Series 8

E1. The Best Policy

Jan 2, 1992 · 22m

D.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism. CID investigate an armed robbery.

E2. A Friend In Need

Jan 7, 1992 · 22m

P.C. Quinnan is the subject of a civil complaint. P.C.s Stamp and Stringer follow up on a fire at a home for ex-psychiatric patients, but find little care in the community.

E3. Whose Side Are You On?

Jan 9, 1992 · 22m

D.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant.

E4. Lip Service

Jan 14, 1992 · 22m

D.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub and becomes involved in a bar brawl.

E5. Illegals

Jan 16, 1992 · 22m

D.C. Lines investigates when a cellarful of illegal immigrants is discovered. He enlists the help of Sgt. Boyden, who takes a fancy to one of the females. Lines warns him off.

E6. Fair Play

Jan 21, 1992 · 22m

P.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner is arrested.

E7. Dinosaur

Jan 23, 1992 · 22m

D.I. Burnside's unorthodox policing methods, which include flushing an informant's head down a toilet, set him on a collision course with D.C.I. Reid, who has already received several complaints about Sun Hill officers. Reid fears the worst when she is called in to Scotland Yard for an urgent meeting with MS15.

E8. Joyride

Jan 28, 1992 · 22m

A girl is seriously injured in a joyriding incident. Ch. Supt. Brownlow must decide whether he is prepared to risk a riot by sending officers into an estate to round up the culprits.

E9. Not Waving

Jan 30, 1992 · 22m

A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.

E10. Mates

Feb 4, 1992 · 22m

Sgt. Cryer is finding being non-operational tedious. He goes undercover as a punter in a brothel, but his presence on the operation antagonises Sgt. Peters. Cryer goes to sees Ch. Supt. Brownlow about giving up his job as duty sergeant and going back to the relief.

E11. Lost Boy

Feb 6, 1992 · 22m

D.S. Greig is led to a vice ring when searching for a missing thirteen-year-old boy. D.C. Dashwood and W.P.C. Ackland are brought into an operation against ponces running rent boys.

E12. Chicken

Feb 11, 1992 · 22m

P.C. Stringer tries to stop some children from playing 'chicken' on the railway line, but one of them is run down by a train. Sgt. Peters transfers upstairs to the post of duty sergeant, swapping roles with Bob Cryer, who returns to the relief.

E13. Somebody Special

Feb 13, 1992 · 22m

Acting D.I. Greig tries to recruit a hardened female thief as a snout, but finds her more than a match for him. D.C.I. Reid is promoted out of Sun Hill to MS15.

E14. Previous Convictions

Feb 18, 1992 · 22m

Investigating an apparent accident in which a man's hand is crushed in a car-breaker's yard, Sgt. Maitland uncovers years of animosity, neglect and revenge.

E15. Beggar My Neighbour

Feb 20, 1992 · 22m

A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime.

E16. It's A Small World

Feb 25, 1992 · 22m

Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants.

E17. Licence

Feb 27, 1992 · 22m

A man convicted of strangling his wife has been released on licence, but the probation service fails to notify Sun Hill. His presence comes to light when his son causes a disturbance.

E18. Comeback

Mar 3, 1992 · 22m

The community police station run by P.C. Smollett is fire-bombed. The area car is stolen from P.C. Loxton and W.P.C. Datta, and it is written off in an RTA.

E19. Fireproof

Mar 5, 1992 · 22m

D.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the firebombing of the community police station.

E20. The Paddy Factor

Mar 10, 1992 · 22m

D.C. Carver and W.D.C. Martella have a car thief under observation, and see him shot as he gets into a car. The Anti-Terrorist Squad is called in, and the IRA is suspected.

E21. The Wild Rover

Mar 12, 1992 · 22m

D.S. Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and investigates a possible IRA cell.

E22. Coincidence

Mar 17, 1992 · 22m

A small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground.

E23. Going Soft

Mar 19, 1992 · 22m

A routine trip to a magistrate for a warrant turns into a nightmare for D.C. Dashwood when he is taken prisoner by two hooded burglars.

E24. Re-Hab

Mar 24, 1992 · 22m

Jack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son.

E25. Acting Detective

Mar 26, 1992 · 22m

A woman who collapsed at an airport is found to be a mule, smuggling drugs in her stomach. D.I. Burnside, with only limited time to mount an operation, gets W.P.C. French to take the courier's place in an attempt to uncover the dealer.

E26. Stopover

Mar 31, 1992 · 22m

P.C. Smollett tries to offer a follow-up service to victims of crime. A woman whose husband is in prison, and who runs a guesthouse, keeps reporting an intruder on the premises. Smollett gives her support, but P.C. Garfield thinks he is wasting his time.

E27. Suspects

Apr 2, 1992 · 22m

D.S. Greig arrests a suspect for an armed robbery, but is proved wrong.

E28. All The King's Horses

Apr 7, 1992 · 22m

A lorry overturns and sheds its load outside a school, burying a boy and girl and putting P.C. Loxton to the test.

E29. Party Politics

Apr 9, 1992 · 22m

W.D.C. Martella celebrates her birthday. D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach go to a party attended by a crooked businessman, who makes Burnside an offer he can't refuse.

E30. Trials & Tribulations

Apr 14, 1992 · 22m

W.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial, and soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her.