Seasons & episodes

Page tries to trace the mother of an abandoned baby, while Boulton and Rawton investigate an apparently racially motivated attack.

Skase is sceptical of a 14-year-old girl so smitten with him that she accuses her parents of being drug dealers.

Ashton, on his first solo outing, is distracted by a decoy while a nearby shop is burgled.

Boyden introduces the relief to new Area Car driver Vicky Hagen, but her reputation takes an immediate blow when Jarvis reveals she grassed on a friend of his at another station.

Despite knowing the animosity between Jarvis and Hagen, Cryer pairs them in the area car on her first day, but Jarvis dubs her a "stupid cow" on the radio after she loses a suspect, putting his career and a potential transfer to the Diplomatic Protection Group at risk.

Boyden gets friendly with Ashton's mother.

Beech wangles an expenses-paid trip to Brighton with Skase, but his night does not go as planned.

Skase persuades Brighton C.I.D. to help track down the missing Beech.

Stamp and Hagen clash over what makes a good area car driver.

Daly and Carver try to get evidence against a young drug addict suspected of brutally assaulting a police officer.

Carver and Proctor respond to a tip-off about the theft of some fish.

Boulton is less than thrilled to be placed on an interviewing course with Hollis, but gets the chance to exact revenge on an ex-colleague.

Keane and Garfield look into allegations that a New Age cult leader is encouraging under-aged girls to engage in sexual activity.

Carver is shocked when a woman names his friend from a neighbouring station as a flasher.

Boulton and Hollis find themselves in pursuit of the same villain.

Santini and Keane investigate a mysterious assault.

Rawton and Deakin investigate the mysterious disappearance of a woman who has been campaigning to free her husband from jail.

Tosh Lines and June Ackland investigate the death of an old acquaintance.

Harker rushes to the aid of a woman in danger, but gets himself into trouble over his use of CS spray.

Hollis goes from a hero to a laughingstock when he arrests a notorious cat burglar before receiving an official complaint for throwing his lunch into a nearby garden. When the burglar asks to be interviewed by Hollis, he senses a chance to shut his mocking colleagues up.

Hollis is due to collect his commendation, but his colleagues know he doesn't deserve one.

Page is shocked when a man shows up at the front desk armed with a gun, claiming to have shot a man and left him for dead.

Cryer re-opens an unsolved case in response to an attempted suicide.

Boulton suspects that Hollis is involved in a series of burglaries.