This police drama follows the activities in and around Sun Hill, a police station located in the fictional East London borough of Canley. The focus is not just the gritty reality of police work, however; the lives and loves of the officers who staff the precinct get equal play.
Loxton and Monroe investigate the disappearance of a 9-year-old boy who is into computers.
The high-flying new D.I., Sally Johnson, arrives at Sun Hill and immediately sets her sights on a violent gang of robbers.
The bodies of a young woman and her child are discovered at the base of a tower block.
A man gets killed after disturbing a burglar. PC Garfield cordons the area to people.
DS Pearce and Sgt. Steele deal with a stolen luxury car, as well as an interfering employee of a vehicle tracking company, and DCI Cato deciding to join in with their operation.
DI Johnson and DS Pearce are summoned as witnesses to testify against two dealers.
WPC Ackland and PC Bostock investigate reports of an intruder at a nurses home.
PC Stamp and WPC Ackland interview a woman who has been mugged.
PC Stamp and PC Hollis attend an early morning call to a young man lying stabbed on the common.
Ch Insp Conway catches a young girl kicking a car.
A woman is found beaten unconscious near a brothel.
Following residents' complaints Ch Insp Cato instigates a clampdown on prostitution .
DC Carver and DC Lines spot a girl breaking into a car and arrest her.
When Greig and Croft arrest a 15-year-old boy, they find his mother has been beaten up.
Three men are arrested when DI Johnson oversees the interception of a van of stolen drink.
WDS Morgan investigates an assault on a nine-year-old boy.
PC Quinnan and WPC Marshall respond to a suspected burglary call, to find an 11-year-old boy breaking into his house.
Ch. Insp. Cato handles a sexual harassment complaint made by a WPC against her Sergeant.
Linton reveals he is serving a community sentence for sexual offences.
A 17-year-old boy is caught riding a stolen motorcycle.
When PC McCann is beaten unconscious at a burglary, DI Johnson sets up an operation to catch the culprits at an unlicensed boxing match, with Skase and Bostock going undercover.
D.I. Johnson works with a Customs officer to catch a violent loan shark and drugs importer, while W.P.C. Page deals with the family of one of his clients.
PC Quinnan and PC Loxton investigate when a driving examiner reports that a man has been taking driving tests using false names. But why is he taking tests as men who are all dead?
Inspector Monroe and his officers are called to a rent party where the organiser has been seriously assaulted.
PC Stamp and PC Garfield are called to an incident between an ex-copper and a teenager.
WPC Ackland and PC Quinnan investigate a shop burglary where the perpetrators broke in through a hole in the roof.
DI Johnson and DC Woods investigate the scene of an arson attack.
A man reported missing by his wife is found shot dead the next day.
DS Greig and WPC Croft visit Sally Firth who has been burgled.
A pirate radio station interferes with police radio transmission.
A father beats up his son for being gay.
As CID resign themselves to losing Grieve, Bannon's daughter calls to report that two men have abducted her father.
A boat is reported drifting down the Thames, and a body is found in the river.
Inspector Monroe and DC Woods arrive at a burnt-out house to investigate if the fire was started deliberately.
A mother suffering from a rare spinal tumour takes an overdose.
WDS Morgan stakes out an attempted armed robbery, but two of the three suspects escape. However, a connection appears with a burglary being investigated by PC Quinnan.
DC Carver and DC Woods receive a tip-off to a crack dealer's house on the Bronte Estate.
DCI Meadows and DC Woods investigate a robbery. Meadows enlists the assistance of a ex-con to deal with a young villian.
A young man is assaulted by a bouncer outside a nightclub, but was the victim involved in selling drugs? And will his friends try to take their revenge?
Area complaints want to speak to PC Jarvis after some foul play during a rugby match. PC Stamp and WPC Marshall deal with a case of double identity.
DS Greig uncovers a crime of passion. WDS Morgan goes after a man handling stolen car parts.
DCI Meadows works with an ex-policeman employed by a brewery to solve the theft of beer kegs after a security guard is assaulted by the thieves.
WPC Marshall deals with a teenage runaway found sleeping rough. WPC Ackland and PC Quinnan are called to a disturbance at the home of the girl's mother.
