted Roach, who has been killed in a hit-and-run on a lonely country road. Also attending the service are his former Sun Hill colleagues, Bob Cryer and Alec Peters. Unsatisfied with the investigation by the local police, Meadows decides to do some digging of his own, and has a run-in with the local police sergeant. They discover some startling facts about their old friend: Ted had been having an affair with the sergeant's wife, and had just discovered he was terminally ill. The trio track down the man who hit him, and Meadows convinces him that it wasn't his fault - Ted wanted to die. As Meadows prepares to return to London, he suffers a heart attack and collapses. Meanwhile, back at Sun Hill, DC Terry Perkins isn't handling his suspiscions that his brother has abused his children at all well, and puts in for a transfer out of PPU and back into CID.

70. The Bill Season 20 Episode 69

Air Date: 2004-10-06

Insp. Gina Gold warns PC Kerry Young that her job is on the line if she continues to consort with David Radford. PC Gabriel Kent and PC Andrea Dunbar find an 11-year-old blind girl who has been seriously assaulted in her own home. A neighbour identifies the mother's ex-boyfriend as the culprit, but DC Suzie Sim is furious that PC Dunbar has not followed procedure and their only forensic evidence is lost. Their suspect, Christopher Spinks, is in court, but is released on bail. As Spinks leaves the courthouse, he is shot dead - the third victim of the serial sniper. DS Debbie McAllister visits one of DCI Meadows' snouts for information on a lingerie robbery. DC Jim Carver is up to his neck in gambling debts.

71. The Bill Season 20 Episode 71

Air Date: 2004-10-13

72. The Bill Season 20 Episode 72

Air Date: 2004-10-14

PC Kerry Young is missing and fears for her safety grow after David Radford's public vow to kill her. Many officers are desperate to find her- but for the wrong reasons. PC Gabriel Kent tries to talk her out of reporting him for his crimes, but after all he's done to her Kerry is out for revenge. Sgt Dale 'Smithy' Smith tracks emotional and messed up Kerry at her fathers hospital bedside where he declares his love for her. Gabriel gets wind of Kerry on her way into the station and knows she is going to report him. He disappears. Smithy runs out to meet her where Kerry tells him she loves him too, but she is then gunned down in his arms by Gabriel who has gone to extreme lengths to silence her. Is this the end for Kerry?

73. The Bill Season 20 Episode 73

Air Date: 2004-10-20

After being gunned down by PC Gabriel Kent, PC Kerry Young is left fighting for her life in the arms of Sgt Dale Smith. Moments after declaring their love for each other Smithy cradles Kerry's limp and dying body as she struggles for breath and to stay awake. She is taken to hospital where she loses all consciousness, and Smithy looks on helplessly as doctors try to resuscitate her. But Kerry is tragically pronounced dead. Gabriel breathes a sigh of relief knowing she can no longer reveal his darkest secrets. But how will he react with the shocking revelation that from when he'd raped her Kerry was pregnant with his child when she died?

75. The Bill Season 20 Episode 254

Air Date: 2004-10-21

After being gunned down by PC Gabriel Kent, PC Kerry Young is left fighting for her life in the arms of Sgt Dale Smith. Moments after declaring their love for each other Smithy cradles Kerry's limp and dying body as she struggles for breath and to stay awake. She is taken to hospital where she loses all consciousness, and Smithy looks on helplessly as doctors try to resuscitate her. But Kerry is tragically pronounced dead. Gabriel breathes a sigh of relief knowing she can no longer reveal his darkest secrets. But how will he react with the shocking revelation that from when he'd raped her Kerry was pregnant with his child when she died?

