The Bill (series 15)

The fifteenth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 87 episodes, broadcast between 7 January and 31 December 1999. On 5 June 2013, The Bill Series 15 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 15 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia). The series saw a savage attack on Dave Quinnan, his relationship and marriage to Nurse Jenny Delaney and the subsequent departure of PC George Garfield after ten years on the show. It also saw the end of characters being introduced herself as a female, with the last mention of this when Liz Rawton was introduced as a WDC in Follow Through. By the following episode, Walking on Water, female characters were simply introduced as PC/DC etc.

The Bill
Season 15
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	87
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	7 January – 31 December 1999
Series chronology

Cast changes

Arrivals Nurse Jenny Delaney (Episode 15-) PC Di Worrell (Episode 18-) DC Danny Glaze (Episode 30-) DS Paul Timpney (Episode 33-) PC Cass Rickman (Episode 38-) PC Dale Smith (Episode 44-) PC Nick Klein (Episode 56-) DS Claire Stanton (Episode 59-)

Departures PC Jamila Blake - Unexplained DC Scott Henderson - Unexplained SRO Marion Layland - Unexplained PC Eddie Santini - Jailed for the murder of lover Jess Orton PC Luke Ashton - Resigns after witnessing a murder-suicide PC George Garfield - Resigns after Dave Quinnan and Jenny Delaney's affair DC Liz Rawton - Goes from series regular to recurring character after transfer to OCG

Episodes

#	Title	Episode notes	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Long Term Investment"	Brett Fancy and Nick Wilton guest star	Jonathan Campbell	David G. McDonagh	7 January 1999
Deakin and Holmes keep watch on a newly released kidnapper, hoping he will lead them straight to the £300,000 ransom he and an associate were paid for the safe return of their last victim. However, when the pair finally reach their safety deposit box, they find the money gone. Deakin discovers that the manager of the security depot is having a love affair with the girlfriend of one of the kidnappers, and that he may have been double crossed from the start. When the depot manager is stopped at the airport in possession of a quantity of drugs, Deakin seizes his chance to recover the money once and for all, by spinning a story, which will lead him straight to the location of the hidden motherload.
2	"Chasing Shadows"	Omid Djalili guest stars.	Herbert Wise	Alan Pollock	14 January 1999
Santini and Boyden organise a raid on a Turkish café, where suspected illegal gambling and drug taking is taking place. However, during the raid, an undercover officer from SO10 posing as a Turkish national disappears without trace. Meanwhile, Daly and Carver attend the scene of a drug-related death on the Jasmine Allen, where the only clue to the identity of the girl's dealer is a set of house keys. Meadows leads an operation to rescue the missing undercover officer, but manages to tread on the toes of area drugs, who have been working for over a year on a major drugs operation. Meadows sends Santini undercover to deliver the drugs to the suppliers, but finds himself conned by an unsuspecting source.
3	"Follow Through"	Stephen Churchett and Abigail Thaw guest star.	Tom Cotter	Steve Handley	21 January 1999
Holmes goes undercover as a prison inmate to crack a drugs ring following a violent assault on one of the prisoners, Claire Sims. She gets herself associated with the prime targets, Rita Davis and Jo Merton, but finds that the pair are more interested in her looks than her skills. When Holmes uncovers evidence of a bent screw, Daly gets Davis transferred to another wing in order to allow Holmes to take over her part in the next drugs operation. However, during the op, the bent officer becomes suspicious of Holmes and puts two and two together and discovers that she is a cop. Merton goes wild and tries to assault Holmes, but after a little assistance from Daly, Holmes finally gets her body.
4	"Walking on Water"	Ralph Arliss guest stars.	Chris Lovett	Graham Mitchell	26 January 1999
A raid organised by Meadows and DCI Denning of Area Drugs on a known local dealer, Danny Rickman, backfires when no drugs are found. The situation then goes from bad to worse when the snout who provided the tip-off is found dead, having been shot. Initially, suicide is suspected, but when Daly and Lennox spot Beech secretly liaising with Rickman and his crew, Daly sets out to prove that Beech is corrupt - but struggles to find any evidence. Beech gets into a confrontation with Daly at the warehouse of one of Rickman's associates, Tony McPherson, and Daly ends up in the river. As Beech tracks down the real killer - the victim's wife - McPherson makes a complaint about Daly to Sgt. Lamont.
5	"The Wrong Horse"	Final appearance of PC Jamila Blake, Michael Cochrane guest stars.	Brian Farnham	Stephen Plaice	28 January 1999
Garfield and Hagen volunteer to protect a jockey due to give evidence against a crooked bookmaker. On offer is a weekend away at the races and a stay in a posh country hotel. While Garfield decides to eye up some of the local totty, Hagen finds herself as the unwilling victim of the jockey's romantic attentions. During the race, the rank outsider manages to come from the back and secure victory, much to Garfield's delight as it nets him £400. However, Hagen is suspicious, and that night at the hotel, she finds the jockey in the company of the man he is trying to prosecute, with a large amount of money changing hands. While Garfield seduces a friend of the local trainer, Hagen confronts the jockey.
6	"No Love Lost"	Barbara Durkin guest stars.	Peter Lydon	Katherine Way	2 February 1999
On a night out with Ashton and Santini, Boyden picks up an attractive young girl at a nightclub. The pair go back to his flat and share a night of passion. However, on a routine call to a burglary and assault the following morning, he discovers that she was not quite as old as he thought. As the evidence begins to point towards Boyden's young stalwart as the perpetrator, she reveals in interview that she slept with Boyden, which sparks a CIB investigation. Santini and Ashton provide different accounts of the night before, but when the girl goes AWOL en route to a secure unit, Boyden swallows his pride and goes in search, only to find her collapsed beside the canal having taken an overdose.
7	"Pond Life"	Tom Hickey guest stars.	Tim Holloway	Matthew Leys	4 February 1999
Meadows has to deal with protestors when a local newspaper reveals the whereabouts of a registered paedophile living in safe accommodation in Sun Hill. The situation goes from bad to worse when a ten-year-old boy disappears without trace, and a witness reports having seen him talking to the paedophile shortly before his disappearance. While Page and McCann search for the missing boy, Rawton tries to find the man alternative living accommodation. As the search leads to an abandoned railway depot, Page finds the frightened young boy, who reveals the reason that he ran off was because his father has been abusing him. Meadows then finds the paedophile dead after hanging himself in his cell.
8	"Murder, What Murder?"	Tamzin Malleson guest stars.	Derek Lister	Terry Hodgkinson	9 February 1999
Garfield investigates when a body with no head is washed up on the riverbank of the Thames. Initial tests show that the death does not appear to be suspicious. Meanwhile, Garfield receives a call from an old journalist friend, Carrie Winkler. During the archiving of a number of old newspapers, her assistant has discovered a video camera recording the car park behind the building. Carrie unplugs it, and it's not long before Deakin receives a call from NCS, who explain that the camera was set to record a meeting between a former bullion robber and his banker, who are set to launder the missing proceeds from his last job. Garfield then discovers that the banker is using the identity of his headless john doe.
9	"Age of Chivalry"	TBA	Steve Shill	Simon Moss	11 February 1999
Burnside and Rawton pursue a serial rapist and his accomplice following four brutal assaults in the area. The only method of tracking either of the assailants is to get one of the victims to do a group identification - which soon highlights barman Craig Sutton as one of the attackers. Although his family refuse to believe he has anything to do with the attacks, Burnside knows he is getting close to a conviction when both assailants are let out on bail - in the hope that they will lead him straight to the car, which was used in the attacks. When he, Henderson and Rawton arrive at the lock up garage, which Sutton owns, they find the car gone and Sutton's accomplice Murray Watkins with his skull caved in. This episode was broadcast out of production order - using the newer closing titles and fonts not introduced until later in the series
10	"Slinging Mud"	JoAnne Good and Kenneth Colley guest star.	Harry Bradbeer	David Hoskins	18 February 1999
Meadows is in court for the prosecution of a notorious drug dealer, Frankie Lester. Rawton has been keeping an eye on prime witness Anna, but is concerned when Lester tries to intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cleaner finds an envelope stashed underneath Proctor's desk, which contains £5,000 in used banknotes. Proctor denies all knowledge, and Meadows soon realises that Lester had the money planted to create allegations of corruption. His day goes from bad to worse when the defence council try to accuse him of taking bungs, as Lester has opened a bank account in his name and has laundered £86,000 of dodgy money through it, setting Meadows up. He and Deakin go all out to prove his innocence.
