| [–] |
Show Menu |
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
• (7)
• (4)
• (4)
•
• (5)
•
• |
| [+] |
Empty Sections |
• (0)
• (0)
• (0)
• (0)
• (0)
• (0)
• (0)
• (0)
• (0)
• (0)
• (0)
• (0)
• (0)
|
| [+] |
Show Contribs |
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
• |
| [+] |
Episode Contribs |
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
• |
|
Series 1 | | | |
| 1 :01x01 - Episode 1 (Apr/01/2004) | The team reopen the case of young police cadet Kate Daniels, brutally murdered in 1987. Daniels had gone to a pub alone on the night she was killed and the only witness to the murder was a six-year-old girl, Patricia Lee. Now an optician, she tells Supt Sandra Pullman and Gerry Standing she still has a recurring nightmare about a man she saw running from the scene.
The finding of a gun in a cache of weapons trawled from a lake leads the team to petty criminal Philip Sheppard. Brian Lane and Jack Halford are trailing Sheppard as he stalks women, all petite and blonde like Daniels. Sandra admits she was at Hendon Police College with the victim and knew her personally.
Meanwhile, each team member seems to have a personal problem to deal with. Brian's delicate emotional balance goes into freefall when his wife leaves him - not helped by the fact that he has thrown his medication down the toilet. Gerry is also facing a shock in his personal life when he discovers he's going to be a grandfather, through his unmarried daughter Paula.
Back at UCOS, Brian becomes convinced that the case is connected to Nick Gilbert, another of Pullman's fellow trainees who was Daniels' lover but who dropped out. Gerry takes drastic action to help Patricia identify Sheppard in a line up, while Brian visits a still bitter Gilbert and, while he's not looking, swipes something from the house and takes it for forensic examination. Pullman is enraged at his actions and Brian is forced to confront how his obsession with the past is ruining his life. He decides to try to woo Esther back. But can Pullman confront her own past as a rookie copper and get the truth out of Gilbert?
Source: ABC (Aus) | | Guest Stars: Carolyn Allen as Carole, David Hampshire as Alan Wearing, Lourdes Faberes as Patricia Lee, Leanne Wilson as Amelia, Diana Payan as Female Samaritan, Adam Kotz as Nick Gilbert, Diana Kent as Therapist, Jodie Kelly as Caitlin, Paul Brightwell as Philip Sheppard, Natalie Forbes as Jayne, Heather James as Alison, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Paula Jennings as Paula | Director: Paul Seed
Writer: Simon Block | | | |
| 2 :01x02 - Episode 2 (Apr/08/2004) | UCOS is called to Buckingham Palace after a painting from the Queen's private collection is discovered to be a fake. The handsome Sir Tim, who oversees the collection, explains the investigation is top secret because his predecessor was found to have 'borrowed' paintings. Sandra doesn't want the case, but expert help is soon at hand when the aptly named Totty Vogel-Downing is seconded from art fraud to UCOS.
While Sir Tim tries - and succeeds - in charming Sandra, Totty discovers thumbprints on the canvases. Tests prove both fakes were painted in 1978 by an artist and political activist who committed suicide after a fire destroyed his studio. Old files suggest the fire could have been arson, aimed at a Kurdish sweatshop next door. Sandra and Jack visit a Bengali family who were injured in the blaze, while Gerry and Brian learn that remains of a white rat were found at the studio. The animal was too exotic to live in a warehouse naturally.
Jailed arsonist Pat the Rat says the rat must have been covered in petroleum jelly and used as a firebomb. Lists of clients from top London galleries link Pat to George Wilson, a notorious career criminal. Wilson escaped arrest 10 years earlier during Gerry's watch. When Deputy Assistant Commander Bevan blamed Gerry, the detective punched his superior - an offence that led to his early retirement from the force.
With Gerry ordered off the case and everyone apparently involved in the fraud operation dead, there seems little left to go on. Then Gerry breaks the rules to visit the dead artist's mother and discovers a link to someone close to the investigation.
Source: ABC (Aus) | | Guest Stars: Hattie Morahan as Totty Vogel-Downing, Nita Mistry as Sangita, Jayasree Kabir as Sangita's Mother, Tiggy Allen as Gallery Assistant, Christine Kavanagh (1) as Christine Hardy, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Avril Elgar as Olive Risk, Ewen Cummins as Fire Officer, Paul Copley as Pat the Rat, Max Cane as Tubby, Anthony Stewart Head as Sir Timothy | Director: Jamie Payne
Writer: Nick Fisher (2) | | | |
| 3 :01x03 - Episode 3 (Apr/15/2004) | Young peace campaigner Josh Livesey was found dead in woods near a NATO base in 1984 but his killer was never captured. When one of the dead man's friends, Frank Fox, is locked up in Broadmoor for another murder, UCOS is given the job of re-examining the case.
Frank and the other campaigners Imogen Hoult, Colin Dobie and Eleanor Clement all claimed innocence, but refused to co-operate with police, blaming Josh's death on a secret service conspiracy.