76. The Bill Season 20 Episode 76

Air Date: 2004-10-28

77. The Bill Season 20 Episode 77

Air Date: 2004-11-03

79. The Bill Season 20 Episode 79

Air Date: 2004-11-10

80. The Bill Season 20 Episode 80

Air Date: 2004-11-11

81. Episode 81

Air Date: 2004-11-11

82. The Bill Season 20 Episode 82

Air Date: 2004-11-18

83. The Bill Season 20 Episode 83

Air Date: 2004-11-24

84. The Bill Season 20 Episode 84

Air Date: 2004-12-01

86. The Bill Season 20 Episode 86

Air Date: 2004-12-09

A new PC Leela Kapoor is transferred to Sun Hill but she finds it hard to get on with her partner PC Sheelagh Murphy because she was involved in the suspension of one of Sheelagh's old friends. After no sign of the promised money from his wife June, DC Jim Carver steals a watch which is evidence from a burglary. Sgt Mark Rollins is assigned to Sun Hill after a suspected sniper shooting but tension soon arises between him and boyfriend PC Lance Powell when Mark is uncomfortable with Lance's openness about being gay.

87. The Bill Season 20 Episode 85

Air Date: 2004-12-08

Yvonne has to deal with her niece when she is found unconscious having taken ecstasy pills left lying around her flat. Jim returns to work telling his colleagues that the trip has been delayed following an outbreak of legionnaires disease. Andrea tells Gabriel that it wasn't her who told MIT about Kerry's rape allegation but Smithy.

88. The Bill Season 20 Episode 88

Air Date: 2004-12-15

Sgt Mark Rollins surprises his boyfriend PC Lance Powell with a shock marriage proposal. PC Amber Johannsen kisses a barmaid at the Christmas do and PC Andrea Dunbar kisses Smithy, oblivious to the fact that DI Neil Manson has seen them. Shirley is found in a car crash and a stash of cocaine is found in the vehicle. She refuses to talk and PC Yvonne Hemmingway can't help but think the worst of her but after eventually hearing the whole story she realizes she may have judged Shirley too harshly.

89. The Bill Season 20 Episode 89

Air Date: 2004-12-16

Shirley finally accepts PC Yvonne Hemmingway's apology but Shirley takes a turn for the worse and Yvonne has to face up to the uncomfortable fact that she could be responsible for Shirley's death. Yvonne refuses to pull any strings to help her sister, who is suspected of possession of cocaine after her part in Shirley's downfall. PC Lance Powell accepts Sgt Mark Rollin's proposal. PC Andrea Dunbar is injured at the club and DI Neil Manson rushes to her bedside only to find Smithy has got there first.

90. The Bill Season 20 Episode 90

Air Date: 2004-12-21

Irene Radford is back in town Sun Hill officers are called to an incident at her house when a dead dog is found floating in her swimming pool which could possibly be something to do with another gangster family, the Gaunts. Inspector Gina Gold finds Irene a shell of a woman and Irene claims that she has returned to Sun Hill because she is terminally ill with cancer and wants to die there. Meanwhile acting DC Gary Best follows a lead about a robbery that could incriminate Irene but at the same time Irene's son David Radford is being transferred to a psychiatric wing following a break down. Meanwhile Phil has sex with a prison liaison officer when they are supposed to be transcripting a conversation between Irene and David Radford in prison but the tape stops so they make the last part of the conversation up but the rumours of a break out fail to filter through because DS Phil Hunter has ignored the calls from the Prison Liaison Officer, thinking that she is after a relationship. Gina ma

91. The Bill Season 20 Episode 91

Air Date: 2004-12-22

Inspector Gina Gold is taken prisoner at gun point by Irene Radford. The two women talk and realize they have more in common than both of them had realized but Irene orders the death of Jack Gaunt to show Gina she means business. Irene arranges for a plane to come and help her escape just as the police arrive. Gina tries to reason with Irene who says she will never go to prison and she looks like she's getting there when DC Rob Thatcher turns up and shoots Irene dead. Meanwhile Sam finds out about Phil and the prison Liaison officer and Honey has it out with Steve about having sex with Amber in a pub toilet!

