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Title |
Episode notes |
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Original air date |
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| 1 |
"Grief" |
First Appearance of Sgt John Maitland, Samantha Janus guest stars. |
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1 January 1991 |
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| Brownlow's wife causes trouble at Sun Hill |
| 2 |
"The Chase" |
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3 January 1991 |
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| Steve is left fighting for his life when a car chase ends in a crash |
| 3 |
"The Attack" |
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8 January 1991 |
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| Marshall becomes one of many to be attacked by a security guard. Burnside plans to trap him by sending Lines undercover |
| 4 |
"Crown V. Cooper" |
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10 January 1991 |
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| Loxton faces a hard day when he is called to court |
| 5 |
"The Girl Can't Help It" |
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15 January 1991 |
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| A teenage prostitute is missing leading to many revelations for Burnside and Quinnan |
| 6 |
"Machines" |
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17 January 1991 |
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| Roach and Carver investigate when some equipment is stolen from an American base |
| 7 |
"Loophole" |
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22 January 1991 |
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| Brownlow begins making Conway's life hell after he fails to arrest a villain |
| 8 |
"Bottle" |
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24 January 1991 |
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| Sun Hill start investigating a pub landlord who assaulted Roach in the past |
| 9 |
"Samaritan" |
David Bamber guest stars. |
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29 January 1991 |
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| Stamp and Stringer come across a man and a woman struggling. |
| 10 |
"Fear or Favour" |
Rudolph Walker guest stars. |
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31 January 1991 |
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| Representatives from the Jasmine Allen Estate are visiting Sun Hill station. P.C. Stamp and W.P.C. French patrol the Estate and talk to one of the residents. |
| 11 |
"Start To Finish" |
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| Ch. Supt. Brownlow is having problems arranging transport to a meeting. |
| 12 |
"Night and Day" |
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| Stamp and Stringer are stopped in the street by a man who says his flat has been burgled and the burglars are still on the premises. |
| 13 |
"Favours" |
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| Dashwood and Roach investigate a burglary at a scrapyard. |
| 14 |
"In Chambers" |
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| D.S. Greig gets the evidence for an arson case from the property officer and goes to a conference in chambers but parks in the wrong space. |
| 15 |
"Kids Don't Cry Anymore" |
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| Ackland sees a boy being bullied at a playground. |
| 16 |
"Too Many Chiefs" |
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| After dropping off a girl at a children's home, Quinnan and Marshall get called back in for a potential suicide. |
| 17 |
"Every Mother's Son" |
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| Ackland, Stamp, Quinnan and Hollis are doing an obbo. |
| 18 |
"Furthers" |
Nigel Terry guest stars. |
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28 February 1991 |
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| A man is murdered by a shotgun after talking to Dashwood. |
| 19 |
"Closing The Net" |
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| Sun Hill gets a call about a man approaching young girls in a park. D.I. Burnside protests that the police cannot do anything until a crime is committed. |
| 20 |
"The Public Interest" |
Geoffrey Freshwater guest stars. |
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7 March 1991 |
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| A man comes in to talk to someone in authority because an ex-employee is having sex with a 15 year old. |
| 21 |
"Photo Finish" |
Chesney Hawkes guest stars. |
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12 March 1991 |
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| W.P.C. Datta is watching a pub when a youth is seen leaving with drugs. |
| 22 |
"Just Desserts" |
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| Burnside and Lines go for a lunchtime drink. Stamp and Garfield go to a building site where a self-employed tiler fell off the top floor. |
| 23 |
"832 Receiving" |