Sandra wants to contact Special Branch, much to the dismay of the paranoid Jack, Gerry and Brian.
To his alarm, Brian has no memory of Ed Koumas, an officer on the case. Gerry and Sandra visit an ideological Eleanor on her houseboat, while Brian revisits Frank who reveals Josh had a secret.
Film shows that a section of wire at the NATO base was replaced the night Josh died, which Gerry puts down to 'secret squirrels'. Worried about Sandra, they follow her, only to find her with a woman - her therapist. But on the way home, she is indeed followed by Special Branch officer Greg Johnson. She meets Greg, who admits his people moved Livesey's body and disposed of the murder weapon to save face, but still insists there was no conspiracy. He also tells Sandra he fancies her.
As the team try to discover why Special Branch cared about the protesters so much, they realise that are still many secrets among the small band of protesters.
Source: ABC (Aus) | | Guest Stars: Pearce Quigley as Frank Cox, Suzanna Hamilton as Imogen Hoult, Mark Powley as Jim Chambers, Jonathan Phillips as Colin Dobie (as Jonny Phillips), Diana Kent as Therapist, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Nadia Cameron as Eleanor Clement, John Bennett (1) as Graham Moore, Patrick Baladi as DI Greg Johnson | Director: Jamie Payne
Writer: Roy Mitchell | | | |
| 4 :01x04 - Episode 4 (Apr/22/2004) | | The team are called upon to investigate the apparent suicide of a teenager from 20 years ago. | | Guest Stars: Francis Middleditch as Mike, Frank Mills as Derek Rodger, Stephen Moore (1) as Fred Donaldson, David Savile as Ian Gordon, Mark Webb as Journalist, Gordon Milne as Brindsley, Speed Dater, Mike Wattam as Stanley, Speed Dater, Andrew Wincott as Tim, Speed Dater, Cherie Lunghi as Diane Loveless, Diana Kent as Therapist, Jim Barclay as Ivor, Speed Dater, Isla Blair as Alice Pimley, Tim Downie as Dave Pimley, Jeremy Gittins as Vic, Speed Dater, Jamie Glover as Stewart Pimley, Glyn Grimstead as DI John Cassidy, Andrew Hilton as Alex Spencer, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane | Director: Paul Seed
Writer: Roy Mitchell | | | |
| 5 :01x05 - Episode 5 (Apr/29/2004) | | The discovery of a blood-stained pair of hot pants results in the team being asked to re-investigate the 1971 disappearance of a mother and her six-month-old son. Lane, who worked on the original case, quickly identifies the victim's husband as the chief suspect, but when Halford and Standing learn that two other women went missing in the area on the same day, they begin to wonder if they are really looking for a serial killer. | | Guest Stars: Frances Tomelty as Jill Brewer, Bennet Thorpe as Police Officer, Derya Donaldson as Donna Adamson, Hugh Fraser (2) as Paul Adamson, Philip Martin Brown (1) as Rick Brewer, Patrick Baladi as DI Greg Johnson, Maryann Turner as Joyce, Robert Pugh (2) as Eric Grant, Delena Kidd as Lily, Heather Tobias as Kay Grant, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane | Director: Jon East
Writer: Alison Hume | | | |
| 6 :01x06 - Season Finale (May/06/2004) | | Halford visits a clairvoyant in the hope of making contact with his dead wife, but instead receives a message from a teenage girl who was abducted and left to die in a transport container in 1982. Despite the unconventional nature of the new evidence, Pullman agrees to reopen the investigation. The ageing detectives become convinced it will be their final case when they are ordered to report for physical and psychological evaluation. | | Guest Stars: Heather James as Alison, Paula Jennings as Paula, Jodie Kelly as Caitlin, Saira Todd as Sarah Stillman, Natalie Forbes as Jayne, Chris Coghill as Christopher Wells (as Christopher Coghill), Jan Chappell as Technician, Ken Bones as Assistant Commissioner Mullen, Robert Bathurst as Martin Lombard, Patrick Baladi as DI Greg Johnson, Carolyn Allen as Carole | | | |
Series 2 |
| 7 :02x01 - Episode 1 (May/09/2005) | | The squad has a new boss, who orders them to look into the unsolved murder of a barrister found bound and gagged in his car 25 years ago. The case was a rare failure for a former chief inspector, and his notes point to a very clear suspect who was never prosecuted. As they track down the likely perpetrator and uncover the late advocate's unusual hobbies, they gradually learn exactly what happened on that fateful night - and why the ex-policeman decided to let his quarry go. | | Guest Stars: Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Anita Dobson as Elaine Wanless, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland, Keith Barron as Ronnie Ross, Jenny Agutter as Yvonne Barrie, Nicholas Jones (1) as Michaela Pendle, | Co-Guest Stars: Nadim Sawalha as Mr Mazood, Hannah McBride as Hooker, Zac Kingett as Baby Gerry, Xavier Kingett as Baby Gerry, Ronnie Letham as Drunk, Paula Jennings as Paula, Carolyn Allen as Carole, Heather James as Alison, Natalie Forbes as Jayne, Ian Bartholomew as Tallis | Director: Jon East