11	"Under Duress"	Zelda Tinska guest stars.	David Moore	Dale Overton	23 February 1999
Boulton and Rawton are called to investigate a house fire, and when they arrive at the scene, discover that the property in question was being used as a brothel, and that the girls were being kept prisoner by their pimp. As Boulton goes in search of missing prostitute Mya, Rawton follows other lines of enquiry, investigating a Mr. Ursin, whose telephone number is the one given to call to obtain an appointment with one of the girls. As Boulton catches up with Mya, Rawton gets close to Ursin, but her search of the torched building leads her to discover a number of illegal passports, and it's not long before Ursin comes looking for them. Rawton finds herself in grave danger. Will she make it out alive?
12	"Sleeping With the Enemy"	Glynis Barber, Lorraine Chase and Lloyd McGuire guest star.	Jo Johnson	A. Valentine	25 February 1999
Lennox and Skase go undercover at a sales conference to help Burnside investigates a predatory gang of women who are stealing laptops and cash belonging to successful businessmen. While Skase manages to get his leg over, Lennox cosies up to one of the gang who is caught on CCTV robbing his possessions from his hotel room. Burnside comes face to face with an old adversary who left him in a very embarrassing situation more than twenty years previously. However, when the gang manage to evade their capture, one of the angry victims returning to get his possessions back gives them a firm lead to find the missing property. Burnside and his former enemy get cosy in a hotel room.
13–15	"Responsibility"	First appearance of Nurse Jenny Delaney, Peter Copley, Freda Dowie, Roland Manookian and Ian Puleston-Davies guest star.	Nick Laughland, Ian White & Delyth Thomas	Scott Cherry, Neil Clarke & Len Collin	2–18 March 1999
Badlands: Boulton is determined to catch a pair of brutal thieves, and he is certain that local crook Mick Glover is one of them. Ignoring protests from Quinnan and Garfield, who already have Glover under surveillance, Boulton leads a disastrous raid on Glover's flat, which fails to uncover any evidence, and subsequently, puts Quinnan's informant Janie in grave danger. When Quinnan and Garfield find Janie's flat on the Jasmine Allen Estate vandalised, Quinnan pursues the suspects, but finds himself separated from Garfield, who can only watch in horror as his friend is beaten and stabbed by a gang of youths. As Quinnan fights for his life, Boulton faces a backlash from his colleagues. Eyes Everywhere: With Quinnan in a critical condition in hospital, the relief descend on the Jasmine Allen estate, determined to catch those responsible. Garfield manages to identify most of the gang, and a young boy, Kevin White, is brought in for questioning and names them as the Sun Hill Massive. As dawn raids capture another two members of the gang, Boulton receives a phone call from Glover's son, Ben, who offers to provide information on the crimes his father committed as well as identifying members of the gang who stabbed Quinnan. Boulton finally manages to prove that Glover is responsible for the burglaries, he and Garfield come to blows when he denies any responsibility for Dave's attack. Yesterday's Hero: Tensions between Boulton and Garfield over Quinnan's stabbing reaches boiling point when Garfield and Hollis are seconded to CID to assist Boulton on an obbo. Garfield explodes when he is pushed too far, and he headbutts Boulton, nearly breaking his nose. It's up to Hollis to step in and help Garfield come to terms with his feelings of helplessness over the incident. As the obbo goes off, the team manage to identify a market stallholder dealing in a sideline of drugs. Quinnan, still at St Hugh's, resolves to help Gary Jukes, a fellow patient who claims the police have done nothing to find the person who stabbed him, although he soon comes to realise that Jukes' wounds are self-inflicted.
16	"On Air"	Tommy Boyd and Amanda Abbington guest star.	Brian Farnham	Len Collin	23 March 1999
Conway has been asked to take part in a radio phone-in show, and Holmes uses the opportunity to plea for information regarding a serial offender who has been stalking and attacking women in their own homes - but using a rather unusual MO. When the offender calls up the radio station and goes live on air to Conway, he confesses to a brutal sex assault and Holmes realises that there are more victims than she initially thought. As one of his previous victims goes on air to speak about her experience, the caller comes on the air again, this time at the house of a woman he has attacked and imprisoned. As Conway keeps him talking, Deakin leads the team on a search to find the attacker.
17	"To Catch a Cobra"	Nadim Sawalha guest stars.	Tom Cotter	Manjit Singh	25 March 1999
Burnside is on the trail of two cunning Indian crime bosses, the Roys brothers, following a raid at the Canley Park House museum, where a number of Indian relics were stolen. Having had previous dealings with the brothers, Boulton offers to help out Burnside by collecting information from an inside snout, who is willing to offer information about the Roys' operation. However, when Burnside discovers the informant is a fifteen-year-old illegal immigrant, he wonders how far is Boulton willing to go to help. When the boy mysteriously disappears, Atil Roy offers a deal - the release of his brother from custody and his three accomplices, for the safe return of the boy. But are they bluffing?
18	"Weekends are for Wimps"	First Appearance of PC Di Worrell, George Sewell guest stars	Jo Shoop	Nigel Baldwin	30 March 1999
Conway gives up his weekend to cover for an ill Meadows, who is meant to be deputising for an absent Brownlow. He has tickets for the afternoon game at Stanford Bridge, but his plans are shattered when Lennox calls him in to authorize a personal sample being taken for elimination purposes. When the complainant refuses to press charges and withdraws her statement, Conway is furious that his weekend has been interrupted. Meanwhile, Lennox recognizes Santini and Hagen's latest prisoner, a D&D found at the wheel of a car to be Mal Mayhew, a wanted man that CID have been pursuing for months. When Conway offers to sit in on interview, Lennox calls Meadows and soon arrives, in spite of his 'flu.
19	"Piggy in the Middle"	Final appearance of DC Scott Henderson, Philip McGough guest stars.	Brian Parker	Clive Dawson	1 April 1999
Ashton catches two men trying to commit an arson attack in the dead of night, and it is discovered to be the latest witness intimidation attack to be committed by a gang working for Kevin Butcher, brother of Terry Butcher, who is on remand for a brutal stabbing outside a pub. With two out of three key witnesses having been attacked, Holmes is next on the list, and it is not long before she receives a beating at the hands of two masked men. Meanwhile, as Butcher begins to throw his weight around, Meadows realises that Burnside's unorthodox methods have dragged CID straight into the middle of a war with a gang of drug dealers. Then Burnside discovers his main informant may be double-crossing him.
20	"Sex, Lies and Videotape"	Beverly Hills and Michael Elwyn guest star.	Paul Murton	Tony Mulholland	6 April 1999
Brownlow has agreed for a fly-on-the-wall documentary crew to film in the station. Boulton and Carver soon become the subject of their attentions, as they film a raid on a drug dealer that Boulton has been eyeing up for some time. Meanwhile, Boyden and Worrell investigate when a prostitute is attacked and her hair is cut off. When Boulton's raid goes pear-shaped, he stops his prime target just as he is about to reach for gun. The prostitute that Boyden and Worrell have been helping surfaces in the back room, and manages to escape, taking the prime target's gun with her. The film crew then accuse Boulton of attacking a suspect for no reason when the director says that she didn't see a gun.