92. The Bill Season 20 Episode 92

Air Date: 2004-12-23

DS Ramani de Costa is left to cope with the new Vulnerable Persons Unit which is low on staff while most of the other officers are dealing with a robbery so DCI Jack Meadows assigns DC Terry Perkins to assist Ramani on a case concerning a young man suspected of being a paedophile. Meanwhile it's Lance's stag do and after talking to Sheelagh, Lance decides he's doing the right thing in marrying Mark but in his stag do he goes out to make a phone call and is kidnapped by a group who put a bag over his head and pull him into the back of a van. Phil apologizes to Sam about the prison Liaison officer.

93. The Bill Season 20 Episode 93

Air Date: 2004-12-29

Inspector Gina Gold is taken prisoner at gun point by Irene Radford. The two women talk and realize they have more in common than both of them had realized but Irene orders the death of Jack Gaunt to show Gina she means business. Irene arranges for a plane to come and help her escape just as the police arrive. Gina tries to reason with Irene who says she will never go to prison and she looks like she's getting there when DC Rob Thatcher turns up and shoots Irene dead. Meanwhile Sam finds out about Phil and the prison Liaison officer and Honey has it out with Steve about having sex with Amber in a pub toilet!

94. The Bill Season 20 Episode 94

Air Date: 2004-12-30

DS Ramani de Costa is left to cope with the new Vulnerable Persons Unit which is low on staff while most of the other officers are dealing with a robbery so DCI Jack Meadows assigns DC Terry Perkins to assist Ramani on a case concerning a young man suspected of being a paedophile. Meanwhile it's Lance's stag do and after talking to Sheelagh, Lance decides he's doing the right thing in marrying Mark but in his stag do he goes out to make a phone call and is kidnapped by a group who put a bag over his head and pull him into the back of a van. Phil apologizes to Sam about the prison Liaison officer.

1. Cure the Sin

Air Date: 2005-01-05

It could be the day of Sun Hill's first gay wedding, but PC Lance Powell has been kidnapped by two Christian friends, Hal Richards and Dennis Simpson who try and 'cure' him of his homosexuality, Lance is spotted being kidnapped on CCTV footage and they find out that the man who rented the van that Lance was pulled into lent it to Dennis, Dennis is taken in for questioning and he confesses that him and Hal kidnapped Lance. Lance is rescued and Lance and Sgt Mark Rollins finally marry. A new DC Jo Masters is brought in to diffuse the tension between the warring DCI Jack Meadows and DI Neil Manson, but after meeting DC Jo Masters they both agree that she'll make their lives hell. DC Terry Perkins tracks down his brother and manages to trick his wife into revealing her suspicions about her husbands child abuse but DS Ramani de Costa is hot on his trail.

2. Double Jeopardy (Part One)

Air Date: 2005-01-06

DS Ramani De Costa and DC Suzie Sim try to find out if DC Terry Perkin's brother, Ben is abusing his kids and Bradley admits his father touches him, but he could have adopted his fathers childhood memories as his own. Meanwhile a woman at St Hughs hospital protests about her embryos being held for ransom and pulls a knife on PC Yvonne Hemmingway. Two people pretending to be protesters try to spring there bail jumping father who is in hospital after a drink driving crash but he is to ill to be moved. In the protest PC Roger Valentine is gagged and handcuffed to a bed and PC Honey Harman finds herself staring down the barrel of a gun.

3. Double Jeopardy (Part Two)

Air Date: 2005-01-12

Neil and Jack arrive at Sgt. Hugh's to speak to suspect Roland O'Brien, only to walk right into the middle of a hostage situation – finding themselves being tied up in the boiler room by O'Brien's deranged son. Adam arrives to take charge of the situation, and assigns Jo to be the negotiator in the absence of the hostage negotiation team. Jo attempts to use O'Brien's ex-girlfriend, who is now carrying his baby, in an attempt to secure Roger's safety. Meanwhile, Steve sees red and rescues Honey from the clutches of O'Brien's other son, wrestling him to the floor. When Roger attempts to obtain medical help for Roland, he gets into a tussle with his son, and the gun fires, injuring the boy.