Writer: Roy Mitchell | | | |
| 8 :02x02 - Episode 2 (May/16/2005) | | The unsolved crime squad reopen the case of an Asian woman who was attacked eight years ago, and has been in a coma ever since. They enlist the aid of a community liaison officer and uncover conflict in the victim's family, as well as a possible connection with the disappearance of a private detective. The case is made more complicated when Jack receives an anonymous phone call, while Gerry resorts to desperate measures to get the truth out of the victim's brother. | | Guest Stars: Navin Chowdhry as Sgt Pushkar Guha, Shaun Dooley as Rick Mayo, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland, | Co-Guest Stars: Vayu Naidu as Jayashri Sharma, Chetna Pandya as Dipti Mayo, Yasmin Ara as Anita Sharma, Keith Allen as Roger McHugh, Nina Wadia as Mughda Das, Jay Simpson as Gary Palmer, Ashvin-Kumar Joshi as Vikram Das, Glyn Grimstead as Terry Cassidy, Paul Bhattacharjee as Milan Das | Director: Juliet May (1)
Writer: Roy Mitchell | | | |
| 9 :02x03 - Episode 3 (May/23/2005) | | The team reopen a 1992 abduction case when the woman who disappeared turns up alive and well, claiming she was never kidnapped in the first place. Halford suspects the apparent victim's mother of faking the incident to get her ex-husband to pay the ransom. However, the case is complicated further when she threatens to sue the police. | | Guest Stars: Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Harriet Walter as Madeline, Lisa Faulkner as Hannah, Matt Bardock as D.I. Tom Wilson, Nicholas Ball (1) as Simon Webb, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland, | Co-Guest Stars: Rafaella Hutchinson as Alice, Flip Webster as Receptionist, Connie Walker as Suzie, Bill Moody as Milner, Richard Huw as Reynolds, Sam Hazeldine as Mark Lane, Ben Crompton as Paul Watkins, Gemma Catlin as Barmaid | Director: Martyn Friend (1)
Writer: Howard Overman | | | |
| 10 :02x04 - Episode 4 (May/30/2005) | | A tabloid editor approaches the detectives, claiming to have evidence implicating world-famous celebrity chef Kitty Campbell in the murder of her husband Bertie during the 1960s. A former assistant of the culinary couple claims Bertie was gay, and that she killed him for fear of a scandal wrecking her career. Halford is convinced they are being taken for a ride, but Lane's wife spots a vital clue in one of Kitty's old cookery shows. | | Guest Stars: Stephen Tompkinson as Chris McConnel, Victor Spinetti as Binky, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Honor Blackman as Kitty Campbell, | Co-Guest Stars: Natalie Forbes as Jayne, Justine Mitchell as Scarlet, Jessica Claire as Receptionist, Stephanie Chambers as Young Kitty Campbell, Israel Aduramo as Doctor, Oliver Montgomery as Bertie, Jan Carey as Mrs. Henry | Director: Graham Theakston
Writer: Nick Fisher (2) | | | |
| 11 :02x05 - Episode 5 (Jun/06/2005) | | An attractive widow asks Halford to find the rightful owner of a large, uncut red diamond, worth £15m. Standing and Lane suspect Halford has ulterior motives for wanting to take the case, but Pullman is forced to admit it's one for UCOS when they discover the diamond was snatched in a safety deposit box heist, along with four smaller red diamonds. | | Guest Stars: Rita Tushingham as Elise Allen, David de Keyser as Sid, Anthony Valentine as Les Spitz Sr, Miranda Pleasence as Ruth, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Sean Chapman as Ray Spitz Jr, | Co-Guest Stars: Izabella Telezynska as Flower Seller, Jonathan Tafler as Rabbi, Veronica Roberts as Hunter, Stuart Organ as Tyson, Kate Miles (1) as Georgina Day, Jodie Kelly as Caitlin, Tom Karol (1) as Insurance Rep, Heather James as Alison, Amanda Haberland as Trainer, Natalie Forbes as Jayne, Carolyn Allen as Carole | Director: Martyn Friend (1)
Writer: Karen McLachlan (1) | | | |
| 12 :02x06 - Episode 6 (Jun/13/2005) | | Gerry has a run of bad luck in a poker game and owes a bookie a large sum of money. But the bookie offers Gerry a chance to clear his debt by finding out what happened to his dad who died after being mugged outside a dog-racing track in 1983. | | Guest Stars: Kieran O'Brien as Michael Jacobs, Gillian Taylforth as Emma Winters, Philip Whitchurch as Peter Jacobs, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland, | Co-Guest Stars: Melanie Ramsay as Kathy, Harry Miller (1) as Poker Player #3, Melanie Jessop as Doctor, Kenny Ireland as George Morton, Gary Cross as Poker Player #1, Ian Bonar as Dog Fan, Jeremy Beckman as Dealer, Imogen Bain as Sylvia Ackerman | Director: Juliet May (1)
Writer: Danny Miller (1), Roy Mitchell | | | |