21	"Out and About"	Final appearance of SRO Marion Layland, Adele Silva guest stars	Pip Broughton	Richard Stoneman	8 April 1999
Quinnan is back from sick leave, is put out in the panda car with Stamp. The pair are tasked with giving a death message to a former Balklands war veteran. However, Quinnan, still unstable from his ordeal, loses his bottle when he asks the man's neighbour to turn down his loud music. Quinnan has a momentary lapse of normality, and later, the man who Quinnan spoke to about the music is found beaten with a serious head wound, having been sprayed with CS spray. The finger of blame is firmly pointed at Quinnan, until he manages to find out who was responsible. Stamp and Garfield are concerned about their friend. Later, Boyden puts Quinnan on a drugs raid, but can he still cut it as a police officer?
22	"Kiss Chase"	TBA	Dominic Lees	Maxwell Young	13 April 1999
Ashton is accused by a teenage girl, Abi, a key witness in a domestic violence case, of getting her pregnant. When she falls apart in the witness box and the abuser is found not guilty, Page is furious that Ashton's involvement has caused the collapse of the case. Adamant that he is not the father of the girl's baby, Cryer suggests that Ashton files a harassment complaint against the girl in order to make his case look stronger. However, after a meeting with Ashton, Abi tries to commit suicide after Ashton suggests she has an abortion. Cryer asks Page to speak to the girl in hospital, and she finally reveals that Ashton is not the father of her baby, and that she has been raped by her stepfather. This episode was broadcast out of production order - using the older closing titles and fonts last used earlier in the series
23	"On the Road"	Ronald Pickup and David Spinx guest star.	Audrey Cooke	Chris Ould	15 April 1999
Lennox and Rawton go to Salisbury to bring in a con-man, George Riordian, for questioning, but he proves to be a slippery customer when he first gives them the slip at a service station, and then later on absconds altogether when the car they are travelling in breaks down and Lennox has to pull over to repair it. The pair manage to find a missing £50,000 which Riordian supposedly stole from one of his victims, Stella Kauffman, but then Riordian appears at the station the following day to hand himself in. When Kauffman then announces she is withdrawing the charges against Riordian, Lennox realises that the whole incident has been a con from the start and that he and Rawton have been had. This episode was broadcast out of production order - using the older closing titles and fonts last used earlier in the series
24	"Pressure Point"	Ged Simmons, Adele Silva and John Barrard guest star.	Brian Parker	Rod Beacham	20 April 1999
Proctor and Lennox find themselves at the cutting edge of forensic science when they try to solve a burglary case, where the burglar has left an 'earprint' at the scene. Meanwhile, Proctor receives a call from a woman who reports to have information about a serious crime. She reports that she was witness to an assault that Carver and Skase have been investigating, where they are unable to prove their prime suspect is responsible. Proctor tries to convince her to testify, but she does a disappearing act. Proctor then discovers she is having an affair, which is making her scared to testify. When her boyfriend is found beaten up, Proctor heads straight for his prime suspect and discovers the weapon used. This episode was broadcast out of production order - using the older closing titles and fonts last used earlier in the series
25	"Look Away Now"	Adele Silva guest stars.	James Cellan Jones	Michael Jenner	22 April 1999
Harker and Beech disagree over how to handle a problem family, the Drakes, who are causing hell for the residents of the street they have just moved into. They have twice broken into their neighbour's house and even stolen his bankcard. Beech twists Harker's words to get Meadows to organise a drugs raid on their house, but the whole thing goes pear shaped and they fail to find any evidence. Harker, however, decides to tread with caution by using the father of the family to give up his eldest son Eamonn. He and Boyden stage an obbo after another of their neighbours is brutally attacked, and as they catch Eamonn and his crew in the act, tragedy strikes when the father is accidentally run over.
26–27	"A Question of Trust"	Dean Harris guest stars.	Audrey Cooke	Julian Spilsbury	27–29 April 1999
Part One: Boulton, with the help of Daly - who is Acting DI while Deakin is on holiday - organise an obbo on a warehouse raid following information from one of Boulton's informants. When the prime target, Anthony Payne, runs from the scene, Boulton pursues him into the dead of night. When Skase, Daly and Rawton arrive, they find Boulton pulling Payne out of a river, and shortly after, Payne dies of drowning. Boulton is the only witness to Payne's death, and CIB immediately make him a possible suspect for his murder. Boulton's informant then makes a false statement, incriminating Boulton in Payne's death, in an attempt to keep cover and not blow the fact that he grassed on his fellow gang members. Part Two: Boulton realises he is skating on thin ice when he is hauled before an official inquest. Meanwhile, a woman who has seen Payne's brother Stephen on the TV appeal for information regarding Anthony's death comes into the station, to report that Stephen was a member of a gang who raided her house and shot her dog two years previously. As a link to a string of burglaries is discovered, Daly realises he has to act fact to get Boulton off the hook. As the jury retire to consider their verdict on, back at Sun Hill, Daly has Boulton's informant right where he wants him - and by leaning on him, manages to collect enough evidence to implicate Stephen Payne in the string of burglaries, securing Boulton's freedom.
28	"True Lies"	Rachel Davies and Ian Redford guest star.	Jeremy Silberston	Jaden Clarke	4 May 1999
Whilst patrolling the local shopping centre with Page, Harker gets a tip-off from a woman who works in a mobile phone shop about a series of robberies planned by her husband, a career criminal - but Boyden doubts the reliability of the informant, having been duped by her and lead a merry dance in the past. Boyden warns Harker not to continue with the case, but when he slips away to meet the informant, Harker informs Monroe and the pair take the information to Meadows. As the raid goes down, Meadows manages to catch prime suspect Terry Upton, but his accomplice manages to escape into the night, with Harker in pursuit - and it's not long before he chases him right into the path of a moving car.
29	"Back to Basics"	Connie Hyde and Gordon Warnecke guest star.	Albert Barber	Simon Sharkey	6 May 1999
Carver is worried about being transferred from Sun Hill and back to uniform, so decides to make the decision to pre-empt his tenure and opt for a transfer back so he can remain at Sun Hill. He decides to make his last days in CID memorable by putting the case he is working with Skase, in which a bank employee has been skimming money from customers' accounts - to one side, and instead investigate a gang who are responsible for a number of shop robberies. Skase isn't happy that Carver isn't playing ball, but Carver knows he is on to something and decides to stick with his case. As he gets closer to the leader of the gang, Skase discovers that the bank case is much more complicated than he expected.
30	"Makeover"	First Appearance of DC Danny Glaze, DC Jim Carver becomes PC, Nitin Ganatra and Jamie Sives guest star.	Derek Lister	Nicholas McInerny	11 May 1999
Carver's first day back in uniform is an eventful one - he is paired with Ashton, and the pair investigate an attack on a landlord, which is related to a pair of brothers that he and Skase were trying to catch whilst he was in CID. Despite a number of other shouts, Carver is determined to stick with the case and leaves Ashton to deal with a group of shoplifters while he pursues a lead. As one of the Baker brothers is brought into custody, Carver knows he is getting close to catching his man - but Boyden has a watchful eye, and warns an unsuspecting Carver that he is in uniform now, and that just because he dealt with the case before, doesn't mean that he can ignore other shouts to deal.
31	"Tinderbox"	First appearance of Ch. Supt. Guy Mannion	Tom Cotter	Stephen Plaice	18 May 1999
The senior officers at Sun Hill are dragged off on a team-building exercise with their opposite numbers from Barton Street, and Brownlow is determined to show arch-rival Mannion that his team are not a pushover. Meanwhile, back at the nick, Daly and Holmes are tasked with interviewing an armed robber, Lonnie Franks, who supposedly wants to come in and make a full confession to his crimes. While Brownlow, Conway and Meadows attempt to circumnavigate the Exeter moors, and end up spending a night out in the freezing cold just fifty yards from their base camp, Daly is unsuspectingly being a lead a merry ride by Franks, who uses a cunning interview technique in order to wriggle out of his charges.