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| Ackland and French catch a girl who has stolen a purse. Ackland suspects the mother of fraud. |
| 24 |
"The Better Part Of Valour" |
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| D.I. Burnside and D.C.I. Reid attend an accident involving a security van. |
| 25 |
"Double Or Quits" |
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| W.P.C. French and W.D.C. Martella talk about a career criminal before going to court. Martella's witness is having second thoughts. |
| 26 |
"We Could Be Heroes" |
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| Stamp and Quinnan rush an injured woman to hospital when the ambulance is delayed after an accident. |
| 27 |
"Cold Turkey, Part One: Lifeline" |
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| P.C.s Stamp and Quinnan attend to a sudden death. The deceased was a locum G.P., and Insp. Monroe thinks the death was suspicious. |
| 28 |
"Cold Turkey, Part Two: Late Turn Sunday" |
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| A drug addict is sealed off in a block of flats and holding two hostages. |
| 29 |
"Now We're Motoring" |
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| P.C. Hollis helps a man to tow away a car, but he is not the owner. |
| 30 |
"Dead Man's Boots" |
Frank Coda guest stars. |
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11 April 1991 |
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| Sgt. Cryer tries to stop an elderly woman from being victimised on an estate. |
| 31 |
"Caught Napping" |
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| The Metropolitan Police Serious Crimes Squad sweep into Sun Hill and commandeer the station's briefing room, setting a few noses out of joint in the process. |
| 32 |
"Hammer To Fall" |
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| In an attempt to end the rift between D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach, D.C.I. Reid partners them together on a joint operation with the drugs squad. |
| 33 |
"Cry Havoc" |
Marc Warren guest stars. |
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23 April 1991 |
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| Quinnan and Stamp go to Whitegate Estate to arrest a man involved in a glassing the night before. When Peters tries to apprehend the assailant he is stabbed and rushed to hospital. |
| 34 |
"Rules Of Engagement" |
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| W.D.C. Martella is undercover at a club to investigate a series of armed robberies of musical equipment. |
| 35 |
"Delivery On Time" |
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| P.C. Stringer and W.P.C. Marshall are walking the beat when they are called to a burglary. |
| 36 |
"Black Monday" |
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| D.C. Lines's car gets towed away. He catches a bus and sees a man who is supposed to have died five years before. |
| 37 |
"Jobs For The Boys" |
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| D.I. Burnside investigates a break-in at a cash-and-carry, involving the theft of cash and some meat. |
| 38 |
"Without Consent" |
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| A prostitute comes into the station to report a rape. Loxton tells her it is classed as non-payment of goods, and Ackland has problems making people treat it as a rape. |
| 39 |
"Saints and Martyrs" |
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| W.P.C. Ackland investigates a break-in and theft of a pension book. She is told that the C.P.S. won't be taking up her assault case so she brings a private summons. |
| 40 |
"Observation" |
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| D.C.I. Reid takes over a joint surveillance operation. |
| 41 |
"The Greater Good" |
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| Tosh and Jim are watching a wrecking yard. A car is seen driven into the yard stolen from a man who runs a youth centre. |
| 42 |
"The Best You Can Buy" |
Karl Collins and Donald Douglas guest stars. |
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23 May 1991 |
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| W.P.C. Ackland's private prosecution of Everton Warwick comes to court. |
| 43 |
"Addict" |
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| Quinnan arrests two men in the underground because one has a knife. Sgt. Peters' wife gives him a ride to work. Brownlow, Conway and Reid have a meeting with publicans. |
| 44 |
"Black Mark" |
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| Dashwood talks to one of his snouts, who has been charged with stealing, on the way to court. The prisoner makes a complaint against him. |
| 45 |
"The Right Thing To Do" |
Tony Guilfoyle and Valentine Nonyela guest stars. |
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4 June 1991 |
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| Lines and Carver go to a club where they find drugs in the band's jackets. |
| 46 |
"The Harder They Fall" |
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6 June 1991 |