| 13 :02x07 - Episode 7 (Jun/20/2005) | | Believing the case could be linked to a recent spate of snatches near the M25 highway, Brian indulges his obsession for fishing when UCOS investigates the abduction of two boys from a lake in 1979. | | Guest Stars: Richard Ridings as Robbie, Nigel Lindsay as Alan, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, | Co-Guest Stars: Seeta Indrani as Hypnotist, John McCrea (1) as Boy Alan, Chester Hayes as Boy Daryl, Steve Emerson (1) as Kenny, Kim Durham as Danny Duke, Juan Pablo Di Pace as Antonio, Lou Gish as Bernice, David Nicholls (1) as Big Nicky (as Dave Nicholls), David Mallinson as Yates, Richard Hope as Brownlow, Zac Kingett as Baby Gerry, Xavier Kingett as Baby Gerry | Director: Jon East
Writer: Nick Fisher (2) | | | |
| 14 :02x08 - Season Finale (Jun/27/2005) | | Nearing retirement, a Home Office pathologist hopes the UCOS team can solve a mystery that has weighed heavily on his mind. The partial torso of a young woman found in 1987 is the only corpse he dealt with that remains unidentified. | | Guest Stars: Timothy West as Professor Reynard Mears, Amelia Curtis as Vicky Lawless, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland, Jane Asher as Lady Deeley, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, | Co-Guest Stars: Kay Stonham as Sheena, Roy Sampson as Alec McCloud, Luke de Lacey as Michael Megson, Graham Pountney as David Hendry, Eileen McCallum as Mae McCloud | Director: Graham Theakston
Writer: Roy Mitchell | | | |
Series 3 |
| 15 :03x01 - Lady's Pleasure (Apr/17/2006) | | A car in which a teacher was murdered five years ago is returned to its owner - the victim's husband. Pullman reopens the unsolved case, hoping to track down the dead woman's secret lover, who is known to have a small tattoo - a clue that eventually leads to a male prostitute. | | Guest Stars: Sian Polhill-Thomas as Secretary, Siobhan Redmond as Christine Gascoine, Stephen Rashbrook as Tim, Steve John Shepherd as Larry Bevan, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Tilly Blackwood as Antonia, Roger Moss as Donald, Richard Aston as Rugby Player 2, Charles Dale as Stephen Murray, Deborah Winckles as Sally, Denise Black as Josephine Sargent, Martin Bayfield as Rugby Player 1, Natalie Forbes as Jayne, Polly Frame as Waitress | Director: Rob Evans (1)
Writer: Lisa Holdsworth | | | |
| 16 :03x02 - Dockers (Apr/24/2006) | | The team are asked to re-investigate the 1975 death of a union leader, whose body was found in the Thames. As they delve deeper into the case, a financial scandal involving misappropriated funds is uncovered and a Labour peer points the finger of suspicion at the victim's deputy, but Lane's increasingly erratic behaviour threatens to hamper the inquiry. | | Guest Stars: Michael Howe as Mark Seroyan, Hannah Tointon as Young Anita Walsh, Damian Hunt as Young Mark Seroyan, Daphne Cheung as Herbalist practitioner, Jeremy Fowlds as Police warehouseman, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Fiona Dolman as Kate Sutton, Martin Troakes as Joe Walsh, Kenneth Colley as Frank Benson, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland, Frances Barber as Anita Walsh, Kenneth Cranham as George McCready, Dave Hill (1) as Brendan Dyer, Maggie Steed as Rose Dyer, Leanne Lakey as Karen Benson | Director: Rob Evans (1)
Writer: John Johnson (3), John Wilsher | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 :03x05 - Wicca Work (May/15/2006) | | The team reopen the 10-year-old murder of a librarian who also belonged to a witches' coven, and attempt to track down the other members of the group. Halford has visions of his dead wife, and becomes convinced he has been cursed, while Lane starts to suspect the killing may have been part of a human sacrifice. | | Guest Stars: Dearbhla Molloy as Cara Nabb, Alison Skilbeck as Librarian, Eric Carte as Dr Hart, Sidney Smith as Hooded man, Albert Valentine as Boy, Stephanie Beacham as Rhoda Wishaw, Cleo Sylvestre as Milly, Diana Kent as Sarah Lavin, Damien Nash as First workman, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Poppy Miller as Grace Woodford, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland, Campbell Morrison as DCI Ian Sinclair, Natalie Forbes as Jayne, Heather James as Alison | Director: Roberto Bangura
Writer: Roy Mitchell | | | |
| 20 :03x06 - Bank Robbery (May/22/2006) | | A police informant resurfaces after 17 years on the run, and claims to have information implicating a former crook-turned-celebrity in an unsolved armed robbery. Meanwhile, Pullman accompanies Strickland to the Hero of the Year Awards, where the recipient of the the title is an old rival of Standing's - and is brought in to work on the case. | | Guest Stars: Emma Shaw (1) as Mrs Abrahams, Sarah Woodward as Female audiologist, Christine Ellerbeck as Linda MacKintyre, Sanchia McCormack as Carol the floor manager, Gareth Hunt (1) as Rob Petty, David Roper as Geoff Lyons, Anton Lesser as Pete MacKintyre, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland | Director: Roberto Bangura
