Seasons & episodes

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

The key witness to an attempted murder vanishes.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Meadows receives a tape of a deathbed confession to murder.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.