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| P.C. Loxton is attacked after a break-in at a night club and helped by a cabbie who is a special constable. |
| 47 |
"Something Personal" |
Eddie Stacey guest stars. |
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11 June 1991 |
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| D.C.s Dashwood and Carver are driving along when they notice a man trying to break into a house. P.C. Stamp chases a burglar and pulls his trousers off trying to stop him climbing over a wall. |
| 48 |
"Hijack" |
Ian Burfield guest stars. |
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13 June 1991 |
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| Burnside talks to the driver of a lorry who was hijacked. |
| 49 |
"With Intent" |
Owen Brenman guest stars. |
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18 June 1991 |
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| D.C.s Lines and Carver are going to court about a burglary case. The Crown Prosecution Service is reducing the charges against two of the defendants. |
| 50 |
"Initiative" |
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| P.C.s Garfield and Young are talking to a woman about fireworks that had been put through her letterbox when they witness a purse snatching. |
| 51 |
"Careless Whispers" |
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| D.I. Burnside arrests a man on suspicion of robbery with violence. D.C. Lines and Carver get given wrong addresses. |
| 52 |
"Minimum Force" |
Jo-Anne Knowles guest stars. |
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27 June 1991 |
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| Stamp and Garfield go to a burglary. The home owner caught the burglar and beat him up. The wife comes back and says the burglar was a work mate collecting some pills for her. |
| 53 |
"Skeletons" |
Martine McCutcheon and Jamila Massey guest stars. |
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2 July 1991 |
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| W.P.C. Ackland finds a man stabbed in his car, and D.C. Lines's investigation into the incident are impeded by the victim's unhelpful wife. P.C. Hollis and P.C. Stamp discover a number of human skeletons in a supposedly vacant flat. |
| 54 |
"Targets" |
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| D.A.C. Hicks talks about reclaiming the streets. D.C.I. Reid talks about her pilot project on street robberies. P.C. Stamp is at a traffic depot by a cemetery and talks to a youth he suspects of criminal damage. |
| 55 |
"The Negotiator" |
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| P.C. Hollis chases a man with a shotgun into a shop. Hollis tries talking the gunman, who has just held up a building society, into letting the assistant go. |
| 56 |
"Reputations" |
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| Carver talks to his snout about a security job and gets a name for a burglary instead. |
| 57 |
"The Juggler and the Fortune Teller" |
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| A court case is adjourned. D.I. Burnside and the defence counsel have an argument in the corridor. D.C. Martella goes back to the station to warn witnesses. |
| 58 |
"Joey" |
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| W.P.C. Ackland is watching a P.E. class at a school before talking to them about theft and robbery. P.C. Loxton chases a boy who has stolen a lady's chain. The boy appears too frightened to tell his name. |
| 59 |
"Your Shout" |
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| Ch. Supt. Brownlow speaks to W.P.C. Marshall about a promotion board. |
| 60 |
"Ladykiller" |
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| Martella drives to a car fire to find a lady was trapped in the car. A man who tried to get her out saw someone watching as he arrived. |
| 61 |
"The Corporal of Horse" |
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| Marshall is acting sergeant with C relief. She watches one of the relief drive away in an unmarked police car without wearing his tunic after P.C. Smollett points it out. |
| 62 |
"Cause and Effect" |
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| French and Stamp discuss the merits of follow up calls. They get a call out to research labs. Loxton finds a security guard on the floor. |
| 63 |
"Getting Involved" |
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| Stamp talks to a man about paint stripper on his car - the second time in a month. Hollis and Ackland are later called to an industrial estate where a man is damaging the car. |
| 64 |
"Benefit of the Doubt" |
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| A barrister is arrested for GBH on a prostitute. He uses his phone call to ring D.A.C. Hicks. Brownlow is concerned about wrongful arrest. |
| 65 |
"Crack-Up" |
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| Hollis is in a pawn brokers when a man wearing a hat, scarf, and glasses leaves carrying a bike helmet leaving behind a bag with a gun in it. |
| 66 |
"The Last Laugh" |