Writer: Jacquetta May (1) | | | |
| 21 :03x07 - Ice Cream Wars (May/29/2006) | | The team investigate a long-running feud between two family ice-cream businesses, which resulted in a shooting and several armed raids 10 years ago. Standing enlists the aid of his daughter in cracking the case, and she discovers evidence of drug dealing - but Pullman does not approve of her involvement. | | Guest Stars: Natalie Forbes as Jayne, Terence Harvey as Terence Hammond, Clare Holman as Sgt Beth Coulthard, Graeme Alexander as Uniformed officer, Fabiano Martell as Rocco Gennaro, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland, Edward de Souza as Silvio Gennaro, Natalie J. Robb as Isabella Gennaro, Sean Gilder as Andy Benton, Jodie Kelly as Caitlin, Joe Duttine as Matthew Benton | Director: Rob Evans (1)
Writer: Lisa Holdsworth | | | |
| 22 :03x08 - Congratulations (Jun/05/2006) | | A young man wrongly convicted of burning down his school is released, and seeks Halford's help in tracking down the real culprit. Standing meets a woman who claims to be his daughter but Lane is not convinced she's telling the truth. Pullman is offered a promotion to become head of the Murder Squad. | | Guest Stars: Emily Corrie as Lysette Perry, Karl Johnson as Gary Kendal, Michael Thomas (1) as Victor Pritchard, Felicity Dean as Rosanne Midgley, Martin Hutson as Nigel Midgley, Paula Jennings as Paula, Carolyn Allen as Carole, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland, Hannah Waterman as Emily Driscoll, David Troughton as Ricky Hanson, Joe Absolom as Luke Hanson, Kevin Whately as Andrew Simson | Director: Rob Evans (1)
Writer: Roy Mitchell | | | |
Series 4 |
| 23 :04x01 - Casualty (Apr/09/2007) |
|
Following the cliff-hanger ending of the last series, when Jack Halford finally discovered the identity of the hit-and-run driver who murdered his wife, he is now prepared to risk everything to kill the man responsible: crook Ricky Hanson. Determined that Hanson should meet the same fate as his wife, Halford lies in wait in a pub car park, engine running. As Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman becomes aware of the dangerous situation Halford has put himself in, she has to act fast to prevent him confronting his nemesis, resulting in a crash that jeopardises the future of the entire team.
With Gerry Standing, Brian Lane and Halford hospitalised, Pullman is forced to accept temporary help at UCOS from the super-efficient DCI Karen Hardwick, a woman who irritates Pullman on every level. As she struggles to keep the truth behind the crash a secret from DAC Strickland, Pullman becomes deeply suspicious that Hardwick has been recruited to spy on her. And with Halford clearly on the edge and suffering temporary memory loss since the crash, Pullman has her work cut out in trying to keep Hardwick in the dark.
Threatened by a new face in the office and desperate to prove that they are still a crack team, even from a hospital bed, the boys need a case. So when their consultant, Dr Finlay McKenzie, mentions the suspicious death of a patient, Alan White, on their ward 10 years ago, they seize the opportunity to reinvestigate, hoping it will hold the team together. At the time of the original investigation, the finger of blame pointed to the doctor and nurse in charge of the ward, both of whom have long since left the hospital. But as the team delves deeper into former teacher White's past, they uncover a history of child abuse and more than one victim whose life was destroyed by White's actions.
Source: BBC | | Guest Stars: Simon Dutton as Duncan Freedman, Nick Haverson as Norman, Mark Womack (1) as Ray Monkton, Marian McLoughlin (1) as Shirley White, Noma Dumezweni as Sophie Oyekambi, MEREDITH BRAUN as Nyreen, Lynda Bellingham as DS Karen Hardwick, John Sessions as Dr Finlay McKenzie, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Carolyn Allen as Carole, Natalie Forbes as Jayne, Heather James as Alison, David Troughton as Ricky Hanson | | | |
| 24 :04x02 - God's Waiting Room (Apr/16/2007) |
|
Det Supt Sandra Pullman's private and professional worlds clash when her mother, Grace, suffers a fall and needs care, as the drama about a team of unconventional detectives continues.
Mother and daughter do not share a close relationship so, when Grace temporarily moves in with Sandra, sparks fly. However, the two do agree that Grace can no longer live on her own and they set about finding a suitable nursing home for her.
On the surface, Whitemead seems perfect, until one of the residents, Leonard, confides that the death a year previously of another elderly resident, his fiancée Maggie Newley, was covered up and passed off as suicide. Despite hearing this, and to Sandra's dismay, Grace sets her heart on moving in.