32	"Set-Up"	TBA	Brian Parker	Hugh Ellis	25 May 1999
A young gypsy girl is attacked in the street, and despite Boulton dismissing the case, Holmes suspects a racial motive. Boulton then has her elder brother stopped and searched for an out-of-date tax disc, and when Page and McCann find a gun, he is sent for a night in the cells. He warns Boulton that his family will be attacked again if he does not release him, but Boulton refuses. Holmes also fails to convince Boulton and Deakin to set up an obbo, so she secretly goes and sits watch on the family's caravan. Soon enough, three masked men armed with a Molotov arrive, and the family are firebombed, but Holmes manages to pull them to safety. Meanwhile, Boulton's transfer hearing goes rather awry.
33–36	"The Downfall of Eddie Santini"	Final regular appearance of PC Eddie Santini, first appearance of DS Paul Timpney, guest appearance of now-DS Rosie Fox,, Frederick Treves Jason O'Mara and Frank Jarvis also guest star	Steve Shill, Phillipa Langdale, Robert Del Maestro & Ian White	Rod Lewis & Elizabeth Anne-Wheal	1–22 June 1999
Lone Ranger: Santini and Hagen are tasked with assisting with the distribution of leaflets to local residents about a pair of bogus callers who have been stealing from elderly residents while they are not looking. However, Santini is sidelined by the fact that his lover, Jess Orton, has managed to set him up with some drug dealers - he wants out of Sun Hill, and his friend, Paul Timpney, a detective sergeant in Area Drugs, has promised him a place in the squad if he can get him evidence on them. A meeting time has been set for 5 o'clock, but when his failure to inform a group of residents about the callers results in a burglary, Cryer demands to see him at the same time, leaving him in an awkward position. Old Flame: Santini is surprised to spot his lover, Jess Orton, liaising with drugs baron John Ferguson on her own, and so he leaves Quinnan at the scene of a break-in to go and speak to her at her club, but shortly after their tiff, the club is firebombed, resulting in the death of Jess' husband Steve, as well as two other victims. When AMIP are assigned to investigate the fire, Santini is shocked to discover that one of the officers on the team is none other than his old nemesis, Rosie Fox, now sergeant. With Jess having disappeared without trace, Fox begins to suspect Santini's motives when she nearly catches him talking to a witness, and then discovers he ran a PNC on Ferguson just days previously. Push It: Santini continues the search for Jess Orton, but Fox is becoming increasingly suspicious of his motives. When he does finally manage to catch up with her, he persuades her to make a false confession to the firebombing of the club. Timpney then gives him the nod that AMIP DCI, Pallister, is making a move to area drugs when the op is over, so he goes all out to impress the gov in the hope of getting the transfer he wants. Meanwhile, having discovered his real identity, Ferguson is breathing down his neck, and has bought him tickets to Amsterdam to collect a package for him and bring it back into the country. Determined to find out if Jess grassed on him, he breaks into her home and challenges her. Kiss Off: Santini is desperate to conceal his involvement in Jess Orton's death, but even Quinnan is now becoming suspicious that he just might have had something to do with it. Unaware of Santini's involvement with area drugs and DS Timpney, Fox follows Ferguson to the hide-out of his boss, Sherman, but soon finds herself being held hostage and facing possible execution. Santini arrives to pull off the deal, with area drugs following behind, but Fox's appearance shatters the entire op, and Sherman takes him hostage as well. Although both he and Fox manage to escape, it's the end of the road when Hagen shows a set of keys she found in his flat to Fox, and they match Steve Orton's keys.
37	"Foreign Body"	90-minute special	Chris Lovett	Tom Needham	24 June 1999
The relief are all assigned to the pursuit of an armed robber who has just held up a local hotel. When they finally corner him, they discover he is a French national who speaks no English. The chase continues, and when he crashes his car, the body of a missing woman who disappeared three weeks previously is discovered. When the man is identified as Alain Savoie, the victim's husband is placed firmly in the frame for her murder, leading Meadows and Skase on a day-trip to the continent. However, with neither able to speak any French, they soon find themselves conducting an unofficial investigation, which results in a night in the local nick, before finally coming face to face with their prime suspect.
38	"Borderline"	First Appearance of PC Cass Rickman	Christopher Hodson	Stephen Plaice	29 June 1999
Beech discovers a gun used in a recent shooting whilst raiding the den of a local drug dealer. Meanwhile, it's Cass Rickman's first day at Sun Hill, and she is entrusted with the task of taking the gun to the lab for forensic testing. When she stops to render assistance to a mugging victim, a young man reaches in her panda car and steals it. Mannion is then drafted in by Area to lead a retrieval operation, but Beech and Brownlow have other ideas, and the pair begin an investigation of their own. As Rickman goes undercover as a buyer for the weapon, meeting gangleader Leroy Jones, Mannion and CID nearly blow the entire op by sending an unsuspecting Glaze and Rawton in to watch the deal go down.
39	"Confessions of a Zookeeper"	Benedick Bates and Bryan Marshall guest star.	Tania Diez	Ray Brooking	1 July 1999
Conway organises a charity 'lock-up' in the Sun Hill cells - the prisoners for the night being himself, Brownlow, a famous local boxer, Dion Barrie, and his trainer, Max Weir, and a local father, whose daughter is dying from a rare illness. However, as expected, the night doesn't go off without any hitches, as firstly, with all female prisoners being diverted to Barton Street, Boyden has to deal with an entire rugby team for attacking a panda car when Barton Street turn them away; Garfield then becomes a punching bag for Weir when a discussion between Boyden and Barrie gets out of hand; and then a DS from Barton Street - Boyden's arch enemy - turns up to arrest Barrie on suspicion of attempted murder.
40	"Pillow Talk"	Steve Speirs guest stars.	Peter Cregeen	Barry Simner	6 July 1999
Worrell and Harker attend the scene of a hit-and-run, where a man has reported run over his wife using his taxi. Garfield and Quinnan arrest him at his house, but he falls ill on the way into custody so the pair take him to St. Hugh's, where they discover he has taken an overdose of drugs. Quinnan is asked to guard him through the night, a task which he suspects will be dull - until an armed intruder turns up - the secret boyfriend of the man's wife. Quinnan manages to defuse the situation, but before long the men are feuding again. Quinnan then discovers that both husbands and wives are connected through a deep sexual fantasy way beyond his depth. Meanwhile, Jenny continues to rebuff an upset Garfield.
41	"Heavy Plant Crossing"	Lee Boardman guest stars.	Ged Maguire	Wendy Lee	8 July 1999
Boyden organises an obbo to catch a gang stealing an excavator from a building site, but the situation is made more complicated when another gang turn up carrying guns and a man is shot and abducted. Meanwhile, with CID making a laughing stock of Boyden's obbo, Beech decides to have a crack at the case himself, meeting with Boyden's snout and obtaining information about the next raid. When Boyden goes in search of the missing thief, he receives a call from Garfield's girlfriend Jenny, revealing that the man he may be looking for is staying in a private hospital just out of town. As Boyden discovers the real location of the stolen diggers, Beech's obbo turns out to be a wild goose chase.
42	"Good Relations"	TBA	Laura Sims	Andy Armitage	13 July 1999
Brownlow is forced to deal with rising crime levels on the council estates by working in partnership with a group of over-zealous security guards assigned to patrol the Copthorne Estate. However, in an attempt to show his own initiative, Brownlow organises a "mobile community liaison unit" - a caravan done up by Hollis. As the security guards make two duff arrests, tensions between them and Brownlow threaten to boil over. When a burglary witness then fails to give evidence following intimidation by a local gang, a mass attack on the security guards' van provides Hollis with an opportunity to persuade a local youth - who has been tasked to burn down Hollis' caravan - into giving evidence against the ringleader.