A burglary suspect is positively identified by a witness but has a solid alibi. DI Johnson, DS Greig and WPC Croft uncover an elaborate scheme of revenge.
WDS Morgan and DC Lines clash with a vicious thug. PC Hollis and Sgt Boyden are on the trail of stolen koi carp.
WPC Datta deals with a complex case of domestic violence. PC Quinnan and DS Greig act on a tip-off from a local jeweller.
DS Greig suspects a caretaker of burgling his own school, but his attempt at suicide makes the case a difficult one.
WPC Ackland uncovers a series of muggings. DI Johnson is unimpressed, but Insp Monroe, acting on Ackland's information, organises an observation on a pub.
PC Quinnan deals with a desperate man, who keeps calling him "Dave" and has nothing but praise for him, even though Quinnan has no recollection of who he is.
DS Greig and WPC Ackland are in court for the trial of a man accused of burglary. A woman shows up unannounced claiming to be a witness, will she put the trial in jeopardy?
Following a noise complaint at 3am, Boyden, Garfield, Page and Stamp arrive at the house to find two known villains and a couple of girls swimming in champagne and banknotes.
With the restructuring recommended by the Sheehy Report apparently on the horizon, the senior officers at Sun Hill all try to ingratiate themselves with the D.A.C.
DC Skase betrays a mysoginist attitude when he and WPC Croft investigate a series of thefts of wedding gifts.
Ch Insp Cato investigates when PC Hollis finds racist leaflets being distributed by a schoolgirl, while PC Garfield is unimpressed by Cato's initiative against illegal parking.
An angry, young boy with a gun roams the streets. Can Sgt Cryer get to him in time?
PC Quinnan and Ch Insp Cato close in on a den of thieves, centred around an ageing hippie inciting youngsters to steal car radios.
A drugs raid on a pub is a great success until DC Lines finds a body. DI Johnson has to move fast to achieve a result.
WPC Page is assaulted during a domestic. Ch Insp Cato is furious that Sgt Steele has included some off-the-record remarks in the minutes of a meeting.
The key witness to an attempted murder vanishes.
Sgt Boyden receives an anonymous tip-off but suspects that he has been set up. His suspicions are confirmed when MS15 turn up at the pick-up point.
DCI Meadows interrogates a convicted sex offender whose father can't face the truth about his son.
A seemingly straight-forward burglary becomes complicated when one of DI Johnson's informants is given a false alibi.
Insp Monroe investigates a fatal road traffic accident and begins to suspect that the driver may have crashed the car on purpose.
DCI Meadows and Sgt Cryer try to gain the trust of a small boy from Devon found wandering about in his pyjamas.
A gang of teenagers cause a nuisance on a estate, and a boy on a scrambling bike is almost decapitated.
DCI Meadows receives a tape of a deathbed confession to murder.
D.C. Lines investigates when a number of counterfeit AÂŁ10 notes show up around Sun Hill.
PC Quinnan and PC Loxton are called to a canal where a familiar homeless man claims to have fished out a DSS Inspector.
PC Stamp is called to deal with a 14 year-old car thief who has badly injured a young girl. Ch Insp Conway and Insp Monroe deal with the consequences.
DC Skase investigates some crack dealers but bites off more than he can chew and faces a mauling from DCI Meadows.
A young black student is accused of a savage attack on a schoolmaster, but DC Lines thinks that the teachers have something to hide.
A man's body is found outside a block of flats, seemingly having fallen from several floors up. When a knife wound is discovered in his back, DCI Meadows investigates it as murder.
Sgt Boyden investigates an assault and helps a former lover deal with her violent husband. PC Garfield thinks the sergeant may be up to his old tricks.
DC Skase's informant needs protection, but he is compromised when he uncovers the full extent of her criminal activities.
A murderer is released from prison on licence. Sgt Cryer deals with the victim's parents, who are unable to accept that their other daughter befriended him while he was in prison.
WPC Page finds her loyalties tested when she arrests an old school friend in a drugs raid.
DC Woods investigates the activities of a cowboy builder, and uncovers a customer's scheme to exact revenge.
DI Johnson's raid on a flat goes wrong when a young boy flees and falls from a third-floor balcony. Chief Superintendent Brownlow has to pick up the pieces.