Since the alleged murder doesn't fall under her department's remit, but wanting to act in the best interests of her mother, Pullman is forced to turn a blind eye to her team's suggestion of an unofficial undercover investigation.
Jack Halford reluctantly agrees to play the role of an elderly relative and manages to secure a place for himself at the home. Like a thorn in Halford's side, Gerry Standing takes great delight in playing the concerned son visiting his old dad and, in an ironic twist, neurotic Brian Lane gets to play his doctor.
But it soon becomes clear that the calm façade of the home belies jealousies and petty crimes within. With Maggie's family and Leonard insisting that she would not have taken her own life, the team discover a link to her prescribed medication and that she had a love rival at the home, Pru Saunders. But would a dotty old woman really commit murder for love?
Source: BBC | | Guest Stars: Chris Casserly as Simon Hall, Sophie Holden as Kelly Meadows, Norman Eshley as Billy Pierce, Belinda Sinclair as Fiona Fielding, June Whitfield as Pru Sanders, Gwyneth Strong as Kim Newley, Adrian Rawlins as Daniel Newley, Steve Speirs as Dougie Taylor, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Sheila Hancock as Grace Pullman, Mark Tandy as Colin Meadows, Geoffrey Bayldon as Leonard Case | | | |
| 25 :04x03 - Ducking and Driving (Apr/23/2007) |
|
When an armoured security van is found at the bottom of a lake, a link is made to Michael Dudley who disappeared 17 years ago, as the drama about a team of unconventional detectives continues. Michael's disappearance coincided with the murder of Marie Sinclair. With the discovery of the van revealing that it was ransacked whilst underwater, and with Marie's murder remaining unsolved, the team decides to reopen the case.
The chief suspect at the time, Marie's husband and owner of the security firm, Andrew Sinclair, continues to insist he is entirely innocent, but his story doesn't quite add up. A visit to the new owner of the security firm, Steve Palmer, doesn't provide Gerry Standing with records he was hoping to find, but it does result in Palmer making the cash-starved Standing an offer he can't refuse. Brian Lane looks into the dive clubs that would have had access to the lake over the years, which leads him to diving instructors Martin Viner and Trisha, but that appears to be another dead end.
Frustrated by the pace of the investigation, Pullman decides to make the dive herself to take a closer look at the van. It's a risky strategy, but it pays off when she finds the murder weapon on the van and the team is able to trace it back to Sinclair. But just when they finally believe they are getting closer to solving the case, a key witness is murdered.
Source: BBC | | Guest Stars: Adam Farr as Traffic officer, Claudia Harrison as Trisha, Ian Mercer as Paul Wilmslow, David Harewood as Martin Viner, George Baker as Steve Palmer, Peter Hugo-Daly as Andrew Sinclair, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland | | | |
| 26 :04x04 - Nine Lives (Apr/30/2007) | A family feud erupts when a rich, lonely old woman, Dorothy Hepple, is found dead in her home, as the drama about a team of unconventional detectives continues. She leaves all her money and property to her beloved cats, rather than her nephew, Harry, and niece, Caroline.
Her body lay undiscovered for two weeks and the cause of death is undetermined, but the fact that her cats were deliberately locked in the house, forcing them to start eating their owner's remains and any evidence, makes Jack Halford suspicious.
There appears to have been no love lost between the late Ms Hepple and her neighbour, Tim Cuswell, and while her carer, Dale, seems to have been devoted to her, his motives are questionable.
When the last of Dorothy's feline beneficiaries dies, her estate suddenly comes up for grabs. With no shortage of people laying claim to the estate, the team decides to reopen the investigation into Dorothy's death.
Source: BBC | | Guest Stars: David Bamber as Dale Hewson, Eric Sykes as Tim Cuswell, Lindsey Coulson as Caroline, Adrian Scarborough as Harry, Victor McGuire as Peter Baker | | | |
| 27 :04x05 - Powerhouse (May/07/2007) | The team reinvestigates the Fifties murder of Frederick Tully, a young wages clerk at Battersea Power Station. Patrick Dunne was hanged for Tully's murder, but his granddaughter, Hannah, is waging a campaign to have Dunne posthumously pardoned.
The discovery of a suitcase containing used fivers in the attic of the Tully home sheds new light on the case, revealing a possible blackmail plot. And when Sir Edward Chambers, the key witness against Dunne, retracts his evidence, the team has reason to question the original investigation. However, with Hannah reluctant to co-operate with the police, it is left to Gerry Standing to charm her mother, June, in order to gain an insight into the case, which Standing takes a little too literally.
Source: BBC | | Guest Stars: Siobhan Hewlett as Imogen Glover, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland, Graham McTavish as Jason Ferris, Roy Hudd as Douglas Murray, Jan Francis as June Parker, Georgina Rylance as Hannah Parker, George Cole (1) as Sir Edward Chambers | | | |
| 28 :04x06 - Buried Treasure (May/14/2007) |
|
When Brian Lane is left to fend for himself for a few days by Esther, his dog, Scampi, digs up a skeleton on a routine walk on the common, as the drama about an unlikely team of crack detectives continues.
