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Season 1

8 episodes · 8th January 1991

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Episodes

01 Homecoming still Homecoming Episode 18th January 1991 D.S. Freddie Spender is an undercover Geordie cop but has been in London for the last 15 years. He and his partner D.S. Colin Driver are on an undercover operation which goes horribly wrong and Spender is transferred back to his native Newcastle, much to his disgust. Upon his return, he must confront an ex-wife and kids, a murky past and some local villains. His boss, Supt. Yelland also has dislikes Spender, and thinks he's a pain in the arse. Yelland assigns Spender to a case involving Raymond Price. 02 Half a Ton of Heartaches still Half a Ton of Heartaches Episode 215th January 1991 After Yelland tells Spender that he wants him to stick around for a while, he goes undercover on the oil-rigs following the suspicious death of Mr. Patel, an oil-rig worker. 03 Double Jeopardy still Double Jeopardy Episode 322nd January 1991 Following a tip-off, Spender and Stick tail the glamorous Lorraine Hope. She's up to something, but what? Then Dan asks Spender to assist another undercover detective (Terry Knowle), who doesn't want his help. 04 The Candidate still The Candidate Episode 429th January 1991 Spender is assigned to look after a female Conservative politician named Bobby Montgomery. However, he is angered when Yelland teams up with him. However, Spender is injured when he is run down by a lorry whilst saving Bobby from being run over herself. After his spell in the hospital, Yelland has Spender put on the sick and his car taken away. However, determined to do his job, he gets a job working for Iain Rutherford, the owner of the lorry which ran him over. Whilst driving for Rutherford he ends up being involved in a robbery! 05 Iced still Iced Episode 55th February 1991 Spender's god-daughter's boyfriend is killed in a motorbike accident and he poses as an ex army buddy of a drug courier. 06 Dance Girl Dance still Dance Girl Dance Episode 612th February 1991 Spender poses as an ex-shipyard worker with a load of redundancy money wanting to a nightclub for local villian, Palmer. Spender also investigates a number of dissapearances. 07 Tough still Tough Episode 719th February 1991 Stick is in court and Spender goes with him as support. After the hearing, Spender befriends Mal Balmer, an ex-boxer. As he gets to know Balmer, he realises that Mal is now a fist fighter. 08 Well Well Well still Well Well Well Episode 826th February 1991 Spender travels to London after he is summoned back by Inspector Greaves. And when he returns he's faced with the task of clearing Stick's name after he is arrested on suspicion of murder.
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Cast & Crew

01 Jimmy Nail profile Jimmy Nailas Spender 02 Sammy Johnson profile Sammy Johnsonas Stick 03 Berwick Kaler profile Berwick Kaleras DS Dan Boyd 04 Denise Welch profile Denise Welchas Frances Spender 05 Peter Guinness profile Peter Guinnessas DCS Gillespie 06 Paul Greenwood profile Paul Greenwoodas Supt Yelland 07 Ian La Frenais profile Ian La FrenaisCreator 08 Jimmy Nail profile Jimmy NailCreator
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