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| Quinnan and Garfield respond to an armed robbery that turns out to be a wind-up. |
| 67 |
"Access" |
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| CID investigate a burglary of an O.A.P. who has an asthma attack. Stamp talks to a lady who turned away a man supposedly from the Gas Board. |
| 68 |
"Six of One" |
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| P.C. Stringer chases a girl, on foot, who has stolen goods from a jewellers but P.C. Stamp arrests her because she was in a car. |
| 69 |
"Married To The Job" |
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| P.C. Stamp and W.P.C. Ackland attend a domestic and deal with a burglary at a pub. Stamp's girlfriend has broken up with him after talking to other police wives. |
| 70 |
"Domestic" |
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| D.C.I. Reid goes to see the CPS about a case and is late for a meeting with Meadows from the Murder Squad. A rape victim says the allegation was false after the CPS gave the go ahead for the case to go to court. |
| 71 |
"Stress Rules" |
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| Brownlow comes back from a conference and wants to start an anti-stress programme. A boy is stabbed and Young and Marshall investigate. |
| 72 |
"They Also Serve" |
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| The relief are acting as reserve troops for a demonstration. At a meal break, Delia, Norika and June find a distressed probationer in the toilets. |
| 73 |
"Inside Job" |
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| A shop assistant is attacked and robbed of the week's takings by thieves on a motorcycle. |
| 74 |
"Bones of Contention" |
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| Sgt. Cryer investigates when anonymous letters expose P.C. Stringer's affair, in police time, with a prisoner's wife. W.P.C. Datta and P.C. Stamp lie in wait for a blackmailer. Ch. Insp. Conway is frustrated at a lack of promotion. |
| 75 |
"Wide of The Mark" |
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| A professional hired killer is active in Sun Hill. A dubious informant provides a tip-off that divides D.I. Burnside and D.S. Greig. |
| 76 |
"Hitting The Mark" |
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| D.I. Burnside hunts for a hired killer to prevent him from making his next hit. |
| 77 |
"Bending the Rules" |
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| A yob arrested for shoplifting turns out to be a respected police officer. D.I. Burnside unravels the story of the change in his behaviour. |
| 78 |
"Skint" |
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| It's P.C. Garfield's birthday, but a party only adds to his money troubles. |
| 79 |
"Friday and Counting" |
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1 October 1991 |
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| Hollis, a missing handbag, and a recluse police pensioner, all help to unravel a murder investigation. |
| 80 |
"Lest We Forget" |
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| Ch. Supt. Brownlow is questioned by Yorkshire Police about his involvement in a murder enquiry seventeen years before that led to a wrongful conviction. |
| 81 |
"Nutters" |
Dicken Ashworth guest stars. |
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8 October 1991 |
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| AMIP investigates the murder of a teenager at a night club. |
| 82 |
"Downtime" |
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| A suspected violent break-in begins to suggest more clues about the house's occupants than anything else – especially as they are missing. |
| 83 |
"Out Of Order" |
Final appearance of Sgt Joseph Corrie |
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| P.C. Young reaches out to W.P.C. Datta and, when she rejects his advances, he sexually assaults her. |
| 84 |
"Empire Building" |
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| Duty Sgt. Cryer sets up a major operation to arrest defaulters on fine payments. Sgt. Peters accuses him of empire building. |
| 85 |
"Innocence" |
Ray Winstone guest stars. |
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22 October 1991 |
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| Following his interview about a wrongful conviction and allegations of corruption against a former colleague, Ch. Supt. Brownlow meets up with him. Two boys are reported missing, and are believed to have been abducted. |
| 86 |
"Losing It" |
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24 October 1991 |
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| P.C. Young discovers a suicide, and is deeply affected. Later, he visits Datta in the section house and attacks her. |
| 87 |
"Shots" |
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| Sun Hill officers attend a firearms training course. When an armed villain is reported in a building, P.C. Loxton shoots. |
| 88 |
"The Square Peg" |
Final appearance of PC Phil Young |