Back in the office, the team receives an unusual amount of interest in the details of the human remains from a local youth worker, Andrew Bartlett, and the widow of a notorious criminal, Jackie Small, who goes on to confess to killing her husband's lover, Tina Murphy.
Having discovered that the skeleton is actually 600 years old, Brian is keen to get involved in the case, but is forbidden to do so by Det Supt Pullman under DAC Strickland's instruction.
The boys finally convince Pullman to let them pursue both Jackie Small and Bartlett after Jack Halford looks into Bartlett's past and discovers he was interviewed in connection with the disappearance of an MP, Neil Williams, some years earlier. The MP's body was never discovered, but his then business partner, Michael Evans, is serving life for his murder. The team needs to find out if the common hides the grim remains of more than one victim, and Brian enlists the help of a local academic, Professor Alice Sandwell.
Source: BBC | | Guest Stars: Andrea Lowe as Tina Murphy, Geff Francis (1) as Louis Johnson, Bill Thomas (1) as Michael Evans, Emily Beecham as Laura Small, Adam Leese as Reporter, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Selina Cadell as Professor Alice Sandwell, Philip Jackson (1) as Andrew Bartlett, Pippa Haywood as Jackie Small, Anthony Calf as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland | | | |
| 29 :04x07 - Father's Pride (May/21/2007) |
|
When a camera and film belonging to Stuart Sharpe, a photographic lab assistant murdered in 1987, are discovered in the toilets of a Soho pub, the team of unlikely crack detectives enters the glamorous, but murky, world of modelling to reinvestigate the young man's killing, as the drama continues.
After the film has been tested and processed, the team discovers two images that stand out from the standard christening and wedding shots – a junkie shooting up and a long-lens shot of a couple kissing. However, it is not the images found on the film that raises eyebrows, but the traces of sperm. The motive at the time of the original investigation was thought to be robbery, but the retrieval of the camera and film would suggest otherwise.
Stuart's brother, Kevin, a paparazzi photographer, identifies the shot of the couple kissing as one of his own pictures of footballer Denny Clacy. But who is the junkie featured in the other shot and what links the two images?
Gerry Standing's daughter, Emily, joins the team when she turns to Det Supt Sandra Pullman, rather than the man she believes to be her father, to help her fulfil her professional ambition. Apart from feeling snubbed, Standing isn't convinced that Pullman is the right role model for Emily as he doesn't want to see his daughter sacrifice her personal life for the job. But is Pullman about to prove him wrong about her life being all work and no play, when she becomes close to former model Chris Parr during the course of the investigation?
Meanwhile, Brian Lane starts to unravel emotionally and psychologically. Even by his normally eccentric standards, Lane's behaviour and fragile state of mind is alarming.
Source: BBC | | Guest Stars: Huggy Leaver as Kevin Sharpe, Peter de Jersey as Denny Clacy, Jeremy Sheffield as Chris Parr, Hannah Waterman as Emily Driscoll | | | |
| 30 :04x08 - Big Topped (May/28/2007) | Det Supt Pullman's trust in her team is shattered when she discovers they have hidden an important secret about her past from her.
The news that her father, a DI, killed himself while under investigation for corruption, throws into doubt everything she believed in. Her mother, Grace, is in hospital following a stroke and Pullman wastes no time in confronting her, but she doesn't get the answers she's looking for. Unfortunately, her father's service records provide Pullman with some revelations she may never come to terms with.
Still reeling from the news, Pullman is asked to reinvestigate another family affair – the death of circus ringmaster The Great Miraculo, aka Bert Dignam, at the request of Christy Berlin, who has recently discovered that he was her biological father. But will the investigation at Spingles Circus be enough to distract Pullman from feeling utterly betrayed by her colleagues?