DS Greig realises that a house has been burgled twice. Ch Insp Conway helps to arrest a most unusual burglar with a very special talent.
DC Lines and DC Woods attempt to solve the mysterious disappearance of an armed robber, and eventually uncover the answer after calling on his mistress.
DI Johnson's methods are called into question when she removes an aggressive solicitor's clerk from an interview with a robbery suspect.
DC Lines helps WPC Ackland track down a delinquent son, but he should be worrying about his own.
More drama from Sun Hill, where an escaped prisoner appears to be out for revenge.
Insp Monroe investigates a fatal road accident and a case of mistaken identity.
DC Woods and WPC Croft interview a man suspected of abducting a girl.
WDS Morgan investigates when a youth suspected of dealing crack is attacked in the street. Ch. Insp. Conway deals with the owner of the factory where the youth is a trainee.
DI Johnson investigates when a man found shot turns out to be wearing a bulletproof vest.
Ch Insp Conway clips the wing-mirror of a car and finds himself listening to a man's confession to an attempted armed robbery.
WDS Morgan has to choose between heart and head when trying to track down a boy who has been abducted by his father.
DCI Meadows investigates when a recluse is found dead in his flat. He appears to have been assaulted but may have been taken an overdose.
While CID are awaiting the arrival of the new DS Deakin, DI Johnson is trying to locate an escaped prisoner.
WPC Datta has a busy day in the Domestic Violence Unit, but Ch Insp Cato's interventions only make matters worse.
Long-running drama with the bobbies and detectives at London's Sun Hill police station.
Sgt Cryer unearths an extortion racket within the ruthless world of the young homeless.
DCI Meadows and DS Deakin investigate the fatal shooting of a young windscreen washer and uncover a link to a local drug dealer.
WPC Datta and Sgt Cryer investigate the disappearance of a seventeen-year-old girl and find that her half-sister and brother-in-law have something to hide.
An Asian man is found assaulted in mysterious circumstances. WDS Morgan and DC Lines investigate.
DCI Meadows and Ch Insp Conway disagree over how to handle a crack dealer using a cafe as cover. Meanwhile, PC Quinnan goes in search of a van-load of stolen meat.
PC Stamp and WPC Ackland intervene when two thieves fall out over their dream woman.
DS Deakin links an armed robbery at a building society to another at a jeweller's shop several months earlier. Two brothers-in-law come under suspicion.
DCI Meadows and WDS Morgan investigate what appears to be the violent death of an old soldier in a drug-related burglary.
After the manager of a double glazing firm is found in an embarrassing situation, suspicion falls upon him when one of his employees is assaulted.
DS Pearce investigates when a conman is bullying a man into paying for roofing work that was never carried out, while PC Hollis deals with the theft of a bowling green.
DS Deakin and DC Woods investigate the indecent assault of a schoolteacher by one of her pupils, but she is reluctant to press charges.
A hit-and-run accident leads to a conflict between the Caribbean and Chinese communities. Steele investigates the accident, while Conway tries to smooth things over.
Two kids in a stolen Jaguar wreak havoc around Sun Hill. PC Stamp and PC Hollis set off in pursuit.
The discovery of a sawn-off shotgun following a house fire leads DI Johnson to a local crack dealer.
The Complaints Investigation Bureau are called in in the aftermath of a drugs raid which resulted in the death of a suspected crack dealer.
WPCs Ackland and Datta are drawn into the past when a couple are pestered by a young woman claiming to be a long-lost daughter.
A man is found stabbed outside a club owned by a notorious family of villains, and finding witnesses proves to be a difficult task.
More drama in Sun Hill as PC Jarvis has to act as negotiator when a woman is held hostage.
WDS Morgan owes an old villian a favour, but pays a heavy price for her loyalty.
PC Jarvis deals with a woman illegally occupying a house, while Ch Insp Cato takes on the landlord.
Meadows arrests a notorious bullion robber on suspicion of drug trafficking.
DCI Meadows is worried that a vicious attack was meted out in revenge for the conviction of a loan shark.
A mentally ill young man is linked to a series of thefts on payphones. DI Johnson is keen for a result, but pressuring the Custody Officer is not the way to go about it.