4. The Bill Season 21 Episode 278

Air Date: 2005-01-13

5. The Bill Season 21 Episode 279

Air Date: 2005-01-19

6. The Bill Season 21 Episode 6

Air Date: 2005-01-20

7. The Bill Season 21 Episode 7

Air Date: 2005-01-26

8. The Bill Season 21 Episode 8

Air Date: 2005-01-27

9. The Bill Season 21 Episode 9

Air Date: 2005-02-02

10. The Bill Season 21 Episode 10

Air Date: 2005-02-03

11. The Bill Season 21 Episode 11

Air Date: 2005-02-09

12. The Bill Season 21 Episode 12

Air Date: 2005-02-16

13. The Bill Season 21 Episode 13

Air Date: 2005-02-17

14. Episode 288

Air Date: 2005-02-23

15. The Bill Season 21 Episode 15

Air Date: 2005-02-24

16. The Bill Season 21 Episode 16

Air Date: 2005-02-24

17. The Bill Uncovered: Jim's Story

Air Date: 2005-02-24

As actor Mark Wingett prepares to leave the programme, he reflects on his character Jim Carver's 21 years at Sun Hill, from naive probation bobby to DC and all that came in between - drinking, gambling, marrying and divorcing Marie and finally landing the woman of his dreams - June Ackland.

19. The Bill Season 21 Episode 18

Air Date: 2005-03-03

21. The Bill Season 21 Episode 293

Air Date: 2005-03-10

22. The Bill Season 21 Episode 22

Air Date: 2005-03-17

23. The Bill Season 21 Episode 23

Air Date: 2005-03-23

24. The Bill Season 21 Episode 24

Air Date: 2005-03-24

25. The Bill Season 21 Episode 25

Air Date: 2005-03-30

26. The Bill Season 21 Episode 26

Air Date: 2005-03-31

28. The Bill Season 21 Episode 28

Air Date: 2005-04-07

29. The Decoy - Part 1

Air Date: 2005-04-13

30. The Decoy - Part 2

Air Date: 2005-04-14

32. The Bill Season 21 Episode 32

Air Date: 2005-04-21

33. The Bill Season 21 Episode 33

Air Date: 2005-04-27

34. Like Father, Like Son

Air Date: 2005-04-28

35. The Bill Season 21 Episode 35

Air Date: 2005-05-04

36. The Bill Season 21 Episode 36

Air Date: 2005-05-05

DS De Costa returns to Sun Hill humiliated after being bailed. DC Perkins races to her house, where an increasingly unbalanced Margaret Barnes is planning to commit suicide. In an attempt to prevent her from taking her own life he is stabbed and critically injured. PCSO Laura Bryant is knocked to the ground by a boy running drugs errands. PCs Dan and Stamp track down an inventive graffiti artist who uses cleaning products to produce negative images on dirty walls around Sun Hill. Sgt Smith reprimands receptionist Julian Tavell for gossiping.

37. The Bill Season 21 Episode 37

Air Date: 2005-05-12

Margaret Barnes is taken to hospital where a nurse realises that the blood on her clothes is not consistent with her wounds. DS De Costa realises DC Perkins has been stabbed and rushes home to find him bleeding to death. PC Powell and PCSO Bryant continue to help a delinquent's mother who has been beaten up by her son. They track Tomlin to a local pool hall, where they are taken aback to see Supt Okaro apparently buying drugs from Adi Mateen. DS Nixon is impressed by DS Hunter's uncharacteristic chivalry while working on a case, and asks if he'd like to get together with her socially. Unfortunately, their date is ruined by the reappearance of a figure from Hunter's past.

38. The Bill Season 21 Episode 38

Air Date: 2005-05-18

Supt Okaro attends the funeral of his wife, son and daughter, where he is comforted by Insp Gold, who goes on to compound his distress by telling him that she has cancer. PC Powell and PCSO Bryant continue to try to help local delinquent Jordan Tomlin. Powell is concerned that the superintendent hasn't handed in the drugs package he received from local drug dealer Adi Mateen. DSs Hunter and Nixon investigate the theft of a laptop containing sexually explicit material. Nixon seems to have cooled towards Hunter, who confides in his brother Steve about Kate Maltby's pregnancy.