Source: BBC | | Guest Stars: Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Gareth Ellis as Gorilla Clown, Fred Perry as Policeman, Kristin Milward as Magnificent Martita, Martin Burton as Joey the Clown, Shaun Prendergast as Brian Tweedie, Gillian Bevan as Oona Pearce, Sheila Hancock as Grace Pullman, Christine Tremarco as Christy Berlin, Nick Brimble as Amazing Antonio, Ian McNeice as Michael Meadowcroft | | | |
Series 5 |
| 31 :05x01 - Spare Parts (Jul/07/2008) | | Ricky Hanson stands trial for Jack's attempted murder. Gerry is forced to face the consequences for lying to Emily. The team come across a dodgy organ donor scheme whilst reinvestigating the murder of a rich businessman. | | Guest Stars: Nicholas Pritchard as Dr. Julian Capshaw, James Clyde as Jonathan Illey, Rachel Davies (1) as Tara Pride, David Ashton as Judge, James Fox (1) as Ian Figgis, Bruce Alexander as Piers Wheeler, Camille Coduri as Carrie Soper, Ian Bartholomew as Sam Tallis, Paul Antony-Barber as Charles Preston, David Troughton as Ricky Hanson, Anthony Calf as D A C Strickland | | | |
| 32 :05x02 - Final Curtain (Jul/14/2008) | | The team reinvestigate the 1992 murder of actor Michael Austin who was shot dead by his wife on stage during the opening night performance of Death at the Masked Ball. | | Guest Stars: John Fortune (1) as Mel Simons, Dexter Fletcher (1) as Tommy Jackson, Gavin Millar as Theatre Director, Diana Weston as Jane Morley, Nick Mason as Actor, Dermot Crowley as Derek Bennett, Kate Magowan as Catherine Austin, Anthony Calf as D A C Strickland, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Will Kemp as James Strickland, Claire Bloom as Helen Brownlow, Kim Thomson as Tiffany Barker | | | | | | |
| 34 :05x04 - Loyalties and Royalties (Jul/28/2008) | | Gerry meets the group Bad Faith who where favourites of his in the 1970's when the team investigate the death of it's lead guitarist. | | Guest Stars: Peter Guinness as Charlie Webber, Patrick Pearson as Lance Cooper, Roger Lloyd Pack as Danny Jones, Richard O'Callaghan as Will Carter, June Watson as Gail Fletcher, George Costigan as Dave Dalston, Trevor Byfield as Clive Evans, Angela Sims as Lori Slade, Paula Jennings as Paula Standing, Susan Jameson as Esther Lane, Anthony Calf as D A C Strickland | | | | | | |
| 36 :05x06 - Magic Majestic (Aug/11/2008) | | The team investigate the unsolved case of a magic trick that ended up turning into a murder investigation. | | | | | | |
| 38 :05x08 - Mad Dogs (Aug/25/2008) | | The team come up against the Ministry of Defence when they investigate the death of a British soldier. . | | Guest Stars: Rene Zagger as Andy Marshall | | | |
Series 6 |
| 39 :06x01 - The War Against Drugs (Jul/16/2009) | In an effort to beat his alcoholism Brian Lane reluctantly agrees to go into rehab. Following a chance comment the rest of the UCOS team end up joining him as they re-investigate the death of a heroin addict who died at the clinic 9 years ago.
| | | |
| 40 :06x02 - The Truth Is Out There (Jul/23/2009) | | The team re-investigate the death of respected journalist Peter Edelmannwhen it looks like he didn't commit suicide like it was first claimed. It looks like he might have been killed by the US government to stop him publishing details of a UFO crash close to one of their military bases. As the team investigate they find out there is a much more shocking cover up going on. | | | |
| 41 :06x03 - Fresh Starts (Jul/30/2009) | | Gerry sees a man behaving suspiciously at a children's playground and has his arrested. David Fleeting, the man that was arrested claims he saw seen his dead wife among the other parents at the playground. When David has his dead wife's body exhumed it is proved not to be hers. The team try to discover if his wife is still alive and who the dead body belongs to. | | | |
| 42 :06x04 - Shadow Show (Aug/06/2009) | | The Unsolved Crime And Open Case Squad relooks at producer Max Stone's death and Eva Roderick's disappearance when clips of her being assaulted in the 1990 film noir Shadow Show are posted on the internet. | | | |
| 43 :06x05 - Death of a Timeshare Salesman (Aug/13/2009) | | After former call girl Alice decides to find religion and confess all her past sins the team find themselves investigating the murder of magnate Dean Scott. Alice admits she was with him the night of his death and continues that somebody forced their way in the house as she was leaving. This new evidence makes his death which was claimed to be suicide at the time seem unlikely. | | | |
| 44 :06x06 - The Last Laugh (Aug/20/2009) | | Gerry celebrates his birthday with Emily and the team at the Comedy Club. Comedian Ray Harris is heckled whilst on stage. Sandra discovers that the niece of one of the hecklers disappeared with her boyfriend after campaigning to have Ray Harris banned 25 years ago. The team agree to look re look into Sarah's disappearance which soon opens a dangerous can of worms. | | | |
| 45 :06x07 - Blood Is Thicker Than Water (Aug/27/2009) | As the team enjoy drinks on DAC Strickland's sailing boat they hear an argument on a neighbouring gin palace. Halford intervenes and learns from the women involved, Leanne Sweeting, that her father was set up Lawrence Fisher, who she was arguing with. She continues that her father was made a scapegoat following a collision between his boat and a luxury cruiser owned by Grant Milburn, a business rival of Fisher. Milburn and four others died following the collision. Leanne is determined to clear her father's name and says she has found a witness who can help.
| | | |
| 46 :06x08 - Meat Is Murder (Sep/03/2009) | | Sandra is forced to face a shocking revelation about her own past. The remains of Harry Eldridge is found 33 years after he went missing and the team are asked to reinvestigate the murder of Dr Simon Lockhart, who was found dead on a meat hook on Harry's stall on the day he went missing. The team soon discover that Eldridge had a much darker side. DNA tests on Eldridge's body end up matching to an unidentified person who is related to Sandra. Sandra is left feeling shocked about her own family's secrets. | | | |
|
Settings
Digg
Furl
Del.icio.us
Google