Sun Hill officers attend the inquest into the death in custody of bullion robber Kenny Stone.
More drama from the streets of Sun Hill. DI Johnson investigates an apparently racially-motivated attack.
DC Lines retraces the steps of an alcoholic who comes out of a two-day blackout and believes that he has committed a crime.
WPC Page deals with the sudden death of an unidentified man in the bathroom of a high-class prostitute.
CID stake out a supposed robbery on a post office, but the operation does not go according to plan, much to Carver's embarrassment
DS Pearce and WDC Croft investigate a burglary at a block of flats for the elderly and become suspicious of a woman who claims to be from a befriending charity called Here to Help.
A tape allegation sends DS Deakin into the murky world of pimps and prostitutes.
DI Johnson is on trial for the murder of the suspected drug dealer who died following a CID raid.
Insp Monroe has to organise an evacuation when an unexploded bomb is discovered on the riverside.
Meadows and Cato are at loggerheads, but Conway couldn't care less - it's his birthday!
DCI Meadows and DS Deakin are convinced a teenager is responsible for an assault, but PC McCann thinks he is innocent.
DS Pearce and WDC Croft fall out over the arrest of a disabled drug dealer.
Is Chief Superintendent Brownlow about to be pensioned off? And does it mean there is an opportunity at the top for the likes of Cato, Conway and Meadows?
A woman is found late at night and appears to have been mugged, but not everything is as it seems.
PC Quinnan and PC Loxton are drawn into a world of romance, intrigue and violent affections when called to attend an incident at a local tea dance.
With the transfer of Ch Supt Brownlow to Area, there is a vacancy at Sun Hill. Ch Insp Conway, Ch Insp Cato and DCI Meadows all vie for the job.
More drama from Sun Hill as Cryer and Garfield are called to the scene of a suicide.
WDS Morgan learns of a vacancy with the Regional Crime Squad, as well as investigating a suspected racial attack on an Asian shopkeeper.
Acting Supt Conway has a hectic first day in his new job as he deals with the aftermath of the senior officers night out,absentee Inspectors and burglars that need babysitting.
DCI Meadows blames a leak when a witness is threatened. PC Stamp and Sgt Boyden come under suspicion.
Sgt Cryer investigates when a middle-aged School Crossing Patrol is found to be buying expensive presents for children. Is he just gullible or is there something more sinister going on?
A young girl reports a rape a year after in happened. Can DI Johnson and DS Pearce dig up enough evidence to make the charge stick?
An anti-vagrancy initiative in Sun Hill leads Sgt Cryer to a violent loan shark.
Carver goes undercover at a garage in an attempt to gain information about a planned armed robbery.
Cato has his wallet stolen on his way to work, and allegations begin when he emerges from an alley with one of the muggers, who has a bloodied face.
DS Greig and DS Deakin set up shop in an attempt to trap mobile phone thieves in a sting operation.
Conflict breaks out in Sun Hill between rival fly-posters.
Sgt Boyden has a lonely night when he gets trapped in a derelict building, with only a teenage tearaway for company
DS Pearce and WDC Croft investigate an assault, but the victim's father seems reluctant to help.
Sgt Cryer suspects the worst when a young wife goes missing.
Ch Insp Cato organises a raid on a pub and plans to take away the landlady's licence, but Sgt Cryer is not Impressed.
A Jehovah's witness is seriously assaulted, but his mother refuses to let him have a blood transfusion.
Another visit to Sun Hill, where Ch Insp Cato goes undercover to investigate a pimp.
There's tension as DS Deakin bends the custody rules, leaving Sgt Boyden to carry the can.
WPC Ackland and PC Loxton get caught up in violent competition between rival bailiffs.
There's drama when Croft and Skase disagree over how to handle a teenage mugger.
Ackland and Quinnan are led on a wild goose chase by two juveniles, while Stamp thinks he's going to pull at the Sun Hill Christmas bash.
A full-scale murder inquiry is launched when a man's body is found in a burning car, while DS Greig investigates a rather unusual burglary at a funeral director's.
PC Hollis investigates a threatening telephone call, but finds that his colleagues are less than helpful.
PC Hollis helps a woman with an unwelcome admirer, while Sgt Cryer deals with a fatal accident involving an underage driver.