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31 October 1991 |
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| Young goes missing on his beat. Monroe orders a search. Quinnan and Loxton find Young's body in his car. He has committed suicide by feeding exhaust fumes into the vehicle. |
| 89 |
"A Question of Confidence" |
Katharine Rogers guest stars. |
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5 November 1991 |
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| D.I. Burnside investigates a series of attacks on prostitutes. A prison escapee is suspected |
| 90 |
"Balls In The Air" |
First appearance of Sgt Matthew Boyden, Final appearance of PC Suzanne Ford |
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| On his first day at Sun Hill, Sgt. Matthew Boyden's past life catches up with him. Boyden shows that he knows all the angles, and Insp. Monroe is not impressed with the his casual approach. |
| 91 |
"The Taste" |
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| Smollett discovers he still has the taste for action. |
| 92 |
"Turning Back The Clock" |
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| D.I. Burnside is determined to clear up a three-year-old case of robbery and murder when an old acquaintance is released from prison. D.C.s Carver and Lines begin to have their doubts when they learn their tailing operation is "unofficial". |
| 93 |
"Discretion" |
First appearance of PC Donna Harris |
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| On his first day as Home Beat Officer, P.C. Smollett investigates the mugging of an old lady and discovers a rather unusual high-rise supermarket. Meanwhile, P.C. Stringer deals with a boy found unconscious by the canal. |
| 94 |
"Chapter and Verse" |
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| D.I. Burnside wants to question a man about a missing girl, but he is "drunk and incapable" in the custody suite and Sgt. Maitland is determined to uphold P.A.C.E. |
| 95 |
"The Whole Truth" |
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| W.P.C. Datta is in court to testify in a drink-driving trial, but the case is complicated by a mouthwash that the defendant claims to have taken. |
| 96 |
"Profit and Loss" |
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| Sun Hill C.I.D. investigate a suspicious death. |
| 97 |
"Thicker Than Water" |
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| P.C.s Loxton and Stringer are called to a domestic disturbance. The man found beating his wife turns out to be a P.C. from Stafford Row. |
| 98 |
"On The Take" |
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| D.S. Roach is investigating an armed robbery. A series of unexplained tip-offs reveals the possibility that a D.S. at Sun Hill is guilty of corruption. |
| 99 |
"Caring" |
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| W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Smollett deal with a possible case of wife battering. The alleged victim, the mother of a schizophrenic son, is unco-operative. |
| 100 |
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" |
Jonny Lee Miller guest stars. |
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12 December 1991 |
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| D.C.I. Reid tries to overcome the continuing clash of personalities with D.I. Burnside. D.S. Roach has problems when a juvenile prisoner lies about his age, then has an epileptic fit in his cell. D.C. Carver finds himself in a conflict of loyalties. |
| 101 |
"Imposters" |
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17 December 1991 |
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| Maitland and Monroe investigate a pornography racket. Marshall and Stamp look for a beggar who seduced a mentally-retarded girl. |
| 102 |
"A Woman Scorned" |
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19 December 1991 |
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| Ackland and Smollett call on a lady about her husband's dog who has dug up a skeleton in the garden. There is a new Det. Supt. of the Murder Squad replacing Meadows. Reid talks to Burnside about paperwork. |
| 103 |
"Vital Statistics" |
One-hour special, Annette Badland guest stars. |
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24 December 1991 |
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| A Relief is stung into action on discovering that their arrest rate is inferior to that of B Relief. |
| 104 |
"Decent People" |
Gillian McCutcheon guest stars. |
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26 December 1991 |
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| P.C. Quinnan works undercover on a building site to investigate the theft of kitchen units, but finds himself in a compromising situation. |
| 105 |
"Breakout" |
One-hour special, Caroline Quentin guest stars. |
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31 December 1991 |
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| On New Year's Eve, a learner driver backs into a prison van, allowing a dangerous prisoner to escape from custody. |