43	"Big Fish"	Zienia Merton guest stars.	Albert Barber	Len Collin	15 July 1999
Skase chances his hand with information from his snout, and nets an internationally known drug dealer, caught with more than £500,000 of cocaine in his possession. However, his hopes of recognition are shattered when two criminals masquerading as National Crime Squad officers whisk him out of custody from under Deakin's nose. When the real NCS arrive, a retrieval operation to find their missing man - as well as CD-Rom full of vital evidence - gets underway. However, the situation is complicated further when Deakin discovers that the man he supposedly interviewed that morning in connection with the deal - Vernon Green - died three days previously and was pulled from the river by the river police.
44–45	"Cowardice"	First Appearance of Dale Smith as PC, temporary departure of PC Luke Ashton, Roger Daltrey guest stars.	Gwennan Sage & Justin Hardy	Maxwell Young	20–22 July 1999
Taxed: Ashton is paired with new PC Dale Smith on his first day, and the pair's first task is to trail a suspect involved with a stabbing. As they chase him onto a nearby estate, Ashton is paralysed with fear when the suspect confronts him with a knife. When questioned, Ashton then lies and says he did not see the suspect. However, when Ashton is forced to reveal the truth, Smithy becomes contemptuous of him and brands him a coward in front of the relief. As he, Smith and Cryer investigate the latest in a long line of witness intimidation attacks, they lead a raid on a flat where they suspect a kidnap victim to be. As Smithy chases after the two armed suspects, Ashton is paralysed with fear once again. Cracked Up: Ashton, reeling from Smith's accusations of cowardice, tries to help an ex-con, Larry Moore, when a quantity of drugs are reportedly fed through his letterbox. Ashton takes sympathy on him that is until Beech arrests him for possession. Meanwhile, the relief take part in a defuse to discuss the events of the previous day. Smith aims the blame straight in Ashton's direction, and tempers begin to boil over. Meanwhile, Larry Moore discovers the drugs belonged to his wife, and he kidnaps their daughter. When Ashton finally manages to catch up with him, he takes out a gun, shooting his daughter and then himself. Ashton then realises it's the end of the line and decides to hand in his notice to Cryer.
46	"Wedded Bliss"	June Page and Gabrielle Reidy guest stars.	Neil Adams	Chris Jury	27 July 1999
Smith and Rickman deal with a disturbance at a registry office, and Proctor and Holmes discover an ingenious immigration scam in which British lookalikes of Romanian illegal immigrants marry Irish women to gain British residency. Meanwhile, Smith and Rickman are also on the trail of a firm forging speeding tickets, and discover that both scams are being run through the same accommodation address - a local garden centre. Smith then puts his theory to the test on how the scam is being run. Meanwhile, Proctor and Holmes stage a fake wedding in order to catch the culprits red handed, and Smith and Rickman catch up with their forger, who turns out to be an aggrieved local resident.
47	"Lucky Jim"	TBA	Richard Holthouse	Nick Crittenden	29 July 1999
Carver and Harker are called to the scene of a family feud, in which a woman is refusing to let her ex-husband see their daughter. Carver manages to calm the situation down by talking to the man's father-in-law, who happens to be a car dealer whom Skase, Lennox and Glaze are investigating for a scam involving stolen 4x4s. They set up an obbo involving Carver, but Carver ends up sneaking away with a mystery woman. When he wakes in the morning, he finds that she is a high-class prostitute and that his card has been scammed. He arrives at the local bank to find £500 in his account, deposited by the dodgy dealer, in an attempt to make it look like he is in his pocket. Carver learns towards Lennox for help.
48	"Screwdriver"	Kris Marshall guest stars.	Barbara Rennie	Sheila Duncan	3 August 1999
Proctor and Holmes investigate a rape at a mental hospital, and initially suspect am ex-mental patient who had received a caution for rape. However, when a similar rape that occurred six months ago comes to light, Parkrise DS Karen Acton is seconded to assist Proctor and Holmes on the case. Suspicion then points towards a male nurse who has worked at both the locations of the rapes, but the investigation becomes clouded when Acton reveals she had a sexual relationship with the suspect after they first met. Proctor then finds an eyewitness who places the suspect at the scene, but who also reveals he saw Acton faking evidence to plant on the suspect. Proctor is forced to call CIB to cover himself.
49	"Inside Out"	Philip Wright guest stars.	N. G. Bristow	Steve Handley	5 August 1999
Beech and Glaze enter Shadwell prison to investigate allegations of brutality made against the warders on two particular inmates. As the pair carry out their investigation, the home of one of the suspended warders is ransacked, and another is assaulted in broad daylight. As the pair discover that the accusations may be linked to a death in custody five years previously, Glaze attempts to get a fellow inmate to talk, but ends up getting himself in the middle of a hostage situation. As the third suspended warder offers to give evidence, Beech and Glaze trail the secret brother of one of the victims, who was close to the scene of both the burglary and assault shortly before they occurred.
50	"Critical Mass"	Nicholas Day guest stars.	Laurence Moody	Chris Ould	10 August 1999
Monroe is sceptical but cautious when a young woman rings Sun Hill and says she thinks her boyfriend, Ben Wallace, may have hidden a bomb in the station. As the relief begin to conduct a search, Carver finds a suspect device hidden in the ceiling of one of the interview rooms, and the bomb squad are called in to assist. As Monroe leads a full evacuation of the station, he and Conway watch from a nearby van as the elite bomb squad officer attempts to defuse the device. The bomb is eventually rendered useless, but the officer is confused as to why there were a number of dead wires loose inside when the bomb was constructed so well - until he realises there could be another bomb elsewhere.
51	"Ring-a-Ring O'Roses"	90-minute special, James Thornton guest stars.	Pip Broughton	Tom Needham	12 August 1999
Ackland and Meadows go to visit a woman who has been making funny phone calls to a victim, but arrive to find her badly beaten and the words 'Join the Club' written on her back. The attack is linked to a similar attack on a prostitute, and as other local toms offer information, Ackland discovers that 'Join the Club' is a synonym for the attacker deliberately infecting them with HIV. As he attempts to carry out another attack, Quinnan and Rickman pursue him into the night, and finally manage to bring him into custody. He refuses to give his name, but Rawton recognizes him to be an ex-lover, Andy Marshall. When Ackland reveals what he has been arrested for, Rawton realises she might have been infected.
52	"The Only Way Is Up"	TBA	Brian Farnham	Candy Denman	17 August 1999
Meadows receives a call from an old friend, DCI Jerry Calder, who is based at Barton Street. Calder is worried as CIB are investigating his team following reports that a member of his squad tipped off a member of an armed robbery gang about a planned ambush, and as such the criminal got away unscathed. Meadows fails to take him seriously, but before long, Calder is up on the roof of a nearby tower block threatening to jump. Meanwhile, Garfield and Worrell attend the scene of an assault, where the victim refuses to tell them who is responsible. When the victim is kidnapped, Meadows realises he is the gang member who received the tip-off, and manages to work out which one of Calder's team is bent.
53	"Rock Bottom"	Joe Swash guest stars.	Dominic Lees	Chris McWatters	24 August 1999
Harker is offered the role of Youth Diversions Officer following the borough's appointment of an arrest referral worker, Dexter King, who is a reformed former drug user. Meanwhile, Daly has finally been given the green light by Meadows to set up an obbo on archrival Barry Lyons, who has escaped custody more times than Daly cares to remember. As Daly and Proctor tail Lyons, he leads them straight to Dexter King's flat, which they subsequently raid, only to find Harker inside. As they chase a potential runner from the scene, they find him in possession of drugs, and Lyons points the finger of blame straight in Dexter's direction. A raid on Dexter's workplace also uncovers a stash of drugs.
54	"Sun Hill Boulevard"	Daniel Ainsleigh, Kevin Bishop and Keeley Forsyth guest star.	Chris Lovett	Stephen Plaice	31 August 1999
Monroe is called to the scene of a woman found dead in the local lido, having died overnight whilst the lido was closed. Meanwhile, Rickman calls in sick after over-indulging at a barbecue for the relief the previous night, but later turns up at the lido for a day of rest and relaxation, unaware that Harker has been placed undercover to investigate a peeping tom reported by a member of the public to Hollis. Harker manages to catch his man, but pictures on the man's digital camera show Rickman at the lido. Meanwhile, Rickman panics that her cover will be blown when Ackland and Hollis arrive to investigate a number of thefts - and things get even worse when the dead girl is linked to a drugs ring.