39. The Bill Season 21 Episode 39

Air Date: 2005-05-19

DS Nixon confronts DS Hunter about Kate Maltby's pregnancy. Hunter then attacks his younger brother Steve, accusing him of betraying a confidence. Supt Okaro and Insp Gold have a heart-to-heart discussion, but she is sure he's hiding something. PCs Kent and Murphy work together on a harassment case involving Kent's fancy woman. Drug dealer Adi Mateen is forced to reveal his true identity in a desperate bid to save PC Powell from being shot by Jordan Tomlin.

40. The Bill Season 21 Episode 40

Air Date: 2005-05-26

DC Zain Nadir is certain that his cover has not been blown, and Supt Adam Okaro authorises him to meet drug dealer Joshua Armstrong. The intervention of an armed motorcycle passenger threatens to cut short the entire investigation. PC Harman returns from honeymoon and confides in PC Hemmingway about a storage unit hired by new husband Scott Burnett. Hemmingway finds a bloody glove, fuelling suspicions that he killed his first wife. DS Phil Hunter is furious with his brother for telling Kate Maltby about his daughter Madison.

41. The Bill Season 21 Episode 41

Air Date: 2005-06-01

PC Casper has a humiliating run-in with three yobs and later tries to save face by telling PC Johannsen that they had threatened him with a knife. At the end of the shift, he seeks solace in the arms of drugs referral officer Rochelle Barratt. PC Harman confronts husband Scott Burnett, who breaks down and admits to killing his first wife Karen. She implores him to turn himself in, but when the police arrive at their house, the couple are nowhere to be seen.

42. The Bill Season 21 Episode 42

Air Date: 2005-06-02

DI Morell investigates the apparent abduction of PC Harman by new husband Scott Burnett, but she has fled with him of her own volition and they are preparing to set sail for France. PCs Hemmingway and Stamp arrest a thief and Hemmingway leaves herself open to charges of using excessive force. PC Johannsen teases PC Casper about his run-in with the gang.

43. The Bill Season 21 Episode 43

Air Date: 2005-06-08

There is an enquiry into the PC Hemmingway's use of her asp on Lee Thomas, who dies from his injuries. Supt Okaro interviews PC Harman, who insists that she was abducted by husband Scott Burnett. PC Casper confesses to Insp Gold that PC Johannsen has been blackmailing him. Johannsen lets slip to Julian Tavell that the inspector has cancer.

44. Episode 44

Air Date: 2005-06-15

45. Episode 317

Air Date: 2005-06-09

PC Harman is allowed to retract her resignation, but husband Scott Burnett tries to kill himself in prison. PC Hemmingway is suspended from duty, pending investigation into the death of Lee Thomas, causing uncertainty among the relief as to what constitutes reasonable force when apprehending a suspect. PC Kapoor is accused of assault, while PC Stamp hesitates to use his asp and is beaten severely. DC Nadir agrees to a stint with Sun Hill CID before his next undercover job.

46. The Bill Season 21 Episode 46

Air Date: 2005-06-16

Sgt Ackland leads a short-lived rebellion over the suspension of PC Hemmingway. Supt Okaro tries to defuse the threat of strike action by the relief, reminding them of their duties as police officers and offering to let Hemmingway return to the station on non-operational duties while the inquiry takes its course. PC Casper panics that his affair with Rochelle Barratt is about to become public, but reacts with dismay when she suggests they put their affair on hold. DC Best feels that he is being patronised by DC Sim. DI Manson confides in Sim about his affair with the late PC Dunbar. The Hunter brothers clash over Phil's treatment of Kate.

49. The Bill Season 21 Episode 48

Air Date: 2005-06-23

PCSO Bryant discovers that the boy bullying her son Liam is dealing drugs at school. DS Nixon continues to wind up DC Masters. DI Manson puts pressure on DC Best to drop his accusations against DC Sim. PC Murphy confronts PC Kent about their relationship. CPS lawyer Jonathan Fox returns to Sun Hill.

