Series 12

Jan 2, 1996 · 22 min

Skase and Croft investigate a series of hoax phone calls that are tearing a family apart.

Jan 4, 1996 · 22 min

Loxton and Slater deal with a woman drink-driver.

Jan 5, 1996 · 22 min

Meadows offers a bottle of scotch as a reward for catching an elusive burglar.

Jan 9, 1996 · 22 min

Lines and Skase try to avert an ice-cream war in Sun Hill after a vendor is assaulted.

Jan 11, 1996 · 22 min

Ackland and Jarvis follow up a vicious assault.

Jan 12, 1996 · 22 min

Boulton is determined to arrest a local drug dealer, at any cost.

Jan 16, 1996 · 22 min

Beech and Croft investigate the murder of a hairdresser who had been fighting for a share of her dead fiancé's estate.

Jan 18, 1996 · 22 min

Datta is called to a burglary and is subjected to the unwanted affections of a civic-minded admirer. Monroe is suspicious when Loxton tries to settle an old score.

Jan 19, 1996 · 22 min

Uniform and CID are on the lookout for escaped prisoner Jim Brodie, so both Brodie's wife and his drug dealer are under observation. PC Nick Slater and WPC Cathy Marshall pursue two burglers down to the riverfront, where one of them gives Slater a severe beating. Marshall sees a person on the barges and gives chase. By the time their backup arrives, delayed by PC Reg Hollis' dodgy belly, Marshall has disappeared. When her dead body is fished out of the river, the two crooks she and Slater had been pursuing are questioned over her possible murder. Searching the barge that Marshall was last seen, CID find evidence that someone has been sleeping rough on board - and it looks like it's their escaped prisoner, Brodie. The river police intercept Brodie fleeing to Amsterdam on his friend's boat, but there is not enough evidence to charge him for Cathy Marshall's murder.

Jan 23, 1996 · 22 min

As Sun Hill gets to grips with its new computer system, Boyden discovers that it pays to stay one step ahead of the opposition.

Jan 25, 1996 · 22 min

While Deakin investigates the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy, Conway gets some unsettling news.

Jan 26, 1996 · 22 min

Five-year-old Tommy Laker is still missing, and Deakin discovers an evil and sinister ring which may hold the clue.

Jan 30, 1996 · 22 min

Datta and Quinnan look into the mysterious death of a jogger, while Ackland and Jarvis try to reconcile a couple of warring lovers.

Feb 1, 1996 · 22 min

Slater and Garfield struggle to keep the peace when two women fall out over the same man.

Feb 2, 1996 · 22 min

Meadows and Croft investigate the murder of an elderly woman, and question two young children living on the floor below who may have heard what happened.

Feb 6, 1996 · 22 min

Croft and a badly-hungover Beech investigate when a body is found in a car with a large amount of crack cocaine.

Feb 8, 1996 · 22 min

A reconstruction brings forward an unexpected witness to an assault on a 15-year-old boy.

Feb 9, 1996 · 22 min

Acting Superintendent Conway is stirred into action by a face from the past.

Feb 13, 1996 · 22 min

Lines investigates an allegation of underage sex.

Feb 15, 1996 · 22 min

Cryer and Slater follow up on a murder but a legal loophole may allow the perpetrator to get away with it.

Feb 16, 1996 · 22 min

Beech is caught in the crossfire when uniform and C.I.D. fall out over a directive from Brownlow.

Feb 20, 1996 · 22 min

Quinnan and Keane have to help someone with a conviction for assaulting a police officer.

Feb 22, 1996 · 22 min

Carver and Skase investigate an assault on an Asian schoolboy.

Feb 23, 1996 · 22 min

Croft investigates a series of vicious sexual assaults.

Feb 27, 1996 · 22 min

A man comes in to Sun Hill and confesses to murdering a woman who disappeared five years ago. D.C.I. Meadows, who headed the original investigation, and D.C. Carver talk to him and, when they are convinced he is lying, throw him out. The man soon returns, and this time he tells Carver something that wasn't in the news stories making the police take his confession more seriously.