55	"Lola"	Shirley Stelfox, Raquel Cassidy and Chris Simmons guest star.	Ian White	Terry Hodgkinson	1 September 1999
Deakin leads C.I.D. and uniform on a series of disastrous raids to catch alleged DSS fraudsters. Meanwhile, Page is called to assist an RSPCA officer with a trapped dog in a cellar. As the pair go to investigate, they fail find to any animal, but find a distressed woman who speaks no English, who has been locked up for three weeks. Whilst under lock and key, they discover she has been brutally attacked, raped and is also pregnant. Holmes is assigned to help investigate the case, but when the owner of the house, Ricky Lee, gives an account of his whereabouts, Holmes is convinced the case is a con, but Page is more than sceptical when the woman disappears again, and Lee starts to become cagey.
56–57	"Integrity"	First Appearance of PC Nick Klein	Jim Shields & Robert Del Maestro	Elizabeth-Anne Wheal	16–19 September 1999
Part One: Brownlow assigns the relief to overlook a legal rave organised by a respected community leader when threats of a racist nature are made against him. Officers from Barton Street are drafted in to help the convoy travelling from base to the venue. However, a cunning plan by a racist group sees the convoy, complete with Proctor on board, attacked. Meanwhile, it's PC Nick Klein's first day at Sun Hill, and on his first day on the beat, he is paired with Smithy. They investigate reports of a disturbance at a local market, and Smithy confronts a group of black youths. When it turns out to be an integrity test by top brass, Smithy suspects Klein of being a mole planted by area to catch him out. Part Two: Brownlow's covert operation into the activities of corrupt DS Paul Vickers continue, as Klein's theory of his vendetta against Indrani and his club is proven to be true. Having already planted evidence on one suspect, Vickers is sailing very close to the wind, so in his vulnerable hour, Klein attempts to use Indrani to his advantage by placing Rickman undercover, posing an old friend of Indrani's, Sally Holland. The plan to trap Vickers gets off to a good start, until Smithy catches Rickman with Indrani and informs Vickers of what Klein is up to. With Vickers' firm evidence against Klein, and evidence of dealing mounting against Indrani and his pals, Klein knows he is running out of time.
58	"Cold Calling"	Charles De'Ath and Charlie Brooks guest star.	N. G. Bristow	Carolyn Sally Jones	21 September 1999
Rawton is furious when Meadows pulls an obbo on a violent ex-con for budgetary reasons. Meanwhile, a mother reports her daughter missing after a night out at a nearby club. When Rawton's ex-con makes a witness statement stating he saw the girl, she suspects that he may have played a part in her disappearance. When Stamp and Hollis find the girl barely alive, CCTV shows the owner of a local cab company talking to the club manager and she is subsequently interviewed regarding the girl's disappearance. However, when she disappears as well, a link between Rawton's ex-con, the cabbie and the manager of the club is discovered, and a race against time begins to ensure the cabbie's safe release.
59	"Millennium"	First Appearance of DS Claire Stanton	Brian Parker	Steve Griffiths	23 September 1999
DS Claire Stanton arrives for her first day at Sun Hill, and lands a juicy case - literally - as she investigates an eco-terrorist who has been injecting oranges with mercury. Initially, Proctor leads her to a pair of local hippies who are caught on shop CCTV near the fruit display. However, Stanton realises she has a much bigger case on her hands when a second attack occurs, and CCTV catches a man fleeing from the scene. Whilst she and Daly investigate the theft of mercury from a local college, Proctor and Lennox trawl the local estates hoping for a lead. However, Proctor stumbles right into the attacker's lair, ends up getting tasered, finds himself being tied up and gagged, and is threatened with a gas grenade.
60	"The Three Sergeants"	Haluk Bilginer and Jennifer Calvert guest star.	Rob Bailey	Rod Lewis	28 September 1999
A busy night in custody sees Boyden having to deal with a group of drunken toms, two illegal immigrants dumped on custody by Brownlow, a young boy whose parents refuse to have anything else to do with him, a Barton street cast-off with a penchant for door banging, a drunk driver who is unable to give a breath test due to the machine being broken, and a drunk found in the middle of the road who is completely legless. Not only that, but his jailer, Garfield has had to pop out to collect a prisoner's medication, Hollis fails to inform him of two special station visitors and Cryer is breathing down his neck about official procedure. Whilst wondering how the situation can get any worse, a prisoner dies in his cell.
61	"Trade-Off"	Renu Setna and Joanna Scanlan guest star.	Steve Shill	Peter Lloyd	30 September 1999
Beech organizes a raid on a local arms dealer with the help of his snout and an old friend from the National Crime Squad. Meanwhile, Glaze arrests one of Beech's informants when he and Lennox investigate a stabbing where the victim doesn't admit himself to hospital until twelve hours after the attack. Initially, Glaze suspects Beech's snout is responsible when he finds a knife on him, but when the forensics don't match, the finger is pointed towards a man whose brother was killed by the stabbing victim in a hit-and-run incident nine months previously. Beech then tries to salvage his Op by trading information on Glaze's case for the informant's freedom, but when the stabbing victim is found dead, Glaze blows Beech's raid in order to secure an arrest. Fellow officer's trust in each other is on the line.
62	"Treading Water"	TBA	Susan Tully	David Hoskins	5 October 1999
Deakin sets up an obbo to catch a major dealer in the middle of a cocaine deal, but the whole operation is blown when Carver and Rickman wander right through the operation, allowing the suspect to go free. Deakin tells Carver that he saw one of Carver's old informants with the main suspect the day before, and asks him to plug him for information. However, he and Rickman find that the man has become a heavy cocaine user. Rickman plugs the snout for information about a robbery planned by the dealer, and Deakin sets up a second obbo - but whilst doing so, the robbery goes ahead at a different location. Carver is offered the job of head of security at a local club and considers leaving the force.
63	"Look Again"	Annette Badland and Nigel Planer guest star.	Carol Wiseman	Scott Cherry	7 October 1999
Hollis turns up late for parade, and an angry Boyden assigns him to an eviction on a local council estate, followed by traffic duty. However, during the eviction, Hollis discovers bankbooks and passports belonging to other local residents, so ignores Boyden's instructions, turns off his radio and goes to investigate himself. He discovers a local Muslim resident who has been attacked and threatened by the tenant, and persuades him to speak out. However, Boyden's interference leads to the man being beaten up again and the suspect running loose. As they finally catch up with the suspect, the victim commits suicide, and an enquiry discovers he came to Boyden for help some months before, but he ignored it.
64–65	"Love and War"	Final regular appearance of George Garfield as PC, Ryan Gage guest star.	Ian White	Neil Clarke	12–14 October 1999
Part One: Rickman and Klein head up an obbo into a disqualified driver, which sees Garfield and Quinnan paired together in a panda car. Garfield is in quite a state - his girlfriend Jenny Delaney has just returned from South America, and he is eager to know if she has considered his marriage proposal. Unknown to him, Quinnan is also trying to contact Jenny. When Quinnan slips away during the obbo to try and call her, Rickman berates him for being unprofessional. Meanwhile, Beech has received a tip-off from a snout that an old-time villain wanted for murder has returned to Sun Hill. As Lennox and Proctor setup an obbo outside the hospital, they catch both Garfield and Quinnan trying to contact Jenny. Part Two: Garfield confronts Quinnan about his relationship with Jenny, and then storms off. Page, Hollis and Stamp go looking for him, while Quinnan rushes off to see Jenny. Garfield ends up getting legless and attacking two youths who try to mug him, before trying to break into the nurses' home and then attacking a PC from another station who tries to detain him. The next day, Beech arranges a second obbo to try and catch his man. Quinnan and Garfield find themselves together in the van, and the pair come to blows. Beech manages to catch his man, but the distraction by Quinnan and Garfield leaves Monroe no choice but to remove one of them. Garfield then announces that he is leaving Sun Hill.