50. The Bill Season 21 Episode 50

Air Date: 2005-06-30

Sgt Smith attends a car-jacking incident and is attracted to the victim, Louise Larson, the wife of a local gangster. PCs Johannsen and Harman are sent to catch a gang of cash machine skimmers. DS Hunter discovers that Christine Weaver plans to migrate to Australia with their daughter. PC Murphy ignores Sgt Ackland's advice to steer clear of PC Kent.

51. The Bill Season 21 Episode 51

Air Date: 2005-07-06

PCs Valentine and Casper break up a violent fight between two old friends, and have to deal with the consequences when one of the men is stabbed. DC Nadir is investigating gangster Pete Larson, while Sgt Smith has been sleeping with Mrs Larson. DC Perkins is called as a witness at his brother's trial. DS Hunter is concerned that Christine Weaver plans to emigrate with their daughter Madison.

52. The Bill Season 21 Episode 52

Air Date: 2005-07-07

Supt. Okaro struggles to make headway with his road safety campaign. D.C. Perkins's nephew testifies against his father. Sgt. Smith continues his relationship with a gangster's wife. P.C. Stamp tries his hand at internet dating. D.S. Hunter's mum lectures him about parental responsibility.

53. The Bill Season 21 Episode 53

Air Date: 2005-07-13

D.C. Best is shot in the back during a raid on a gang suspected of handling stolen goods. D.S. Hunter vows to catch the thug responsible for assaulting his pregnant ex-lover, and inadvertently proposes marriage. Insp. Gold returns to duty after cancer therapy but is unfit for work. Supt. Okaro hits another snag with his road safety initiative.

54. The Bill Season 21 Episode 54

Air Date: 2005-07-14

Acting DC Best survives the shooting, but may be paralysed. Reunited with his estranged mother, he decides to return to Manchester. DCI Meadows and CID begin the search for the gunman, and are led to Supt Okaro's old friend Isaac Collins. Sgt Smith and Jonathan Fox investigate Insp Gold's absence and find her passed out in her bathroom. PC Stamp hires an escort to accompany him to PC Harman's birthday party, but she turns out to be a moonlighting PC Johannsen.

55. The Bill Season 21 Episode 55

Air Date: 2005-07-20

Supt. Okaro tenders his resignation as photographs of him smoking a joint with Isaac Collins are passed on to the MET. However, unbeknown to the relief, he has gone undercover for the NCS, hoping to identify Collins for the rogue that he is. When Collins offers him the job of a security consultant, he uses it a pretext to begin his investigation. Meanwhile, Ch Supt Barratt arrives at Sun Hill to take control of the situation, and unknown to him, he comes dangerously close to discovering the affair between PC Casper and his wife, Rochelle. PC Johannsen exploits her new status as PC Stamp's 'girlfriend', so he decides to end their relationship. DCI Meadows challenges DI Manson over his relationship with DC Sim after he catches them in a compromising situation.

56. The Bill Season 21 Episode 56

Air Date: 2005-07-21

57. The Bill Season 21 Episode 57

Air Date: 2005-07-27

58. The Bill Season 21 Episode 331

Air Date: 2005-07-28

59. The Bill Season 21 Episode 59

Air Date: 2005-08-03

60. Episode 333

Air Date: 2005-08-04

61. Episode 61

Air Date: 2005-08-11

62. The Bill Season 21 Episode 62

Air Date: 2005-08-10

63. The Bill Season 21 Episode 63

Air Date: 2005-08-17

64. The Bill Season 21 Episode 64

Air Date: 2005-08-18

65. The Bill Season 21 Episode 65

Air Date: 2005-08-24

67. The Bill Season 21 Episode 66

Air Date: 2005-08-25

68. The Bill Season 21 Episode 68

Air Date: 2005-08-31

69. Insufficient Excuses

Air Date: 2005-09-01

Jo and Suzie present Neil with incriminating photographs of his father-in-law, while Ross Trescot begs June to drop the rape charge.