Feb 29, 1996 · 22 min

Stamp and Slater are called to supervise the eviction of a father from his home.

Mar 1, 1996 · 22 min

Skase and Deakin deal with a wounded crack dealer shot in the yard of a pub.

Mar 5, 1996 · 22 min

Beech and Croft try to track down a violent attacker.

Mar 7, 1996 · 22 min

Lines and Skase investigate a possible arson attack on a nightclub.

Mar 8, 1996 · 22 min

Boyden and Slater search for the owner of a severed hand found on a rubbish tip.

Mar 12, 1996 · 22 min

Cryer and Slater handle a tricky case involving a disabled former police officer and his wayward son.

Mar 14, 1996 · 22 min

Jarvis and Page are called in to help in the deportation of an illegal immigrant who escapes from custody.

Mar 15, 1996 · 22 min

Boulton loses a suspect during an arrest and has to ask Monroe to help get him back.

Mar 19, 1996 · 22 min

Boulton investigates a convicted drug addict and clashes with a drugs worker.

Mar 21, 1996 · 22 min

Loxton and Page deal with a bridegroom who disrupts a hen night.

Mar 22, 1996 · 22 min

Meadows tries to get the truth from a terminally-ill Asian man after one of his sons is fatally injured during a family dispute.

Mar 23, 1996 · 22 min

Loxton and Keane chase a local tearaway, who gets injured. Conway has to deal with the resulting accusations of police harassment.

Mar 28, 1996 · 22 min

Greig is accused with police brutality following a raid on a burglar's home.

Mar 29, 1996 · 22 min

Quinnan's whereabouts are questioned when he fails to notice an injured woman on the station doorstep. June Ackland becomes acting Sergeant.

Apr 2, 1996 · 22 min

Slater's ability is questioned when he appears to mishandle two violent thugs at a party and his wallet, containing his warrant card, is stolen.

Apr 4, 1996 · 22 min

Keane has a bad day in court, while Monroe follows up on a domestic incident.

Apr 5, 1996 · 22 min

Boulton investigates a notorious local bookie and prompts suspicions about Beech's private life.

Apr 9, 1996 · 22 min

Boyden and Datta try to secure a conviction against a vicious pimp.

Apr 11, 1996 · 22 min

Boulton, Carver and Deakin take part in a Flying Squad operation against a vicious gang of armed robbers.

Apr 12, 1996 · 22 min

Ch. Supt. Brownlow organises a tea dance for the Met Police Pensioners & Widows society. PCs Jarvis and Quinnan spend the afternoon dancing with admiring elderly ladies, WPC Polly Page is harrassed by a wheelchair-bound admirer, and PC Reg Hollis does a magic show. Brownlow is dreading the arrival of Geoffrey Allerton, an ex-copper who goes out of his way to complain about everything. When the minivan misses Allerton, Brownlow asks PC Tony Stamp to pick him up on the way to the bakery to pick up some cakes. When Stamp steps out of the bakery, he is horrified to find Brownlow's car has been stolen whilst Allerton was buying some tobacco. Packing Allerton and the cakes onto a bus, a desperate Stamp tries to retrieve Brownlow's car after it is impounded. When Allerton arrives at the dance at last, he causes a fuss when he recognises an armed blagger from a fifteen year old case at the wedding next door.

Apr 16, 1996 · 22 min

Loxton arrests a black man he suspects is responsible for a mugging and is accused of racism.

Apr 18, 1996 · 22 min

Greig is in pursuit of a local drug dealer. Two teenagers arrested for possession refuse to provide any information about their supplier.

Apr 19, 1996 · 22 min

Quinnan and Hollis have to decide whether a pub quiz champion is breaking the rules. Skase deals with the unfaithful wife of a local villain.

Apr 23, 1996 · 22 min

Loxton and Quinnan investigate an employment agency that provides lucrative opportunities to women with financial troubles.

Apr 25, 1996 · 22 min

Carver calls on a former colleague to help with an antique clock that is a target for theft.