66	"Hot Money"	Ian Reddington and Trevor Laird guest star.	Bruce MacDonald	Don Webb	19 October 1999
Hollis arrests a man for throwing milk bottles at him, but when he brings him in for questioning, he claims to have information related to the armed robbery of a casino which is due to take place later that day. He takes the information to Deakin, but Deakin dismissed the tip-off, having had past dealings with the accused. Next morning, Hollis and Hagen attend a casino robbery where more than £1m has been stolen. An angry Burnside arrives to take over the case, and sets up an undercover operation in another casino in an attempt to flush out the robbers. The op goes pear-shaped when a row between two local gang bosses gets out of hand and the robbers abort the operation, taking a hostage with them.
67	"Crash Landing"	Sally Dexter guest stars.	Jo Shoop	Nicholas McInerny	21 October 1999
Daly and Holmes investigate when a light aircraft makes a crash landing in Sun Hill, carrying his ex-mistress and former colleague, Janet Campion. Two officers from organised crime arrive to assist with the case, and inform Daly that Campion is the link between two major players who are attempting to fence some stolen gear and launder the money through a small private antiques outfit. Daly uses his past history and romantic connection to Campion in an attempt to gather information for the OCG, but ends him giving out a little more than he initially bargained for. As Spencer and his team close in, Daly has a tough decision to make over whether to drop his old friend in it or to help her escape.
68	"Father's Day"	TBA	Paul Murton	Barry Simner	28 October 1999
Boyden's estranged daughter Amy turns up at Sun Hill, claiming to have information regarding a murder. She reports that her boyfriend, Phillip Cooper, saw a man beaten to death by two local violent thugs, who are now trying to keep him quiet. Boyden initially dismisses the tip-off as no report of a body has been made, but when AMIP turn up having been assigned to investigate a murder, Boyden is left a little red in the face. Amy and Phillip are taken into witness protection, but when Phillip sneaks out overnight to go and score some drugs, little does he know his dealer is friends with the two thugs, and leads them right to the safe house, where they kidnap Boyden's granddaughter, looking for a ransom.
69	"Sweet Sixteen"	TBA	Christopher Hodson	Marc Pye	2 November 1999
Skase goes undercover to investigate a series of robberies, but is himself abducted and robbed by the gang of teenage girls responsible. Left traumatized by the incident, Skase is put on the bench while Deakin and Lennox try to locate possible other hotspots, which they might target. Meanwhile, Rickman and Harker investigate when a local neighbourhood watchmen records video footage of a local drug deal, and he captures two of the gang members on tape. Deakin holds a second obbo in a local casino in an attempt to catch the girls red-handed, but when Proctor is recognized by an old friend, the obbo is blown. Lennox manages to capture two members of the gang, who give information about a dealer.
70	"Denial"	Paul Angelis and Angela Bruce guest star.	Albert Barber	Gregory Evans	4 November 1999
Carver and Hollis investigate an assault on a petrol station employee, but Carver is suspicious that the victim isn't entirely being truthful. When they discover she has given a false name and address, Carver attempts to discover her true identity. Meanwhile, whilst leaving the pub on a boozy night out, a drunken Carver is approached by a former colleague, who offers him a job at a prestigious private investigation firm - and Carver jumps at the chance. All he has to do is to find the location where a known villain, who has scammed more than £40,000 from private firms, is staying. Carver, however, is unaware the job offer is an elaborate scam to help his former colleague find his estranged wife.
71	"Walking the Line"	George Harris guest stars.	Laurence Moody	Julian Spilsbury	9 November 1999
Lennox and Proctor investigate when a polish shopkeeper is reportedly attacked by three black youths. Lennox arrests the prime suspect, Davy Rawlings, but after an attempted escape, Rawlings accuses Lennox of racial abuse, saying that he called him a 'black bastard' during the arrest. Brownlow scrambles into damage control mode, with more regard for the Met's public image than for the welfare of Lennox. Glaze is furious when Brownlow insists he take Proctor's place on the case to ease the 'racial sensitivities', but thanks to McCann, he and Daly manage to find the 'third man' involved in the beating. Lennox is then exonerated when suspect Errol Price makes a statement confirming his innocence.
72	"Cover Stories"	Ben Miles guest stars.	Don Leaver	Elizabeth-Anne Wheal	16 November 1999
Burnside sets up an undercover operation to catch a group of development scammers, who use the prospect of a new home abroad to scam heavy deposits out of their willing victims. He and Stanton pose a couple to enter a fake property deal, but when he discovers that the villain's right-hand-man is the sister of his former lover, who was brutally murdered, he attempts to keep her name out of the op, until Carver realises what he is up to. Carver, however, has problems of his own - he loses sight of the prime suspect during a surveillance op, and then fails to complete a search which he has been tasked with, and Burnside realises that his involvement could prove to be more than just a liability.
73	"Security"	Trevor Byfield guest stars.	Justin Chadwick	Dale Overton	18 November 1999
Stanton and Proctor investigate a vicious intimidation campaign against an officer from Barton Street, Steve Bennett, who is an old pal of Quinnan's. Mannion is hot on Brownlow's tail to get a result on the case, but Quinnan is sure that Bennett hasn't been entirely truthful. When Bennett eventually reveals that he has been having an affair, Stanton questions his mistress, but she provides a rock-solid alibi. When Mannion discovers a connection to a former intimidation case involving another officer from Barton Street, Stanton and Proctor enter HMP Long Marsh to speak to the villain responsible. Proctor then has a sneaking suspicion that a link to the officer's alarm system could prove the key to finding the culprit.
74–75	"Up in Smoke"	Sean Blowers guest stars.	Baz Taylor	Simon Sharkey	23–25 November 1999
Part One: Meadows and Skase are furious when Carver turns up drunk to give evidence in a court case - evidence which is so unreliable the judge throws the case out of court. As his colleagues begin to realise the extent of Carver's problems, Monroe decides to put him on an easy task - escorting a convoy of confiscated drugs to a Home Office depot for destruction. However, Carver's inability to stay sober results in him unwillingly revealing the location that the convoy will be travelling to a warehouse porter. As Carver and Stamp set off, Carver forces Stamp to pull over so he can be sick, but by the time they catch up with the convoy, four armed men have ambushed the van and shot an S019 officer. Part Two: DCI Scanlon from Kent Constabulary arrives to investigate the attack on the Home Office convoy. Carver pays Vernon Liggett a visit, but he denies any involvement. Lennox questions a drunken Carver who reveals that it was his information, which led to the convoy being attacked. Lennox has no choice but to inform a furious Meadows, who berates Carver for his stupidity. Meanwhile, Lennox tracks the leader of the gang back to a local hotel, where he poses as a taxi driver to find out where the gang are meeting. As Ackland, Stamp, Hagen and Hollis try to prevent a legless Carver from entering the station, Lennox catches all four members of the gang red-handed at a nearby club.
76	"Homework"	TBA	Bob Blagden	Carolyn Sally Jones	30 November 1999
Ackland is planning a romantic evening alone with her new boyfriend, Steve Bryant, when her neighbour arrives from across the street with a shotgun and a quantity of cash that she found under the floorboards of her lodger's room. Daly and Proctor arrive to investigate the case, leaving Ackland's romantic evening in tatters. Meanwhile, when a connection between the money and a bank robbery that Beech investigated six months ago is discovered, Deakin hands Beech the case on a plate. The only problem is, Beech wants to set up an obbo - with Ackland's flat as the perfect location. An unwilling Ackland finally relents, and although Beech manages to catch his man, he turns out to be completely innocent.