70. Finger of Blame

Air Date: 2005-09-06

Neil Manson learns his father-in-law, former Deputy Assistant Commissioner Roy Pearson, is being blackmailed over his involvement with underage boys.

71. Distraction

Air Date: 2005-09-07

PCs Hemmingway and Bryant challenge their male colleagues Valentine and Casper to a crime-busting contest. Amanda Prosser gets a stranglehold on Gina.

72. The Bill Season 21 Episode 73

Air Date: 2005-09-14

73. The Bill Season 21 Episode 73

Air Date: 2005-09-15

74. Seeking Retribution

Air Date: 2005-09-21

Sheelagh finally decides to accept Gabriel's marriage proposal, while Roger investigates an assault on his estranged wife's new boyfriend.

77. Keep it out

Air Date: 2005-09-28

Adam Okaro returns to Sun Hill, where he resumes his role as Superintendent - and immediately asks Jo Masters to find out how the press got a photo of Lesley Palmer.

79. Episode 351

Air Date: 2005-09-29

80. The Bill Season 21 Episode 80

Air Date: 2005-10-06

81. The Bill Season 21 Episode 81

Air Date: 2005-10-12

82. The Bill Season 21 Episode 82

Air Date: 2005-10-13

83. The Bill Season 21 Episode 83

Air Date: 2005-10-19

84. The Bill Season 21 Episode 84

Air Date: 2005-10-20

86. The Bill Season 21 Episode 85

Air Date: 2005-10-25

87. The Bill Season 21 Episode 87

Air Date: 2005-11-02

88. The Bill Season 21 Episode 88

Air Date: 2005-11-03

89. The Bill Season 21 Episode 89

Air Date: 2005-11-09

90. Episode 363

Air Date: 2005-11-10

92. The Bill Season 21 Episode 365

Air Date: 2005-11-17

93. A Small Piece of the Pie

Air Date: 2005-11-17

95. Episode 367

Air Date: 2005-11-29

96. The Bill Season 21 Episode 96

Air Date: 2005-12-07

98. The Bill Season 21 Episode 97

Air Date: 2005-12-08

100. The Bill Season 21 Episode 99

Air Date: 2005-12-15

101. The Bill Season 21 Episode 101

Air Date: 2005-12-20

102. Episode 374

Air Date: 2005-12-21

103. The Bill Season 21 Episode 103

Air Date: 2005-12-28

104. Episode 377

Air Date: 2005-12-29

1. The Bill Season 22 Episode 1

Air Date: 2006-01-04

2. The Bill Season 22 Episode 2

Air Date: 2006-01-05

3. Episode 380

Air Date: 2006-01-11

4. Episode 381

Air Date: 2006-01-12

5. The Bill Season 22 Episode 5

Air Date: 2006-01-18

6. Episode 383

Air Date: 2006-01-19

7. Episode 384

Air Date: 2006-01-25

8. Episode 385

Air Date: 2006-01-26

9. The Bill Season 22 Episode 386

Air Date: 2006-02-01

10. Episode 387

Air Date: 2006-02-02

11. The Bill Season 22 Episode 11

Air Date: 2006-02-08

12. The Bill Season 22 Episode 12

Air Date: 2006-02-09

13. The Bill Season 22 Episode 390

Air Date: 2006-02-15

14. Episode 391

Air Date: 2006-02-22

15. Episode 392

Air Date: 2006-02-23

16. Episode 393

Air Date: 2006-03-01

17. The Bill Season 22 Episode 17

Air Date: 2006-03-02

18. Episode 395

Air Date: 2006-03-08

19. Episode 396

Air Date: 2006-03-09

20. The Bill Season 22 Episode 20

Air Date: 2006-03-15

21. The Bill Season 22 Episode 21

Air Date: 2006-03-16

22. Episode 399

Air Date: 2006-03-22

23. Episode 400

Air Date: 2006-03-23

