The Bill Season 19, Episode 7: Hard Liquor

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Out Of A Clear Blue Sky

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

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A Match Made In Hell

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

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Bad Taste

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]

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A Smart Bomb

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

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Method To The Madness

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

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Controversial Approach

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?

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Hard Liquor

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?

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Cross Transfer

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.

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Crackdown

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.

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Thinking Out Loud

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.

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Dropout Factory

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.

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Without A Trace

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.

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The Cat With Nine Lives

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.

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False Pride

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.

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Under Pressure

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.

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The Darkest Hour

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.

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Fraught With Danger

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.

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Found

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.

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The Nouveau Riche

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

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Classroom Politics

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.

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Sleeping Dogs Lie

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.

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The Philadelphia Lawyer

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.

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Throw For A Loss

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

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The Square Apple

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.

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Under The Thumb

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

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Out Of Your Depth

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,

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Juggernaut

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

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Week By Week

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.

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Frail

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.

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Grandstand

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...

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Disillusion

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.

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Rose-Coloured Glasses

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

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Come Home To Roost

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.

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Surprise Surprise

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.

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Played Like A Fiddle

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

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Moving Target

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.)

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Laid To Rest

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.

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Turning Back The Clock

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.

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Charlie Foxtrot: Part 1

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.

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Charlie Foxtrot: Part 2

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

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Boomerang: Part 1

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.

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Boomerang: Part 2

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,

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A Growing Concern

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

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Rescue

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.

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Security Risk

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...