77	"Knowing You"	TBA	Rob Evans	Steve Handley	2 December 1999
Daly organizes a raid on a brutal pimp following a tip-off from one of his teenage girls, but when Holmes and Proctor set off in pursuit of the suspect, Holmes runs into an old face - Rita Davis, whom she previously met whilst undercover in prison (Follow Through). Davis is concerned for the safety of her daughter, and offers to provide information on the pimp's whereabouts. When two leads both become wild goose chases, Holmes approaches Davis and warns her to stop providing false information. When Proctor spots a meeting between the pair, he informs Daly, who throws Holmes off the case for becoming too personally involved. Holmes then manages to scout information on the pimp's latest hideout.
78–79	"Rock Bottom"	Sheila Reid, Stephen Graham and Eamon Boland guest star.	Gwennan Sage & Chris Lovett	Len Collin	7–9 December 1999
Consumers: Carver is attacked and mugged by a local youth during an early morning binge. With no money and no alcohol, Carver befriends a group of homeless alcoholics who point him in the direction of a pub, which serves out of hours. Carver befriends a man, Jonjo Sullivan, who invites him back to his flat to meet his wife, Claire. Meanwhile, the relief become concerned when they realise Carver has gone missing. Fears for his safety begin to grow when the youth who attacked him is arrested in possession of his credit card. The youth leads Lennox to catch a local fraudster who is organizing thefts of credit and debit cards to buy stolen gear. Meanwhile, a legless Carver wakes up to find Claire dead. Lock In: Carver quickly leaves the scene of the crime, but it's not long before Hagen and Hollis find Claire Sullivan's body. Unaware of whether he has committed murder or not, Carver books himself into a hostel determined to give up alcohol for good. Meanwhile, Burnside arrives to investigate Claire's murder, but the situation goes from bad to worse when Smithy finds Jonjo's lifeless body stuffed down a rubbish chute. With Carver at rock bottom, Burnside is forced to arrest his old friend on suspicion of murder. Meanwhile, Page takes a witness statement from a woman who claims to have seen a man running from the scene of the crime, and Rickman and Worrell attend a domestic, only to find their prime suspect.
80	"Money For Nothing"	Stephen Churchett and Eric Mason guest star.	Steve Shill	Chris Jury	14 December 1999
Boyden, Klein, Quinnan, Rickman and Stamp - along with Quinnan's fiancée - form a syndicate to buy a greyhound. However, unknown to Quinnan, an ATM that he tried to withdraw cash from to pay his share was a fake used by scammers, who subsequently turn out his entire account. Meanwhile, as 'Speedy Senorita' comes last in her first race, the syndicate a little weary. However, in her second race, she wins with a large margin, earning the syndicate £5,000 and the trainer £20,000. Stamp is a little suspicious and his suspicions are confirmed when the trainer does a bunk. On the way to investigate, the syndicate come across the gang that cleaned out Quinnan's account and attempt to corner them.
81–82	"The Big Day"	Guest appearance by ex-PCs Steve Loxton and George Garfield, temporary departure of PC Jim Carver, Jessie Wallace and Gary Beadle also guest star	Rob Bailey & Jo Johnson	Richard Stoneman	15–16 December 1999
A Night to Forget: It's the day before Quinnan's wedding, and the day goes from bad to worse when the driver of his cake is involved in an RTA, destroying the masterpiece. Meanwhile, Hollis is organizing the stag night. He has organised a minibus to take the relief on a pub crawl. Meanwhile, Jenny has invited the female members of the relief to a new strip club, where Page ends up investigating a case of indecent assault. Proctor and Monroe deal with a man who has no recollection of who he is, so decide to take him on a trip down memory lane. Steve Loxton re-appears to join in the celebrations, but Carver is suspicious of his old mate when it turns out his car has been flagged by area drugs. A Day to Remember: Quinnan's wedding day dawns, but Page's revelations from the night before are playing on his mind. Stamp ends up bringing a wanted man to the ceremony. Lennox lends Hollis the latest CID surveillance camera to film the big day, but is furious to find Hollis may have recorded over his surveillance tape. The reappearance of George Garfield at Page's request is just one of the many clouds on the horizon, as Loxton is forced to face his demons when he is pulled by a Stafford Row sergeant, Stamp and Page have to deal with a suicidal woman, Carver has to rescue a woman to falls into the river from the reception boat, and Hollis' poor organization of the day leaves the reception with no food.
83	"Judgement Day"	Final regular appearance of DC Liz Rawton, Stephen Yardley and Fine Time Fontayne guest star	Michael Owen Morris	Patrick Melanaphy	21 December 1999
Rawton is on edge after receiving an ill-conceived parcel from an old villain she put away in her SO10 days. After conducting a raid on a local warehouse manager, she receives an anonymous phone call whilst at the office. Lennox offers to put her up for the night rather than have an armed guard stand outside her flat. On the way to work the next morning, Lennox stops at a cashpoint to allow Rawton to get some money, but she is kidnapped at gunpoint by a masked assailant. When he finally reveals himself to be the warehouse manager, she is shocked when he reveals that he has kidnapped her for the sole purpose of handing her over to the man she once betrayed whilst undercover in her S010 days.
84	"Haunted"	Hannah Yelland and James Cosmo guest star.	Chris Lovett	Tony Mulholland	23 December 1999
Proctor, Lennox and Stanton are seconded to customs to take part in an obbo on an industrial estate. They are forced to spend the night in a haunted former brewery to keep watch, where they each tell a tale with a spooky twist. Proctor's Story: Proctor, then a PC, receives a shock when he finds a young girl in the basement of a house where four murders took place. He is spooked when it is revealed the girl died four days earlier. Stanton's Story: Stanton, having just been promoted to sergeant, uses a clairvoyant to locate a stolen painting. Lennox's Story: Lennox, then a young DC in Glasgow, looks after a dying villain, whose fiancé is found dead of a heart attack shortly after he is attacked by an armed gunman.
85	"When the Snow Lay Round About"	Brian Murphy guest stars.	Albert Barber	Chris Ould	24 December 1999
With only two days to go until Christmas, uniform are hoping for a silent night at Sun Hill. Due to extremely heavy snowfall, the relief are kept in house rather than sent out to patrol the streets. Unfortunately, Hollis failure to get the Christmas lights for the station tree means he must venture out in the weather to get them. And as he is the only PC out on the streets, he ends up dealing will all of the shouts coming through on CAD. Meanwhile, Boyden has to deal with a D&D that Stamp has arrested, who seems to think he is one of Santa's elves, and a young boy who has run away from his foster parents, while Ackland and Monroe deal with a barbershop quintet who have lost one of their members.
86	"Blowing It All Away"	JJ Feild guest stars.	Susan Tully	Candy Denman	30 December 1999
On a night out with her friend Lynn, Rickman meets two men, Jamie and Ben, who offer her some dope which she refuses. The next day, Ben is arrested during a raid by Boulton, who has been eyeballing his flat for possible connections to an archenemy of Boulton's, high-flying drug dealer Frank Cairns. When Ben claims that the drugs found in his flat belong to Rickman, and Lynn backs up her story, Boulton seconds the whole of CID out on an obbo to prove Rickman's innocence. When Proctor manages to track down Jamie, a little gentle persuasion from Beech manages to secure a statement which claims Rickman had no part in anything to do with the drugs. Boulton, however, isn't so sure.
87	"All Change"	William Beck and Pippa Hinchley guest star.	Michael Cocker	Mark Holloway	31 December 1999
It's New Year's Eve 1999. The streets of Sun Hill are full to the brim with partygoers, and in an attempt to retain order on the streets, the entire C.I.D. team have been seconded back into uniform for the night. Boulton has other ideas, however, and continues on his rampage to bring Eddie Cochlan to justice. Meanwhile, Boyden, in an attempt to woo his latest conquest, has warned the relief not to arrest anyone before midnight. However, with both Stamp and Lennox determined to make the first arrest, he may not get the pleasure he was bargaining for. Meanwhile, Page and Quinnan get stuck in a lift, and Conway and Meadows have a long streak of bad luck whilst in search of an ever-elusive bottle of scotch.