24. The Bill Season 22 Episode 24

Air Date: 2006-03-29

25. Episode 402

Air Date: 2006-03-30

26. The Bill Season 22 Episode 26

Air Date: 2006-04-05

27. Episode 404

Air Date: 2006-04-06

28. The Bill Season 22 Episode 28

Air Date: 2006-04-12

29. Episode 406

Air Date: 2006-04-13

30. Episode 407

Air Date: 2006-04-19

31. Episode 408

Air Date: 2006-04-20

32. Episode 409

Air Date: 2006-04-26

33. The Bill Season 22 Episode 33

Air Date: 2006-04-27

34. Episode 411

Air Date: 2006-05-03

35. Episode 412

Air Date: 2006-05-04

36. The Bill Season 22 Episode 36

Air Date: 2006-05-11

37. Episode 414

Air Date: 2006-05-18

38. Episode 415

Air Date: 2006-05-25

39. Episode 416

Air Date: 2006-05-31

40. Episode 417

Air Date: 2006-06-01

41. Episode 418

Air Date: 2006-06-07

42. Episode 419

Air Date: 2006-06-08

43. Episode 420: Better the Devil You Know

Air Date: 2006-06-14

44. The Bill Season 22 Episode 44

Air Date: 2006-06-22

45. The Bill Season 22 Episode 45

Air Date: 2006-06-28

46. Episode 423

Air Date: 2006-06-29

47. Episode 424

Air Date: 2006-07-06

48. Episode 425

Air Date: 2006-07-18

49. Episode 426

Air Date: 2006-07-19

50. Episode 427

Air Date: 2006-07-20

51. Episode 428

Air Date: 2006-07-26

52. Episode 429

Air Date: 2006-07-27

53. The Bill Season 22 Episode 53

Air Date: 2006-08-02

54. Episode 431

Air Date: 2006-08-03

55. Episode 432

Air Date: 2006-08-10

56. Episode 433

Air Date: 2006-08-16

57. Episode 434

Air Date: 2006-08-17

58. Episode 435

Air Date: 2006-08-23

59. Episode 436

Air Date: 2006-08-24

60. Episode 437

Air Date: 2006-08-30

61. The Bill Season 22 Episode 61

Air Date: 2006-08-31

62. The Bill Season 22 Episode 62

Air Date: 2006-09-06

63. Episode 440

Air Date: 2006-09-07

64. The Bill Season 22 Episode 64

Air Date: 2006-09-13

65. The Bill Season 22 Episode 65

Air Date: 2006-09-14

66. Episode 443

Air Date: 2006-09-19

67. Episode 444

Air Date: 2006-09-20

68. Episode 445

Air Date: 2006-09-21

69. The Bill Season 22 Episode 69

Air Date: 2006-09-27

70. Episode 447

Air Date: 2006-09-28

71. Episode 448

Air Date: 2006-10-04

72. The Bill Season 22 Episode 72

Air Date: 2006-10-05

73. Episode 450

Air Date: 2006-10-11

74. Episode 451

Air Date: 2006-10-12

75. Episode 452

Air Date: 2006-10-18

76. The Bill Season 22 Episode 76

Air Date: 2006-10-19

77. Episode 454

Air Date: 2006-10-25

78. Episode 455

Air Date: 2006-10-26

79. Let it Slip

Air Date: 2006-11-02

Terry investigates an attack on his sister-in-law.

80. Episode 457

Air Date: 2006-11-08

81. Episode 458

Air Date: 2006-11-08

82. Episode 459

Air Date: 2006-11-15

83. Episode 460

Air Date: 2006-11-16

84. Episode 461

Air Date: 2006-11-29

85. The Bill Season 22 Episode 85

Air Date: 2006-12-06

86. Episode 463

Air Date: 2006-12-07

87. The Bill Season 22 Episode 87

Air Date: 2006-12-19

88. The Bill Season 22 Episode 88

Air Date: 2006-12-20

89. Episode 466

Air Date: 2006-12-21

90. The Bill Season 22 Episode 90

Air Date: 2006-12-27

91. The Bill Season 22 Episode 91

Air Date: 2006-12-28